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I just wandered in to this forum. I see a few names I recognize!
As in life, there are no perfect solutions. My feelings are that screwed in pins look cooler, and they cannot rust like spring bars can. However screwed in pins can come loose and you not notice it - it's pretty common actually. Also spring bars make the strap easier to change and make it less likely that you will scratch the case trying to screw down the pins. And sand can get lodged in the screw holes causing greater chance for corrosion.
Currently my watches use spring bars and I encourage anyone who goes in the ocean more than once a week to change the bars every 6 months. If you only wear the watch in the shower or freshwater, the bars should last 12 months. If you keep the watch essentially dry, then they should last for many years. The springs inside spring bars have to be made of carbon steel which rusts pretty easily.
Hope this helps.
Now I'll have to poke around some on here and see what I find....
Cheers,
John