Rolex Bubbleback 9290

The Rolex Bubbleback 9290 takes a 16 mm watch band.

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16mm

lug width

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Lug width: 16 mm
Case diameter: 32 mm
Reference: 9290
Family: Bubbleback
Case material: Stainless Steel
Water resistance: None
Model: Bubbleback 9290
Year: 1940–1948

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Cut and stitched in Milano, in the width this watch takes.

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Will a strap close on your wrist?

Set for this watch: 32 mm of case and 16 mm between the lugs. Add your wrist and see where a standard strap would close.

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Watch length, lug to lug

Filled in with the case diameter, which is what we hold for this reference. Measure the watch tip to tip for the exact answer: it is usually a few mm more.

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Sizing notes

16 mm is the gap between the lugs, so a 16 mm band goes in without adapters. Whether it sits flush against a 32 mm case depends on how that case is shaped.
This reference has drilled lugs: the spring bars are accessible from the outside, which makes band changes easier and safer on the case.
Inside the Bubbleback family the lug width is not one number: it runs 16, 17, 20 mm. This reference is the 16 mm one, so a band bought for another Bubbleback may not fit it. Why the size changes inside a family →
16 mm is not a common size: only 3,009 of the 41,485 watches measured take it (7.3%), so ready-made choice at this width is narrower than at 20 or 22 mm. Every watch that takes 16 mm →