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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:56 pm 
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My advice would be just wear it and enjoy it.

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and what would you do if you found out your wrist was not "normal" ?


I was just asking for opinion, i think it is normal and it might has to do with my big bone structure.


Can you post a picture of your wrist? In particular, what are the measurements between your Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis to your Extensor Carpi Ulnaris, also any photo next to a protractor or something that can show an angle.


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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:37 pm 
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Lol. You'll need to be more specific. Which part of the muscle do you want him to measure from? A specific point in the body of the muscle? or the insertion tendons?

Far better idea... OP, swing by my place and we'll organise some xrays and a bone scan to check out that bone structure of yours :-)


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Really hard to tell what is going on in that picture, looks fine to me. It's mesh and not an I beam. Bracelets by nature wear in.


What do u mean by ( not an I beam. Bracelets by nature wear in ) ? :cheer:



bracelets are not a single straight piece of steel They are made to be flexible and as such deflect. As you wear them they wear themselves and become even more flexible. You think it won't stay straight now, wear it for five more years everyday. It'll be wonderfully broken in. :poke:


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Having just picked myself up off the floor, and only just managed to stop laughing at this thread, the answer is obvious given the OP's screen name:

Start a class action suit, as the flexible mesh bracelet is clearly too flexible :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Yes, this is normal with steel mesh. You will never have steel mesh that is perfectly straight which is a product of its own design to maintain flexibility. It also wouldn't surprise me if the Breitling ones were intentionally made with a very small cant to aid fitment.


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Having just picked myself up off the floor, and only just managed to stop laughing at this thread, the answer is obvious given the OP's screen name:

Start a class action suit, as the flexible mesh bracelet is clearly too flexible :lol: :lol: :lol:


:uplaugh: I'm still a student, will be specializing in criminal defense in the future.


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Well this whole god d a m n thread is a crime in itself.

Do you also complain when your bread is not buttered on the correct side??

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CivilLawyer wrote:
jkwelsh wrote:
Having just picked myself up off the floor, and only just managed to stop laughing at this thread, the answer is obvious given the OP's screen name:

Start a class action suit, as the flexible mesh bracelet is clearly too flexible :lol: :lol: :lol:


:uplaugh: I'm still a student, will be specializing in criminal defense in the future.



OK, all bracelets develop play - older style Rolex Oyster, newer style oyster, jubilee, Ling Pro I, Pro II, Pilot, Fighter, Navi, Speed.

Thank you for clarifying you are still a law student - it explains a lot to me - being beat to crap every day and forced to look for stuff that doesn't seem to exist. The entire mentality of law school education - "What's wrong with this. WHAT WRONG WITH THIS - I have to find it.

Thanks again for clarifying, you were giving me a bad name and I already do that easily enough myself.

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Some of the responses in here aren't very kind...in fact a few are downright rude :(

But again, because of what mesh is, making two perfectly even pieces is impossible given the 'direction' all depends upon how weaves line up and the inner angles (which can be in the thousands and higher), which is very different than say a 1 piece, 10 piece, or even a 70+ piece Pilot, which are machined pieces all using fixed angles/joints.


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Some of the responses in here aren't very kind...in fact a few are downright rude :(

But again, because of what mesh is, making two perfectly even pieces is impossible given the 'direction' all depends upon how weaves line up and the inner angles (which can be in the thousands and higher), which is very different than say a 1 piece, 10 piece, or even a 70+ piece Pilot, which are machined pieces all using fixed angles/joints.



The OP seems to be having good fun with it and if it violated the Breitingsource rules of civility, the mods would have addressed it by now. That's one of their main functions...of very many.

Regardless of engineering, I will share my actual experience - I have noticed no difference in how the several Breitling OCs I've owned react on the wrist, develop play or anything else versus the abundance of pilot bracelets I have owned, though I can't say I've owned a 70 piece one! :poke:

CivilLawyer suggests he is in law school. If so, I'm sure he can relate to my comments quite well. As to the others, he seems to be handling it just fine. It is a rite of passage for newer members all in good fun. One thing Breitlingsouce is not is one of those dour and glum forums like ... DAMN, forum rules prohibit me from referencing them.

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Owning a jewelry store, I do a lot of batteries on cheaper brand watches with mesh bracelets (skagen) mostly and the mesh is always out of whack a little.

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Owning a jewelry store, I do a lot of batteries on cheaper brand watches with mesh bracelets (skagen) mostly and the mesh is always out of whack a little.



No doubt! The Breitling OC is a beast of it's own in the world of mesh bracelets (I have no experience with the Omega mesh). Much thicker. But I have owned some micro-brands with mesh - run of the mill catalog bracelets. Very different construction, movement and feel.

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sharkman wrote:
nickzac wrote:
Some of the responses in here aren't very kind...in fact a few are downright rude :(

But again, because of what mesh is, making two perfectly even pieces is impossible given the 'direction' all depends upon how weaves line up and the inner angles (which can be in the thousands and higher), which is very different than say a 1 piece, 10 piece, or even a 70+ piece Pilot, which are machined pieces all using fixed angles/joints.



The OP seems to be having good fun with it and if it violated the Breitingsource rules of civility, the mods would have addressed it by now. That's one of their main functions...of very many.

Regardless of engineering, I will share my actual experience - I have noticed no difference in how the several Breitling OCs I've owned react on the wrist, develop play or anything else versus the abundance of pilot bracelets I have owned, though I can't say I've owned a 70 piece one! :poke:

CivilLawyer suggests he is in law school. If so, I'm sure he can relate to my comments quite well. As to the others, he seems to be handling it just fine. It is a rite of passage for newer members all in good fun. One thing Breitlingsouce is not is one of those dour and glum forums like ... DAMN, forum rules prohibit me from referencing them.


I wasn't referring specifically to you, but how some other comments were worded.

The Pilot bracelet is comprised of about 70 (well for people with my wrist, it isn't near that...) individual and standardized pieces all linked in the same fashion/angle (as opposed to solid links that other watchmakers use in which there may only be 6 or so individual pieces on each side. The mesh bracelet is completely different from this. There are a gazillion more angles. And that is why you will never have two exact pieces. Technically, you could say every one is somewhat unique. It doesn't signify anything is wrong. On the contrary, it is probably Breitling's toughest bracelet. Mesh armor has been used for quite some time and it is still used today for a good reason.


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