: the bracelet might not be
: original (although the clasp is signed, the connecting bit,
: sorry, don't know the English word, reads "Stainless Steel
: China").

The piece that connects the clasp to the rest of the bracelet? I am English and I don't know what I would call that either! "Connecting bit" is as good as anything else. I've spent a lot of time in Germany and with native German speakers and your English is as good as I've seen - whereas I'd rather speak than write German nowadays as it's easier to cover up the fact I've forgotten the genders of half the nouns I know!!