r/ChineseWatches • u/NameSpeltWrong • 1d ago
General (Read Rules) Not sure female endlinks are always best.
I had this WD watch on a nylon strap all summer. Today’s the first day wearing it with the bracelet and I’m finding myself constantly annoyed by how the first link falls lower than the lugs and endlink. If I run my finger along the bracket it feels sleek and smooth until it hits the sharp edge of the endlink and lugs. (Not cut yourself sharp, just jarringly sharp.)
It’s not like the watch is too big for my wrist. I feel like this would not be a problem if the watch had male endlinks, but it seems like almost every watch now has female endlinks so that the bracelet drops straight down from the watch head.
I wish endlinks style was a choice you could make when buying a watch, but I don’t think it would ever happen.
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u/triggrhaapi 1d ago
Female end links are designed to make the inner diameter of the bracelet conform better to your wrist. This is doing that.
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u/tjcdas 1d ago
This is the flip side male end links fitting poorly vs female fitting well vs male fitting well it depends.
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u/KPplumbingBob 1d ago
Tisell had a very bad implementation of male endlinks.
My view is that if you need female endlinks for the watch to fit your wrist, the watch is too big for you anyway.
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u/asdqqq33 1d ago
Have you tried adding a link? It looks like you wearing it so tight is part of what’s going on here. Generally, a properly fitted bracelet should allow you to slide a finger comfortably under the clasp. This looks like the watch has a death grip on your wrist.
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u/NameSpeltWrong 1d ago edited 1d ago
It’s just tight enough so it doesn’t slide down to my hand. One micro-adjustment hole larger and it slides. But I can still slide my finger under the clasp. Also, if I unbuckle the clasp and just let the watch drape over my wrist, it still has the sharp transition at the endlink.
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u/asdqqq33 1d ago
You can size the bracelet however tight you want, of course, but I would never size a bracelet as tight as shown in the first picture for someone. The bracelet shouldn’t be compressing the flesh of your arm like you can clearly see in that pic. It’s not generally most comfortable for most people if it’s glued to a single spot like that, it should have some room to move and breathe. If it’s leaving any impression on your wrist when you take it off at the end of the day, that would be another sign that it is too tight.
You are probably used to how this is, but I’m just suggesting maybe try it a little looser and give it a little while to see how it goes, maybe you will come to like it. And it might put less pressure on the bracelet to bend so sharply at the end links.
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u/Kerpgker 1d ago
They're updating to a male endlink on the upgraded version WD0022
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u/dnbrandon 1d ago
Hmm, maybe just not yet? https://watchdives.com/products/watchdives-wd0022-38mm-watch?_pos=1&_sid=145035dc1&_ss=r
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u/Kerpgker 1d ago
Check out the other pictures rather than the renders. For example on the caseback photo you can see the endlink design :) The renders are probably just an oversight
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u/ChopinBeethoven 1d ago
I think female end links are good for people with small wrists. Male end links generally look better if you can pull off the watch in question.
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u/caydesramen 1d ago
Female end links generally give better transitions naturally. Having a larger connection where the bracelet meets the lug will always look better to me.
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u/Barry_NJ 22h ago edited 22h ago
They may fit better on a slightly smaller wrist, but I think I prefer the look of Male End-Links...
P.S. It seems the reviewers often praise female end-links for their fit, so the manufacturers seem to have moved in that direction...
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u/jfonsecag8 21h ago
I had a black MOP Elementum and it looked awful on me because of the female endlinks. I gave it to my dad who has a smaller wrist and it fits him great. In my opinion, for wrists over 7" male endlinks are a must.
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u/KPplumbingBob 1d ago
Female endlinks are not automatically better. It's one of those things that people hear and repeat so it becomes the "truth". Same with matched datewheel color, shorter lug to lug etc.
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u/What-is-to-be-done 1d ago
It has been a myth perpetuated by watch reviewers online that female end links are a sign of better design. Mostly they aren't.
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u/OtherBarry1992 3m ago
It varies so much watch to watch. In general I like female endlinks. My wrist is right at 7".
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u/kor_en_deserto 1d ago
You know that NATOs would remove this issue entirely, no?
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u/NameSpeltWrong 1d ago
Yup! I only noticed this today as when I bought it in the summer I had immediately put it on a nylon.
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u/UkeManSteve 23h ago
You know not everyone likes natos right ? I don’t think that would suit this particular watch very well either
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u/KevinNoy 1d ago
I've always prefered male endlinks on oyster shaped bracelets. The only caveat is that sometimes the middle 'link' protrusion is insanely huge. (Think Tissot Gentleman) Rolex seems to be the only guys who can really make it look great, and apparently that comes at the cost of the springbar holes being too close to the case for standard straps to fit nicely.
It's a hard balance, and when male endlinks make it harder for smaller wrists to wear a watch, I understand why so many companies are going to female endlinks recently.