Assuming one agrees the pin buckle is more comfortable than a deployant, a brand would want to fit its straps with that versus the more complicated, but less useful, deployant clasp option. If a timepiece design truly indicates that a deployant clasp helps round-out the look of a watch, brands should at least consider also including a conversion kit in the packaging. This could be as simple as offering a traditional ardillon buckle that can be installed as an option. The cost of this part is truly minimal, and it at least gives consumers an option for how to wear their watch strap.
I am actually amazed at how rarely I see this. As a professional watch reviewer and experienced consumer, I say all this simply because I want more people to have as-positive-as-possible experiences with their sport or luxury watches.
Too much about what goes into watch design and marketing is about habit, and this is an industry with a lot of really outdated habits that need reexamination. Watch designs might also simply want to think twice about what consumers value in a wristwatch. Deployment clasps can increase the life of a leather band by holding it more securely and with less unnecessary tension on the band.
Simple aftermarket accessories like these deployment clasps can help improve both the look and the function of your valuable timepiece, and you can install yourself without being a professional horologist. Remember Me. They can come in all kinds of shapes, finishes, materials and sizes, but they generally feature a bar, a frame and a pin which goes in the holes on the strap's other end. The remaining length is tucked into the keepers. Keeper : The loops, usually of fabric, leather or metal, which keep the long end of the strap from flapping around.
Most straps have two, but some feature only one keeper. The most common type of fastening method used on metal bracelets is the folding clasp. In its most basic form, it features two hinges and three sections which fold over each other and snap shut — some varieties can simply be pried open, but this is less common in modern watches.
There are multiple variations and solutions regarding ways to prevent the clasp from accidentally opening, several of which are discussed below. Watch enthusiasts have been known to brawl over whether the correct term for this type of clasp is "deployant" or "deployment. What's important is to know that it's similar to many folding varieties found on metal bracelets — but used on straps.
The benefit is said to be less wear on the strap material than is caused by bending between a buckle's pin and frame over time. Steven Jay explains how to operate your fashionable set-it and forget-it dual deployant butterfly watch clasp. Invented in by Louis Cartier , deployment watch clasps fold and unfold to provide a tailored fit.
When a deployment clasp is closed, its buckle is virtually invisible. The deployment clasp is opened by pulling the joined ends of the clasp outward, away from each other, like a butterfly spreading its wings. The deployment clasp buckle can then be fastened around the wrist.
On a watch with a leather band , the deployment clasp buckle must be pulled open, away from the edge at the end of the watch, to expose the pin, which fits into the holes on the band. You must position the band, so that the pin faces the hole corresponding to your wrist size.
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