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Rolex are the best. The Royal Oak is very special though. I don't know how good the Nautilus bracelet is in absolute terms but it doesn't look all that great.
Grand Seiko make excellent bracelets (check out how the edges of the links are very slightly bevelled for comfort) with average end links. Their bracelets are made a little looser and less "tight" than a Rolex oyster, apparently that's the way the Japanese market likes them. The bracelet on the SBGK009 is amazing if you like shiny multi-link bracelets. Very well made and finished.
Tudor make good bracelets for the money with good end links. Omega are massively variable - some good, some awful. The most recent Speedmaster clasps are getting much better though.
Breitling bracelets are very good IMO.
Worst bracelet I've seen for its price point is the one on the Zenith A384 reissue - nothing wrong with the links themselves but the end links and clasp are both stamped and folded sheet metal. Supposedly it's a deliberate recreation of the vintage Gay Frères one, but on a modern £7500 watch, hollow end links and sharp edged clasps can do one IMO.
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What is a list of the best made steel watch bracelets at specific price points?
If Rolex has these fantastic bracelets (i agree), what other brands have out of this world man-bangles?
Who competes with Rolex on the bracelet front? GS? Tudor? Cartier?
Why?