Spidel orig. Sea Wolf bracelet?

[DocBeav]

Recently realized that what I though was a replacement bracelet on my Dad's early 1960's Sea Wolf may actually be the band that came with it when he bought it at the NEX/PX in Pensacola around '63.   I just assumed there hade been a zodiac branded one that he may have swapped out but he said as far as he can remember he never changed it out so is that the case?   Were Spidel bracelets being used on new Zodiacs at the time?  I've seem some twist o flex ones on Zodias (have one on my Hermetic) but was curious about my' Dad's watch band.

I like the look of it but it is like 1.5 inches too short!   Pops was alot smaller back then!  I have found the exact same bracelet that I picked up on ebay that looks to be full size or I can steal links and add em.   What do ya think?   Last pic is the new one thats still in mail.

Watch is currently with Andy being serviced and getting a new crystal.  Can't wait to see it and will post pics here when I get it back.

[Grossisten]

A SeaWolf on a steel Zodiac bracelet was more expensive than those that were sold on a tropical strap. In my father's Zodiac agency, the majority of SeaWolves were sold on straps, our country being less affluent then than today and certainly less than the US was. It seems reasonable enough that at the retail end (my father's company was a wholesaler) you would offer customers whatever solution they preferred. If you liked a bracelet more, but found the original to expensive, a non-branded one may have been the compromise. Another angle altogether is that the policy of the US importer (Trauner Inc.) may have differed from that of my father. Could have related to the specific market or import taxes or some other aspect, we don't know of.