How to remove links and re-size a cotter-pin watch bracelet

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  • Опубликовано: 21 июл 2016
  • Today, I'll show you how to remove some links from a terrible, terrible bracelet, which is built using cotter pins. If you'd like to see how to install them, go ahead and watch the video backwards :)
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  • @irishman485
    @irishman485 5 лет назад +208

    This guys voice seems like he’d be good on a radio in the 1940’s lol

    • @killernukem5914
      @killernukem5914 4 года назад +1

      I was thinking the same thing

    • @jivadaya6439
      @jivadaya6439 4 года назад +9

      I'd like to hear Nick do a ball game :D

    • @Sena-co1ug
      @Sena-co1ug 4 года назад

      Yaaa sheeee!!

    • @benjaminluscombe7199
      @benjaminluscombe7199 4 года назад +1

      Elwood Blues.

    • @jali1
      @jali1 4 года назад +6

      He sounds so fkn cool lol. Like Joe pesci brother or somewhat.

  • @mitchelldelmar9682
    @mitchelldelmar9682 8 лет назад +14

    It's great you can find joy/frustration in DIY projects like this. There is satisfaction in the thought process, attempt and (eventual) success. Me, I walked my Oceanus downtown to the little jewelry store and let the guy with experience and tools do it for a nominal fee. Makes me feel somehow diminished, but at least I know it was done right, and that brings me joy.

  • @scorpiojun
    @scorpiojun 7 лет назад +93

    I was laughing as I listened to you and fixing my bracelet. You were really having a war there with your bracelet!

    • @clarkken6121
      @clarkken6121 6 лет назад +2

      If he were using a hammer that would've made his life easier

    • @bigbear632
      @bigbear632 5 лет назад

      Kwek (+g g'

  • @pacsermen5371
    @pacsermen5371 7 лет назад +41

    Nick, your a genius and a natural comedian. Thanks for the help and laughter.

  • @whiskyguzzler982
    @whiskyguzzler982 7 лет назад +20

    Couple-a-things... Firstly, you should get a bracelet pin pusher - essentially a clamp with a pin. This will make the job easy. Alternatively, use a small hammer to gently tap the punch once it is lined up. Pushing the tool with your hands might be fine if you are Hercules, but generally not preferred. Second, folks need to know that there are different bands with different styles of pin arrangement. For example, the Seiko bracelets often have a pin and collar arrangement, with the collar (or tube as Seiko calls it) being half the size of a grain of rice. Lose that and the pin will go back in, but it will fall out at some terrible time. To generalize I suggest doing this over a tray or a sheet and removing the pin, then shake everything around and see if anything comes out. Jewelers screw this up too, so don't just assume they won't make a mistake. Ask them what kind of process they are going to follow.

  • @reecehunter2874
    @reecehunter2874 7 лет назад +71

    Love your narration. Consider voicing stories so you might read me to sleep.

    • @CaptGage
      @CaptGage 7 лет назад +6

      I know. Love the back-East accent.

  • @mrcat3493
    @mrcat3493 8 лет назад

    This was helpful and your delivery is hilarious.

  • @wilfredosegarra4804
    @wilfredosegarra4804 4 года назад +1

    I enjoyed listening to you while I sized my watch bracelet.

  • @TheCronan
    @TheCronan 6 лет назад +7

    Most passive agressive vid on youtube! :D Love it

  • @miked7205
    @miked7205 6 лет назад +1

    Your voice is like an audio cartoon, I love it

  • @lindakilpatrick609
    @lindakilpatrick609 3 года назад +1

    I loved watching you. You're voice is amazing! Robert Dinero would kill for a voice like yours. Your captivating to listen to. A very witty guy😅 x

  • @memudd
    @memudd 4 года назад +1

    Lol love it. We need more tutorials from this guy!

  • @400lbguerrilla4
    @400lbguerrilla4 8 лет назад

    I'm going to consider this video the inaugural kickoff of the Nick Shabazz series "I've got 99 problems and D2 isn't one." Great job as usual!

    • @NickShabazz
      @NickShabazz  8 лет назад

      Hah. This damned bracelet is at least 12 of them.

  • @Eagles67895
    @Eagles67895 5 лет назад +10

    Boda Bing, boda boom! Ooooo there ya go!!!

  • @saad.hussain.
    @saad.hussain. 6 лет назад

    LOOL I actually bought the same watch and same bracelet and was having SO much trouble attaching the lugs and then removing links that I started searching to see if I was doing something wrong and I find this haha!

  • @guybrownable
    @guybrownable 6 лет назад

    My dear boy you make each video a joy to watch.

  • @user-mx6sy4we7g
    @user-mx6sy4we7g 6 лет назад

    I just bought watch yesterday. I’m not sure if I forgot or left to the store because I don’t know how to do this. Watch is for men and I asked the staff adjust it for me to make it smaller so he took 3 links and 2 pins left in a box. Is it right? Because I don’t wanna to go back to the store just to get the pin if ever save time. Thank you!

  • @ESJY123
    @ESJY123 3 года назад

    Your commentary was spot on! I had the same frustration with my watch lmao.

  • @kevinritchey6305
    @kevinritchey6305 6 лет назад

    Hilarious how perplexed you became. Good job!

  • @garyb2507
    @garyb2507 4 года назад +1

    Spray silicone works well to lubricate bracelet links.

  • @RumbleFish69
    @RumbleFish69 4 года назад +9

    Dude, you're like a cartoon character! Super hilarious, but very helpful! Thanks for the video! I gave you a huge thumbs up!!

  • @reeeek2017
    @reeeek2017 5 лет назад

    Thanks you helped. I was going to poke the little holes I thought I would break it.

  • @graysenwinters3027
    @graysenwinters3027 6 лет назад +8

    "I'm damn good"
    - Nick Shabazz 2016

  • @rumvodkaf1
    @rumvodkaf1 7 лет назад +25

    Lol I thought it was Gilbert Gottfried doing this vid

  • @jello022170
    @jello022170 6 лет назад

    Great vid and very informative

  • @WatchUnwind
    @WatchUnwind 2 года назад +1

    I need to fix my bracelet because the goons at the ad took 4 links out of the same side rather than 2 off each side so it sits crooked

  • @brianbarnett100
    @brianbarnett100 6 лет назад +5

    My god you are spirit animal thank you for the frog lube...

  • @KylesCustoms
    @KylesCustoms 4 года назад

    The lil hammer is nice for stubborn pins. Plus you dont bend the pusher that way

  • @thommo1045
    @thommo1045 7 лет назад

    Nice video,very informative many thanks.

  • @Iggyhaxor
    @Iggyhaxor 5 лет назад

    So helpful. Thanks for posting

  • @bulbhorn
    @bulbhorn 8 лет назад +1

    Thank you. Much appreciated.

  • @psiturbo
    @psiturbo Год назад

    You have the voice of a horse racing announcer/broadcaster!

  • @thomash4578
    @thomash4578 5 лет назад +1

    The good news is that if it takes that much effort to remove the pins, the pins are not going to fall out by themselves.
    However I do agree with the other posters an recommend a small hammer to tap out the pin

  • @wolfreaper7253
    @wolfreaper7253 5 лет назад

    What to do if your chain link pins keep falling out ? Any advice or tips ?

    • @NickShabazz
      @NickShabazz  5 лет назад

      Likely it’s a pin-and-collar bracelet and you’ve lost of collar. Take it to a local jeweler

  • @larrye.quigley4379
    @larrye.quigley4379 7 лет назад +3

    Believe I purchased the same bracelet and I tried to fit those ends and said no way and took it to one of those kiosks in the mall. He used different size ends to make it fit, worth the extra money to save my old nerves. this new band looks better than that "rubber band" they sent with the watch. Nick, keep these informative, seeing you having a bitch of a time with these products too, and entertaining, seeing you having a bitch of a time, videos coming. ;-)

  • @keysersoze503
    @keysersoze503 3 года назад

    I have the same problem with the same bracelet and gave up threw it in the garbage a used a silicone strap.

  • @hyperchord
    @hyperchord 7 лет назад

    Are these the same as "friction pins"?

  • @andyboyd126
    @andyboyd126 5 лет назад

    This guy is hilarious. RUclips gold. 😃

  • @Solaar_Punk
    @Solaar_Punk 5 лет назад +1

    Ye, the bloody pins that bend... and they send a few in the pack because they know they're going to bend, so you just end up bending a bunch of them 🤪. Great video anyways, it really helped me today.

  • @jasonlebrun5474
    @jasonlebrun5474 3 года назад

    Nick, I'm laughing my ass off. I love your voice. You're funny man !!!!!
    Thank you for the content brother.
    Jason

  • @levonarabian
    @levonarabian 6 лет назад

    Wow. What great video. Fantastic

  • @DjClarky78
    @DjClarky78 7 лет назад

    Legend - thanks Nick. Just had a Casio Edifice arrive today from Amazon. Was too big. Didn't have all the tools in my shed, but I made a holding too like yoursl by cutting a slot in a piece of wood, pushed the pin with a scriber, followed up by a drawing pin, then pulled it the rest of the way with a pair of long nose pliers. Worked a treat, watch fits perfect now.
    Cool accent too - where are you from?

  • @31misscherry
    @31misscherry 7 лет назад +1

    Thank you, so much! It worked! Great video!

  • @Danny-qh4su
    @Danny-qh4su 5 лет назад +1

    So funny! Thanks for showing me how to take apart my lige 20$ watch

  • @chefgav1
    @chefgav1 2 года назад

    What’s frog lube?

    • @Youtube-Censorship-Police
      @Youtube-Censorship-Police 2 года назад

      a lubricant and rust inhibitor, you can either get it as a paste or in liquid form (much like wd40).
      it also smells really fresh and nice😉

  • @ksoriano9766
    @ksoriano9766 4 года назад

    I also had a crappy bracelet and it worked! :)

  • @lisakimfinejewelry4872
    @lisakimfinejewelry4872 7 лет назад +1

    informative and hilarious - two thumbs up!

  • @141sharon270
    @141sharon270 7 лет назад

    Nice vid' cheers mate!

  • @jeffreymliss
    @jeffreymliss 8 лет назад +5

    Looks like a Rolex Sea Dweller.

    • @itsexpla
      @itsexpla 6 лет назад

      Right ? I have one at it looks exactly the same

    • @KZBeatzz
      @KZBeatzz 5 лет назад

      Jeff Liss a lot of watch brand companies copied the rolex sea dweller design

  • @joensab
    @joensab 4 года назад

    Great voice. Next tell us the back story...Nick's frustration in not finding the hole...

  • @frankovera7553
    @frankovera7553 4 года назад +1

    This just happened to me and I find this page, lets hope it's useful. 😂

  • @waykno8478
    @waykno8478 4 года назад

    Nick: you were almost flummoxed.

  • @yashvijay1
    @yashvijay1 7 лет назад

    i have SEIKO SSC019, can i replace it spring bar with the spring present in this kit ?

  • @kokopeds8588
    @kokopeds8588 Год назад

    a great video in patience.

  • @amlesh8638
    @amlesh8638 3 года назад

    Nice bracelet !

  • @bigdavemills
    @bigdavemills 7 лет назад

    Love this video. Informative and hysterical

  • @itsvonn8687
    @itsvonn8687 6 лет назад

    My links don’t pop out literally tf is this

  • @KZBeatzz
    @KZBeatzz 5 лет назад +3

    Dude sounds like he’s from Minnesota 😂

    • @michaelhargis7036
      @michaelhargis7036 3 года назад +1

      You've never been to Minnesota. No one in Minnesota sounds like this.

    • @KZBeatzz
      @KZBeatzz 3 года назад

      @@michaelhargis7036 hey it’s a joke. Don’t take it so hard bud 🤣

  • @blurayauthority
    @blurayauthority 3 года назад

    Casio: When you've given up on life.

  • @AGWatchesAndGear
    @AGWatchesAndGear 5 лет назад +1

    Did he really lube that watch's bracelet lol

  • @RyugaChan
    @RyugaChan 6 лет назад

    Hahahah I laughed the whole time, actually you reminded me of that weird roomate that chandler had when joey left to live by himself

  • @dodgydruid
    @dodgydruid 4 года назад

    Lol I found one of these bracelets on Wish and it became a case of Wish I never bought it as the chintzy metal buckled under the slightest pressure, the deployment clasp I salvaged but the bracelet is in the bin hehe

  • @vegbetle
    @vegbetle 6 лет назад

    This guys voice is really funny.

  • @scruffygit771
    @scruffygit771 3 года назад

    Ayyyyy, Dony.

  • @versiongirl83
    @versiongirl83 7 лет назад +6

    Love your accent! what is it?

  • @PersonaN007Grata
    @PersonaN007Grata 4 года назад

    You were pushing the pin out the wrong way. The pins are split on one end and is bent over on the other. Obviously the end that is bent into the U is thicker. But you pushed the U through the link. You need to push on the split end. You can clearly see that if you pause at 3:06. You push the U end on the plastic matrix then after the pin falls you, you lift the bracelet and flip it over, showing us the split side. That means that the split end was sitting against the matrix and the U was pushed through.

  • @141sharon270
    @141sharon270 6 лет назад +1

    I've got a new £500 citizen watch with same type bracelet

  • @OLMmedic
    @OLMmedic 5 лет назад +1

    What a beautiful bracelet 😂

  • @retired_in_portugal
    @retired_in_portugal Год назад

    The punch you were sent is meant to be used with the block and a small hammer so it doesn't bend. Having said that if I had to do this I would use a proper pin removal tool. 🤦‍♀

  • @ryanbanks4265
    @ryanbanks4265 4 года назад

    Is this this guys natural voice. Lol!!

  • @nikolasrichter9164
    @nikolasrichter9164 6 лет назад

    i tried to decrease bracelet in my breitling with an iphone pin Best 2h of my live

  • @Yaketyyak21
    @Yaketyyak21 Год назад

    His accent is straight out of a gangster movie..

  • @kennonpolly9456
    @kennonpolly9456 5 лет назад

    Just won’t work without those mechanics lol I ain’t gotten almost cut myself lol

  • @julzmax956
    @julzmax956 7 лет назад

    I have the same watch and bracelet combo, the bracelet actually goes on very easy but you have to bend the spring bars or buy curved spring bars for the end links to fit properly on the watch. Yes the quality of the bracelet is suspect but it has lasted over a year of constant abuse so it can't be that bad.

  • @bikewreck85
    @bikewreck85 6 лет назад

    Gilbert Gottfried is that you?

  • @Dreamcess
    @Dreamcess 3 года назад

    I have a watch with the arrows pointing ↔️ (outwards) on each link... how am I supposed to push from the center?! This band is as much of a pain in the neck as this one 🤣

  • @Camelotsmoon
    @Camelotsmoon 4 года назад

    444k views and it was uploaded 4 years ago.

  • @lonewolf604
    @lonewolf604 Год назад

    Dis guy sounds like he knew a guy who knew dis guy

  • @benchapman9378
    @benchapman9378 5 лет назад

    I swear to god im going to go mad with people saying about the way the arrows face.. My watch has 2 arrows facing opposite ways, what way do I go!!!!

  • @qepdestehombre
    @qepdestehombre 4 года назад

    Review by the joker?

  • @hectoranaya9609
    @hectoranaya9609 5 лет назад

    Chicago accent ?

  • @KentrenYeh
    @KentrenYeh 7 лет назад

    Thanks so much!!

  • @SoulimanBeshoy
    @SoulimanBeshoy 5 лет назад +1

    Dude, sounds like a very sad life experience living with this bracelet. Here is mt advice: How about putting on a vest full of pockets, grab a stick and TAKE A HIKE! You welk! SeYaaaaaaaa!

  • @quokkapirquish6825
    @quokkapirquish6825 3 года назад

    Ayyyyyyyy forget abooouttt itttttt

  • @barbarastearns7209
    @barbarastearns7209 7 лет назад

    Helpful AND funny too!

  • @dennisdagger2092
    @dennisdagger2092 3 года назад

    3

  • @dennisthomas2971
    @dennisthomas2971 5 лет назад

    Gilbert Gottfrieds brother

  • @ianoconnell8678
    @ianoconnell8678 7 лет назад +1

    Casio rolex submariner copy!?

  • @kingreviews6298
    @kingreviews6298 5 лет назад +1

    Ur intro needs to be to watcha an stuf or forget about it 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

  • @RichBlaker
    @RichBlaker 7 лет назад +1

    Helped me a lot.... after I stopped laughing, love your accent and attitude! Get a job on stage. Or perhaps voice overs for Family Guy.

  • @lostie1
    @lostie1 3 года назад

    Why does this guy sound like a mafia underling.

  • @lexxstarr9700
    @lexxstarr9700 7 лет назад

    Crappiest watch?? seems like the crappiest watch repairman are the right words LOL

  • @iamsheep
    @iamsheep 5 лет назад

    You sound like a Dick Tracy villain.

  • @tophergrallison
    @tophergrallison 3 года назад

    Visit a jeweler, got it.

  • @sandorsom8522
    @sandorsom8522 2 года назад

    Pop

  • @TheSamosaCritic
    @TheSamosaCritic 6 лет назад +1

    Dude we don't all have a resizing block at home so this video is useless for me. And yes I am fighting with a stubborn L shaped watch bracelet myself.

    • @salazar881
      @salazar881 5 лет назад

      Use your brain maybe?

    • @thomash4578
      @thomash4578 5 лет назад

      They are very inexpensive. If you need to resize multiple watches, it is worth buying.

  • @diykluk
    @diykluk 6 лет назад

    *use hammer xD*

  • @hmhassan4312
    @hmhassan4312 7 лет назад

    the bracelet is definitely bad

  • @WhuDhat
    @WhuDhat Год назад

    unwatchable

  • @jadenpiscopo8999
    @jadenpiscopo8999 7 лет назад

    you have to much hair in your hand hahahahah

    • @threebedrooms1076
      @threebedrooms1076 5 лет назад

      jaden piscopo hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.