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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124922933...IAAOSwwcFhUldy
Bought a lovely Seiko 7a28-7039 via a WTB last week, and it’s marvellous. Only thing is the shrouded lugs (had a B1074 bracelet originally) mean it’s tough to fit straps too. Most are too thick at the ends. When I popped off the (lovely) Di-Modell strap it came on off it one of the spring bars looked like a banana - must have taken hours of sweating to get on! Anyway, Q is can anyone recommend 20mm straps that are quite slim at the lug end? Really needs something quite tool watchy given what it is.
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you could use curved spring bars with a thicker strap
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124922933...IAAOSwwcFhUldy
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Cheers. I thought about this but the receiving holes are very low down and I wasn’t sure they’d do the job. Probably worth trying though - although perhaps not with the “extra thick” ones. Will give it a go. Ta.Originally Posted by ktmog6uk
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https://www.watchobsession.co.uk/pro...18103032184903 fit mate. This strap comes with quick release spring bars which worked fine.
I had a 7a38 with the same case and the green canvas strap looked good.
Last edited by Slevin Kelevra; 7th January 2022 at 10:07.
Thanks for that. Good advice but I have a thing about QR spring bars. My Farer came on them, first time I’d ever used them. I was getting out of the truck one day and shooting my arm through my coat. I guess a thread must have caught the QR bar and the watch flew two feet in the air. By complete fluke I caught it but I’ve never worn a QR strap again.
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Does it have to be leather ? Whereas this Speidel 20mm stainless bracelet could never be mistaken for a Seiko B1074S, it follows the ethos.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/272926828988
It certainly doesn’t, I’d just given up finding an aftermarket bracelet which worked but that looks well worth a go! Thanks!
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Failing that there's always the erstwhile ubiquitous 20mm 'Feiko' stainless bracelet. I've used them (for want of anything better) on a couple of my Seiko 7A38's (more so on Orient J39's), with hooded 20mm lugs, over the years.* Unfortunately even supplies of these on eBay seem to have completely dried up, as you implied.
But it might be worth dropping a PM to Onelasttime, to see if he still has his.
https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.p...Seiko-bracelet
*See this thread on my old archived forum:
https://seiko7a38.com/archive/apps/f...-spares-parts-
Last edited by Seiko7A38; 8th January 2022 at 12:50.
Brilliant. Thank you.
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Very easy to remove the quick release bars from this type of strap and fit normal ones mate.
I also think any of the unlined type of leather strap would fit. These tend to be very thin at the spring bar end.
Last edited by Slevin Kelevra; 1st February 2022 at 21:11.
Pics of an unlined strap fitted with normal spring bars. The strap is the wrong lug width obviously but a 20mm would work perfectly too.
You can see how thin the strap is at the spring bars.
Excellent. Thanks.Pics of an unlined strap fitted with normal spring bars. The strap is the wrong lug width obviously but a 20mm would work perfectly too.
You can see how thin the strap is at the spring bars.
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