
What You Need to Know About Watch Strap Buckles & Clasps
Ardillon or deployant? What? Here are the different ways a strap can be fastened and what to look for when watch shopping.
Zen Love is Gear Patrol's Associate Editor. He has been deeply obsessed with watches for over a decade and has written about them professionally for nearly as long. Since 2019, he's been covering anything that ticks and fits on the wrist for Gear Patrol with a bent toward making watches' history, mechanics, and collector culture approachable and democratic. He is always punctual.
Ardillon or deployant? What? Here are the different ways a strap can be fastened and what to look for when watch shopping.
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