Watchband/watchcase connection

A watchband/watchcase connection includes a bridge component which is permanently connected to the watchband, a lug component which is rigid with the watchcase, and a connecting component which connects the bridge component and the lug component, and this the watchband to the watchcase, in an assembled condition. The lug component has a channel which extends transversely as considered in the assembled condition, and the bridge component has two spaced bridge portions which are spaced from the watchband to receive the lug component between the bridge component and the watchband, and from one another in the longitudinal direction of the watchband to bound a gap that is aligned with the channel in the assembled condition. The connecting component has a first portion which is substantially snugly received in the channel, and two second portions which engage the two bridge portions, respectively. One of the second portions extends substantially normal to the first portion and forms a nose which engages the associated bridge portion from within the channel in the assembled condition, while the other of the second portions is a protuberance bent out of the remainder of the first portion and separated therefrom by two parallel slots that extend all the way to the longitudinal end of the first portion that is remote from the one of the second portions. A third portion contiguous with the one of the first portions extends outwardly in juxtaposition with the associated bridge portion.