This article is about watch clasps.
In 1806, a watch made specially for the princess by Napoleon’s wife, Queen J. Jopphen is the earliest record of the watches. This is a watch that focuses on decoration made into a bracelet.
Nowadays, we fix watches on the wrist by watch clasps mostly. As the name implies, “watch clasp” is a device that can hold the watch firmly, mainly referring to the middle part of the watch strap.
The clasp has the advantages of firm buckle connection, not easy to deform, strong integrity, beautiful and elegant, and easy to repair. The buckles are mostly made of stainless steel and titanium.
There are watch clasps as buckles, bracelet clasp, leather deployment buckle, hidden clasp, folding clasp with safety, hook buckle, push-button hidden clasp, and so on.
To cater to different styles of strap designs, watchmakers will design all kinds of buckles for easy wearing. The exquisite buckle design, outstanding in details, blends with the strap and watch, makes it amazing.
Here, we introduce the common watch clasp styles on the market to let everyone know more about every different little details of the watch.
Top 7 most common watch clasps
Buckle
The buckle is the oldest clasp among many clasp types, generally use on watches with leather straps.
This kind of watchband has multiple holes on it, which is convenient for different people to adjust the length of the watchband. Because there is a certain distance between each hole, it may not match the length of the wrist when adjusting. But this kind of buckle is relatively strong.
Due to the easy operation and simple design, the length of the strap can adjust by itself, so it is with the leather wristband all the way.
Bracelet Clasp
The buckle will produce friction during long-term use, which will cause the abrasion of the strap around the buckle.
Then the bracelet clasps come out to make up for the shortcomings of traditional buckles.
The biggest difference of the bracelet clasp is that the pinhole is only as a part to fix the strap. The pinhole for fixing, and the other end is a metal folding buckle. Every day, you just need moving the folding buckle to remove the strap. The whole process did not cause any friction. Therefore, it can protect the strap.
This kind of buckle usually appears on ladies’ watches. The shape of the buckle and the bracelet is the same, which is equivalent to disassembling a ring of the bracelet, a small folding buckle. When it is placed flat after buckled, you can not separate the bracelet and the buckle.
Leather Deployment Buckle
Leather deployment buckles are mainly on belt watches, which are easy to pick up, protect the belt from abrasion, and prolong the life of the belt.
When in use, open the lock and gently lift the metal pull ring to extend the strap for easy removal.
This kind of buckle is not common on the markets.
Hidden Clasp
Hidden clasps are generally on steel band watches.
The two sides are opened gently and pressed in two directions to put it on. It is integrated perfectly with the strap after folded.
It is very beautiful, and there is no obtrusive point at all. All the wearers are love it.
Folding Clasp with safety
This is a common type of buckle on stainless steel bracelets.
Fold two bracelets of the same length and buckle on the other side. This way, the two-way safety is relatively strong, and there is no trace.
Folding Clasp with safety is the most commonly type of buckle in low- and middle-grade steel band watches. It is very normal in daily life. It is easy to loosen if the quality is not so good enough.
Hook Buckle
The hook buckle is the most convenient kind of watch buckle. Generally, there is a hook hung on one side first, and then buckled.
This kind of clasp is not only strong, but also can adjust the length of the bracelet at will. Because the another side is stuck on the bracelet, so it can adjust the bracelet after opening.
Hook Buckles are mostly for belt watches. We can always see it on Milanese straps, but is low usage rate.
Push-button hidden clasp
Push-button hidden clasp is a derivative of folding buckle.
The double concealed buckles on both sides are generally for metal bracelets, and often appear on ladies’ watches.
This kind of buckle is fashionable and high-end, comfortable and convenient to wear and release.
Press the concealed buckle in both directions when wearing it, and there is no trace after buckled. When unlocking, press the wings opposite each other. There is double-opening and single-opening.
The two-way concealed buckle is relatively strong. If the length of the bracelet is not suitable after wearing it, you can only intercept the bracelet.
The clasp is only a small part of the watch. These 7 types of watch clasps introduced here are only the most common clasps. Many infrequently used clasps cannot be fully introduced.
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