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Begin Rant//
*I call screws in the lugs idiot screws because only an idiot would design a watch with screws in the lugs. KISS Keep It Simple Stupid! do you know why everyone else uses springbars? because it is simple and it works! what the heck is wrong with you that you think you need to mess with something as perfect as springbars?
there I said it, somebody had to, screws in the lugs are about as clever as eleven hour markers on a dial!
//End Rant
I personally disagree with that: I prefer screw-in lugs.
Also it depend how they are builded: One side with the screw-driver gap and the other side with thread is the best. Screw gap on both sides implicate a screw-driver on each sides when take-off and is a tricky stuff to accomplish without scratching the lugs. Better got teflon-tape around for that:?
So why do I prefer screw-lugs??? Solidity, security!
With divers or big watches even I am not diving, I understand that divers desire this security to do not loose them watch in the deep: Specialy if they used it for timing them dive.
I tell you a real story also: Some years ago, I heard about a guy in the US who was sailing with his little boat on the coast, having a sweet day under the sun and a fine breeze...Until his wrist grabed the sail's border during a manipulation(or something like that..) and his new Rolex submariner poped-out of its springbars, diving on its own in the deep: Byebye money!
I guess that it sound like a silly story but silly things don't only happen to others...
Also most serious military watches got screw-lugs like the Panerai models for exemple;)...
Now, guess why the Mil.Sub got solid bars? Here's a little explanation about how "..one pin fails":
http://diving-watch.org/MILSUB-MILITARY-ISSUE-ROLEX-SUBMARINER-
Don't forget that MIIK make military inspired models.