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No it could actually get you into trouble. the pressure would be lower and a loss in  velocity.

Recently, I spent a significant amount of time with the IWC Pilot's Watch Automatic RAAF (ref. IW3281-02). This link is a modern interpretation of the IWC Mark 11 that link was link provided to members of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) after World War II.

Nobody will call the cops if you swap out your strap. Caseback engravings add character. Tweaking the movement is a no-no but doing that seems pretty extreme anyway unless you're treating your watch like an old Mustang with an link engine you're fixing up as a hobby in which case the link whole point is to service it yourself so go for link it.