A couple of days ago I was wearing my Black Bay ETA and noticed one of the end links looked a bit off. Upon investigation it was loose, with about 1.5mm up/down play. It may have been like this for as long as I've owned it, I don't know, but for whatever reason I noticed it.
Drove over to my local Rolex AD and had them take a look. "Yep, its loose" they said, and suspected a damaged springbar. They said it wasn't going to fall off my wrist, but that they couldn't fix it as they didn't carry Tudor and thus didn't have any Black Bay springbars in stock. They recommended sending it into Tudor.
Well, I'm not going to send in a perfectly good watch because of a springbar. At home I took off the bracelet to check it. I noticed that 1) the endlinks and holes were fine. 2) the springbars were not damaged.
But 3) the springbar that was on the loose endlink WAS NOT a Tudor springbar, but rather a thinner, wimpier substitute.
(this is why I think the watch has likely been like this for the year that i've owned it)
There are no Tudor ADs near me to take this to, and I won't be passing by one for at least 3 months. I have this on the nato for the time being (where the slight looseness isn't noticeable) but I want it back on the bracelet. Is there any source for Black Bay spring bars (or a quality substitute) other than driving to another state to visit an AD?
Drove over to my local Rolex AD and had them take a look. "Yep, its loose" they said, and suspected a damaged springbar. They said it wasn't going to fall off my wrist, but that they couldn't fix it as they didn't carry Tudor and thus didn't have any Black Bay springbars in stock. They recommended sending it into Tudor.
Well, I'm not going to send in a perfectly good watch because of a springbar. At home I took off the bracelet to check it. I noticed that 1) the endlinks and holes were fine. 2) the springbars were not damaged.
But 3) the springbar that was on the loose endlink WAS NOT a Tudor springbar, but rather a thinner, wimpier substitute.
(this is why I think the watch has likely been like this for the year that i've owned it)
There are no Tudor ADs near me to take this to, and I won't be passing by one for at least 3 months. I have this on the nato for the time being (where the slight looseness isn't noticeable) but I want it back on the bracelet. Is there any source for Black Bay spring bars (or a quality substitute) other than driving to another state to visit an AD?