Removing watch bracelets suck!
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- Опубликовано: 31 мар 2018
- Hey gang today I show you the way I remove a watch bracelet, and the tools I use. It can be a tough task for sure. But take your time, and use tape on your watch to minimize scratches until you get use to this process.
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Man, I owe you a beer. Struggling for an hour, I didn’t think of disengaging the bar on both sides first before trying to wrestle it out. Never had to do that with other bands. Thanks again, you made my afternoon
Just take your time and it will get easier with every removal. Take care.
I literally gave up on getting the bracelet off my watch for 3 months, watched this video...and the entire thing was off in 4 mins. Thank YOU.
That is so killer! I am glad it helped you out. Take care.
Excellent method! Removing the spring bar from the clasp allowed me to put the watch face down on a soft surface, which made it much easier to keep the watch stationary while disengaging both spring bars to remove the bracelet. Thanks for sharing the tip!
Awesome! Glad it worked out. Take care!
The good news... as timekr said, it took about four minutes for removal after watching this video. The bad news.....that spring bar jumped off my watch and was never seen again. Thankfully I have more. Thank you for the video!!
Best video on how to remove a spring-bar from a bracelet!
Thanks Gary!
@@utewatchco1468 How about a video on how to put them back on?
@@mikebutlermedia4211 you mean like this one
ruclips.net/video/0vQmCtQGSf0/видео.html
That little trick of putting slight pressure on the end link totally made the difference. I was able to get a bracelet off that I've been trying to do for the past week. Thank you for the great hint. Btw, I never got frustrated or needed to step away, but I still had a couple of Whiskeys in celebration : )
Good deal John. I am glad it helped out. It isn't everyday that I can do this. Take care.
Agreed, that slight pressure made the job easy !
Thanks a buch man... I almost ended up scratching every bit of the lug area before I found this video of yours. That push from the back tactic worked flawlessly. You're great.
Been trying for hours to get my bracelet off my watch until I found this video. The tip of pushing on the end piece with my finger was the trick!
Awesome! Glad it helped you out.
Thanks for the video. I had a hard time getting my Longines HydroConquest auto bracelet off but your video give me the visual of exactly how each side pops out. I had no luck with the tweezers but was successful with a single pusher. I replaced it with the Longines blue padded leather strap w/deployment to reduce the overall weight.
Awesome! Glad it helped out. Take care!
Had same problem with the Conquest. Very frustrating. Thanks.
This video is the best. I was struggling with my bracelet for 1 hour. Clicked the video and before you even started talking I was able to remove the bracelet! Thanks!
Awesome! I am glad I was able to help out. Take care
Thanks for the video. I was doing something similar, but only pushing one side while trying to disengage the other side of the spring bar. Got fed up and stopped. Ready to try again. Thanks again.
I hope it helped out!
Very helpful to have such a clear video with calm, straightforward instructions. Many thanks!
Finally, a normal video on the subject! Thank you!
I am glad it helped out. Take care.
Thank you for your video, I liked your advice about the shot of whiskey. It worked very nicely! Just what I needed.
Yes, THANKS!, for this calm -- and calming! -- tutorial. It's so good, and encouraging, to see you succeed with the removal in just one "take". Good for our mental health and confidence... . Granted, you bring considerable expertise to the task, and make it look easy. Thank you for sharing this. I'm removing -- trying to remove! -- the bracelet from a new watch, to swap-on a leather strap instead, which I find more comfortable. The tool I have is not the best, and I've had to modify it (narrow it by filing) to fit the opening in the bracelet to get a grip on the spring-bar ridge-rings (or whatever to call them). Here goes! (after watching your video again... ). Kudos!
Thanks for the props! Good luck and take care.
I had great and easy success, again thanks to your video. I had both sides off in a total of 45 seconds (umm, maybe 50?). ;-) Thanks! The key was your tweak of pressing with the finger from the back of the attachment, while compressing the spring bar -- masterful! Mil gracias!, as we say here in the desert.
@@W7DXW Awesome! Now share the same info others so they don't have the same struggles. Take care.
Thanks for a really helpful video. I’ve been struggling to remove the bracelet from an Oris BCPD for half an hour with no luck at all. I watched your video and got it out on the second try, which is a whole lot better than I’ve been doing.
Awesome Just share the info with the next person who is having the same issues. Take care.
The tip of putting pressure on the bracelet behind it is what I needed. Thank you.
THANK YOU. Saved me a ton of scratches and probably a dented spring bar tool.
Hahaha I understand the pain. Take care.
Worked like a charm -- took less than 10 minutes. Thx
Perfect! It took me a while to figure it out the first time. Not to mention a bunch of negative words being said. lol
Great video but I need to see you putting the damn solid end link back on! I don’t usually have a problem with watch bracelets but I really am struggling to put my solid end bracelet on. Please do a video, I cannot find one ? Cheers
ruclips.net/video/0vQmCtQGSf0/видео.html
Lifesaver video. I'm used to take bracelets off but had a very tricky small vintage TagH SEL that refused to come off, Don't have a spring bar tool that fit the tiny space this has by lugs but a safety pin worked once I used pressure of my finger as shown. Thank you. Will def see what other vids you have
Thanks for the feedback!
Made it super simple. Thank you!
Great to hear! Take care
thank you so much. I used the exact same grip as you did and i finally got it off easily after like 30 mins of struggling before watching!
Good deal I'm glad it helped out. It can be frustrating for sure. Take care
Quick release bracelet are the best. Pain in the butt changing bracelet the old fashion. Always end up scratching the watches
Yes! I’ve removed many spring bars from leather straps but my seamaster was making me crazy. The tip to apply pressure with your finger did the trick but still not easy. Thanks for the vid.
It can totally be frustrating. Take care
Damn. Great tip. Worked like a charm. Thank you.
Thank You. Very helpful
Thank you so much for sharing this! I was getting frustrated and luckily I stumble upon your video before I brought my watch to the shop.
I am glad it helped out. It can be a frustrating task for sure. Take care.
I was struggling with my watch. You make it look like a cake walk 😆
Honestly I've had a lot of practice. But I hope the video was able to help you out. Because honestly this can be a tough job to do at home sometimes. Take care
I love your calm and helpful explanations👍🙏Right now i have wicked a duct tape around a spring bar at a wobbling end link …just for testing (your corresponding video doesn’t allow comments). Can you make a video how they are fixing the links “after” the end links like the San Martins/Rolex classics ? ( I can’t find anything about it). Greetings 👋
It worked! Thanks for the demo
Awesome! Glad it helped out. Take care.
really thanks for these good tricks. so helpful
Awesome. Glad to hear it helped out.
This was so helpful. Thank you!
Awesome! I am glad it helped out. Keep at it and you will be an expert soon.
Thanks for the help!!
You got it!
Thanks sir for the help. Got a bracelet off an put on a NATO strap.
Awesome! Glad it worked out for you.
Thanks for the help 👍
Anytime!
Dude thank you! I have a watch that my dad gave me in ‘06 that has a metal bracelet but I’ve been wanting to switch to leather.
I glad it helped you out. Treasure that watch! Take care.
Great video. Thanks!
You are welcome.
Very helpful!
thanks for this!
Thank you soooo much!!!
Thank you so much.
THANK YOU!!
How to assemble the clasp
Which tool on Everest's site is the one you're using? I don't see one specifically for Monta.
It looks like it no longer comes with the watch. But I thought they still sold them in the accessories. It was a great tool so it would be a shame if they no longer offer it.
Thanks for the really useful video! Although at times it sounded as if you were falling asleep during the video
I probably was. lol
Great video, thanks. I bought a replacement rubber strap for my Invicta pro diver 26970 and tried to remove the steel band with the spring bar tool supplied with the rubber strap. In spite of this helpful video, I found it immensely difficult and after two hours threw in the towel. I'm not usually this cack-handed, so I was wondering, do you know of any special probs with this particular watch? I might give it one more try and if it fails, it's a trip to the jeweller's for me, tail between legs.
Update, 24hrs later: I decided to try once more before taking it to a jeweller. It was done in seconds! I couldn't believe it after yesterday's blood, sweat, and tears. The secret does seem to be in keeping pressure on the end link with a little light wiggling. So thanks again, Ute Watch Co guy :) Your calm, patient approach was an example to me.
I am glad it worked out. Sometimes it can super frustrating especially with things that should be super easy to do. Just take your time and take a break if you do get frustrated. Take care.
Thank you. Excellent.❤🙏😸👍
You are welcome. Take care
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Took me nearly an hour!😂
Would never had done it without your help, cheers mate🙏❤👍😸
Nice tips about the tools
I hope it helped out
Getting it back on was the real problem for me. Is there an easy way to do that also?
The easiest way to do it is to push the bracelet endlink towards the watch case. Then push in each spring bar tip while applying that pressure towards the case. It does take some time to figure it out. Good luck.
I have one with a considerable curve that doesn’t like being pushed in from the end and because of the shape it will only push in from the back of the watch.
The problem is as soon as you put one end in the hole the bracelet end link is squint and it jams because it’s made to such a tight tolerance.
This means the bar won’t compress properly and the link won’t go in squint (one end first as you show in reverse here or in your other video).
I can get it with a slightly shorter and thinner spring bar but then it isn’t very safe and the pin rattles in the holes in the case.
I guess the only way is to compress both ends at once.
Maybe if the lugs weren’t as long like the watch you use in your installation video, it would be easier?
He did it so easy 😁
thanks used this video! did it under 10mins
Awesome! That is a good feeling.
You saved the day man, shot of whisky was in order.
Awesome! I am glad it helped you out. Take care!
LOL.. Take a shot of whisky. I like this guy.
It needs to been to make the hands work. lol
Tried removing a stubborn longines bracelet with all top of the range tools. Nightmare. Ended up scratching the watch. If you have a stubborn longines take it to a jeweller!
You just have to remember jewelers are not perfect. They also can scratch a watch. Some of them do not have as much care as others.
I’m also stuck w longines....even when i push in the spring bar, the other side won’t budge :/
Remove it with this technique. Try to put a bracelet on with this technique, way more difficult (without scratching the watch or bracelet), so I have just purchased the tweezer tool you mentioned that we should not use. I’ll report back with my findings and just how many springbars I lose lol
The tweezers also have a learning curve. Not to say they aren't easier but everything you do has a learning curve and figuring it out is half the battle. Take care brother
Thanks did it!
Awesome!
Removing those with a standard springbar is easy once u know the tactic but there's some stupid jackass brands like TISSOT which uses a ridiculously bad design springbar where there's no gap for u to compress it downwards to remove the springbar/bracelet. On a leather strap it's easy because u can just have dental floss but on a metal bracelet with a ridiculously bad design springbar, that's ridiculous
And how the hell do I get it back in? :D I can't compress it enough to fit the entire springbar between the lugs but not in the holes.
It's super frustrating. I think I will just boycott every watch that doesn't come with quick release.
Quick release spring bars are inferior. Here is a video showing how to install a tight fitting bracelet: ruclips.net/video/0vQmCtQGSf0/видео.html I hope it helps out. Take care.
Oh why they all can't put drilled hole in the lugs?
THANK YOU. I wanted to die. I wanted to chuck this $1500 watch in the trash. This worked.
I totally understand that feeling. So that is why I made the video to help out others. Take care!
Just the reassurance required so I didn't ruin the watch, get frustrated and smash the place up
I have been tempted more than once to do that. Lol
It should be a crime for companies to not have a quick release system!
I am glad they do not use the qr system. It is faulty by the current design.
my god this is so painful to do, why they made it that way
They wanted those tight clearances!
The springbar system is such a bad and outdated mechanism, especially so for what youd call luxury watches. Good luck if youre dealing with brandnew springbars, youll need it.
The only issues I have seen are manufactures and watch owners using the wrong ones. With the correct spring bars they are pretty much full proof.
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I Only can say thanks!!!
Take care
Don’t do this. You will damage your watch. Use the tweezers. Definitely on a good watch.
Too hard to do for mine , i will go the jellewery for a watch a several k euros..!
Half the battle is having the right tools. The $6 tool I got off Fleabay is junk 😤
starts at 0:50
I can't understand why watch makers don't provide quick release bracelet as standard in 2021.
Because the current market of qr spring bars are inferiorly made. Not something I would ever recommend to anyone. The other issue is that watches do not have a standard size they use. QR bars come with only .78mm tips.
You Sir are God sent, let me know when you are in town, drinks on me.
Hahaha I am glad I was able to help. That is more than enough.
Thanks for this - I couldn't get the bracelet off my seiko snkl23 until I watched your video :)
Awesome. Glad it worked out. Take care.
Often wondered about spring bar escape velocity as it flys across the room during a failed install. Glad I stocked up on extras. Haha. Thanks for the vid.
I am sure they would leave a mark in the sheet rock if to close.
Thanks I’ve got a really stubborn San Martin watch bracelet to remove this will help
Anthony I hope it helped out. This can be a frustrating task for sure.
What spring bar tool would you recommend for a tudor??
Matthew the Tudor and Rolex's have a tight spring hole on the bracelet. So I personally recommend the tool Everest sells for it. www.everestbands.com/collections/accessories/products/spring-bar-tool
great video! helped me a lot
Great to hear Nick. Sometimes removing a bracelet just is not as easy as people make it sound.