Deployment or Deployant

[Oceanklassik]

Anyone plse? When I spoke to smeone n used "deployant", I kena laughed at, said my toungue got prob ! Then talked to anothr n used "deployment" oso kena run-down !! CCB!!!

So izzit "ment" or "yant" ? "Yant" or "ment"?? "MENT" OR "YANT".......... #@$%^*@#$%^!!!!!!

[ejaan]

To my knowledge, the term is "deployment" buckle.

[surestik]

I checked urban and yahoo dictionary for "deployant", but no matches found leh.

[seiko.citizen]

afaik known as deployment

[louisoh]

yep.. tink it's deployment..

[wolfeyes1974]

deployment...

[Oceanklassik]

Thank you.

[gri13]

Deployant not deployment

Why so many people call it deployment clasp
Its deployant clasp

[pegasi]

This has been discussed before in some other forums. While it seems there were more people who believed deployant is the correct word when discussed about this subject, many including some watch manufacturers use the word deployment (Stowa, Steinhart, just to name two that I recently surfed). The perception that deployant is more correct could be due to that deployant is not used in any other way - in fact it cannot be found in English dictionaries. Some said the word deployant is close to (and therefore is originated from) a similar French word that means folding - this sounds like a good explanation but how a French word is connected to a watch accessory I have no idea.

For me both are acceptable as both are widely used and we all know what they mean when used with the word clasp or buckle.

[roguehog]

Most Swiss watch manufacturers are located in the French quarter of Switzerland right? And many Marques are of Swiss-French origin. Should not be a surprise if there are French connection if so.

[watch butler]

Member Pegasi is correct. Deployment is English and Deployant is in French. I used to worked at authorised service centre

This has been discussed before in some other forums. While it seems there were more people who believed deployant is the correct word when discussed about this subject, many including some watch manufacturers use the word deployment (Stowa, Steinhart, just to name two that I recently surfed). The perception that deployant is more correct could be due to that deployant is not used in any other way - in fact it cannot be found in English dictionaries. Some said the word deployant is close to (and therefore is originated from) a similar French word that means folding - this sounds like a good explanation but how a French word is connected to a watch accessory I have no idea.

For me both are acceptable as both are widely used and we all know what they mean when used with the word clasp or buckle.

[GoldmanLuxury]

I think its should be deployant buckle. Its written in some of the watch magazine & books.

[watch butler]

Yes, you are not wrong

I think its should be deployant buckle. Its written in some of the watch magazine & books.

[Matt Sandy]

Yes its Deployment.