Watch Bracelet Pinching Hairy Hands

imme

title says it all.

My Seiko similar to attached sometimes pinches the hairs on my arm.
In between the links or around there is the place that it happens.

Can anything be done

Thanks.

Wibbs

When I saw the title first I thought I must be in one of the other forums I mod and was about to suggest "it makes you go blind" was a fallacy.

TBH I it's one reason I never wear bracelet watches. When I was a kid my first "real" watch was a Seiko calculator watch. Loved that thing, then puberty hit and hit with a gorilla like vengance and I've been strap boyo ever since. I never found a solution to the hair grabbing myself. I gather some types are worse than others mind you.

peasant

The problem is the way the bracelet is made ...it's folded sheet metal.

Older and/or cheap bracelets are made that way. When you look at their backside you can see lots of small gaps (where the folds meet) which are nothing but hungry jaws to catch and eat your hair

Bracelets that are made from solid stainless steel don't have that problem ...they are heavy though and more expensive.

sparrowcar

I would suggest putting your game face on and manning up

I use to suffer terribly with this but I got older and the hair just got lighter and less around my wrist so now it rarely bothers me. You could get a strap instead as suggested.

Oral Surgeon

imme wrote: »

title says it all.

My Seiko similar to attached sometimes pinches the hairs on my arm.
In between the links or around there is the place that it happens.

Can anything be done

Thanks.

Try this:D

http://www.my-no-no.com/

7ofBrian

Shave.

imme

Oral Surgeon wrote: »

Try this:D

http://www.my-no-no.com/

I'd no idea there were so many comedians around this part of Boards.

As Colour Sargent Green says in Zulu: "No, comedians please"

7ofBrian

Well, as the old saying goes, "Ask a stupid question..." :rolleyes:

peasant

imme wrote: »

Can anything be done

Cheapo, crappy, folded Vostok bracelets are infamous for painfully tearing your hair out.

I once spent a whole afternoon rubbing down the back of one of those with emery paper (3M, the spongy kind). This took the edge of the gaps and reduced the pain by about 50% ...still too much for me though.

This method might work on a bracelet that is a bit less crappy to start with than the Vostok one ...but I'm not making any promises.

fret_wimp2

You sound like your a stage 6 .

Sounds like you might be destined for a trip to "Jurassic Park", aka St Clabbarts ;-)

imme

7ofBrian wrote: »

Well, as the old saying goes, "Ask a stupid question..." :rolleyes:

it wasn't really that much of a silly question;)

imme

could I put a leather strap on it.
If so anyone got any recommendations.

I fear Weirs would charge the price of the watch, maybe McDowells?

unkel

imme wrote: »

could I put a leather strap on it.

Of course you could

I don't think anything could be as comfy / natural as leather...

I've a Hirsch leather strap myself and I would recommend that make. Beautifully made, great quality leather and reasonable enough prices if you shop around (mine was £29 delivered, well worth it)

Eoin

imme wrote: »

could I put a leather strap on it.
If so anyone got any recommendations.

I fear Weirs would charge the price of the watch, maybe McDowells?

It's normally really easy to change a strap yourself; but you could also buy one from eBay and ask any jeweller to change it - should take no more than a couple of minutes.

Measure the distance between the lugs and that's the size strap you're looking for - e.g. 16mm.

Something like this might work. The gold tones might make it hard to find a nice matching strap over the internet though, so maybe have a look at some in a jewellers to get an idea, and have a look on eBay after.