Watch bracelet

A watch bracelet, for connection to a watch casing lug having a retaining boss, said lug having a laterally extending groove located longitudinally inwardly of and defining said boss, and said lug having a land longitudinally inwardly of said groove, comprising a band having an end portion;

• a hollow housing extending across said band end portion and having one side open for receiving said lug;
• and a resilient element captive in said housing and normally obstructing the insertion of said lug in said housing, said resilient element being deflectable in said housing to pass said lug with said boss past said resilient element, for retaining engagement of said boss by said resilient element;
• wherein said resilient element comprises a leaf spring deflectable out of the path of said lug in the direction of, and beyond, said boss to pass said boss and releasable into resilient bearing engagement with said lug and positive retaining engagement with said boss;
• said leaf spring has a crest remote from said band and has spaced troughs proximate to said band for deflection of at least one of said troughs away from said band to pass said lug and boss, said troughs being in bearing engagement with said groove during connection of the watch casing and the bracelet;
• and said housing is spaced from a portion of said band adjacent to the land for conforming engagement with said band when said trough of said spring is in said groove.