Reply With QuoteMessage Ridwan.
Does anyone know where I could get a titanium bracelet made for a watch for which there's no OEM or aftermarket option?
Would I be right in thinking that this would probably be ruinously expensive?
Message Ridwan.
Surely better to find a 3rd part bracelet and have custom end links made. After all, it is really only the end link that makes or breaks it.
Is it totally out of the question to scour the global market in the remote possibility that there's already an option out there somewhere from another brand ?Originally Posted by DMC102
I don't think the term ruinously expensive quite covers it if I'm honest.
What watch is it for, maybe someone has done it before
What I have in mind is something that looks like this:
But in titanium to fit this:
So I'm pretty sure I'm in custom-made territory.
Last edited by DMC102; 8th May 2020 at 20:40.
Titanium raw material is expensive, why not consider SS316 with titanium effect finish.
Imo custom Pan bracelet $600-$800+ easy.
Bry
P.S.
Titanium effect coated SS316 is possible.
Last edited by Bry1975; 8th May 2020 at 22:10.
Buy the titanium one that Panerai make and find/have made some end links that fit?
They make a titanium bracelet either like the one pictured or at all?
Last edited by DMC102; 8th May 2020 at 23:49.
Thanks - certainly worth considering, if there's anyone who could take the job on.Titanium raw material is expensive, why not consider SS316 with titanium effect finish.
Imo custom Pan bracelet $600-$800+ easy.
Bry
P.S.
Titanium effect coated SS316 is possible.
Googling 'Panerai titanium bracelet' returns their own page on the matter of a stainless and titanium combination bracelet?
https://www.panerai.com/en/home/stra...bracelets.html
Ah yes - as far as I've been able to ascertain, these are no longer available.
You certainly can't buy them online from the Panerai site.
More feasible buying an old one than getting a new one made though, I'd imagine? There's the design cost then the manufacturing of what must be a really, really challenging thing to make.
Took Nomos long enough to finally make a steel bracelet and they're a watchmaker!
It may even be simpler to buy a Panerai on bracelet then just sell the head - though the end links may be the next challenge.
You could buy a copy bracelet cheap enough, play around with the end links to get a fit that you’re happy with, then use them as a pattern to get some made and use a genuine bracelet, or just go with the copy full time.
Thanks for all the suggestions.
It turns out there might be an aftermarket option and there's even - perhaps - an OEM titanium bracelet on eBay for which maybe end links could be made or altered.
However, US$2,000 seems a lot...
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