Aesthetically, many new bracelets miss the mark too. They’ve become too wide, too beefy and don’t taper gracefully at the clasp the way the old ones did. The way the bracelets on so many 1960s watches widened out at the lugs accentuated the lines of the watch itself and the narrowed clasps were comfortable and unobtrusive. There are some modern exceptions though. The rivet-style bracelet Oris offers with its excellent Divers SixtyFive gets it right, going from 20 millimeters at the lugs to a perfect 14 at the clasp, with a stepped-down taper at each link. Similarly, the rivet-style bracelet on the Tudor Black Bay is also a vast improvement over the first bracelet offered on the popular retro diver. It captures a true vintage flavor that suits the watch well, though I wish the lug width wasn’t 22 millimeters and it’s still not as light as the old C&I riveted ones of the late ‘60s. Of course, neither the Oris nor the Tudor have actual rivets, which were a pain to size and not as sturdy as modern screwed links. That said, I have a riveted C&I bracelet dating to 1970 on an old Submariner that is still doing just fine, despite a healthy amount of stretch.