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Xenophon · 8 March 2012, 05:39 AM

It looks like the last of the "tuna can" stamped metal clasps have gone as both the YM & Sub are updated.
Personally I thouhgt they looked pretty cheap and dated, so I'll say "good riddance"

Timber Loftis · 8 March 2012, 05:42 AM

Yup, good riddance to outdated rubbish.

GradyPhilpott · 8 March 2012, 05:44 AM

To me, stamped clasps are as functional as milled clasps and lighter, too.

When they are in the deployed mode, they are indistinguishable.

However, the change was inevitable, so it's good that it's done and we can focus on other more important issues.

SaddleSC · 8 March 2012, 05:44 AM

I agree 100% with the OP. The Glidelock has spoiled me and rendered my old 16613 nearly unwearable!

Puffy · 8 March 2012, 05:44 AM

Bye to an era

They're still great for rubber b straps and the likes

Dan Pierce · 8 March 2012, 05:48 AM

They don't bother me at all on vintage but can understand wanting a milled clasp considering the prices charged on new releases.
dP

Timber Loftis · 8 March 2012, 05:49 AM

YEah, my only tuna can clasp watch lives on a Nato.

esm · 8 March 2012, 05:50 AM

i like the tuna can (or "tin can") clasp.

George Ab · 8 March 2012, 05:53 AM

I'm throwing my Sea-Dweller and GMT II in the garbage immediately. What a piece of junk!

Rookhawk · 8 March 2012, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by SaddleSC

I agree 100% with the OP. The Glidelock has spoiled me and rendered my old 16613 nearly unwearable!

I tell ya, I own a two tone blue sub (2000 era with SEL) and as much as I love it, the clasp is CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP!

The new clasp on the DSSD and the 116610 series subs is of spectacular quality. Best of all? Husbands and wives can share watches because adjusting the bands to fit literally takes 3 seconds now.

Three cheers for the end of the old-style clasps! May you rot in obscurity!

gwalker · 8 March 2012, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by George Ab

I'm throwing my Sea-Dweller and GMT II in the garbage immediately. What a piece of junk!

dont do that just send the SD to me. They should've brought that back.

masterserg · 8 March 2012, 06:33 AM

I like the feeling of the stamped clasp on my 16570. It has sentimental value and it very light and comfy.

GradyPhilpott · 8 March 2012, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Rookhawk

Three cheers for the end of the old-style clasps! May you rot in obscurity!

You're being a bit optimistic.

People will be proudly wearing the vintage "tin/tuna can" clasps forty years from now and beyond.

You say, "CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP." I say less expensive.

No problem though, because when people start complaining about the cost of a Sub these days, they can look at that milled clasp and associated features and realize that that change alone cost something like $800.

horseco · 8 March 2012, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by timber loftis

yup, good riddance to outdated rubbish.

agreed!!!

general · 8 March 2012, 07:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xenophon

It looks like the last of the "tuna can" stamped metal clasps have gone as both the YM & Sub are updated.
Personally I thouhgt they looked pretty cheap and dated, so I'll say "good riddance"

I agree! I still cannot believe they were making them without a fliplock which made it a lot easier to open up and lose your watch.

ecsub44 · 8 March 2012, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Rookhawk

I tell ya, I own a two tone blue sub (2000 era with SEL) and as much as I love it, the clasp is CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP!

The new clasp on the DSSD and the 116610 series subs is of spectacular quality. Best of all? Husbands and wives can share watches because adjusting the bands to fit literally takes 3 seconds now.

Three cheers for the end of the old-style clasps! May you rot in obscurity!

But it WORKS, WORKS, WORKS!

I'll wait 40+ years to weigh in on my opinion on the "quality" of the new clasp. Just because something feels/seems of high quality surely doesn't mean that it IS of high quality.

I'm perfectly content without my date, with my cheap clasp, and my lugholes.

Bah humbug!

Z-Sub · 8 March 2012, 10:20 AM

the new clasp looks beautiful, feels solid but I don't know if it will be more durable. My only clap failure was that of a GMT-C. so go figures

Dr. Robert · 8 March 2012, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by esm

i like the tuna can (or "tin can") clasp.

Me too, they haven't failed me yet.

RXPete · 8 March 2012, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rookhawk

The new clasp on the DSSD and the 116610 series subs is of spectacular quality. Best of all? Husbands and wives can share watches because adjusting the bands to fit literally takes 3 seconds now.

Hey now!!! You're gonna get a lot of angry PM's if our wives start taking our watches because of your post. Lol

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Ceramic · 8 March 2012, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xenophon

It looks like the last of the "tuna can" stamped metal clasps have gone as both the YM & Sub are updated.
Personally I thouhgt they looked pretty cheap and dated, so I'll say "good riddance"

Definitely.

I don't want to offend anyone who owns them here, but they are incomparable to the new ones...

crowncollection · 8 March 2012, 10:44 AM

the old tuna can i alright with me, i have never broken one

mjclark32 · 8 March 2012, 10:46 AM

Nothing wrong with my tuna can!

Porsche · 8 March 2012, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xenophon

It looks like the last of the "tuna can" stamped metal clasps have gone as both the YM & Sub are updated.
Personally I thouhgt they looked pretty cheap and dated, so I'll say "good riddance"

+ 1

Nathan, I agree totally. It actually put me off getting my first Rolex (Sub). I held out for a GMTIIc.

Rollie2011 · 8 March 2012, 10:49 AM

Reliable or not... the old clasps looked like crap

azguy · 8 March 2012, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Timber Loftis

Yup, good riddance to outdated rubbish.

I'm not sure about rubbish, but the thing I like least about my 14060M is the clasp

sherwin · 8 March 2012, 11:44 AM

i have no problems with the "tuna can" clasp. but as time change, we move forwards and comes the new clasps.

karmatp · 8 March 2012, 11:45 AM

They did the job they were intended for and cost me far less money than the new.

I liked the clasp on my Sub C, but the tuna can clasp is comfortable and reliable, what more can we ask for.

tdegroot · 8 March 2012, 12:36 PM

I was only going to ever get myself one Rolex. I picked up my Sub C last December after much debate about getting either it or the 14060M. At the time I decided, I too thought that the clasp and the braclet were of "inferior" quality on the 14060M compared to the new glidelock bracelet on the Sub C. After getting the Sub C, I subsequently purchased a 14060M, because I still very much also liked the look of the "old" style without a date. Since then, I have actually worn the 14060M most of the time over the Sub C, as I find that I like the look and that on my wrist anyway, it is actually more comfortable. Just a little lighter watch, that most of the time, I feel like I'm not wearing it at all compared to wearing the Sub C. I beleive that if I know what I know now, if that makes sense, I wouldn't of purchased the Sub C to begin with, although I'm still not ready to part with either. Ther is no way now that I would describe the clasp or braclet on the 14060M "inferior".

warren G. · 8 March 2012, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by sherwin

i have no problems with the "tuna can" clasp. but as time change, we move forwards and comes the new clasps.

+1..same here

it’s all about progression.

STEELINOX · 8 March 2012, 12:47 PM

8 March 2012, 05:39 AM	#1
Xenophon 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Real Name: Xenophon Location: UK Posts: 2,728	No more "tuna can" clasps It looks like the last of the "tuna can" stamped metal clasps have gone as both the YM & Sub are updated. Personally I thouhgt they looked pretty cheap and dated, so I'll say "good riddance" __________________ The sea! The sea! Θάλαττα! θάλαττα!

8 March 2012, 05:44 AM	#3
GradyPhilpott 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: New Mexico Watch: Seiko #SRK050 Posts: 34,460	To me, stamped clasps are as functional as milled clasps and lighter, too. When they are in the deployed mode, they are indistinguishable. However, the change was inevitable, so it's good that it's done and we can focus on other more important issues. __________________ JJ Inaugural TRF $50 Watch Challenge Winner

8 March 2012, 05:44 AM	#4
SaddleSC "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Real Name: Charles B Location: GMT -7 Watch: Hulk 116610LV Posts: 6,131	I agree 100% with the OP. The Glidelock has spoiled me and rendered my old 16613 nearly unwearable! __________________ Hulk 116610LV + GMT II 126710 BLNR + Explorer 124270 + Air King 126900 + Submariner 16613LB

8 March 2012, 05:44 AM	#5
Puffy "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Here and there Posts: 12,485	Bye to an era They're still great for rubber b straps and the likes __________________ Fine Quality is Long Remembered After the Pain of Spending Money is Forgotten

8 March 2012, 05:48 AM	#6
Dan Pierce 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Real Name: D'OH! Location: Kentucky Watch: Rolex-1 Tudor-3 Posts: 36,215	They don't bother me at all on vintage but can understand wanting a milled clasp considering the prices charged on new releases. dP __________________ TRF Member# 1668 Bass Player in TRF "AFTER DARK" Bar & NightClub Band Commander-in-Chief of The Nylon Nation The Crown & Shield Club Honorary Member of P-Club

8 March 2012, 05:42 AM	#2
Timber Loftis "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Real Name: Jon Location: Chicago Watch: IIc,DJII,P244,A1-Z Posts: 2,857	Yup, good riddance to outdated rubbish.

8 March 2012, 05:49 AM	#7
Timber Loftis "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Real Name: Jon Location: Chicago Watch: IIc,DJII,P244,A1-Z Posts: 2,857	YEah, my only tuna can clasp watch lives on a Nato.

8 March 2012, 05:50 AM	#8
esm "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Real Name: Eric Location: Location,Location Watch: this, bro... Posts: 15,340	i like the tuna can (or "tin can") clasp.

8 March 2012, 05:53 AM	#9
George Ab "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Real Name: George Location: Seattle Watch: One of Them Posts: 6,924	I'm throwing my Sea-Dweller and GMT II in the garbage immediately. What a piece of junk! __________________

8 March 2012, 06:33 AM	#12
masterserg "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Real Name: Serg Location: US of A Watch: AP Posts: 7,437	I like the feeling of the stamped clasp on my 16570. It has sentimental value and it very light and comfy. __________________ How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat????

8 March 2012, 10:20 AM	#17
Z-Sub 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: So Cal, USA Watch: Not a ONEWatch Man Posts: 7,383	the new clasp looks beautiful, feels solid but I don't know if it will be more durable. My only clap failure was that of a GMT-C. so go figures __________________ SS Submariner Date "Z" SS SeaDweller "D" SS Submariner "Random" TT Blue Submariner "P" SS GMT-Master ll "M", Pepsi Pam 311, 524, 297

8 March 2012, 10:44 AM	#21
crowncollection "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Real Name: David Location: australia Posts: 20,216	the old tuna can i alright with me, i have never broken one __________________ watches many

8 March 2012, 10:46 AM	#22
mjclark32 "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Real Name: MJC Location: PHL USA Watch: IWC, Rolex, AP Posts: 29,232	Nothing wrong with my tuna can! __________________

8 March 2012, 10:49 AM	#24
Rollie2011 "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Real Name: John Location: Palm Beach, FL Watch: Sub-C + Exp 42 Posts: 1,654	Reliable or not... the old clasps looked like crap __________________ John Submariner C LN Explorer 42 Polar

8 March 2012, 11:44 AM	#26
sherwin "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Perth/Singapore Posts: 1,764	i have no problems with the "tuna can" clasp. but as time change, we move forwards and comes the new clasps. __________________ Want to Buy:SS GMT black;116509 WG Daytona Metrorite

8 March 2012, 11:45 AM	#27
karmatp "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Real Name: Trevor Location: Arizona Posts: 5,740	They did the job they were intended for and cost me far less money than the new. I liked the clasp on my Sub C, but the tuna can clasp is comfortable and reliable, what more can we ask for. __________________ My grails:

8 March 2012, 12:36 PM	#28
tdegroot "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Real Name: Tom Location: Wisconsin, USA Watch: 14060M & SubC Posts: 243	I was only going to ever get myself one Rolex. I picked up my Sub C last December after much debate about getting either it or the 14060M. At the time I decided, I too thought that the clasp and the braclet were of "inferior" quality on the 14060M compared to the new glidelock bracelet on the Sub C. After getting the Sub C, I subsequently purchased a 14060M, because I still very much also liked the look of the "old" style without a date. Since then, I have actually worn the 14060M most of the time over the Sub C, as I find that I like the look and that on my wrist anyway, it is actually more comfortable. Just a little lighter watch, that most of the time, I feel like I'm not wearing it at all compared to wearing the Sub C. I beleive that if I know what I know now, if that makes sense, I wouldn't of purchased the Sub C to begin with, although I'm still not ready to part with either. Ther is no way now that I would describe the clasp or braclet on the 14060M "inferior".

8 March 2012, 12:47 PM	#30
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