Can I get an OMEGA signed tang buckle without having to buy an OMEGA strap?
OMEGA will sell you any of their deployant, foldover, and rubber strap diver’s clasps directly. But they do not sell tang buckles separately to the consumer. If you contact OMEGA Customer Service directly or go through the retail end of an authorized OMEGA dealer, the answer will be “no, you must buy a genuine OMEGA strap to receive the OMEGA signed tang buckle.” OMEGA-signed buckles: [left] from modern OMEGA dress strap, [center] vintage, [right] from modern OMEGA sport strap Fortunately, there are three main alternative sources. The first is that you may already have what you need! Many people fail to realize that strap buckles need not be thrown away when the strap wears out. Buckles are attached to the strap using spring pins just like how the strap attaches to the watch. So the signed logo buckles on your genuine brand-name strap are easily detached when the strap is no longer needed and moved to most any other strap of the same buckle width. Second, dealers in used watches occasi
