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42mm Link Bracelet Peculiarity

al256

al256

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This "Band fits 140-205mm wrists."

When I look at the removable links, I see 8 links which can be removed:
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205mm-140mm=65mm
65mm/8 links=8.125mm

So maybe not too strange... Whenever I see metric units with odd decimal values, it's usually because a product is designed in freedom units. However, no freedom fraction matches this value. 5/16 is 7.94mm and that's as close as a reasonable unit gets.

But, .125 is a fractional value. What we're left is 8 and 1/8mm links. Does anyone else find this strange? I can only guess it was done to reach a 205mm maximum size instead of 204mm. But then again, I'm also kind of use to companies exaggerating numbers... What's one more mm in the marketing material?
 
I've never heard of "freedom units" but I think you're trying to hard to make something out of nothing. I'm sure all of Apple's products are designed in metric, as are most other products made for worldwide sale.
 
You are assuming that the 8 removable units is the maximum size. There might be 10, 12 or more to make the maximum band size - it's just that only eight were used when the picture was produced.
 
I have a smaller wrist. What worries me is they say, "And several links feature a simple release button, so you can add and remove links without any special tools."

Make me wonder if some of the other links still need to removed with special tools?
 
I've been in engineering and never heard of freedom units lol. I've heard imperial of course on the other hand.
 
Watches that have adjustable bands sometimes come with a few links separate in the box to add if needed.
 
al256 said:
This "Band fits 140-205mm wrists."

When I look at the removable links, I see 8 links which can be removed:
Image

205mm-140mm=65mm
65mm/8 links=8.125mm

So maybe not too strange... Whenever I see metric units with odd decimal values, it's usually because a product is designed in freedom units. However, no freedom fraction matches this value. 5/16 is 7.94mm and that's as close as a reasonable unit gets.

But, .125 is a fractional value. What we're left is 8 and 1/8mm links. Does anyone else find this strange? I can only guess it was done to reach a 205mm maximum size instead of 204mm. But then again, I'm also kind of use to companies exaggerating numbers... What's one more mm in the marketing material?
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For the watch pictured, probably only 6 links can be removed. Not 8. I suspect that 2 of the 8 button-enabled links have one side permanently attached to neighboring links.

The smallest configuration needs to have two "link removal buttons" remaining, or there would be no way to disconnect things to add links back in.

I did the same calculation as you (based on 6 removable links for the 42mm and 4 removable links for the 38mm). It looks to me like the links are not the same size on the two bands.

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JFazYankees said:
There are actually at least 12 removable links.

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But we don't know if that watch already had extra links added for the demo.
 
papa8706 said:
Very nice, thanks. Do know if thats the 38mm by any chance? Looks a little smaller to me
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It's the 42mm. Here's the video I took the screenshots from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIavmZDwt1w. You can see "42mm" if you look really close when the watch is upside down around 13 seconds in.

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MeFromHere said:
For the watch pictured, probably only 6 links can be removed. Not 8. I suspect that 2 of the 8 button-enabled links have one side permanently attached to neighboring links.

The smallest configuration needs to have two "link removal buttons" remaining, or there would be no way to disconnect things to add links back in.

I did the same calculation as you (based on 6 removable links for the 42mm and 4 removable links for the 38mm). It looks to me like the links are not the same size on the two bands.

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But we don't know if that watch already had extra links added for the demo.
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Since you can't buy additional links, this is extremely unlikely and may not even be possible.
 
8CoreWhore said:
Watches that have adjustable bands sometimes come with a few links separate in the box to add if needed.
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Your going to spend $1,099 on a 42mm SS, and you expect "a couple extra links" (each Link Bracelet takes close to 9 hrs to machine and assemble) in your uniquely Eco Friendly Box? :apple:
 
In this image it appears the ends of the links are polished unlike the bare SS one ......nice touch

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