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PAM438 bracelet broken

Norrie

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Just collected my 438 from he watchsmith, had it in my hoodie pocket and the bracelet endlink has come off and was thankfully floating around in my pocket. From what I understand, it's not uncommon. What would you use as an adhesive to glue it back on? Superglue? Thinking I might try and pry the other one off and secure that down too.
 

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How did the endlink come off? There is a screw that secures it, which you can purchase off EBay or elsewhere, if that is the issue.
 

Norrie

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Has two pins which insert into the lower part. The watch was fine when it went into my hoodie pocket and 5 minutes later it was like this. Glad i didn't lose the lose part.
 

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Has two pins which insert into the lower part. The watch was fine when it went into my hoodie pocket and 5 minutes later it was like this. Glad i didn't lose the lose part.

Superglue will do nicely. Just detach the end link from the rest of the bracelet and the watch head before doing it, of course.
 

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Superglue will do nicely. Just detach the end link from the rest of the bracelet and the watch head before doing it, of course.

I would recommend an epoxy based resin, considering the low contact level between the 2 pieces.
 

Norrie

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Right. Same as mine. Will keep an eye out for loose end piece.. i imagine that would be quite easy to loose.

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Yeah I saw it happened to a few others and was worried it would happen to me too. Glad it happened in my pocket and not on my wrist down the beach.
 

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My bracelet just completely fell apart. I'm all set with the carbon reps that this point.


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