 |
PM |  | |
Quote | | |
Reply | | |
Full Topic | |
| Joined: | Sun Apr 15th, 2007 |
| Location: | Perth, Australia |
| Posts: | 1268 |
| Status: |
Offline
|
IMHO screw-in buckles are better value - they do allow you to change straps and they multiply the use and application of any strap set up that way. I have a few aftermarket leather straps which look the biz on brushed, polished or pvd pre-v style buckles, so I regularly change out the straps, the buckles, and put them on various watches with the same lug-width.
I have some of their watches, but I have never bought an authentic Panerai leather strap (or a ruber one, for that matter...). But then again, I have seen authentic new Panerai straps with both sewn-in and screwed-in buckles which have apparently come like that from the factory, at my AD. To the best of my knowledge, sewn-in buckles were originally for military issue watches - but hey, if I am wrong, someone with greater knowledge please chime in!
Maybe it is just the a security issue (sewn-in can't fall out), maybe it is a cost issue (though not much difference from the AD on the two styles(!).
On my straps, I have never had a screw-in buckle come loose, let alone fall out. My only caution is that, for me, a bent (or more correctly, curved) pre-v buckle is more comfortable than the unbent ones (curved in the sense that the end part of the buckle is bent down towards the strap it would be worn with) cos some of those puppies are almost as wide as the watch, and can catch passing planes!
Have a great weekend huck - IanM hand6.gif