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 Posted: Fri Mar 4th, 2011 10:25 am
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William/Hammerfjord pointed me recently to a mesh supplier and I ordered a few in stainless steel and in PVD in various widths. I decided to fit and crimp a 22mm stainless steel mesh into the 21mm lugs of my Fieldmaster. It looked swell. But soon after, I wanted to match the polished sides of the Fieldmaster with a polished mesh....NONE, said the supplier. So off to the watchsmith I went last weekend and had him polish the bracelet as best he could.

The bracelet looked just fine and enjoyed a nice shine. Shown beside it is the original and still brushed extra length. the watchsmith said if I didn't like the sheen anymore, he could brush it back to the original.

Looking forward to the day when mesh will be issued in bronze and maybe then, I'll shoot down a bronze-cased timepiece.

Thanks for looking. Comments/disagreements very welcome.



The cut portion on the left is the original mesh and the one on the watch is the polished version.

Another view/look

And still another...not very noticeable in the pic but much clearer in person


Here's what the Seiko Kamikaze might look like on anti-shark.....just experimenting. Might need to crimp the mesh a little more because the Kamikaze lugs are just 20mm. Might try it soon.

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 Posted: Fri Mar 4th, 2011 01:40 pm
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Jeff! The first mesh I bought for my 1500 Kaz. was a 22mm originaly polished. The seller wasn't doing any brushed so...I went to another seller to get a 20mm brushed for my Revue chrono.
I know where to find the rare 21mm mesh also in polished(this one is short and should fit you): This seller is Cool!
http://cgi.ebay.com/21mm-Polish-SHARK-Mesh-Extra-Short-Divers-Watch-Band-/230580756858?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35afaf217a#ht_7782wt_1212

For the bronze: Never saw that and not sure it will ever be made as bronze watches are a little/reduced market.
But gold/golden mesh are available...

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 Posted: Sat Mar 5th, 2011 09:24 am
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Hammerfjord wrote:
Jeff! The first mesh I bought for my 1500 Kaz. was a 22mm originaly polished. The seller wasn't doing any brushed so...I went to another seller to get a 20mm brushed for my Revue chrono.
I know where to find the rare 21mm mesh also in polished(this one is short and should fit you): This seller is Cool!
http://cgi.ebay.com/21mm-Polish-SHARK-Mesh-Extra-Short-Divers-Watch-Band-/230580756858?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35afaf217a#ht_7782wt_1212

For the bronze: Never saw that and not sure it will ever be made as bronze watches are a little/reduced market.
But gold/golden mesh are available...


Thanks again for the new link, Will. I will hunt it down. Mesh in polished form seems to really appeal to me. Today, just for the heck of it I went to the Omega AD to check out the mesh of the PloProf currently in the stables of Graham, JWBartlett and Paul and I saw that the Omega mesh is truly superior with finer, flatter "links". But, of course, price points are wider apart.

You are right about the bronze. Market size is still small and maybe might not be commercially feasible for a maker to mass produce them....but good to be on the ready in case such mesh variants come out....maybe also in titanium????

Last edited on Sat Mar 5th, 2011 09:35 am by bigrustypig

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Hammerfjord wrote:
Jeff! The first mesh I bought for my 1500 Kaz. was a 22mm originaly polished. The seller wasn't doing any brushed so...I went to another seller to get a 20mm brushed for my Revue chrono.
I know where to find the rare 21mm mesh also in polished(this one is short and should fit you): This seller is Cool!
http://cgi.ebay.com/21mm-Polish-SHARK-Mesh-Extra-Short-Divers-Watch-Band-/230580756858?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35afaf217a#ht_7782wt_1212

For the bronze: Never saw that and not sure it will ever be made as bronze watches are a little/reduced market.
But gold/golden mesh are available...


Will, PERFECT! I just visited the site and will get 2...maybe for my Sumo and my Kamikaze. Glad to know our radar is always switched on. Thanks, bro! It's perfect for me.

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 Posted: Sat Mar 5th, 2011 09:52 am
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I bet that sparkles in the sun.

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 Posted: Sat Mar 5th, 2011 09:58 am
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Skipdawg wrote:
I bet that sparkles in the sun.

Not that much, John...at least the one I had polished. But maybe in original form from the factory, there's a good chance it will shine much more.

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No problem Jeff, you're welcome!
Omega mesh are at list 4 times more expensives so offcourse, the quality has to be superior.
Anyway, an Omega mesh is worth to get for an Omega or an expensive watch...Not for a 600buks or less, Seiko.
Or it's like fitting Delaurian crocodile horn-back straps to a 44mm Parnis Pam homage...
For the titanium mesh...I thought also about it but titanium don't bend...It crack.
Seems like the mesh are springs flattened together by press: A titanium thread might not take it well and develops cracks....

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