Are you sure your memory serves you correctly, Pascal - with regard to your left hand turning blue (10 years ago) ?
Reason I ask, is that the bracelet fitted to your watch appears to be full length, complete with its original complement of removable adjustment links (3 on one side, 6 on the other). In the wrist shot photo I posted, I'd adjusted it to fit my 7
½" (19cm) wrist. There's a slight amount of stretching between the links, commensurate with wear (and possibly an indication of it previously being worn too tightly). That setting was on the 5th pair of holes in the SQ 7-hole adjustable clasp, with 3 adjustment links effectively hidden away, unused, under the clasp. Moving their end connecting tube to the outermost pair of holes adds 5mm per link and thereby increases the maximum bracelet length to 8
⅛" (20.5cm).
What I found slightly strange (apart from your bracelet having an extra
↑ symbol stamped on non-removable connecting links) is that the three removable adjustment links hidden under the clasp showed little or no signs of wear, viz. there's no scuffing and their matt black painted interconnecting sections were almost pristine, as if they'd never been utilized (compared to the exposed slightly worn / faded adjoining links).
So, $64K question: How many more links do you think you're going to need to get a fit ? What exactly is your wrist size ? Forgive my saying, but from your Linkedin and Doyoubuzz profile photos, I'm guessing you're a big lad.
One thing, I can tell you with absolute certainty, is that if you do actually need more links, they're going to cost you an arm and a leg.
Seiko have been unable to supply additional adjustment links for the B1170S bracelet for years. They can be found on eBay occasionally, where unethical and unscrupulous sellers have removed them from watches they've sold and greedily ask ludicrous prices for them. Check out these two threads (the first from the old archived forum):
How much for a used bracelet adjustment link ??? (includes examples of B1170S and interchangeable B1074S links)
How much for a used bracelet adjustment link ??? (that thread includes this rather appropriate pertinent quote):
Seiko7A38 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 02, 2021 7:36 amHere is
THE PRIME (read 'Worst') example of such completely
UNASHAMED GREED that I have ever seen in my life.
This eBay listing for various 7Axx bracelet adjustment links (but obviously, from the primary image, majoring on the ever-popular stainless 7A38-7020/9) appeared overnight. You only get one guess as to the identity of the miscreant.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Maglie-Links ... 4366753759
Giuseppe has since re-listed it:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/384637642246 and that lot includes 5 used B1170S links:
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