How to Adjust your Seiko Watch Band the Easy Way Recorded from a DSLR
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
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A "CLEAR" step-by-step video on how to adjust your Seiko watch band the easy way.
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Let me see if I've got this correct...you 'pinned' a link to a tool set but couldn't be 'arsed' to use a tool set?
Given this example...you're NOT gonna be my 'techguide' if this is how 'half assed' you 'guide' people.
5 yrs this video has existed, still online, still availible...still 'representing' YOU! And you're still 'active' on RUclips (you added 'pinned links' within the last year, so its not like you abandoned your account). Might be time to consider removing the video, REDOing it and representing yourself much BETTER. At least, if you want any hope of being someone's 'techguide'. After all, I wouldn't follow ANYONE that called themselves a 'guide' but only 'guided' me INTO the wilderness, but NOT back out of it!!!!!!!!!!!!
This all might sound like nit picking...but I'm NOT the only one to make these observations. Great idea for a video, but INCOMPLETE; and the exclusions/errors UNDO the purpose, IMHO.
IF YOU READ BEYOND THIS POINT, NO WHINING ABOUT A 'RANT'!!!!!!! You made your choice.
There are SO many errors in this video and exclusions.
1. Common (or flat head) jeweler's screwdriver (or precision screwdriver) NOT 'flat phillips screwdriver'. Phillips is a type of screwdriver HEAD, it is NOT the name of a group of drivers (unless Phillips makes them, but even then they're not called 'phillips screwdrivers'. IE Common (flat head), Cross (Phillips), Square (Roberson), Hex (Allen), Star (Torx). But they're all screwdrivers...a Phillips head screwdriver isn't reffered to as a 'Phillips Phillips screwdriver'
2. You're using a forcep (also known as a type of hemostat) not a pair of needle nose pliers (but you COULD use needle nose pliers).
3. There are FOUR arrows in the section of links you showed (alreadry removed from the band)(not that this really matters, had it been the ONLY error...but it speaks to the sheer number of errors)
4. 'Walking' the FLAT head jewelers driver, as you did, can scratch the links (where as, had you USED the 'tool kit' you linked to, you would have 'driven' the pin out without marking the links.
5. You failed to reattached the links so the band is wearable. By this video, one is left with a band that is still in PARTS and can't be worn. "I'm going to show you how to easily change a tire on your car....by ONLY showing you how to take the tire OFF, you'll have to work out putting it back on, yourself." (you failed to show how to reattach ANYTHING, properly...you didn't even show to reattach the LINKS back together and REATTACHING is just as important)
6. This video is not about 'how to adjust' a watch braclet, its about how to ONLY remove a link. You didn't even mention the 'micro-adjustment' holes of the clasp (that may allow a user to NOT even have to take a link out to start with).
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Thanks mate! İ adjusted my grandpas' watch which he gifted me before he died. Now i can carry his last gift thanks to you!
*you're more than welcome my friend!*
I’ve had this Seiko Auto watch for a few years since my father in law’s passing. A man I loved and respected. A professor. I couldn’t wear it but for one link too long. Thank you.❤️
Great work! Two tricks to share after doing this the first time... (1) A simple fingernail clipper can pull the pin out with much less exposed pin than needle-nose pliers. (2) If replacing an existing watch, count the number of "arrow" links to know how many to remove from the new watch (I had a "duh" moment when I was done an realized this).
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thanks man
Finally! I have been searching forever for a video like this recorded on a DSLR. All the others just didn’t work for me but because THIS ONE was recorded on such a specific type of camera (DSLR), I was able to understand and Resize my watch band.
*lol ahahaha*
Watched your video three times to make sure I had everything, then removed 1 link from my new Seiko Men's SKS421, and it all worked just as you demonstrated in your video. Had a heart-stopping moment when the hinge pin popped out of the hinge and launched into the air like a rocket ... but I was able to find it on the floor, and after that I was more careful with it. Other than that, no dramas. Thanks for the video -- it saved me $10 or more at the jeweler's, and now my watch fits perfectly.
I'm glad my video helped you. thanks for watching and don't forget to hit the like button as it helps me out a lot. thanks!
often ... $15.00 :0
Exact same procedure and ending.
7 years and still helpful... Just adjusted my mom's watch... Thanks mate.
Philips screwdriver means the cross kind, flat means the flat kind 😄 Can't be both as in flat philips :D
Damn an SC player
@@aleksjonsson7695 yes sir
shut up
I think he meant a flathead screwdriver
SO much clearer than your other video. Pretty easy to adjust when you know how.
My Seiko watch came in the mail today, and I couldn't figure it out. I googled for help and your videos popped up. I watched them both; the second was the most useful. Thanks to you I was able to take out some links and was able to wear my watch tonight rather than take it to a store and pay for adjustment tomorrow.
Enough people couldn't wait to pull you up on the Philips thing, and I was no exception, but thanks to you, we have all saved ourselves a few quid and a trip to the jewellery shop. Thanks for the detail, good job mate.
Thaught I was going to have a floppy watch for the rest of my life 30 minutes ago.
Learn't the straps where designed to be adjustable 25 minutes ago.
Found video on how to do it 20 minutes ago.
Now I sit with nice fitting watch writing about how thankful I am that someone showed me how to do it without bending the links off like I had planned to.
INTERNET POWER! Surpress the caveman!
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Same here bro.
Ditto!
This was very useful. For me, since I couldn't find any other tools, I did with just a sturdy needle. The band spring only flew at my face 3 times!
16 Bit Images SAME LMFAO
Hi L BS
Many thanks for taking the time and trouble to do this. Clear instructions which means I can now wear the new watch my wife bought me for Xmas without it falling off!
you're more than welcome sir!
I went to the shop and adjust my watch yesterday, but when I wear it today, I realized that my Seiko 5 band is one chain big and the watch slide up and down my wrist. So, when i got home, I tried to go to the shop but the shop is already closed. I have to wait till tomorrow to wear my watch again but I really don't want to. So, when searching through the internet I found this video. I watch the video and took out the extra chain by myself. Now, I can wear my brand new Seiko 5 tomorrow to school and I now know how to adjust the band myself. Thanks man.
*you're more than welcome and sorry to naming the wrong tool in the video!*
Thank you for making this video. I got my Seiko in the mail yesterday, and I'm wearing it today. You probably saved me $10 or $20 dollars that I would have had to spend at the jeweler.
your more than welcome!
I used your video to adjust my SNK789 SEIKO 5 Automatic Stainless Steel Watch band. It was so easy with your video. Thank you.
can you show us how to put it back together once you have taken out the extra links?
You don't
Excellent Video . I successfully shortened my Seiko watch strap 5 minutes ago straight after seeing your video.
Thanks man bought a cheap watch yesterday and went somewhere else and paid for it to be adjusted and it was too tight just put a link back in thank you again
This was so helpful. I was trying to find a guide on this type of bracelet and almost couldn't find one.
Excellent video would’ve never known had I not seen this video thank you! I found by pushing the lock pin round bottom at the six o’clock position pushing outwards the lock pin comes out faster than rocking to the Left or right ! Great video!
It sorted me out tonight, wasn't even looking for it, easy when you know how.... 👍
thank you it helped me a lot
i was begging the local shopkeeper to fix the chain link for days now
today I jus final adjusted it myself 🙏🏼
I'm so glad I looked at the comments below about the screwdriver! Make sure you use a tiny flat head screwdriver!
I just adjusted my watch's band. All I used was the screw driver and paper clip. Great video. Thanks for posting it.
your welcome and thanks for watching!
Thanks for a great and clear video. Saved me a trip to the jewelry store and the cost of having this done. Very easy!
*you're more than welcome!*
This one is so much better than your previous video on how to adjust a Seiko watch band. Thank you!
i mad that too search it on my watch section
How to "Remove" your Seiko Watch Band the Easy Way
thanks! very helpful, thought it would be a complicate process but in a couple of minutes it was adjusted. thanks again!
*anytime!*
Thanks for the video...now I know how to remove the links in a Casio watch. Btw, that is a flat head screwdriver...the phillips is different....like how I describe it to my kids...there's a "cross" at the tip when Im asking them for a phillip screwdriver.
It's NOT a flat head screwdriver. It's a flat blade screwdriver. Flat head screws can also be phillips headed.
@@jeffreyhess5013 nope. We are talking about screwdrivers...not screws. I get the screws can have a phillips, torx, etc. And that you refer to the geometrical shape the screw is shaped. But flathead screwdrivers, wrong as it may, is now universally acceptable as what you refer to as flat blade screwDRIVER. And since we are talking about that particular screwDRIVER in this video, philips screwdriver is out of the question...in this video at least.
@@jackhazz5777 I agree that in this video, reference to a Phillips head screwdriver was incorrect. However I disagree that just because something is universally accepted, as you've stated, it is right. I could come up with many examples (abortion being a big one at the moment). The term flat head screwdriver (a screwdriver doesn't even have a head) is incorrect whether it's universally accepted as correct or not. We may just have to agree to disagree on that.
Adjustments made, however I chose to (regarding key removal) insert pin remover in hole rather than pry between links, my band is/was/had less wear than yours. Gave me what I needed! Thanks!
thanks for watching Brandt Junker!
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Thanx brother i was trying for 1hour wrongly after watching ur video i hv been able to remove chain locks very easily
*glad i could help and sorry for naming the wrong tool*
The locking pins weren't easy to get out, they seemed to be in there very tight, but it worked and saved me $35-$50 so thanks for the video!
+TheHappygilmore22 yah, at first they are hard to pry out but once it gets loosen up, its comes out easily. you're more than welcome watching my video my friend. glad I saved you that much money lol. anyways, can you pls. SUBSCRIBE to my channel as it will help me out a lot, if not that's fine. thanks again!
9years in and super helpful, thanks 😊
Thanks for posting. My Seiko steel band is slightly different than the band you have in the video. Maybe its because my watch doesn't have a USA warranty, and thus it's gray market (not authorized for sale in the US).
With your band, you are applying upward force to the link joint by twisting the micro-screw driver.
My band has full circles (holes) over the link connector head; they block using micro-screw driver from UNDER the links. Instead, I had to use a 3/64 (a 5/64 is too big) in the "holes", and like you, twist left-right to apply upward force to move the connector up. After getting started, I then angle-pushed to get more of the connector head out before using a needle nose pliers.
It also helps if you avoid pulling on adjacent links (side-to-side, because the connectors may not move out under that pressure).
In my experience, I found one was easy to get out, and another took a lot longer.
you're more than welcome my friend and thanks for watching my video, pls don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to my channel as it will help me out a lot, if not, that's fine. thanks again my friend.
Thanks for the vid. mate, just a quick note - the screwdriver you're using is a flat not a phillips.. adjusted my band really well with your help. Cheers
Great public service. Worked like a charm
Thanks! Took me less than a minute 😎 Was lucky as the pins were easy to pull out, didn’t even need the pliers once I popes it out with the screwdriver
Worked perfectly for my Casio! Thank you for this tutorial!
Your video was helpful in showing how the Seiko pins worked and slid out. Using a flat head screw driver didn't work for me for removing the pins. What worked was using a simple thumbtack. I would hold the watch perpendicular (arrows up) to a flat surface. I would then place the point of a thumbtack in the groove you show in the video. Then holding the watchband on each side of the link (pin) you want to remove I firmly press the flat top of the thumbtack onto the table.
+Mark Bliton thanks for sharing those information. and im glad my video helped you. anyways can you do me a favour by SUBSCRIBING to my channel as it will help me out a lot, if not that's fine. thanks again!
Omg thank you so much this actually worked like a charm :)
Flat screw driver didn't work for me either because I didn't really have a slot to fit it in. So I finally just pushed directly on the bump on the link and pushed the link out. BTW, if you just need to shorten the band a little, you can move the spring loaded pin on the part of the clasp labeled SEIKO one or two holes. Do this on the pin holding the chain and not the pin holding the folding clasp. If you do this on the pin holding the folding clasp, you won't be able to close the band.
My Seiko 5 has a different style of band and due to the hole being significantly smaller it's not possible to use a screwdriver to take the link out. I've found that a corkscrew works brilliantly tough, so much so that once the link has popped out you only need your fingers to remove it. So if you're having any problems I recommend using a corkscrew.
+Gethin ap Phylip Worked brilliantly, cheers mate!
AlfredTheGreat Good to hear, I managed to come up with that after a lot of trail and error.
not to be "that guy", but its a slotted screwdriver...Thanks for the information!!!!
Thanks!
I had no idea how to remove links from my Seiko bracelet. You explained it perfectly and I was able to adjust mine in only a few minutes.
Thanks!
+mrnoodley you're more than welcome. please don't forget to subscribe to my channel as it helps me out a lot. thanks again!
Thanks. I had forgotten how simple it was to adjust the seiko bracelet.
thanks a lot, this is a bit usual as most watches have a small rod instead of a flat locking pin, your video have saved me the money to buy the tools which would turn out to be the wrong tools anyways.
I just removed 3 links and adjusted my new band perfectly!
..thanks your kindness in posting this.
that is a standard not a phillips screwdriver but thanks for the vid it did help
and counting is not his strong suit either. Its 4 arrows he was showing and not 3.
@David Armstrong Because English is a foreign language for him. Just because he speaks English in this video does not mean he lives in a country where English is spoken. Phillips is not the name everywhere. In German, for example, (substituting English words as appropriate) its a "cross-slot-screw-turner"
How did he get it wrong? Simple mistake. Someone probably showed him a Philips screwdriver from a set of so-called "jeweler's screwdrivers" and he mistook the "Phillips" part for the tiny screwdriver part. Unless you have someone there to correct you, it would be easy to think that all the small screwdrivers in the set were "Phillips." After all, the name of those small screwdrivers in the set is a bit silly. All the tips in a typical hardware store "jeweler's screwdriver" set are far too large for actually working on jewelry.
Bui I have the same question for you. How can you not know the difference between "Slot" and "slot"? I think everyone learns in about the third grade the difference between a proper and common noun -- that thinks like family names are capitalized, but ordinary things are not. Yet you managed to show your English "wisdom" with a mistake an 8 year old should not make. Impressive.
Thanks for this video....my jeweler was not able to take the link out and your video lead me right through the process. Thanks
+David Futch awesome! im glad my video helped you and save you money eh. anyways, thanks for watching my video, pls don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to my channel as it will help me out a lot, if not that's fine. anyways, thanks for watching my friend.
Thank you!! Just what I needed to see to help adjust the band on my sons watch. So easy.
Thanks a lot bro, now I'm proud that i just fix my new watch ❤
You saved me having to take the new watch my mother received as a gift from her place of work at retirement, even if you did call the small flat screw driver a Phillips, I see in the good quality video it was a straight or flat screw driver, so it’s all good , thanks a ton my friend! Oh, one thing maybe mention that first pin removed is sort of spring loaded, I’ve had those shoot away when removing them because I was not being careful enough. I already knew that part , but someone never doing anything like that to a watch band might end up learning it the hard way as I did the first time I worked on a watch band. It’s so easy to forget little details like that , I do the same thing more and more, in my case it’s just old age I guess, lol. But thank you very much for the video as I have never seen a band like these seiko bands are made, I would have never figured how to remove those links
*you're more than welcome. i know i screwed up the names of the tools and totally forget to mention about the spring loaded pin. i did an updated video and its so much better but it aint getting enough views to be on top of the search. im glad my video did help you tho. cheers!*
YourTechGuide , helped much , I would have never figured it out without your video. Happy new year!!
The best how-to-video for resizing a seiko watch band. Thanks!
Tom Richter you're welcome and thanks for watching my video!
Thanks, that made it easy. Didn't need pliers, easily pulled out with fingers. Also did it without "flattening the band by removing the pin in step 1". So for me it was a tiny screwdriver only procedure.
Thanks for your help.
Ash from Scotland 🏴
Thank you!!! Saved me $50.
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Oh man thanks for this updated version. My Seiko watch is actually the push pins for everything, but I got a new watch that was this weird lock key style and had no idea what to do lol.
your welcome!
This is the best video on the subject! Thanks 👍
Thanks man, i've adjusted my watch thanks to you!
Thank you so much for posting this! I will probably have to watch this a few more times when I give this a try tomorrow. Sick of taking it to a jeweler and having to pay to have my watch bands adjusted. :)
Really helpful. Just now I have adjusted my new Seiko watch's bracelet taking help from this video.
thanks for watching!
thanks!
thanks man great video
just done my sons watch after watching your video. thanks LBS!
you're more than welcome sir!
Brilliant.... thank you.... just got a new Seiko and the bracelet was too big.... all good now... piece of cake... :-)
*you're more than welcome!*
Saved 7£ cause of your vid, thanks.😊
Thank you so much for the video. Just did mine… I love my watch 🙂
Was ready with my bracelet press and everything and was surprised how easy this is since I've never had a seiko with a bracelet.
THank you , I resized my watch becaus of this video!
+Ashley voyt awesome! glad I could help. anyways, thanks for watching my video, pls don't forget to SUBSCRIBe to my channel as it will help me out, if not that's fine. thanks again my friend.
I just had my first watch today. I am so excited to use it but it's too loose for my wrist. Thanks to your video I was able to fix it. ❤❤❤
thank you so much I thought i need too go to the repair shop thanks for tutorial blesses you...♥️😁
Guys, I was gonna do this and take off the links however I found that on my watch I could just change the hole the initial screw was in instead of removing some links. Great video tho.
You really should have shown how to reattach the watch itself. I removed the pin at the beginning and now I can't get it back on. I think I may have lost the spring so now I'm screwed.
You re-attach the bracelet by hooking it onto the exposed bar. You will see a gap of about 5mm between the links. Join them together and push the pin in with your fingers.
I am interested in this as well.
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On mine, the latch has a series of very small holes on each side. Three on one end and one on the other. The pin you removed goes through the larger hole in the link closest to the latch to start with. Then one end of the pin you'll seat into a hole on one side and then you compress the spring on the other end of the pin until you can slide the compressed pin in between the two sides of the clasp and slide it into the hole opposite the one that you put the other end of the pin in. To do the compression you can use your finger nail or a dental pick.
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thanks! it saved me a trip to a watch shop.
+Tom Stasinski you're more than welcome my friend. can you pls. do me a favor by SUBSCRIBING to my channel as it will help me out a lot, if not that's fine. thanks again.
Thank you for posting this! It worked quite easily. Much appreciated.
Thanks for the Video....very Helpful
Very concise and helpful. Thanks for making this vid.
Thank you very much for going to the effort of posting such clear instructions.
Very helpful indeed!
your more than welcome my friend
This was a big help . . . took out three links to my new Seiko watch in about 5 minutes. Thanks!
Thanks for this! Just got an SNK809K1 today. My first automatic! Video helped tremendously!
*you're more than welcome sir and sorry for naming the wrong tool!*
Thanks. This was a mystery to me until I watched your video.
+Michael Holley it was for me as well, until I figured it out. anyways thanks for watching, pls don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to my channel as it will help me out a lot. thanks again!
Really helpful. I was about to hit mine with a hammer but following this I got two links out no problem
Great improvement over the earlier fuzzy video, thanks again...
BTW, why not take the fuzzy one off of RUclips???
Does this damage the watch strap??
Thanks, a very helpful video.
Thanks. Very helpful.
Great video, im adjusting my vintage Seiko band. Thanks a lot.
Well that was easy! Thank you for this video! 👍
Thanks! Worked just fine. Was worried about putting the spring loaded pin back in, but i got it.
Great! thank you for watching!
Great little video, Thanks, you made it easy for me to remove a link. Seiko straps are not like others . 10/10
Thank you for this! was gonna go to a watych shop to get my watch resized! :)
*you're more than welcome!*
Easy when you know how, handy you tube is for these things, wasn't looking for it, I was just checking the pin, then this popped up, thought why not, least can say I've done it the once.... 👍
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Thank you very much. I adjusted my son's watch band.
your very welcome sir!
your very welcome sir!
Thank you it’s hard to find watch shop
Very helpful. Thank you. This worked for my wife's Armitron "Now".
your more than welcome!
A great help with adjusting the bracelet on my Orient, can't remember where my little screwdrivers and punches are so used a plastic tooth pick and a steak knife, sorted. Many thanks 👍
Thank you! Very helpful video.
Okay, I just did this on my new Seiko. May I present what I believe is a better way? It only requires an ice pick, no needle nose pliers or screwdriver although I did also use a dental pick. I came up with this method because on my band the place where he inserted the screwdriver didn't exist, but also, I bet he screwed up the end of his screwdriver.
1) Use dental pick or ice pick to remove the pin on one end of the latch so you can lay the bracelet out flat
2) You know the hole he said he tried to use and couldn't get to work, well this is actually the correct hole to use. Inside that hole closer to the center-line of the band is a place to insert an ice pick and then just press outward and the link fork will come out far enough so that you can remove it all the way with your fingers.
Then reverse this procedure. If you have trouble getting the link fork back in all the way use the wooden handle of the ice pick to tap it in place.
instead of the niddle and screwdriver there is a special removing tool you can buy on ebay or aliexpress for about a dollar
Thanks for doing this. This is the watch band style I have.