Panerai tubes and push pins

[Bucky]

Have just ordered an aftermarket rubber strap for my Panerai 233. It is a Bonatto Cinturini. As anyone used this strap before. I am not sure if the holes can fit tubes in. Will it cause any damage if i mount the straps without using the tubes and just pit the push pins in?

[PanosI]

Originally Posted by Bucky

Have just ordered an aftermarket rubber strap for my Panerai 233. It is a Bonatto Cinturini. As anyone used this strap before. I am not sure if the holes can fit tubes in. Will it cause any damage if i mount the straps without using the tubes and just pit the push pins in?

No. And if someone says that is better to use tubes in order to avoid the strap to unscrew the screws from the lugs (in the models with screw), the 233 has the easy change system so no worries.

[Cru Jones]

you may experience slightly faster wear of the strap w/o the tubes, but, as panos says, tubes don't seem to be "necessary" for easy change system (though quite a few insist on them anyway).