A bracelet storage doohickey prototype story

I travel a bit and wanted a clean and compact way to take my GADA Seamaster along for the ride. That was an easy enough problem to solve. I went online and picked up a 10 USD doughnut style case and never looked back.

Not long ago I realized my GADA watch needed a GADA bracelet. I looked around, realized I hated NATOS, and decided to invest in an Omega mesh deployant bracelet. It really is the ultimate GADA bracelet but that is a discussion for another post. The trips I take can last days, weeks or months and run the gauntlet from sleeping on the beach to business formal dinners. The Seamaster on mesh can do all of that... but a Seamaster with a mesh AND a flat link bracelet can do all that and more.

Here's where things get complicated. When the AD swapped the factory flatlink for the mesh he gave me back the original bracelet in FOUR seperate bags. One for the spring bars (different diameter), one for the bracelet and one for each end link. The whole point of investing in a GADA bracelet for my GADA watch was to keep the original bracelet dressy and scratch free. You can't just dump all of the componants in a bag and let them fight amongst themselves. There needs to be order to prevent scratches.

I though long and hard about how to assemble a compact but complete travel kit. It would need to keep my watch, two bracelets, and any tools I might need safe, clean and organized. I looked around, read some reviews and ended up buying this case from Prometheus. Its a quality product and reasonably priced but didn't quite fit my needs. A few minutes with a utility knife and band saw fixed that. The next problem I had to address was the four baggies; try as I might I couldn't make them fit. That was when I had my Eureka moment.... What if I made a set of mock lugs to keep the bracelet, end links and spring bars all nicely contained? that way I could just roll the whole thing up in a cleaning cloth and nothing would scratch, chafe or, most importantly, take up any unnecessary space.

These little doohickies are made of HDPE plastic and were cut with a bandsaw and drill press. The proof of concept is solid but I need to tighten my tolerances and make a second cleaner set. Now that I have posted my little million dollar idea on the internet I should probably call my patent attorney. 🍻 5/31/23 18:27 PDT