Panerai VSF 1055 Rubber Strap Failure..

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Went to wear my 1055 today.... I've heard of this happening but the strap fell apart in my hands

 

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[Warwickhunt]

Oh no! You haven't been wearing it have you....?

 

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Oh no! You haven't been wearing it have you....?

I know that rubber actually can fail like this, especially cheaper rubber or improperly molded ones, usually the lifecycle of rubber watch straps is 5-7 years of heavy wear.

I wear it once or twice a month, it's never been swimming, this is my first strap in my 10 year watch career that has snapped apart like this,

I've only owned this 1055 for 2-3 years

What's shocking is that it failed in 3-4 places, not just 1, you can see it snapped in 3 locations! That's crazy.

I guess I can't expect that much from rubber straps, they cheap out to make margins on stuff like this, the VSF rubber strap always felt flimsy

Kept it in a watch box and when I took it out today, it literally just fell apart and gave out, maybe the watch box was too humid, I need to leave more dessicant packs inside it.

Notice how it failed around the soft / molded parts that were flimsy, and also around the smallest hole location (which I wear the strap on).

Just crazy work.

Folks, remeber to check your rubber straps for tears and cracks otherwise you'll have a nasty surprise!

 

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[elusive1]

Something similar happened to me, on a black rubber strap. It snapped in half when it was on my wrist lol.

 

[31337]

You are not alone bro
Two vsf straps (one blue and one black) happened the same to me both the first day after receiving the watch from my td that recognized the fails and sent me another two im waiting now
Absurd because if it happens for example when you are on Bike or something similar, is the end …

 

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T

You are not alone bro
Two vsf straps (one blue and one black) happened the same to me both the first day after receiving the watch from my td that recognized the fails and sent me another two im waiting now
Absurd because if it happens for example when you are on Bike or something similar, is the end …

That's crazy because they're all failing in the same spots too. Around the weird molded rectangle pattern.

I will buy a non branded strap for this watch to use.

You are right, and I got super lucky that it failed in the box, if it failed on wrist while I was wearing it.. $350 watch into the trash can

 

[themaxx25]

Thanks for sharing!