Oyster bracelet sizing

[CarlOver]

My AD sized my no date Submariner and it fits well. The glide lock clasp gives me the play that I need. I have 4 full link on the 6 side and 6 on the 12 side. I haven’t measured the links near the clasp to see if they are interchangeable but wouldn’t 5 on each side make the clasp just lay better? They took one link out when fitting. Thanks in advance.

[Tanalasta]

It is not unusual for the 12 o’clock side to have different links than the 6 o’clock side. Your wrist isn’t symmetrical.

It’s not to do with the number of links but whether the watch sits comfortably and balanced on your wrist.


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[Kyle3130]

Originally Posted by Tanalasta

It is not unusual for the 12 o’clock side to have different links than the 6 o’clock side. Your wrist isn’t symmetrical.

It’s not to do with the number of links but whether the watch sits comfortably and balanced on your wrist.


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Agreed, my 124060 has 4.5 on the 6 o’clock side and 5 + the glidelock link on the 12 o’clock side. I only use the last three notches of my glidelock. I should probably buy a half link and install it on the 12 side to center the glidelock link but it’s very comfortable now.

[afmars]

You want more links on the 12 o’clock side. If you have 5 and 5 the case will likely sit too far on the outside of your wrist.

[Closs1909]

I just had my sub fitted that way as well, with only 1 link removed and it seems to fit well. Not sure 5 and 5 would sit properly.

[noshame]

Originally Posted by CarlOver

My AD sized my no date Submariner and it fits well. The glide lock clasp gives me the play that I need. I have 4 full link on the 6 side and 6 on the 12 side. I haven’t measured the links near the clasp to see if they are interchangeable but wouldn’t 5 on each side make the clasp just lay better? They took one link out when fitting. Thanks in advance.

When only 1 link needs to be removed, the AD will always take it from the 6 o'clock side. When there is an uneven number of links on either side, the 6 o'clock side is almost always the shorter side. My 116610 is configured with 4 and 5.5 links. As mentioned earlier, this is to prevent the watch head from rolling away from you (towards 12 o'clock).

[CarlOver]

Thanks all. Sounds like things are as they should be.

[Mystro]

This is a slippery slope because wrist shape and wrist size/girth will be the determining factor.. Depending on the clasp, the visible buckle of the clasp doesn’t tell the entire story on how it sits on the wrist as the folding hinge usually extends past the visible buckle under 1.5 links on models without the glidelock clasp. You may want to consider where this folding hinge sits on your wrist shape because that actually touches the skin. The Glidelock is another story as the entire buckle is more bulky and heavy so that will act as a opposing pendulum to the head of the watch. You can see there are a lot of factors for a comfortable fit than where the head of the watch sits on top the wrist. Most times, perfect symmetry with the bracelet and head of the watch is not the most comfortable. 1 less link on the 6 o’clock side use to be a good place to start but you must consider the entire length of the clasp including the hinge area. Not everyone wants the 6 o’clock side of the watch head to lean in as this may cause a caming effect causing more pressure against your wrist on one side by the head of the watch rather than equally distributing the weight across the entire case back. This is where it may look good but not feel as good on the wrist. For maximum comfort you need the entire surface of the watch head and the entire surface of the clasp to equally distribute weight across all surface areas touching your skin. You can see now that wrist shape and the position of the head and clasp need to be very customized regardless how tight or lose the fit is.

I have spent decades sizing bracelets to now be able to look at the shape of your wrist and size it close to perfect on the first attempt. You only learn this by time and experimentation.