Remove Watch Bracelet Links without tools! (2024 Best Method!). Resize and shorten band and straps!

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  • Опубликовано: 6 сен 2022
  • The BEST way to remove links held by PINS without a proper tool! Use a Thumb Tack, Sim Ejector tool or any pin to resize the metal band/bracelet!
    Note, this method does not work for links held by screws. For links that are held by screws, you will only be able to use a fine tip screwdriver.
    Timestamps:
    0:13 - Removing looser links with just a pin and your fingers!
    3:29 - Remove slightly stubborn links with books, a hammer and a pin!
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  • @karencheatham8279
    @karencheatham8279 5 месяцев назад +13

    Easy peasy all by myself. I didn't have a thumb tack but found a tiny screw that fit the pin, and used the back of a screwdriver to hammer it thru! Thanks so much.

    • @PauseUn-Pause
      @PauseUn-Pause 2 месяца назад

      Why do you lie? Its nothing like this

  • @da5idnz
    @da5idnz Год назад +17

    I did it and it worked! Instead of the thumb tack for the initial removal I used a mechanical pencil. Some of the pencils have the little metal tube that sticks out where the lead comes out that does not move in or out - some do not. I found one that I had. It was easy to push the pin out with it. I did use the tack to slightly tap it back in the last little bit (although it probably didn't need it so much).

  • @sike1451
    @sike1451 Год назад +1

    Well, what do i say, it worked like a charm with the books :D
    Thanks!

  • @Ndless8
    @Ndless8 Год назад

    Worked like a charm for me!

  • @Rfinnshw
    @Rfinnshw 6 месяцев назад

    👍👏Great video! Thanks for posting.

  • @olliefuture
    @olliefuture 8 месяцев назад +1

    I did it ❤ thankyou so much, you should take up teaching mate. 10/10. V happy ⌚️

  • @adammanton3874
    @adammanton3874 Год назад +3

    Guidance worked perfectly. 👍

    • @strapify
      @strapify  Год назад +1

      Happy to hear my friend!

  • @DylanWagerMusic
    @DylanWagerMusic 5 месяцев назад +1

    Worked like a charm thanks

  • @No_Clops
    @No_Clops Год назад

    So very useful Thank you!!

  • @dunx.6955
    @dunx.6955 Год назад

    Lifesaver, thank you!

  • @user-wf8jh7dm2d
    @user-wf8jh7dm2d 3 месяца назад +1

    This was extremely helpful for my watch strap. I built the jig he made with books out of pieces of wood (2 by 4's) because the pins in my strap proved difficult to remove. Thank you very much.

    • @strapify
      @strapify  3 месяца назад

      Glad to hear mate!

  • @ybe7011
    @ybe7011 9 месяцев назад

    Thanks! Worked great!

  • @kathleencaparro5485
    @kathleencaparro5485 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you! Very helpful!

  • @codysumner1586
    @codysumner1586 Год назад +10

    thank you, got my new Christmas present fitting now! after two minor puncture wounds I found its much easier to get one pin out via thumbtack method, then use that pin to push out the others with a mallet and light taps.

  • @maxmoss6264
    @maxmoss6264 Год назад

    Thank you

  • @DatHuzzah
    @DatHuzzah Год назад +7

    If you have a bench vice, place a safety pin in the vice and clamp it tight, this is much easier than balancing a thumbtack or pin on a table, and you can also crouch down below the height of the vice and look up to make sure the safety pin is located in the hole for the watch pin, before you apply the pressure to push the watch pin out, thus preventing any scratches 👍

  • @olahafiz4547
    @olahafiz4547 6 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much this video helped me a lot

  • @ravinderkumar-gj8kt
    @ravinderkumar-gj8kt 10 месяцев назад

    Thnx

  • @elektro1078
    @elektro1078 4 месяца назад

    thanks it worked

  • @electrovortex7178
    @electrovortex7178 7 месяцев назад

    Cheers bro

  • @lauralee5580
    @lauralee5580 Год назад

    Love your book clamp trick. I managed to take themout without hamner, just my 2 finger push on the safety pin and I'm a woman. But now I'm having troubles on assembling them back. 😂😅😅

  • @MrsCrafty12021
    @MrsCrafty12021 2 месяца назад

    Thanks! My watch has been on the shelf for months because the pin somehow came out halfway and I didn’t know how to get it back in. I used a paper clip to push it all the way out and pressed it back in with some closed tweezers.

  • @notandyagain
    @notandyagain 7 месяцев назад

    Works a treat, thanks! I used the gap between the wooden floorboards instead of books, as this was filled and easy enough to retrieve the pin. Is interesting that using manual force doesn't do the trick, but tapping with something heavy like a power bank works every time.

  • @JanellAnnesha
    @JanellAnnesha 3 месяца назад

    Thank you. 🎉

  • @anthophile745
    @anthophile745 Месяц назад

    thank you so much 🥰❤❤❤❤

  • @ImBoyleyQz1
    @ImBoyleyQz1 7 месяцев назад +1

    The anxiety of you pushing it towards your hand waiting for it to slip had me on edge 🤣

  • @deesar9920
    @deesar9920 8 месяцев назад

    i love you much it work. i really dont want to buy a dedicated tool for it

  • @mageswariudha632
    @mageswariudha632 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you so so much 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 I had it. I needed to make it short so so badly

    • @strapify
      @strapify  5 месяцев назад

      You are so welcome

  • @hyperkinetic_
    @hyperkinetic_ Год назад +1

    oh thanks DeSinc didn’t think i’d see you here

  • @SeanYewMingGuan
    @SeanYewMingGuan Год назад

    The book method works.

  • @chupaxf
    @chupaxf 7 месяцев назад

    You are a fucking legend, thank you so much. All I could find were videos advertising those stupid tools before I found this. My watch now fits perfectly thanks to you. ❤

    • @strapify
      @strapify  7 месяцев назад

      Cheers my man 👊🏻

  • @beliot5022
    @beliot5022 3 месяца назад +1

    This worked for me, but only after beating the crap out of it for an hour or so. Worked better once I broke off the sharp point of the thumbtack so it was flat ended, and I don't think it would have worked with a normal thumbtack- we happened to have some solid metal thumbtacks that were like, industrial or smth

  • @acid1787
    @acid1787 3 месяца назад

    Tried this on my eidfice the pin just bent and couldnt get the link pin out. You are right about some links are tight as hell.

  • @SubaruWRC1996
    @SubaruWRC1996 4 месяца назад

    Can you do this with micro adjuster

  • @drakodrip
    @drakodrip 2 месяца назад

    is there a specific pin that I'm supposed to push out or any of them work?

  • @PookaTVV
    @PookaTVV Год назад +2

    mine wouldnt push out?

  • @ArchibaldMcNamara
    @ArchibaldMcNamara 10 месяцев назад

    what if my watch doesn’t have visible pins on the side?

  • @KpxUrz5745
    @KpxUrz5745 Год назад +3

    I've watched a few of these videos, still having trouble.

  • @POWER-nk4hw
    @POWER-nk4hw Месяц назад

    Is this desinc?

  • @wasteddude9387
    @wasteddude9387 Год назад +3

    PLEASE. ALL OF YOU. INCLUDING THE HOST. WATCH SEVERAL VIDEOS AT LEAST. WATCH AT LEAST SEVERAL VIDEOS. BEFORE TRYING TO DO ANYTHING TO ANYTHING. I wish I did. For this issue, be advised there are a few different types of pins. And a shitload of tools and methods. I can tell you; this guy's method will work, even if it's wrong f9r other 5ypes of pins. For instance, Watch for single-screw pins, double-screw pins, collar pins are super tricky, and I'm trying to find a video for what I can only describe as "Concentric-circle, on one end, pins with the other end just wide, flat, smooth-ended" pins from Asia. I don't EVEN know what keywords to search with. But I AM learning. Please take my advice and learn from as many people as you can stand. You might need your favorite beverage, but you'll feel pretty cool about knowing what you're doing. I mean really knowing. Good luck.
    P.S.: BTW, I did learn something from this video too. Just saying...

  • @practicerepo
    @practicerepo 2 месяца назад

    Listen to his voice. . . Tell me folks, this guy isn't Daniel Ricciardo. Consider it a compliment, I swear you sound just like him.

    • @strapify
      @strapify  2 месяца назад

      😂😂 I'll take it as a compliment. Gutted with his race in Miami today!

    • @practicerepo
      @practicerepo 2 месяца назад

      @@strapify Awesome, thanks for your video too, I’m a big fan of watches and had a couple that needed the bracelet modified. Now I got to wear them over the weekend, cheers man

  • @ruedomel8071
    @ruedomel8071 Год назад +9

    I thought I would try it with a thumbtack. Watch costs $700+ so I don’t want to damage it just because I want it to fit today. I’ll go to jeweler.

    • @Mikesmeyer88
      @Mikesmeyer88 Год назад +1

      Yea definitely take it somewhere. Not worth the risk

  • @WayneT93
    @WayneT93 Месяц назад

    If you're brave enough the partners earrings work well 😅

  • @doemane
    @doemane 3 месяца назад

    Bro mine doesnt have little holes to pole.

  • @Ajisaurus
    @Ajisaurus 4 месяца назад

    Can use phone sim card pin?

    • @strapify
      @strapify  4 месяца назад

      Yes. They're not as strong though.

  • @rileyisraging
    @rileyisraging 11 месяцев назад

    the pin is too tight ): i tried to use the screw thingy and the sim ejector it didn’t work ): i just wanna wear my watch

    • @strapify
      @strapify  11 месяцев назад +1

      Could be the case. It also could be that it’s actually a screw.

  • @DNM6062
    @DNM6062 24 дня назад

    Nope no luck for me my links are too toght to the mall o go tomorrow lol

  • @Mag_netic
    @Mag_netic 4 месяца назад

    Can we use safety pin

    • @strapify
      @strapify  4 месяца назад +1

      Yes you can

    • @Mag_netic
      @Mag_netic 4 месяца назад

      @@strapify Thank u!

  • @jayradhart
    @jayradhart Год назад +2

    "Which kinda look like screws, but they're not screws" THEY WERE SCREWS! I broke 6 pins before I figured out this is wrong and I needed a screwdriver.

    • @strapify
      @strapify  Год назад +1

      Thanks for your feedback. Apologies, we forgot to add a disclaimer this does not apply to screw links.

  • @mikediezel0923
    @mikediezel0923 Год назад

    Mine is too tight

    • @kamii_999
      @kamii_999 Год назад +3

      That's what she said 😏

  • @irishbob
    @irishbob 5 месяцев назад

    I just use a 0.5mm pen

  • @kevinpassmore6862
    @kevinpassmore6862 6 месяцев назад

    Why wouldnt you just remove the piece and shorten the wrist band to complete the whole video process

  • @TheLwaller09
    @TheLwaller09 Год назад +4

    I bought a cheap one off Amazon for a fitness watch. Dicked around with it for 20 minutes, couldn't even get one to budge, so I spiked it off my concrete floor. Amazingly the pins all budged then! Problem solved by throwing these horrible bands in the trash and buying anything but these.
    Seriously its 2023, there are better ways to make things that adjust.

  • @vegassasin
    @vegassasin Год назад +134

    who tf owns a thumbtack

    • @devilstoast2703
      @devilstoast2703 Год назад +28

      Lots of people

    • @rykerz105
      @rykerz105 9 месяцев назад

      @@devilstoast2703I guess I don’t know lots of people

    • @AlexandruTanase11
      @AlexandruTanase11 7 месяцев назад +29

      You should rent one

    • @curtis6472
      @curtis6472 7 месяцев назад +1

      😂😂😂

    • @BlueZirnitra
      @BlueZirnitra 7 месяцев назад +9

      They're everywhere mate do you know what an office is? Have you ever seen a notice board? Do you live at the bottom of the sea?

  • @unkaleble
    @unkaleble 6 месяцев назад

    Mine wonk come out

  • @TheNikkiBett
    @TheNikkiBett 8 месяцев назад

    Thank you