With the watch case centered on your wrist, hold it down with a finger and turn it over. The clasp now facing up, should be centered on your wrist. If it isn't, move a link from 12 to 6 or have the Rolex AD do it. I had the bracelet sized on my GMT2Blu the day I bought it, and went back twice again for this very adjustment.

 

There's no right or wrong way, but if your clasp is uncomfortably digging into your wrist, then changing the distribution of the links can help with that.

For me, I don't try necessarily to center the clasp perfectly on the wrist, rather I try to take into account the folded part which is in actual contact with the wrist. Depending on the cross sectional shape of your wrist, tweaking where the end of the folded piece touches your wrist can have an important impact on your comfort.

 

Rolex AD are instructed by Rolex to center the clasp on the underside of customers' wrists. It is clearly printed in the instructions of the Rolex bracelet sizing kit that all Rolex AD are required to carry. Which, right or wrong, has to do with what you're describing, and is the Rolex way.

 

i really doubt rolex has a gun to the AD's head to do this right... like the OP said, it was just laziness maybe. OP, there's no right or wrong way... get a 1.6mm flat head jewelers screwdriver and size to your own hearts desire...

 

I said "instructed", not that they had a gun to the head of a commissioned salesperson. Wear it around your big toe for god's sake if it makes you happy, I simply passed along what's in the Rolex guidelines.

OP: Here's how my clasp lands using the method in post no 2.

 

I said "instructed", not that they had a gun to the head of a commissioned salesperson. Wear it around your big toe for god's sake if it makes you happy, I simply passed along what's in the Rolex guidelines.

relax... i wasn't attacking you, i simply stated to the OPs point, that the AD probably didn't bother to do it.

 

I've noticed that my GMT Master II has four links on the 6 o'clock position and six links on the 12 o'clock position. I think the jeweler at the AD was just being lazy and took two links off the 6 and called it a day.

I don't think the AD was being lazy. Both my GMT and Milgauss are the same. If you look at mleok's picture of a Milgauss, you will notice that the inside (deployant) portion of the clasp is longer than the external clasp on one side by about 1.5 to 2 links. In fact this picture appears to also show the intenional imbalance of 4 and 6 links. Having the inside portion of the clasp centred on my wrist is the most comfortable, and this requires an imbalnce in the links.

 

I've noticed that my GMT Master II has four links on the 6 o'clock position and six links on the 12 o'clock position.

That's how my Explorer I (2005) is, and it's centered well on my wrist. Specifically the curved part of the deployant is centered, which means that the Crown logo is centered.

I feel the 6 o'clock position feels a bit tight whereas the 12 o'clock is too loose.

Didn't understand that bit ...

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Didn't understand that bit ...

The tightness on one side but looseness on the other is due to the position of the part of the clasp that folds. Since that piece can't bend, if it sits incorrectly on the wrist, part of it will be wedged against your wrist. This suggests the need to move links from one side to the other.

 

:-dSo that's what happened to the missing links on all of the Rolexes I just tried on, and none fit??

 

Contrary to what you seem to think, the world does not revolve around your needs.

As I said on the other thread, if the Black Bay fits, so too should a Ceramic Submariner.

 

^^WTH?? now you're just hunting for his threads to bash him? the bracelet didn't fit, end of story.... let it go.

 

Guys, do not start this again. Period.

Jeannie

 

In other words, if you evened up tension the watch face would not be centered . Correct?
In that case, it sounds like you are right. Either add a link where necessary, or switch one from the loose side to the tight side.

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I am an authorized dealer for many brands including Rolex. I adjust the watch on the clients wrist, holding the case centered in the top of the wrist, and then try to center the clasp on the center of the bottom of the wrist. This almost always has the bracelet shorter on the six o'clock side of the watch. I adjust it so the client is happy with the fit. Some people like it tight, most like it with a little slack. The customer ultimately decides what is correct. I have adjusted thousands of watches and this method makes most customers happy.

 

What Loctite(do you have a brand and number of the product)do you use on the bracelet screws? Thanks...

Does your watch have the easy link(the flip out link), does that help? as mentioned about have you moved the fine adjustment? made a huge difference for me? mine is uneven longer on the 12 side. usually the out side of your wrist is larger than the inside.

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I got the AD to move one link from the 12 o clock to the 6 o clock. Now it's much worse. I have 5 links at 12 and 5 at 6. I thought that would add balance. Wrong! Now the 12 o clock side is pinching my wrist instead of the 6 o clock.

I was hoping for the perfect fit but now I'm going to be stuck with the least uncomfortable.

 

I got the AD to move one link from the 12 o clock to the 6 o clock. Now it's much worse. I have 5 links at 12 and 5 at 6. I thought that would add balance. Wrong! Now the 12 o clock side is pinching my wrist instead of the 6 o clock.

I was hoping for the perfect fit but now I'm going to be stuck with the least uncomfortable.

Did you try doing a micro adjustment by setting the one end of the bracelet into a different slit in the clasp?

 

Here is a few pictures of the difference I've found having uneven link numbers. First is the bracelet with 5 and 5 so is even this is the natural fall of the watch head.

and where the clasp sits is pretty much center

Then the links set to 6 on the 12 o'clock side and 4 on the 6 o'clock side, the watch head sits perfectly centered.

and now the clasp is further round to the inside of my wrist but is more comfortable as it isn't pulling around.

 

I think that with the Glidelock clasp, you always have to have an uneven number of links.

 

The GMT Master II doesn't have Glidelock although it would be a nice touch. That was one of the big pros of the Sub.

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The GMT Master II doesn't have Glidelock although it would be a nice touch. That was one of the big pros of the Sub.

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It has the Easy Link which allows for a small adjustment on the fly? Not as good as Glidelock but does help.

 

On my bracelets,worn a bit loose, the 6Hrs side is shorter by one link than the 12hrs side allowing the Watch and the clasp to be centered.

On my Rolex and Tudor the hinged part of the clasp has a good curvature for my wrist shape, on a Steinhart OVM DLC the hinged part of the clasp was too flat for comfort and I bent it over some wood blocks with a rubber mallet.


Loctite #242, threadlocker "blue" is sufficient to prevent accidental loosening of the bracelet screws, failing that a dip from an old bottle of nail varnish unused by your wife will do the trick just as well.

 

I am an authorized dealer for many brands including Rolex. I adjust the watch on the clients wrist, holding the case centered in the top of the wrist, and then try to center the clasp on the center of the bottom of the wrist. This almost always has the bracelet shorter on the six o'clock side of the watch. I adjust it so the client is happy with the fit. Some people like it tight, most like it with a little slack. The customer ultimately decides what is correct. I have adjusted thousands of watches and this method makes most customers happy.

Thank you for providing this simple yet clear explanation. I was trying to figure out what to do until I googled the matter and ended up here.