Mine measured 9.01mm on this 39mm..

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Mine measured 9.01mm on this 39mm..

Thanks. Those end links should work with most Rolex style oyster bracelets that pair with female end links. I really like this watch but not the clasp or taper of only 2 mm in the bracelet.

Now if only Gnomon had in stock the colorway I like... (39mm GL0400 blue)

 

And while researching where I can get a GL0400 I saw one that was being sold on Reddit a couple of months ago that had a Steinhart oyster bracelet swapped onto it (pairing the Steinhart bracelet with the Glycine end links). It looked perfect. 20mm to 16mm taper, a better clasp, and screw links rather than the crappy split pins on the Glycine. I actually have an extra Steinhart oyster bracelet so I'm all set if I can just find a Glycine for sale.

 

Have you swapped the Steiny bracelet onto the Combat Sub 39 yet???..if so, do you have pics?...

 

I was able to source a Combat Sub 39 in a colorway I like. I'm all set. Looking forward to swapping a better bracelet onto it.

 

Hi. Were you able to swap the bracelet eventually? Can I see what it looks like?

 

I've done this mod!

You have two ways of doing it IMHO

One: buy a bracelet (I went with a generic £30 ebay glidelock copy) and modify the end links to fit the Combat 39 (I did this once with another watch that has HELs and man it sucked... LOTS of remove metal, try the fit and repeat)

Two: buy a bracelet (I went with a generic £30 ebay glidelock copy) and split the links to free off the Rolex style 'male' endlinks, then split the Glycine bracelet and inset the "half centre" links and re-assemble.

I went with option two... if you're VERY lucky the pins will be the same size... I wasn't. So I set about drilling out the Glycine"half centre" links, but sadly I couldn't find the collet I needed to mount the tiny drill bit in my pillar drill (FFS, it's there somewhere... I just haven't seen it for 10 years)

In an act of frustration.. I ended up taking 2 full size "centre" links out of the donor bracelet (thank eff for effeminate wrists that I could spare the links), and cutting them in half then shaping the ends with a dremel...

I've since bought another generic £30 ebay glidelock copy bracelet but I've yet to get round to trying it all again #lazy

What I've ended up with is a Combat Sub 39 that has the OEM endlinks, a 20-16mm taper, screwed links and a glidelock..

Sure the generic £30 ebay glidelock copy is a pretty sh*tty bracelet, but then so is the OEM one... As a bonus this bracelet also fits my MKii Kingston (with the MKii endlinks) so worth the trouble... time to find the collet and do it properly...

It pays to heat the bracelet to around 200c in the oven to facilitate splitting it...

 

Has anyone put on of these on a straight endl bracelet like the ones from strapcode? Seems like a solution if you don't want to do dremeling and if you don't mind the gaps.

 

Hi. Recently bought a sub 39 myself. Does anyone know if a bracelet for a Seiko 62MAS would fit the Glycine case? The shape of the end links looks pretty similar. If someone had both watched would for sure help.

 

Bumping this old post as I recently bought a Combat Sub 39. I love this watch! The bracelet is acceptable, but I would prefer a more dramatic taper and brushed center links.

I happened to have an aftermarket Submariner bracelet laying around, so I put it on the watch. Really liked the way it looked so decided to brush the center of the factory end links.

 

Bumping this old post as I recently bought a Combat Sub 39. I love this watch! The bracelet is acceptable, but I would prefer a more dramatic taper and brushed center links.

I happened to have an aftermarket Submariner bracelet laying around, so I put it on the watch. Really liked the way it looked so decided to brush the center of the factory end links.

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Bumping this old post as I recently bought a Combat Sub 39. I love this watch! The bracelet is acceptable, but I would prefer a more dramatic taper and brushed center links.

I happened to have an aftermarket Submariner bracelet laying around, so I put it on the watch. Really liked the way it looked so decided to brush the center of the factory end links.

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Bumping this old post as I recently bought a Combat Sub 39. I love this watch! The bracelet is acceptable, but I would prefer a more dramatic taper and brushed center links.

I happened to have an aftermarket Submariner bracelet laying around, so I put it on the watch. Really liked the way it looked so decided to brush the center of the factory end links.

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Bumping this old post as I recently bought a Combat Sub 39. I love this watch! The bracelet is acceptable, but I would prefer a more dramatic taper and brushed center links.

I happened to have an aftermarket Submariner bracelet laying around, so I put it on the watch. Really liked the way it looked so decided to brush the center of the factory end links.

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Just rec'd this watch...could you provide a link for the aftermarket bracelet that you're referring to?...is it a perfect fit?...

 

Unfortunately I don’t know where I got it, I bought it years ago for my sub.

 

Ok, I liked the look of the sub knock off bracelet, but the quality didn’t really match the quality of the watch, so I broke down and bought the uncle seiko BB58 bracelet. Used the original end links. Takes the watch to a whole new level.

 

Looks great!!..Ok, so the end links are the Glycine end links?..you had the center portion of them brushed out?

 

Yes, I brushed out the center of the factory end links using a scotchbright ultra fine stripping pad.

The uncle seiko bracelet tapers to 16mm and has screws, not pins.