First time adjusting a bracelet for my SNK355, took me around 20 minutes after watching your tutorial, thank you! Saved me a trip to the watchmaker. The watch wears so nicely and is so comfortable, too bad most new watches nowadays are a tad too big.
PRO TIP TO ANYONE WHO IS DOING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME- some L links (the L shaped metal that you pop out of the wristband) are harder to take out than others. If you need to size down one link and you’ve got a few spots to choose from, try popping out different L links if one of them is difficult to remove
You also lose springs changing pickups on electric guitars. Kind of a spring over screw situation and the hole is tiny. Ive shot so many springs across my bench that I now have a catcher in the general area they tend to go. LOL
This still works to this day. I just did it to my Seiko 5 SNKL23. The tool I used to pry up the clip was a multimeter prong. Worked flawlessly! Getting the link out was a tad tight and tricky but not too bad.
Most excellent teaching!! I just got my SNKL23J1 and was so excited to get it sized and to be wearing it AT the right size immediately!! And I owe it all to you, sir!! Thank you!!! SIDE NOTE: man you gotta keep your eye on that spring bar.....mine "popped off" and went flying!!! I just spent 20 minutes searching around my desk until, thankfully, I found it behind my desk chair, snuggled into the carpet like a little worm.....sneaky bugger!! For that spring bar to end up where it did it had to have FLOWN 3-4 feet over my head!! So FYI, handle those spring bars with care!!
You're 100% right on that spring bar pin. I heard a faint pop, something bouced off my glasses and thought it was all over. I prayed the good Lord would help me find it and He did within seconds ( on the table I was working not on the floor).
Agree about the Video! Excellent Teaching! Wow, what a coincidence. You are absolutely right and it happened to me as well and I had to retrieve it from the floor:-)
Thank you very much. All other guides show using squeezers that I don’t have. This one helped me gain confidence to push harder with the spring removing tool and it worked.
I used a jewers screwdriver to resize my bracelet thirty years ago. These u-shaped pins can be popped out with just a toothpick or one of those pins that are in your new shirts that always stab you. You just need something skinny to pop the pin out.
Thank You so much for this Video! this bracelet isn't normal in the sense of removing pins...so I'm glad you showed how easy this is, got my new Seiko sized perfectly.
Thank you so much for this. I managed to put a mini screwdriver through my index finger wrestling with the damn strap. I'd have probably done it again had I not found your video.
Hi Chris, thanks for this video. I just received a CASIO watch and had to do the same. I used a propelling pencil 0.3 mm and could remove with it the splints 🙂 Thanks for the video.
Very helpful! I purchased a modded SKX007 and the Jubilee bracelet has this type of pins. I had never seen these before so, I was very confused as to how to size the watch. Thanks so much for the insight!
Excellent presentation on a unique wristband. Lengthy intro but worth it. I don't like messing with the clasp pin so I'll try removing two links and putting only one back. Viva la France! 🧐
Didnt passed through my mind it would be that easy. Thanks for saving me a trip to a jewelry and some bucks, because i was defintely going to pay someone to do this for me XD
thank you , man. you really helped me a lot . i had no idea whatsoever how to do it , my Citizen has the same system as this one and could do it in minutes . Anyway i can tip you?
Thank you for sharing, I got this watch and I was wondering how to size it properly. Maybe I'm just too new into the hobby, but I don't find this strap as bad as as I heard...
If you want to make it smaller and not larger, all you have to do is release the spring bar from its first position and snap into one of the holes farther up the clasp
The Seiko 5 would cost no more than $300, often less than $150 and even as low as $50 in some countries while the Seiko Presage is probably over $1,000, probably over $1,300/$1,500. Now if you look for a get of assorted link pins, you'll never find one with thouse U-shaped links that the Seiko bracelet has which is really frustrating. They usually seem to last forever but they do wear down and especially if the jeweller likes popping a link pin out to open the bracelet for work instead of compressing the spring bar in the lug which might require a special tool to reach, you might end up with a loose pin that might fall out and be easily lost. Now, I did just have an overhaul done after 30 years and the link pin did fall out a few months after the overhaul, fortunately I had inadvertently found the pin on the garage fllor and set it aside till I figured out where it was from so I did not loose it but it is a bit worn and fits loosely in the bracelet so I've been looking for a link pin set that includes u-shaped pins and I haven't found one. Keep the links and pins that you remove when you buy a watch, especially if the pins are U shaped or L shaped as they are just very hard to impossible to find. Replacement bracelets are probably easier to purchase than replacement pins. Mind you, the watch case, manual, and removed links and pins were probable lost decades ago though I probably did try to save them (I think the department store that I bought my Seiko 5 from, actually packed it in a box and manual for a different Seiko such as the Seiko Presage as much of the usage instructions were just wrong).
I just bought a Seiko Quartz Type II and was really unsure of how to remove those links. Thanks! Probably going to stab myself trying, wish me luck. Update: for being a 40 year old watch, they came out pretty easily. Watch fits snug as a bug in a rug now.
Ok. I've watched multiple videos on this, and they all do about the same thing, and it always looks difficult. Just use a screwdriver that fits it the hole. DUH! Thank you for offering us common sense. Cheers.
This looks like a decently put together Seiko bracelet, going against their long tradition of fitting crappy bracelets on good watches. I sometimes look at Seiko 5s and the difference in fit and finish between the body of the watch and the bracelet is upsettingly visible.
I hate these things, I always hurt my figers from having to push hard and break tools, dont know why they make them...its not costs because there are cheep links with push pins also.
First time adjusting a bracelet for my SNK355, took me around 20 minutes after watching your tutorial, thank you! Saved me a trip to the watchmaker. The watch wears so nicely and is so comfortable, too bad most new watches nowadays are a tad too big.
I have never changed links on a watch before. I watched your video and changed the links on my watch in 20mins. Thank you.
PRO TIP TO ANYONE WHO IS DOING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME- some L links (the L shaped metal that you pop out of the wristband) are harder to take out than others. If you need to size down one link and you’ve got a few spots to choose from, try popping out different L links if one of them is difficult to remove
Just got it done! Wasn’t too bad. Spring only flew twice but found it thankfully.
You also lose springs changing pickups on electric guitars. Kind of a spring over screw situation and the hole is tiny. Ive shot so many springs across my bench that I now have a catcher in the general area they tend to go. LOL
This still works to this day. I just did it to my Seiko 5 SNKL23. The tool I used to pry up the clip was a multimeter prong. Worked flawlessly! Getting the link out was a tad tight and tricky but not too bad.
Most excellent teaching!! I just got my SNKL23J1 and was so excited to get it sized and to be wearing it AT the right size immediately!! And I owe it all to you, sir!! Thank you!!! SIDE NOTE: man you gotta keep your eye on that spring bar.....mine "popped off" and went flying!!! I just spent 20 minutes searching around my desk until, thankfully, I found it behind my desk chair, snuggled into the carpet like a little worm.....sneaky bugger!! For that spring bar to end up where it did it had to have FLOWN 3-4 feet over my head!! So FYI, handle those spring bars with care!!
You're 100% right on that spring bar pin. I heard a faint pop, something bouced off my glasses and thought it was all over. I prayed the good Lord would help me find it and He did within seconds ( on the table I was working not on the floor).
@@b.j.surfdog3724 That's so funny!! I love the fact that Papa Abba helped you, as I prayed that same prayer and found mine!!
Agree about the Video! Excellent Teaching! Wow, what a coincidence. You are absolutely right and it happened to me as well and I had to retrieve it from the floor:-)
Thank you sir. Just received a Seiko 5 for Xmas and you saved me a trip to the watch store and some cash.
Thank you very much. All other guides show using squeezers that I don’t have. This one helped me gain confidence to push harder with the spring removing tool and it worked.
I used a jewers screwdriver to resize my bracelet thirty years ago. These u-shaped pins can be popped out with just a toothpick or one of those pins that are in your new shirts that always stab you. You just need something skinny to pop the pin out.
Thank You so much for this Video! this bracelet isn't normal in the sense of removing pins...so I'm glad you showed how easy this is, got my new Seiko sized perfectly.
I bought the SNK361. This was almost similar. I didn't want to risk messing up the adjustment on a new watch 😂 Thank you this video!
lol me too
Thank you so much for this. I managed to put a mini screwdriver through my index finger wrestling with the damn strap. I'd have probably done it again had I not found your video.
Thanks to you, i could adjust my exact model as on the video, better than the shop i have close to my house! You rock!
thanks mate!! i just adjusted mine and i'm not good at this sort of stuff! your tutorial made it easy
Hi Chris, thanks for this video. I just received a CASIO watch and had to do the same. I used a propelling pencil 0.3 mm and could remove with it the splints 🙂 Thanks for the video.
THANK YOU for making this video!
I've recently acquired the SNKL23J1 Seiko; this strange bracelet retention system!😂
Thank you for the video. I just ordered a Seiko SNKL43 with the same type of folded links. Can't wait to adjust it when it arrives. 👍
Very helpful! I purchased a modded SKX007 and the Jubilee bracelet has this type of pins. I had never seen these before so, I was very confused as to how to size the watch. Thanks so much for the insight!
That was really helpful! my Seiko has a similar bracelet and I just adjusted it watching your video.
Thank you.
Excellent presentation on a unique wristband. Lengthy intro but worth it. I don't like messing with the clasp pin so I'll try removing two links and putting only one back. Viva la France!
🧐
Perfect, thank you for the video. I was able to get my Seiko 5 band just where I needed it.
Thank you! You just saved me $15 plus an extra hour (for not having to go to a watch store)!
You just saved me at least $50, thank you sir!
Didnt passed through my mind it would be that easy. Thanks for saving me a trip to a jewelry and some bucks, because i was defintely going to pay someone to do this for me XD
Thanks boss, I was having a hell of a time figuring it out lol.
Thanks for the guidance, helpful and fun, enjoyed the process 🎉
Thank you sir. That was exactly what I needed to know
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. My son appreciated this, greatly. ☮
Thank you so much! Great video!
Thanks so much. I was so confused by this bracelet 😂
The siren in the background sounds like Paris. 😎
Excellent! It was easy after I saw this video! Thanks.
the most anonying bracelet of all time to adjust
for reallllllll
Nightmare links
Pagani design bracelet 😂
U links give me nightmares
I just bought a new snxs79 and its really difficult to push the pins back in. 😅
THANK YOU, so much, Sir!! Was looking a long time for this help!!
thank you , man. you really helped me a lot . i had no idea whatsoever how to do it , my Citizen has the same system as this one and could do it in minutes . Anyway i can tip you?
Thats exactly what I was looking for thanks a lot 🎉
Thank you, hopefully this works on vintage 80s Seiko
add my thanks to this list...thanks!
Thank you for sharing, I got this watch and I was wondering how to size it properly. Maybe I'm just too new into the hobby, but I don't find this strap as bad as as I heard...
Wait until you buy a watch with a GOOD bracelet. You'll spot the differences in roughly 0.0003 seconds.
Thanks for this video! Very helpful!
If you want to make it smaller and not larger, all you have to do is release the spring bar from its first position and snap into one of the holes farther up the clasp
Larger?? Really??? Tell me Mac how do you make a watch bracelet LARGER??
Yes, doing the adjustment on the clasp is the first thing to try
Why does yours slide off so easily
I’ve applied all the force I could but it still won’t come off
Good video helped me out.
Great tutorial, thank you!
Just what I needed. Thanks.
Thanks its very easy
The Seiko 5 would cost no more than $300, often less than $150 and even as low as $50 in some countries while the Seiko Presage is probably over $1,000, probably over $1,300/$1,500.
Now if you look for a get of assorted link pins, you'll never find one with thouse U-shaped links that the Seiko bracelet has which is really frustrating. They usually seem to last forever but they do wear down and especially if the jeweller likes popping a link pin out to open the bracelet for work instead of compressing the spring bar in the lug which might require a special tool to reach, you might end up with a loose pin that might fall out and be easily lost. Now, I did just have an overhaul done after 30 years and the link pin did fall out a few months after the overhaul, fortunately I had inadvertently found the pin on the garage fllor and set it aside till I figured out where it was from so I did not loose it but it is a bit worn and fits loosely in the bracelet so I've been looking for a link pin set that includes u-shaped pins and I haven't found one.
Keep the links and pins that you remove when you buy a watch, especially if the pins are U shaped or L shaped as they are just very hard to impossible to find. Replacement bracelets are probably easier to purchase than replacement pins. Mind you, the watch case, manual, and removed links and pins were probable lost decades ago though I probably did try to save them (I think the department store that I bought my Seiko 5 from, actually packed it in a box and manual for a different Seiko such as the Seiko Presage as much of the usage instructions were just wrong).
Thx you very much ... 🙂
( Vu l'accent, j'ai envie de dire merci beaucoup, j'ai pu mettre à la taille un bracelet ! Vraiment apprécié )
thank you sir, you're a legend
I just bought a Seiko Quartz Type II and was really unsure of how to remove those links. Thanks! Probably going to stab myself trying, wish me luck.
Update: for being a 40 year old watch, they came out pretty easily. Watch fits snug as a bug in a rug now.
hi may i know how many removable links on the watch?
Vidéo vraiment utile ! 👍
J'ai pu mettre mon bracelet à la bonne taille en à peine 5mn (tournevis précision FACOM 2mm).
Thanks for great tutorial. 👍👍👍
Brilliant explanation. Thank you
Having trouble getting the end link back on
Where do you actually purchase links for seiko 5 watches if you want to add length?
Thanks for the video!
thank you, this helped me
Thanks for the help!
Awsome thank you its the first time I have this bracelet, legend
Thanks very helpful I have this exact watch !
I did it! I did it! Many thanks.
Thanks a lot, helped me :)
My new Seiko 5, not a Sport, has different links!
The screwdriver I used is 1mm (and not 0.9mm)
Very helpful, thanks dude
Thank you, it worked perfectly, now im happily pinching my hairy wrist
Thank you. Great help.
Great video!
Thank you, a very useful video
Great video👌🏼
Thanks ❤
Great video
Great video, thanks
3:14 Over three minutes to get to the point!
" uh uh um um uh uh uh " for three minutes
Ok. I've watched multiple videos on this, and they all do about the same thing, and it always looks difficult. Just use a screwdriver that fits it the hole. DUH! Thank you for offering us common sense. Cheers.
Thank you.
great video.
It is anything but easy. Impossible to push down the bid that stops the U shaped pin from sliding out of the socket
Very helpful, thanks!
Great video ! Thx
This looks like a decently put together Seiko bracelet, going against their long tradition of fitting crappy bracelets on good watches. I sometimes look at Seiko 5s and the difference in fit and finish between the body of the watch and the bracelet is upsettingly visible.
Very helpful and informative, thanks!
Nice one 👍
than😊ks
Thanks bro~~
thanks man 😊
Купил Seiko5 SNKL23J очень хорошие автоматические часы за небольшую цену!
Thanks!
Très bon tuto merci
I hate these things, I always hurt my figers from having to push hard and break tools, dont know why they make them...its not costs because there are cheep links with push pins also.
I agree, really stupid design
Thank you
Thanks bro
forward to 4:03 to get to it.
Danke
WHY THEY ALWAYS CHANGE THE BRACELET FOR A LEATHER STRAP, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS WATCH HAS A BRACELET THAT MAKES IT LOOK CLASSIC ?
I agree.
Ok Thanks ! Sorted .... took 3 min.... Thanks!
My links are not budging
Gracias
3:45 SKIP THE FRENCH NON SENS. YOUR WELCOME
Te queda muy guapo.