100% Stainless Steel these Swiss made spring bars are assembled by hand in a small village in Switzerland. Sign me up! The Highest Quality Swiss Made Spring Bars Although...$18 minimum order. Hmm. |
Omega makes the very best spring bars, bar none. Pun intended.I've always used the Omega OEM ones from Ofrei (I use these on every watch I own). If you buy em by the dozen they're pretty cheap and you gotta think... the entire value of your watch hinges on the strength of the springbars, the cost difference between good ones and crappy ones is about $3
If you can't find enough stuff to make up an $18 order at Otto Frei, you ain't looking.
100% Stainless Steel these Swiss made spring bars are assembled by hand in a small village in Switzerland.
Sign me up!
The Highest Quality Swiss Made Spring Bars
Although...$18 minimum order. Hmm.
Click on the page indicated, the "Highest Quality Swiss...." page. It's the Otto Frei spring bars page. Seriously blown up pics will show you the differences.Is there any advantage with just going with the thicker (1.8 vs 1.5) springbars assuming they fit through the strap/bracelet, or should you always replace like for like. This question is based on my (naive?) assumption the diameter is that of the tube and that the diameters of the pins are the same.
Thanks. Those are the spring bars I am looking at. My thought was if they fit, the 1.8mm spring bars would provide extra strength over the 1.5 ones and I could cut back on the different sizes I need to keep. My plan was to keep a set of spring bars with every strap I have.Click on the page indicated, the "Highest Quality Swiss...." page. It's the Otto Frei spring bars page. Seriously blown up pics will show you the differences.
The concern is the loop size in the strap. Some are pretty skinny. If a spring bar is too thick...PITA. If it's a little thin, it's loose...but that's not really a big deal since it's locked in place by the lugs anyway. I use, I think, 1.5, with all mine. I could see 1.8 and even 2.0 for larger, heavier watches, or any where you want to us a single-pass variant, and you have enough gap to handle a heavier strap.
Sadly, all spring bars are not equal and it doesn't quite work out like that (surprise, surprise). A lot depends who makes 'em. For some queer reason, the 1.5mm stainless ones I use have a slightly fatter end than the stock 1.8.mm from the same supplier and are more of a snug fit in the lugs.Thanks. Those are the spring bars I am looking at. My thought was if they fit, the 1.8mm spring bars would provide extra strength over the 1.5 ones and I could cut back on the different sizes I need to keep. My plan was to keep a set of spring bars with every strap I have.