Judge watch custom bracelet process

[baeblade]

Hey,
Soooooooo, A while back I bought a Judge 1 (2004) for the low because it had a broken leather strap and missing clasp.
I decided to make a project out of it.
Here bellow follows some of the process from figuring out the attachment and crafting a sterling silver chain for the watch.
I thought maybe this could be of help for anyone attempting something similar (but mainly I just wanted to share it ).
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The parts on the top row are silver copies of the end of the original leather bracelet with matching thickness meaning that I could sandwich it between the attachment parts of the watch. Then I attached the chain links to the sandwiched parts meaning that the bracelet I made is replaceable and didn't require me damaging the original watch.

Following that I crafted a spring lock complete with a handle made from a surgical steel screw. I like the idea of giving this 20 year old watch a bracelet that looks like it has experienced a real adventure. Anyways I modeled a couple of parts closest to the watch from silver clay (99.9% silver) to act as a connector between the sleek produced style of the Oakley watch and my rough chain links. Following this the lock needed a hook on the opposite side of the bracelet.

I put it all together and made some photos as you can see below.

 

[JALuna]

This is awesome! I'm actually in the same predicament now. My husband is an Oakley collector, so every gift I get him some sort of vintage glasses, watch or bag lol ANYWAY I'm currently in the process of getting him a Judge that needs a new strap. I'm opting for a custom Croc. I do not have the watch in hand yet... can you please confirm if the lug width is 15.4mm? Or if you would suggest using a different size? I was planning on just swapping the new straps myself. TIA!

 

[baeblade]

This is awesome! I'm actually in the same predicament now. My husband is an Oakley collector, so every gift I get him some sort of vintage glasses, watch or bag lol ANYWAY I'm currently in the process of getting him a Judge that needs a new strap. I'm opting for a custom Croc. I do not have the watch in hand yet... can you please confirm if the lug width is 15.4mm? Or if you would suggest using a different size? I was planning on just swapping the new straps myself. TIA!

Hi, as you can see in the pictures above the Judge does not have normal lugs with a spring attachment. The watch has metal plates where the leather strap clamps inbetween the watch body and the plates ( 2 watch shops refused to make me a new leather strap for it because of this). Original Oakley leather ones are not the easiest to find. Maybe someone here on the forum can help you out, I saw you wrote in the other thread as well. best of luck, please update me if you find a solution

p.s what you can do is to replace the end piece of the Judge watchcase with one from an Oakley saddleback because that one has regular lugs with a spring.