Easylink - Sometimes Very Difficult to Open?

[puma1552]

I don't know if one of my DJs has always been harder to open than the other one and I've just been oblivious, but I went to wash both of my DJs today and extended the easylinks to do so as I always do (this is the only time I ever need to open them), and found that one was noticeably harder to open. Both watches are a little over a year old and were bought a couple months apart new from the AD, so one isn't appreciably older than the other or anything. Both watches are kept clean and live an easy life.

I then went down a rabbit hole testing both of them like 100 times and found that on one DJ, it is always easy yet secure to open and close, while on the one in question it's always slightly harder but sometimes still generally easy enough (likely why I haven't noticed prior) while other times it was suddenly damn hard to open or even close.

I've done it so many times now it's almost lost meaning. My fingers kind of hurt now.

I investigated both in great detail, the one in question doesn't have a bent springbar or anything like that, no debris in the way, bracelet links in the area all look good when opened or closed, though there is a more noticeable scrape mark on the springbar where the link clasps closed, which you would expect since it's slightly harder to open and close. Nothing alarming, just tiny springbar variability I guess.

Everything in the bracelet looks good and is aligned, nothing weird or bad being noticed and no problems with actual functionality, it just randomly sometimes is really hard to open or close? Was actually worried I was going to bend or break something, but was careful not to.

Anyone else ever experience this? Really odd how inconsistent it is, but maybe I've been effing around too much in one sitting.