Thank you for taking the time to explain the pins, the orientation, and where things go. Very concice and easy to follow. My new Casio fits like a dream now.
thank you so much for this video! 3 years later and it is still very helpful, this video in particular actually briefly explained the mechanisms in how the band worked, and also explained the reason for the arrows. thank you for the practical and educational video!
Hello and thank you for showing me a video of how easy it is to remove some links in a watch. I especially found the explanation of the direction of removing and reinserting the split pin design really helpful. Without seeing this, I would simply have forced them back in the wrong way round. Also your 'zoom-in' so we could see the little holes was really clear. Thanks once again
THANK YOU!!!!! I bought a Relic had no idea how to size it. The web site gave no instructions…you saved the day….awesome video, I never saw the arrows until you should them , no one else mentioned that in their video…saved my watch..yeah
Watch tool kits have a press to line up squarely with the bracelet and press the pin out. I've always been able to use a skinny jewellers screwdriver to press them out but you have to be careful to hold the screwdriver square to the bracelet.
A first-rate video showing precisely how to size a split-pin bracelet. Rob, your videos on how to change straps and size bracelets of different kinds are really helpful. Could you do one on how to change from a strap to a bracelet? Attaching a bracelet seems much more difficult than attaching a strap, especially bracelets with curved end-links Thank you for these videos.
I did it for the first time this week and I nearly had a nervous breakdown. I've taken a few bracelets off but never tried to put one back on until now. If I ever do it again I'm going to have to get some kind of watch holder and a couple of quality spring bar tools.
This was really helpful! After watching this, it took only five minutes to adjust my most recent split pin bracelet. It gave me a new appreciation for them.
Thank you so much ❤ just got my new patek and wanted to self adjust and was so confused by the pins? I didnt want to touch/damage my watch band so ive been searching youtube, thank god i found this video. Bless you 🙏 Noticed the arrows straight away , very lucky 😅
Thank you. This tutorial was great and you saved me a trip to the jeweler. Was able to remove link with just a very small screw driver pushing on the bump in the direction indicated by the arrow and then pliers to pull out the piece….The one thing that I’d strongly emphasize is that when you are taking the spring pin out of the folding part of the watch to get access to these links is to do so carefully as they are spring loaded and can fly several feet across the room. Advise doing this part over a hard floor as opposed to a carpet as they are hard to see. Mine “flew” 6 feet 🤪
Fantastic! Yesterday i used an extended amount of time to find out to put the pins back in, but I couldn't find the answer. You delivered the answer clearly and with background explanation, while the video also made it clear. Great! Thank you.
Thanks for a very helpful video. My partner just bought a cheap watch on a bracelet to wear for work, and it needs adjusting. All of my watches are on leather or NATO straps, so I've never had to tackle a bracelet before.
Screws... On my 5 yrs old Casio Edifice screw fell out, watch fell on the floor, directly on the adjusting button and now the mechanism needs replacement. But I'm thinking of buying new one- it's more expencive, but life has to move on, right?
Thank you for your tutorial video. Very helpful. Currently I am resizing my strap and honestly I struggle to fit it back in. Luckily I managed to get hold of your video at the right moment.
September 11th 2001 A united Airlines 757 is traveling at over 660’mph as it crosses Manhattan island in less than 9 seconds. Engines full throttle, 30,000ft below its check list altitude.
@1:38 On my fossil watch there are arrows on the links instead of pointing out for one side there are arrows pointing out words on both sides of each link like so. ⬅️ Middle of the link➡️ how do I remove the pins on that?
Thank you for the video. I have a small project I'm working on and it looks like these split pins will be exactly what I need. Can you tell me why they're only supposed to go into the links in one specific direction? Is it something to do with the hole in the link? If so then it makes me wonder, would a split pin work in a regular cylindrical hole, or is there something special with the hole that works in tandem with the split pin?
Somehow I know why I love throwing my watches on Nato straps. This fiddling around may be fun. But even putting my Orient Mako 1 back on its original bracelet drove me nuts. This bracelet is even cheaper looking than the ones you have shown here.
Rolls came off the pin every time, put the roll back on with some difficulty and now it refuses to go back in the hole on the opposite side, the pin goes in but the roll just sits on the outside and refuses to go in on my Casion Lineage, not sure what to do I think hammering on it will just flare it, definitely not so easy on this watch.
Is there a source for split pins? I have a Seiko with split pins and the pin fell out and I need a new one to repair. I cannot locate the old links unfortunately.
Split pins are the best, never have to worry about losing a collar, I actually just sized 2 watches today, one pin and collar, and one split pin.. I didn’t even have to tap the pins in with pin tool and mallet, just gently hammered the pin flush to link, then push the pin in the rest of the way with just the pin tool and my hand. Done!
Thanks for the video, I unfortunately tried to replace a split pin with a spring pin which increased the bore holes, now the split pins slips through. Is there possibly pins that are thicker to sort this? Thanks
Hello Rob, you said something about getting the tools " at your harbour for free". Im not sure if i got that right ist it correct and what did you mean by that ?
I got myself the Bergeon 7767-F and tried to remove the split pins from my Orient Kamasu, but they won't budge. I don't have this cube - could it solve the problem? I am pressing down like crazy to no avail.
Got a Swiss Army Victorinox that needs resizing, it's NOT folded link, however there are no arrows or any other type of marking for that matter to indicate the direction to push the pins out... Any ideas?
Hi there!! I just got a new watch. I pushed the pin out in the wrong direction by accident, and now it's super stuck. It won't go back in, and won't come out. What can I do to resolve this? Should I hammer it back out?
I lost pin and collar on my Seiko and used a Split pin which I opened up a bit for friction, so far it’s holding, should I trust it to stay in the chain, I daily shake my watch chain to try detect the pin falling out, so far it’s staying in.
i pushed it to the opposite side and it wouldn't come out and didn't knkw why,now i do,so im going to push it back in when i find my hammer and get it back in and push it the other way, there's no arrow and i thought i needed a screwdriver so i was trying to screw it out for about 20 min, i did the first side and the second side got stuck and then i found your video
Look close and see if it’s a split pin. If not, then you can basically push it out either way, watch for the collar though. That maybe a pin and collar system. Collar will be in the center link if no arrows.
My problem is if i keep one it’s big , if i remove one it’s tight! What to do please? Am thinking to order a leather band but not sure if will look as nice as metal
I have a Citizen Skyhawk with a titanium band. I took it in to add the extra link that I have, but the lady said she needed the pin that goes with the link. I don't have one? The band is 20mm. Can I use any 20 mm pin? I saw on line someone selling a pin with a cap. Do I need cap too? HELP!!
Won't lie, I don't like how he said a lot of these "more affordable" watches, lol. As far as I am concerned my girl saved up and got me an expensive watch.
Just got a new Bulova watch. Thanks for the confidence boost! It’s officially customized!!🫡🇺🇸✌️( I used a nail, a flashlight for a hammer, and a paper clip)😂
Depends on the balance and where the deployant buckle sits, but mostly likely yes. You wanna adjust each side and make them as even in length as possible so the clasp will sit on the center of your wrist.
Thank you for taking the time to explain the pins, the orientation, and where things go. Very concice and easy to follow. My new Casio fits like a dream now.
Casio Duro?
@@Maxs2535 Casio Ediface
Thanks so much. Even three years after you made this, you’re helping us. Just what I needed!
very welcome, thinking I should make more vids like this.
thank you so much for this video! 3 years later and it is still very helpful, this video in particular actually briefly explained the mechanisms in how the band worked, and also explained the reason for the arrows. thank you for the practical and educational video!
Very welcome. I look forward to future short easy vids like this.
Hello and thank you for showing me a video of how easy it is to remove some links in a watch. I especially found the explanation of the direction of removing and reinserting the split pin design really helpful. Without seeing this, I would simply have forced them back in the wrong way round. Also your 'zoom-in' so we could see the little holes was really clear. Thanks once again
THANK YOU!!!!! I bought a Relic had no idea how to size it. The web site gave no instructions…you saved the day….awesome video, I never saw the arrows until you should them , no one else mentioned that in their video…saved my watch..yeah
Very welcome. Happy to help
They absolutely won't come out no matter the pressure angle or anything.
They just won’t come out
Make sure it’s the right direction and push harder
Watch tool kits have a press to line up squarely with the bracelet and press the pin out. I've always been able to use a skinny jewellers screwdriver to press them out but you have to be careful to hold the screwdriver square to the bracelet.
Same 😭
@@Thelouer look for the arrows imprinted on the link, that's the direction you have to push the pin out in.
13(22) lug width
What does it mean
I have not sized a bracelet with pins before so thanks for the tutorial. You make it look easy (but I know it could be a challenge).
I used pin for phones to change card and then screwdriver as a hummer, it
Worked!!! 😍
Thank you for the tip (pin for phones)
Thank you! I had no idea how to do it, this video is way better than many others about the same topic.
just done my TAG using your video, worked a treat
Thanks
Warren UK
A first-rate video showing precisely how to size a split-pin bracelet. Rob, your videos on how to change straps and size bracelets of different kinds are really helpful. Could you do one on how to change from a strap to a bracelet? Attaching a bracelet seems much more difficult than attaching a strap, especially bracelets with curved end-links Thank you for these videos.
I did it for the first time this week and I nearly had a nervous breakdown. I've taken a few bracelets off but never tried to put one back on until now. If I ever do it again I'm going to have to get some kind of watch holder and a couple of quality spring bar tools.
This was really helpful! After watching this, it took only five minutes to adjust my most recent split pin bracelet. It gave me a new appreciation for them.
Thank you so much ❤ just got my new patek and wanted to self adjust and was so confused by the pins? I didnt want to touch/damage my watch band so ive been searching youtube, thank god i found this video. Bless you 🙏
Noticed the arrows straight away , very lucky 😅
Thank you. This tutorial was great and you saved me a trip to the jeweler. Was able to remove link with just a very small screw driver pushing on the bump in the direction indicated by the arrow and then pliers to pull out the piece….The one thing that I’d strongly emphasize is that when you are taking the spring pin out of the folding part of the watch to get access to these links is to do so carefully as they are spring loaded and can fly several feet across the room. Advise doing this part over a hard floor as opposed to a carpet as they are hard to see. Mine “flew” 6 feet 🤪
This was very helpful and saved me about $25. I used large legos to brace it.
Helpful video. Having the blue block makes things much easier. I just spent way too long on my Seiko pin and collar sizing it
Fantastic! Yesterday i used an extended amount of time to find out to put the pins back in, but I couldn't find the answer. You delivered the answer clearly and with background explanation, while the video also made it clear. Great! Thank you.
Thanks for making a great video, very clear and concise. :)
Just saved me a trip to the jewelers to get my wife's new timex watch sized. Thank you, Rob!
Great video, I just finished with my watch in under 5 min ❤
Thanks for a very helpful video.
My partner just bought a cheap watch on a bracelet to wear for work, and it needs adjusting.
All of my watches are on leather or NATO straps, so I've never had to tackle a bracelet before.
Great video. Exactly what I was looking for to shorten the bracelet on my new watch :)
I love split pins. Easy to size and no chance of screws coming loose.
Screws... On my 5 yrs old Casio Edifice screw fell out, watch fell on the floor, directly on the adjusting button and now the mechanism needs replacement. But I'm thinking of buying new one- it's more expencive, but life has to move on, right?
Hey please help me in opening mine watch links 😭😭😭
Wonderful video with nice voiceover! Thank you!
Just what I needed. Not verbose. Just the best way to do the job. Thanks
Broooo, You made my day 😭😭
Thanks for the video! While I didn't do it, it made me understand the tools required (which I don't have)
You just made my day. thank you so much for the assistance.
Thanks! You’ve just saved me 10-20 bucks 🤩
Thank you for your tutorial video. Very helpful. Currently I am resizing my strap and honestly I struggle to fit it back in. Luckily I managed to get hold of your video at the right moment.
Hi Rob, when taking out 3 links, which side taking out 2 of them is better balance for the bracelet fit?
Always 6 more than 12
September 11th 2001
A united Airlines 757 is traveling at over 660’mph as it crosses Manhattan island in less than 9 seconds. Engines full throttle, 30,000ft below its check list altitude.
Amazing, now I can finally wear my favorite watch
Most Amazon kits some with a screw press that I love because the base of it screws in and out to act as a solid platform for the bracelet to rest on.
Soo helpful
Thank you 😍
I was really confused
Thank you for the video. I learn how to make. U are the best
@1:38 On my fossil watch there are arrows on the links instead of pointing out for one side there are arrows pointing out words on both sides of each link like so. ⬅️ Middle of the link➡️ how do I remove the pins on that?
Good video, may i ask you what kind of watch (brand and model) is the one that is laying on your green board they look fabulous!
This is a perfect tutorial 👌 thank you. You saved me £20 👍
Thank you for the video. I have a small project I'm working on and it looks like these split pins will be exactly what I need. Can you tell me why they're only supposed to go into the links in one specific direction? Is it something to do with the hole in the link? If so then it makes me wonder, would a split pin work in a regular cylindrical hole, or is there something special with the hole that works in tandem with the split pin?
Can you make a video on how to get the pins out if they got stuck in the wrong way.
Stuck? Hmmmm. Yeah maybe I should play around with more diy vids.
my tool broke while trying to pull it out. now, the tool needle is stuck in the link and i can't get it out. Any suggestions to take it out?
Thanks so much for this! Just adjusted my husband’s watch using your clear instructions. 😊
Your video was very helpful for me and my Timex.
Great! I think I think this is the system I have on a Seiko 5 with a jubilee style bracelet. Definitely need to get some quality tools. Thanks!
If it works it works
Hello, I removed all of the ones with the arrow but its still to big is it possible to make it even smaller?
Oh that’s a tough one. Normally no, but are there links with pins still?
@@RandomRobReviews no I took them all out, I feel like I just need to remove 2 more
Somehow I know why I love throwing my watches on Nato straps. This fiddling around may be fun. But even putting my Orient Mako 1 back on its original bracelet drove me nuts. This bracelet is even cheaper looking than the ones you have shown here.
Rolls came off the pin every time, put the roll back on with some difficulty and now it refuses to go back in the hole on the opposite side, the pin goes in but the roll just sits on the outside and refuses to go in on my Casion Lineage, not sure what to do I think hammering on it will just flare it, definitely not so easy on this watch.
Bless U bro, thank for tutorial! ❤❤
I loved this watch do u recommend
Thank you.What is the size of pins for men's citizen ecodrive.
Is there a source for split pins? I have a Seiko with split pins and the pin fell out and I need a new one to repair. I cannot locate the old links unfortunately.
Check with a watchmaker, they will have a stash.
Watch repair in Fairbanks,ak
This tutorial was very helpful. It looks easy enough! The store where I got my split pin bracelet watch made it look so intimidating.
Very helpful, keep it up bro ❤
Split pins are the best, never have to worry about losing a collar, I actually just sized 2 watches today, one pin and collar, and one split pin.. I didn’t even have to tap the pins in with pin tool and mallet, just gently hammered the pin flush to link, then push the pin in the rest of the way with just the pin tool and my hand. Done!
What is the second watch up from the one you are working on? Matte stainless finish with a blue face.
Nice one Rob, Jeff needs to see this vid.
Just sent him link to a Bergeon 8745 tool I am looking at.
Thanks for the video. Really Helpful ❤
I have one of those suspension pin thingies and no matter what I do it will not go back in I give up
Thanks for the video, I unfortunately tried to replace a split pin with a spring pin which increased the bore holes, now the split pins slips through. Is there possibly pins that are thicker to sort this? Thanks
Hello Rob, you said something about getting the tools " at your harbour for free". Im not sure if i got that right ist it correct and what did you mean by that ?
I got myself the Bergeon 7767-F and tried to remove the split pins from my Orient Kamasu, but they won't budge. I don't have this cube - could it solve the problem? I am pressing down like crazy to no avail.
if I'm only taking one link out is there a preferred side to take out first
6 o’clock side
silly question but if you need to remove two sections should you remove 1 each side
Such a useful explanation - thanks
Just received my new Holzkern watch but it was a tad bit longer. I saw the arrows but didn't know what they're supposed to be for. LOL
Hope you got it sized up
Got a Swiss Army Victorinox that needs resizing, it's NOT folded link, however there are no arrows or any other type of marking for that matter to indicate the direction to push the pins out... Any ideas?
Great video exactly what I needed. Thanks!
Hi there!! I just got a new watch. I pushed the pin out in the wrong direction by accident, and now it's super stuck. It won't go back in, and won't come out. What can I do to resolve this? Should I hammer it back out?
I lost pin and collar on my Seiko and used a Split pin which I opened up a bit for friction, so far it’s holding, should I trust it to stay in the chain, I daily shake my watch chain to try detect the pin falling out, so far it’s staying in.
I have a question : if i want to enlarge the stainless steel strap, but i don't have the links, can i use links from other strap ?
Does it really matter all that much which direction you put the pin in?
Perfect. Best vid on this. Thanks
Thank you.
That was very helpful!
my watch doesnt have arrows . how am i gonna do this
What if there are two arrows pointing outwards ⬅️➡️
Hi sir on what way i must push the pin out, Is that where the arrow is pointing or the oppositr of that? Thank u.
The way the arrow is pointing
CASIO ENTICER BAND HAS NO PINS OR SCREWS. HOW TO ADJUST ?
i pushed it to the opposite side and it wouldn't come out and didn't knkw why,now i do,so im going to push it back in when i find my hammer and get it back in and push it the other way, there's no arrow and i thought i needed a screwdriver so i was trying to screw it out for about 20 min, i did the first side and the second side got stuck and then i found your video
Well explained and demonstrated!
My movado doesn't have arrows. How do I know which direction push pin?
Look close and see if it’s a split pin. If not, then you can basically push it out either way, watch for the collar though. That maybe a pin and collar system. Collar will be in the center link if no arrows.
@@RandomRobReviews the pin look rounded on both ends.
Were Can i Buy links For Bulova mens watch
I just removed one of these and the two pieces came apart. That made it way more difficult to get back together.
My problem is if i keep one it’s big , if i remove one it’s tight! What to do please? Am thinking to order a leather band but not sure if will look as nice as metal
Being stuck between size is just a bummer. If bracelet has standard design and size maybe swap the clasp to one with more micro adjust.
What if the pins don’t come out?
Thanks you so much for the tutorial,it's help me so much, thanks again
Hey Rob, what model is the Casio Edifice that you show in your video?
Woohoo. IT WORKED! Thanks!
Unrelated but did you ever test the water resistance of the khaki field king 2?
Dear if the wrist size is 7 inches. How many pieces will we remove from the bracelet? Item type Seiko SAR X57
thank you so much sir.I fixed my problem
My pin goes in but doesn’t push the needle out ?
To finish removing, use some good pliers and grip tight slow control final remove keep straight don’t bend.
I have a Citizen Skyhawk with a titanium
band. I took it in to add the extra link that I have, but the lady said she needed the pin that goes with the link.
I don't have one? The band is 20mm.
Can I use any 20 mm pin? I saw on line someone selling a pin with a cap. Do I need cap too? HELP!!
Find a new watch repair. They should have those!
Won't lie, I don't like how he said a lot of these "more affordable" watches, lol. As far as I am concerned my girl saved up and got me an expensive watch.
Thanks for watching
Just got a new Bulova watch. Thanks for the confidence boost! It’s officially customized!!🫡🇺🇸✌️( I used a nail, a flashlight for a hammer, and a paper clip)😂
where to buy the pin can fix it myself ?
Esslinger.com you can buy split pin kits
Ty , if it was not for your video i may had lost my watch, i did not realize the pins that i put back in were not safely held
I need to take out 2 or more links . Do I take 1 out in each size ? Thanks .
Depends on the balance and where the deployant buckle sits, but mostly likely yes. You wanna adjust each side and make them as even in length as possible so the clasp will sit on the center of your wrist.
How you change split pin for leather strap
Thank you so so much. Life saver.🙏🙏