PSA; ebay stainless link bracelet

[MaxBurn]

I've been looking for a stainless link bracelet for a while. Found a really good reproduction on ebay last week and at just about $70 for what appeared to be a visual and functionally identical stainless link bracelet I figured that's a good price for a no name china stainless bracelet.

Day 6 of wearing it one of the adjustment links came apart and dumped my watch in the sink while I was doing dishes. Looking into it bending the bracelet around causes it to let go, sometimes pretty easily.

Video;

https://imgur.com/Tj0smrx

 

[Kottu]

I was planning to buy a SS link from a local site but seeing your post, I may try to find an original but pre-owned one. Luckily your watch fell in the sink and hopefully it is fine. But if you'd have dropped it on a hard floor, it could have damaged your watch badly. If it is an ebay store, you should able to claim it.

 

[MaxBurn]

This one is almost identical to the apple watch but they don't seem to have the skill to pull off the button disconnect in a reliable way. There's another almost identical to this one, same butterfly closure, but it has pins for sizing. I bet that one would be perfectly fine.

 

[T5BRICK]

I was able to get a used Apple Space Black link bracelet on eBay for $128 a couple years ago, it had a few scuffs, but was great with my SBSS S4. More recently I paid about $250 for for a NIB SS link bracelet for my ultra. Personally I’d rather go with OEM for the piece of mind.

 

[MaxBurn]

I’ve got used OEM on the way, attached to a watch one generation newer too. This little taste was enough for me to see its worth it. Nice looking band.

 

[Novius89]

i just ordered an stainless link bracelet from spigen, curious about the quality. I can't and don't want to spend €250 on the official link bracelet.

 

[MaxBurn]

With a little patience and diligence they turn up on eBay pretty regularly it seems. They've been out for a while now. I just picked up a series 7 and link bracelet for a decent deal. Returning this broke third party bracelet.