Barton, Tropic, Hirsch rubber straps damage your Seiko diver! Seiko dive watch needs fat springbar.

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Barton, Tropic, Hirsch rubber straps damage your Seiko diver! Seiko dive watch needs fat springbar.

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Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised how many people are using popular rubber straps like Barton, Tropic, Hirsch Pure with Seiko dive watches. You're seriously damaging your Seiko diver! And these popular brands keep making the straps incompatible with the proper Seiko Fat Boy spring bars and keep telling nothing about the damage to the consumer. They even use Seiko dive watches in their stock photos!
This is nothing new, I'm sure a lot of Seiko diver owners know and use proper 1.1mm tip spring bars with the compatible straps. But obviously a lot of consumers have no idea. For those who don't know I've made this video with the detailed explanation of the damage and what you should do.
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@Anirossa Жыл бұрын

Nah, totally fine. The case is not gold or any other softer material. The hardness of the case will be the same or higher than the bars depending on what quality bars are used. During use the band is not mainly loose either way. It's a mounting point and not a fan axle, which will not be the first thing to go on the watch. Not a real worry

@artagain8977 25 күн бұрын

Excellent! I just purchased an SPD143 and this was so helpful!

@Ferien7 11 ай бұрын

The same thing can happen using oem seiko fat boy spring bars. It depends on how much force is being exerted on the spring bars and lugs.

@Biblicalgiants 8 ай бұрын

You're right I just realized the spring bars on my Hirsch Pure Caoutchouc bands are too small to fit my Seiko divers properly and are destroying my lug holes. And the Hirsch strap holes won't accomodate the fatboy spring bars that these watches are designed for either. Great upload!

@matthewpasqua4804 11 ай бұрын

You are a good, good man!!! Thank you! I found this at 12 midnight and I was so worried I had to go and measure the spring bars that came with my Crafter Blue straps that I replaced my OEM straps with. THANK GOD 1.0m ish which means they were definitely 1.1 or rather stated they are the proper size because I compared them with my OEM spring bars. I even checked my Citizen Promaster bars those are also around 1.1mm this is such good content I’ll share with all my fellow enthusiasts who missed this….. like me 😢 BEST!!!

@Bonpu Жыл бұрын

Interesting. Reminds me that Citizen rubber straps contain metal sleeves which not only prevent the spring bars from bending under tension but also reduce friction.

@TheDryDown Жыл бұрын

This guy only brings quality content. Nice job!

@BPoole247 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for looking out for us QC! I have yet to get a rubber strap for my new SBDC051 - however I did obtain a Seiko mesh, 2 piece strap for it and it looks great! (Both use the fat boy, no worries). Love the vids - especially your Seiko and vintage Hamilton videos! Those are my go-to's

@QuartzCrisis Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@flaviofelix99 Жыл бұрын

Very good video! Had no idea this issue was so common. I'm lucky I was able to get my skx009 with a bracelet that accepts fat boy skirting bars from the previous owner

@luisantonioramirezargueta8712 Жыл бұрын

I was lucky to purchase a bunch of toxic natos/UTE watch co. slim spring bars with fat tips. Unfortunately that brand is gone now. I replace the spring bars with every watch band before putting them on my skx

@americanpaisareturns9051 11 ай бұрын

That demonstration gave me a good laugh. Subscribed.

@QuartzCrisis 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

@artagain8977 25 күн бұрын

Me too

@volkang.5745 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing, this is great content.

@behzaadt1983 8 ай бұрын

Hey there, thanks so much for this vid as I was planning on ordering a strap from one of these companies and now I won’t be. Do you know if Uncle Seiko’s “fat bars” that come with the Uncle Tropic strap might be a safer/better choice? Thanks again

@QuartzCrisis 8 ай бұрын

Yes, I own Uncle Seiko Tropic strap and it uses proper fat bars, these are safe

@behzaadt1983 8 ай бұрын

@@QuartzCrisis Appreciate the reply, will order one of those instead!

@rychartz 7 ай бұрын

Does this apply to bracelets from strapcode/uncle seiko? I have drilled lugs on my seiko's but i dont see any movement of the tip inside the lugs. Larry from Uncle explained to me that thier fat boy springbars with 0.8 tips don't do damage to the lug holes because the tip of the springbars doesn't move.

@QuartzCrisis 7 ай бұрын

Interesting. I’ve only tested it with the strap. So if you have drilled lugs then you should be able to see the gap showing that 0.8 tip doesn’t fully fill the hole.

@rychartz 7 ай бұрын

Yes you can see that that 0.8 tip doesn't fully fill the hol. It's position is right in the middle of the hole and the tip doesn't touch the sides of the hole not even when you move the endlinks.

@americanpaisareturns9051 11 ай бұрын

Interesting. I got a Victorinox with a so called Top Grain Barton on it right now. It’s a shit band for the price. 😂 I’ll be putting the stock Victorinox bracelet back on now. I know your talking about Seiko watches but still.

@ivanmejia6843 Жыл бұрын

Do the Uncle Seiko 2.5mm spring bars that comes witn those straps 1.1 mm at the tip?

@QuartzCrisis Жыл бұрын

I see he sells Fat Boy springbars and regular spring bars... so I'm not sure what you would get. I'd say ask him if the listing doesn't specify the size of the tip

@atifghafoor6258 Жыл бұрын

What about the seiko fatboy 2.5mm spring bars if I wanted to use them on a Orient watch as the thinner spring bars are too thin for the seiko strap is it ok to use thicker spring bars then what came with the strap.

@QuartzCrisis Жыл бұрын

Sorry, I don't know about Orient. Hopefully other viewers will comment.

@atifghafoor6258 Жыл бұрын

@@QuartzCrisis the thinner spring bars will fit on the watch but when you want to take the strap off its very difficult and I have had too break one spring bar off each time I took the watch strap off. I was wondering if using a thicker spring bar would fix this issue.

@lionel170 6 ай бұрын

The moral of the story is to use the right size spring bar for the hole. Or find the right size hole for your spring bar 😅

@QuartzCrisis 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@edwards4409 Жыл бұрын

Just weld it and drill new ones

@QuartzCrisis Жыл бұрын

Do you know what would be the price of doing that? This is definitely an option

@ivanmirones9220 Жыл бұрын

I have a SEIKO SPORTS 5 SRPD79K1 (PVD BLACK). Can i fit with a Barton ELITE Silicone quick release strap?

@QuartzCrisis Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure you shouldn't

@ivanmirones9220 Жыл бұрын

@@QuartzCrisis Why?. The SRPD79K1 comes with stock 0.8mm tip spring bars and the BARTON has 0.8mm tip springbars

@ivanmirones9220 Жыл бұрын

@@QuartzCrisis Why not?. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fbqcmcmqtZmzZWg.html

@ivanmirones9220 Жыл бұрын

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@QuartzCrisis Жыл бұрын

@@ivanmirones9220 I don't have this watch and I did not check it myself. 0.8mm could be true but I'll be surprised.

@p0mgarcia121987 Жыл бұрын

If you buy those fkm rubber straps, you'll be able to insert some seiko spring bars with a little oil or vaseline. hth

@superdrykidrobot 8 ай бұрын

Get titanium :)

@PeepingTime Жыл бұрын

👀

@Mister_Hu Жыл бұрын

I've had 4 pairs of uncle seiko straps they're rubbish don't last long.

@QuartzCrisis Жыл бұрын

I have 2. So far they hold well. I use them for swimming