Female end links...

I'm just going to say it. I don't like em, those things are ugly and completely break the flow of a beautiful piece. I know they serve a purpose, they exist so that people with smaller wrist can wear a "larger" watch, but c'mon, if you are going to wear a 42mm in your 6.5' wrist then just ROCK THE DAMN THING, don't go half way in, rock that behemoth on your smaller than average wrist, nobody cares, female end links are plane ugly.

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I’m not a big fan in many cases either. They sometimes make the watch sit weirdly on the wrist for me.

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Im confused as to what the problem is. How do the end links determine who can wear what?

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Some brand, do make it possible to switch between female and male end links.

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I'm sorry but what?How are the ugly? If anything I would say the exact opposite is true🤷

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The only crime I see here is that San Martin.👀🫣

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thekris

Im confused as to what the problem is. How do the end links determine who can wear what?

I believe the thought is that male end links can effectively extend the watch's lug-to-lug length, which can make it wear too large for the petite-wristed among us.

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OlDirtyBezel

I believe the thought is that male end links can effectively extend the watch's lug-to-lug length, which can make it wear too large for the petite-wristed among us.

So in the pictured watch the middle link closest to the case doesn’t pivot down? Is that the issue?

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thekris

So in the pictured watch the middle link closest to the case doesn’t pivot down? Is that the issue?

I believe that San Martin has female end links. Here’s a picture I found that shows the difference:

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The watch on the left has male links, and the right has female links. The center portion of the male juts out and doesn’t fold over, but the center part of the female link does. Because the male one is static, that basically extends the functional lug-to-lug length beyond the end of the case. There are probably better pictures out there somewhere.

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OlDirtyBezel

I believe that San Martin has female end links. Here’s a picture I found that shows the difference:

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The watch on the left has male links, and the right has female links. The center portion of the male juts out and doesn’t fold over, but the center part of the female link does. Because the male one is static, that basically extends the functional lug-to-lug length beyond the end of the case. There are probably better pictures out there somewhere.

Lol, turns out I’ve misunderstood the whole thing the whole time.

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thekris

Lol, turns out I’ve misunderstood the whole thing the whole time.

It be like that sometimes.