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My "Strap Game" is ready......hopefully I can score a Stainless Deployant from the boutique
My "Strap Game" is ready......hopefully I can score a Stainless Deployant from the boutique. In this image only the teal strap on the watch and the navy blue at 1 o'clock are factory. Everything else is aftermarket.
I have seen these repeaters being delivered mostly with a deployant clasp. But I have seen a couple being sold with a tang buckle. Since my watch is stainless, I was expecting to find a SS tang buckle, but my buckle is Platinum with proper FPJ and Swiss hallmarks.
Wondering if the previous owner kept the SS deployant or if this watch was indeed delivered with a Platinum Tang buckle?
Get the same 'metal matching' deployant for sure. Weird the metal difference, maybe the original mixed up a few items?
That’s a good question
I would say they would have matched the metals. I have a couple of FPJ deployants and they are very good but I will always prefer a tang. I think a tang gives a more comfortable feel/fit and is more minimalistic/elegant…of course that’s all subjective and some people buy deployantes for all their Journes.
Nothing wrong with a nice classic tang, of coutse, but here..
..but here are my two reasons why I prefer deployant:
1)- UNDOUBTEDLY, the longevity of the strap goes up dramatically if it is paired with a deployant. You force the tiny stud/pin through the hole once.....and that's it....no more meaningful stress/stretch on the hole. With a tang you are slowly stretching the hole over time as you essentially stress the hole in the strap every day you wear the watch - twice.
2) deployant also feels safer to me, when putting on the watch. If I have a strap with a tang, I have to subconsciously do it above a bed, above the table etc....so if in case the watch would slip through my fingers, while fiddling with the tang with one hand, the watch would slip and fall - it would not fall all the way to the ground.
With a deployant clasp I'll do it more cinfidendly above ground.
1)- UNDOUBTEDLY, the longevity of the strap goes up dramatically if it is paired with a deployant. You force the tiny stud/pin through the hole once.....and that's it....no more meaningful stress/stretch on the hole. With a tang you are slowly stretching the hole over time as you essentially stress the hole in the strap every day you wear the watch - twice.
2) deployant also feels safer to me, when putting on the watch. If I have a strap with a tang, I have to subconsciously do it above a bed, above the table etc....so if in case the watch would slip through my fingers, while fiddling with the tang with one hand, the watch would slip and fall - it would not fall all the way to the ground.
With a deployant clasp I'll do it more cinfidendly above ground.
Yes you are right on both accounts. It all boils down to preference.
I’m sure they can help you out at the boutique and I can also understand the desire to have a matching buckle. 🤗