Watches

How else would we get half links? Because when a female end link and a male end link fall in love, the watch stork delivers half links.

It's definitely cheaper to manufacture, a female endlink means one extra part to machine.

Male end links look better IMO.

Male end links generally look better - although it depends on the style of bracelet - and they can be used to add length to the design.

I think male end links allow for shorter lugs from a practical standpoint. This of course is negated in many ways with the end links themselves. But I suppose if the bracelet is an afterthought to the case and lugs, or if they are that much cheaper to manufacture, you get male end links.

I mostly don’t mind them, depending on how the entire watch and bracelet feel and look, but I do have one watch in particular where they REALLY bother me at times. They look like this enormous shroud and adding the male end link length from each side together you probably get 1/3 to 1/2 the case diameter.

One practical thing to note is that a bracelet with male ends links will come as one complete piece, unlike a bracelet with female end ends links which will have loose end links that are held in place by the springbars.

So the male bracelet will have two less loose pieces that can potentially be lost, but the female will have the opportunity of swapping out the end links to fit different watches.

Realistically though, the biggest reason to choose one over the other will just be aesthetics. Some bracelet and link styles will suit a male end link, solve will suit a female.

I avoid female endlinks at all costs. They make the bracelet flow worse off the head of the watch. Male endlinks flow better on my wrist.

Comes down to a preference. But I only buy male endlink watches.