How To Easily Remove a Watch Link
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
- I got a watch for Christmas but the watchband needed a little adjusting. I thought I'd share the process. I forgot to mention that this is an Armitron. I'm not sure if different brands use a different system but this video may be able to help you with your adjustments. Enjoy. If you want to use tools made for repairing watches click here: amzn.to/1REWJlV And if you like that watch you can check it out here: amzn.to/2ioaPOs
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You literally helped me fix my dad's watch before I went out. He passed away two month ago due to cancer... As tough as it is, being able to wear this watch perfectly throughout my day makes every little bit so much better . Thanks man 👍💪
Juan&Only CholoNinjas ;)
My prayers of strength and comfort go out to you and your family man. Go through and come out stronger for your legacy 🙏
sorry for your loss man. i know it’s 10 months later but hope ur doing good❤️❤️
Hope your doing well mate
I lost both of my parents to cancer in successive years.
I recently found my dad's old seiko 5 watch. I serviced it once.
Now I wear it, remembering him )) . Seems to work fine. I fixed the links myself, it felt like I passed in a big adventure!
That looked fiddly so instead I hit my wrist with a hammer until it swelled up to the correct size.
This comment is WAY too underrated 🤣
hHAHAHAHA
Great idea!!
and ice-cubes if u hit too hard .
Dang! Why didn''t I think of that!? All the time I could have saved.
11 years and you still helping people! Great job buddy! 👏🏻
It helped me too😊
Me too!! 😄
@@CoderTerry thank goodness for TH-cam😀
12 years later now (:
Just now in 2024
😃 You not only saved me the expense of going to a jeweler, but the cost of a gallon of gas to get there! Bought a watch online and this saved me that extra cost. Thank you for making it so straightforward!
This is how every "How to videos" should be done. Simple and straightforward. Thanks very much!
This is the reason the Internet was made. THANK YOU BROTHA!
9 years later and you are still helping people with your videos.
12 years🙏
Got my links out using a toothpick and my cats head. Thanks bro!!
Joel James 😳
Lmfao I’m dead 😂
🤣🤣
LOL you silly bitch
r/cursedcomments
I also got a watch for Christmas, and thanks to this simple video have managed to take 3 links out (I've got small wrists!) and my watch now fits perfectly! Not sure why anyone at all has given this a thumbs down??? Definitely saved me from having to pay someone to do it for me!
11 years, and videos like these are so helpful!! I have never adjusted a watch for myself before, but thanks to your video, I'll know how to do it. Thank you, sir!
the moment you get a expenisve gold watch
doesnt fit
Spartan 360 Almost all watches are too big. Purposely, so that they can please fat people.
lol ...fat people
CptStankFanger fuckin fat blokes amirite
Spartan 360 ouchhh!!!
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Thanks, did the trick! *Trim nails are perfect for popping pins out* Also, sponge underneath allows pin to pop out without being bent (remember you'll want to put 1 back) and protect new watch from scuffs while pounding out/in! Thanks for the video!
You are awesome. I’ve paid jewelers to remove links at $20 a visit all my life. Finally I decide to look up a video. I didn’t have a hammer. I used the bottom of a body spray bottle and I am now so elated I learned how to do it. Thank you for making it so easy.
I think this was SUPER helpful. I bought a silver band for my Samsung Gear Fit2 and didmt want to spend more on getting links taken out than the actual band. This was a perfectly done video with very clear instructions. I did it all by myself, thanks to you. As for all the "its uneven" stuff, it's not that serious. Being off by one link doesn't make a hint of difference. Only if you're removing like six links like I had to. Even then, I took four from one side and two from the other and it looks absolutely fine. In fact, it put the flat part of the clasp EXACTLY in the middle of my wrist. Making it more comfortable. Thanks again!! 😘😘
"Just tap it a little"
BANG BANG BANG
Thank you for showing how to remove links from a watch. Pretty straightforward
I just want to come back and say a million thank you’s for this video. I did both my stainless steel watches and now I’m doing my friends too. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
11 years and 7 Million views, nice job! This is still coming in handy. Hopefully most have easily accessible tools to make it easy.
Worked great, used paperclip,need cut paperclip in small straight pieces and hammer gently trying to not bend clip. I took out three links this way.
Thanks! I went to WalMart, TJMaxx, Kay's Jeweler's, and Zales today. Zales would have done it for $15 and a 30 minute wait so I decided to go to a pawn shop. Called them on my way and they said $10 a link and 7-10 days wait. I really didn't want to mess it up but you made it look easy peasy! My husband and I used a board with a little notch cut out to allow the pin to pop out but it was just as easy as you made it look! So glad to finally wear my beautiful gift!
All this time I was sweating bullets about removing the links on my watch, until I followed your video. You are simply the best! Thanks for taking the time to post. Life is good because of people like you in it.
Me too
I recently got a watch and your technique saved me some $$.
Took about 5 minutes and got the results I needed.
Thanks for the upload.
👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks dude! I just bought a watch and had no idea what to do. 30 minutes in using a needle and a screw driver head I did it! Super proud! Thank God for TH-cam!
Thank you so much. My son received a lovely watch for his eighteenth birthday today and we didn't have time to get to a jewellers to remove 2 links before he went out. I managed to do this perfectly after watching your video - #topmum THANK YOU!
just done this and it worked perfectly , easy peasy ! one hint though , sometimes if taking out more than one link consider taking a link from each side so that the clasp stays centred. great video thanks.
You just added 3 watches (that now fit) to my collection. Had them sitting for years before I saw this. Thanks!!
Shawn R lol you let 3 watches sit for years instead of looking up how to adjust them or stopping by a jeweler who would probably do it for free....moron
Chris Guido did I ask
@@reghouls not directly, but by saying what you said you set yourself up to be ridiculed. I don't get it either. How do you just leave watches sitting around just because you can't fit them? Common sense thing to do is like what he said, go to a jeweler or try to learn to do it yourself. I think you're a moron too.
7792thereaper my comment was 4 months ago, don’t get mad lol.
@@reghouls why would I be mad? You replied to the other guy saying you didn't ask. You were the one who got mad, and I'm explaining to you why you got the response you got.
Even after 12 years, its helping us, thank you brother.
Thanks! Only major challenge was finding a stiff-enough yet small-enough wire. A safety pin worked, although I had to clip off the point, and the wire kept bending when I hammered it. I bent it so that the part under the stress of being hammered was only 1/4 inch long. The bend also made it easier to hold. And I got my wife to help hold the band steady, which also helped.
I tried all that..damn bulova wont budge haha i guess i need to find a wife to help me
Just got a new Bulova watch from Santa and need to remove two links, just like you. Thank you so much for the lesson--it really saves time and trouble.
Great job!
I think my sledge hammer was a wee-bit over kill :(
Levi Walker 😂😂😂 aw man
*Uses sledge hammer* Watch breaks. “ I knew that was a bit overkill”
Its fine bro. Just improvise. Adapt. Overcome.
That funny!! LOL
Learned a new skill today, worked great, my watch didn’t have arrows, but I could tell one side had a small screw like cap, so pounded through the other side and grabbed onto the screw cap with a tweezers and it came right out! Thank you for the lesson!
thanks man, very helpful, the instructions for my watch didn't show how to take a link off
12 years later and this has helped me!! Thanks for the upload! ❤
useful information starts at 0:56
I took my watch to a shop yesterday to adjust it as the band was too long and they only removed one link and said I shouldn't remove another one because it'll be too tight. I think they were just bored to remove another one after they had put the band back together. But the watch was not sitting correctly on my wrist and it was moving alot. I followed your instructions and removed a second link in less than a minute! Thank you!!!
Used the extra pin from the watch, held it steady, and used a wireless computer mouse to bang the pins out. LOL thanks!
Lmfao..
I used a hair pin and my measuring tape, job done haha
Marissa a
I used a sim card removal pin and a spoon, worked :P
Marissa Daily ip
Thank You Sir! The price to get links removed is ridiculous. You saved many people money and time with this tutorial. I wrapped my watch face in micro fiber cloth also to make sure not to damage it.
Excellent! We have jewellers in the UK charging £15 to £20 to do that simple job (they're actually embarrassed when you ask them the cost)! I will be doing my own now I know how straight forward it is. Thanks Alan :)
Typical of UK tough, no wonder we are called Treasure Island
a jeweler quoted me 20 bucks to do this kind of job just to remove one link...then on a whim i put in a search on youtube and your video popped up. said what the hell right before i was gonna walk out the door and then 15 min later, boom!!! did it myself! Thanks so much to you and you're straightforward method!
thanks for the tutorial now my watch finally fits me saved me $30
Most people that make how to videos ramble and are hardly informative. good video, straight to the point and accomplished what I came to see. Thanks, well done.
this was a great video I didn't have all the tools but I used the back of my sister's ear ring and a iron to get it out we're perfectly thanks.😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
hahahaha :D
Rambo over here lol
He had us in the first half not gonna lie.
You’re a star dude! Managed to do mine with a spanner (for a makeshift hammer and to help pull the pins out), a screw to get the pin started, then a sewing needle. Worked a treat. Saved me £20.
Sir, you may have your ad.
How would you hammer on a paper clip?
the feels when u broke 5 paperclips trying it lmao
PhantasyJL XD
I ended up buying a link remover from Amazon. Sigh.
Trim nail works everytime!
Tried it....doesnt work
12 years later and here i am, starting a watch collection and learning everything i can, thanks man!
Thanks for the clear and informative video! Just fixed my bracelet size :D
PS. a small block of wood works well instead of a larger mallet if anyone doesn't have one on hand. Also make sure to not put any side-ways or twisting motion on the bracelet while taking out the pins as this will make the job much harder
ukr nzi losr
@@dann5480 you? You are a Nazi loser? Thanks for clarifying!
down with ukrap tho
Fck off ruZZian trolls/bots
Thank you so much for posting this video. I went to 2 separate shops asking them to alter my new watch and both of them said they wouldn't touch it but after watching this video I was able to alter it myself in about half an hour. Thanks again brother!
Thanks!!!!! Now I can enjoy my watch!!! Funny how such a simple thing can make someone so happy :)
Hey, I just recently bought a new watch myself with a bracelet, but it was to big for my wrist. Now thanks to u and your video, my watch fits me perfectly and buying it wasn't a waste of my money. Once again, thank u.
Great vid. I used a push pin instead of the paper clip.
Thank you so much! Was able to fix the links to fit my dads watch on his 1 year anniversary of his passing. Now I can wear a memory of him with me.
About to scream trying to remove this goddamn link
Did it exactly as described. Took about 5 mins to take off a link from each side.
Thanks man !
Success has been had, thank you very much! With perseverance you too can succeed.
Thank you so much! I was able to use a sewing needle and a wrench to remove mine! This video was a life saver. Or at least a money saver. Fast Fix wanted to charge me $18 for something that took me 5 minutes to do myself.
You can also use a nail clipper if you don't have pliers to pull out the pins (if they ever get stuck for some reason).
Many thanks, I just picked up a really nice watch for my wife at a garage sale. The battery was dead, and it needed a couple links removed. Thanks to you, for the cost of a battery and 1 dollar, my wife has a nice watch.
Mabey I’ll gain 50 pounds after Christmas 😂
I just a new watch and of course the band was too big. Your video was the first and the only video I watched. This process was exact. Thanks.
Video is still genius in august 2019. Just helped me with my watch
And still helpful in June 2020.
December 2020
Yeah, I really wanna hammer my marble strap, sapphire crystal-faced watch. I was cringing when I first saw what you had lain on the rable, i thought it was some kind of joke at first
Try 2021
Thank you so much this was very beneficial and you made it simple. It took me 5 minutes to take two links out and saved me $40.00.
I got a Hulk watch. This may get a little tough.
Not funny
@@thechefbutalsothebossman7196 1 hour ago on a 5 year old comment what a coincidence
best of luck😄
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Did u get it yet? It has been 6 years man
NGL, at first i was like... this isnt the video i need. Then you dropped the arrows info... now im like this man knows. Your the real MVP. Ty
I wish i watched this earlier. i got $20 ripped off me for just 2 links
*****
this is the standard price for all australian watch shops. there's nothing i can do
pakistan was a different story i could remove a watch link for 10 cents
hahahaha!!!!! Thanks To Him........Save 20 EUROS
But they need to pay for the equipment right?
@@ChannelYasirOfficial 10 cents? It's free in Pakistan
Just helped me fix a broken link on my watch after 9 years, thank you good sir, wish you the best of luck
thank u so much... it worked for all my watches, u just saved me money nice1
I did a google search to find a place where they could adjust my brand new watch, since I have very slim wrists when this video appeared among the results. Thanks this, I did it by myself and saved money. I used a simple earring and a wood cooking spoon to hammer it. It took me like 5min to push out the first pin, after that I found it very easy. Thank you so much!
isnt it necessary to remove the links from both sides to even out the watch?
right
Hassan Ali
no its not necessary at all. I've removed all 6 links from one side of my watch and it still fits even.
+r.ainteazy i think he means to keep the click part on the front of his wrist
Hassan Ali, I was thinking the same thing...this video shows where he took out 2 links on the same side...doesn't make sense...it's going to be uneven.. also, I didn't know about arrows on the under side of watch bands...I tried to pop the pin from the arrow side where he shows in the video... the pin wouldn't come out...so I tried the other side and it came out...what's up with that??
you wont notice if you just remove one link.... but if you remove more of course alternate sides, it just makes sense
Perfect! Before watching your video I was trying to unscrew the watch link connectors. You saved my day. Great video. 🥰
Never buying a link watch again
😂
Your video was very helpful. I wish all how-to videos were like this, it was very easy to follow. Thank you.
im trying to do this but i cant seem to push the pins through they are really stiff what can i do?
i had the same problem but realized that i'm using a screw that doesn't go all the way (it widens before touching with the pin)
Shabbir Hussain I had the same problem just now so I just used nail clippers to hold the pin and pulled it out that way
marty vreede top comment... well said...
That's The Faster I've Ever Seen Someone Manually Remove Links. Thanks man
Nice vid. That screw driver is exactly what I have. I love your "hello people of the internet" btw lol. Thumbup'd.
Well done. Found that once you get one pin out, you can use it to remove other pins. Much easier than continuing to mangle a small screwdriver. Also once one pin is out you can use a regular hammer provided you use the removed pin as a punch to remove other pins.
This is actually impossible.
Luke Kleinhen who the hell knows
u should've shown how the pin top looks like idk wtf to do cuz the arrows are pointing the direction its supposed to and they aren't coming out
Ur damn right. Why do new watch owners have to go thru this indignity with every new watch? Banging their watches on a counter top, watching it flop around with every hit of the mallet. This is stupid. Particularly since 10 years ago when they came up with this new phenomenon of 'fashion watches' which will last a maximum of 18 months. Buying watches so frequently and having to do this pin-banging absolutely sucks.
The only correct way to do this is with the tool that they sell for this very purpose. But should we really have to buy something for this purpose? Suggesting paper clips for this is really lame. Many paper clips are too thick to go thru the pin holes. This is my problem. You'll bang away and just watch your pin hole get stretched open. This is exactly how I want to spend a Sunday afternoon. No thanks.
I hate it when somebody addresses an issue that is justifiably difficult and then solves it with a bogus process/materials as was done here and then says its 'easy'. I have little doubt that he had already banged the pin out ahead of time and put it back in. He had far too easy a time at it. I took a similar jewelers' screwdriver as he did and bent the black shaft so many times that it finally broke off. I was able to get ONE pin out but of course - u need to get TWO pins out. This band that I'm dealing with really doesn't use shaft pins but elongated cotter type pings. They're under a bit more pressure I think.
Band makers need to find a better way to keep their links together. This sucks.
mark hernandez you could have just commented your last paragraph... but no
andrew gunderson this broke my fing watch!😠
You make it look way too easy.
a single white female no
I used a small screw driver and a cologne cap and it worked
It is very easy, for a single white male anyway
lmao
Are you using the right end of the hammer?
You sir are a live saver, bought 2 watches yesterday and the offered $50 to take out a couple of links so know i can do it myself
You can get a link remover from amazon for about £2 or so
My watch just arrived today, the watch was to big for my hand. This video, along with my lamp was my new savior. great video, thanks
What if the pin is stuck? We can see that he went a bit down, but it just won't come out.
When in doubt, use C4
I just got a Ferrari watch today for Xmas and I’m already wearing it. Thanks dude this helped
wouldnt it be better to remove 1 link from each side of the watch, opposed to 2 links from one side?
Well, only if you *absolutely* feel as though you have to have the clasp portion of the watchband centered on the opposite side of your wrist from the watch face. You'll obviously rotate/position the face wherever you want to on your mid wrist, who cares where the back part is particularly situated.
He probably did the other side before the video.
Thank you. I've been working residential construction going on 20 years but had no idea how to do this. I actually used a thumbtack and a butter knife that had some weight to the handle. I held the knife blade and used the handle to hit the top of the plastic head of the thumbtack.
I'm looking at my watch (Merona) and it doesn't have those holes near the arrows. I was able to take the pin out but there's no other holes to hammer at on top of the links or on them.
Thanks so much for this. Watchmaker wasn't in so I came home and opened TH-cam for my go to infocenter on DYI. Many thanks for this. Workes perfectly.
i used this vid to add a link. Reverse psychology, youtube ✌
Small Daddy okay one, it's not psychology. two, it's not reverse anything if he shows or mentions how to do that you needed. lastly, if you already took them off, why the hell would you need help using the same process to put them back on?
Other than running the pin into my finger, it worked perfectly! I was just about to take it to the jewelers & then I thought, there’s GOT to be a TH-cam video... Thank you very much! Most appreciated!
Anybody watching in 2020 ?
I'm watching in 2024 😂
Me too
Ordered a pin removing tool from Wish.com and only paid for shipping. Attempted to remove the pin before watching the video and didn't realize watch pins were directional and therefore couldn't get them out. After watching this video, had the needed pins removed and shortened in 2 minutes. Thanks for posting this video.
This was super easy
I love you profile picture
Excellent how-to video. No wasted time. I never noticed the arrows. Thank you.
you're the man
what a legend, just resized a watch for the first time, 11 years after this video still works like a charm even though i didnt have the arrows
I was surprised when i saw the same watch as mine.
9 years later, I am in the same boat! Thank you very much, you are a genius! Happy New Year!
Worked but even after removing all removable links it is still to big, damn me and my small wrists.
@@am4nrb264 modern problems require modern solutions 🤣🤣
Thank you for posting. I followed your directions and it was very easy. Thanks for teaching me...I should never need a jeweler again for this job!
my watch doesnt have arrows
Mine doesn't either.
meekeedutsa Get A Better Watch
Mine has them all right... But they're pointing outwards on both sides of the link.
Sebastian Hernandez I've got an Armani watch and mine doesn't have it
If your watch doesn't have arrows it may not be a pin removed but a flap that gets bent upwards to release the interlaced link, if there is a gap crease in your links on the inside of the wrist, this is the kind of watch you have. May need a razor edge to wedge them off
Just as I was about to take my watch to the shop and pay, something told me to go to TH-cam. This was simple and amazing! Thank you!!!!!!