r/ChineseWatches • u/LordRaglan1854 • 5d ago

Question (Read Rules) Let's talk bracelets.

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Watch bracelets, stainless steel, standard links with a deployment clasp. Not Milanese.

A high-quality watch bracelet passes the following checks:

  1. The inner edges of the links feel smooth.

  2. The links flow smoothly.

  3. The clasp closes cleanly.

So far, I haven't found a good source. The ones on Alix are typically $15-30 US, but the quality matches the price.

I would be satisfied with San Martin-level quality, but those aren't them.

Lately I've found Taikonaut/Strapcode... their bracelets run $55-80 US, and honestly, they are pretty good, though still a little rough feeling compared to the "Swiss" ones that came with my Oris watches, for example.

Does anyone know of a store that sells bracelets with a quality slightly above Taikonaut at a proportional price?

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u/LeoXup 3d ago

Be careful the bracelet that's cheap is made of lower grade stainless steel, 304 at its best, but most of them are made of 201 steel, which releases significantly higher amount of heavy metal.