Abstract: The invention relates to a device for fixing a wrist-watch strap to a watch, comprising a gate connected to the watch by a link and defining a seat for the wrist band, characterized in that it comprises a latch mounted so that it can rotate around a pin and a control device that makes it possible to actuate the latch for moving it from the stable closed position, in which it holds the gate closed, and toward the open position, in which the gate is released and allows access to the seat.