@@FirstnameLastname-yb1fd school:do you want us to teach you how fast can a arrow fly by using a graph but you can't use it on your life Kids:No School:I don't care and here is the useless complicated quadratic equation to solve it.
+pumpa kungen just use the edge of a counter top and have someone hold it down while you hammer the pin out. i couldn' hold down the push pin, hammer, and hold down the watch with just two hands. worked good.
Yous said any hammer would be sufficient. So I took your advice and now every watch I own is smashed into oblivion!! I couldn't find my sledgehammer, so I obviously had to use my jackhammer instead. now I have 23 totally destroyed, non-repairable, watches!! Well clearly this is your fault completely! How could someone do such a thing!? Huh??
Thank you so much mate. Life saver! Spent a tenner on fixing one at a shop and still ended up a bit too big and I was thinking of ways to let my mum know that I’d have to use an other tenner 😅 But this was so simple yet effective and had it done in a matter of minutes. Thanks mate 💪
On most watch bands there are arrows located on the inside of the band indicating in which direction the pin is to be removed. When reassembling replace the pin in the opposite direction of the arrow with the "split" portion of the pin going in last as this video shows . Also if a link does not have an arrow then that pin and link is to be considered non-adjustable.
Thank you soooo much for this video! Took me about 10 minutes and now my watch fits so much better! I used tiny little screwdrivers instead of a pushpin, and it worked just as easily. Thanks again!
This was an outstanding video. I just can't believe all the bitching and moaning and corrections. I watch tons of video on youtube and by comparison, this one is the gold standard. Thank you for being very articulate, explaining what needs to be explained without over-explaining, offering options and having an extremely clear picture and audio.
Yes u r Rite . Not a bunch of over explaining n giving opinions n options n I’m usually screaming at the video saying.. “OMG come on with it already! “ no of that here Thank goodness 😅! Very articulate and get it done ✅
No, actually it's pretty nice. I'm no watch connoisseur but I've been wearing that Invicta watch for over a year and it's held up really well except for the chronograph, which stopped working. Maybe it just needs a new battery.
The name of the watch at the end is I By Invicta Men's 43619-002 Chronograph Stainless Steel Watch. It's available at Amazon for $71 and it's been a great watch. I'm wearing it right now.
Focused Racoon you’re not smashing it hard enough Trick is to hit it hard enough where the thumbtack pierces through the wood block and reaches the depth of hell
I managed to use a SIM card popper to push my pins out. Slid out and in like butter. Tap from the back of a screwdriver and bam. Link removed and new watch is finally fitting
This is awesome, you made it so simple for me, to think I went to a watch shop to have my new watch re-size and was told they don't have the tools for my watch. I can't wait to do this and finally be able to wear my watch. Thanks Nils!
That thumbtack was exactly what I needed. I have a repair kit with all the tools, but it was impossible to get the pins out of this one particular watch. Worked like a charm!
Worked like a champ! I would try not to squeeze more than you have to with the pliers, so that you don't flatten the wider part of the pin that keeps it in the hole. One way is to look closely at the pin and put the pliers on the areas where you see the split, that way it won't flatten the keeper. I watched your video before trying it on my own and it helped to see what to do first. Thanks for posting,
Saved me a ton of time and $20.00 at the mall. A friend gave me a watch for my birthday. I put it off for a while to modify the band. I used your method but couldn't find a hammer so I used a small crowbar. It was hard at first. But I used another person's suggestion with two books to create that gap. Worked like a charm.
Just saved me the aggravation of taking an inexpensive watch to the jewelers (where they sneer at cheap watches!) to refit for my young daughter to wear, as well as the charge. Thanks so much!!
Thank you Nils, for giving me the courage to take a hammer to a new watch. :) If you file the point of the pushpin (wasn't he a Russian writer?) flat it's a little easier. And Bluebird Toffee Hammers are perfect for this.
Thank you so much super easy. I used back of wooden frame put thumb tack upside down and pushed on watch came out super easy. Used tweezers put out and metal spoon push back in. Thank you again for sharing
There should be holes on both sides of the link.....if you can't get the pin out by using one hole, use the hole in the other side of the link. These pins are not just a smooth piece of metal.....one end has a bit of a flare to it, so when linking back up be sure the flared end goes into hole first. This takes patience, but it's worth the effort....what's worse than a watch that flops around on your wrist!
Great video. I'm young and like stylish watches and will probably get a new one soon. So in case it is too big, I can easily adjust the length bc of this tutorial. GREAT VID!!!
I have a new watch that doesn't fit. So i went to a watch repair shop to have it resize but when i check my wallet i have no smaller bill so i went home and search for videos on how to do it. I came up to this and im so surprise that it wasnt hard to do. This video save me money. Thanks
Considering that is a minute's labor at most, that is 900+ an hour... Fucking hell! ... I'd probably charge $5 because people would pay it, I'm such a scumbag :)
thank you so much this helped! i didn't have wood like that but if you use anything like a dresser or a desk that splits and has to flat surfaces between the crack it worked for me!
My stainless steel wristband came with the second method tool. Thanks to your how-to video, this process was a breeze. My watch now fits perfectly. Thank you for going out of your way to make this video and share it. I really appreciate it.
Thanks guy, just watched your video and took a couple notches off my watch and it fits perfectly! I did this without the wood and just had my husband hold the sides while I hammered lol made a couple tiny dents in the table but overall worked well. Thanks again!
Thanks man was able to do it thanks to your video! Btw you can also use a cardboard box if you don't have a piece of wood lying around, it also helps to make a little hole on the box for the pin to fall on it!
thank god there is TH-cam. I don't know how much I would have paid Victorinox to get something like that done, but I have finally done it as you showed. The only problem I had was putting the pin back (because I am stupid and kept putting it back in the wrong end). Now it fits me perfectly and I didn't spend a single dime
Thanks, MC. If you still want to donate, just click the small "i" in the top right corner and then click the link that says "Support Nils Rasmusson". I think this is the direct link: th-cam.com/video/o3NfebIjLlU/w-d-xo.html&ypc_ft=T&ypc_ii=o3NfebIjLlU&ypc_it=V&feature=iv&src_vid=o3NfebIjLlU&annotation_id=video%3Af3a97171-c516-4ed4-87a7-edc469e9fce4
I found this very helpful. I learned exactly what to do from this video. I am not sure why I feel I must apologize for the people making negative comments about the video. They are more to be pitied than censured.
You are a genius!! Thank you for this video. The thumb tack and hammer worked perfectly. I’ve been sitting on this Rolex because it was to big for a year now
I followed this and it worked so well! The watch fits perfectly, I had to go back though because I took three links off of one side and it made it sit crooked on my wrist, make sure to take off evenly on both sides! Thank you to this man!❤
Got a 100 dolor watch, was so disappointed when it was like extra large, but with your excellent "how to video" I am happy to say My money was not wasted. (: Thank You!
Multiple places in the mall were trying to charge me $20-$30 to adjust my strap, and the snobby Jewelers place that does it for free seems to be annoyed after you show up more than 2 times trying to dial in a perfect fit, so learning to do it myself is a huge win, thanks 😊
Thank you for the video.... I remember paid $10 was last year to resize my watch was at the mall counter with fucking New Delhi Indian guy, he charged me $10 took him less than a minute to resize my watch.... now I will do it my self
I went to the watch repair shop thinking they could resize mine but I was charged £14 to remove 3pin🙃 so ridiculous as I knew the would be a video to help me out DIY as I refused to pay! Thanks a lots
I demolished like 20 thumbtacks, broke 1 pin, but got the job done, it doesn't fit aswell as I'd like it to but it took me like 40 minutes just to hammer out 3 pins so I'm good with where it's at.
Whoever invented TH-cam, God bless you. You gave a solution to everything
School: *cough cough*
@@FirstnameLastname-yb1fd school:do you want us to teach you how fast can a arrow fly by using a graph but you can't use it on your life
Kids:No
School:I don't care and here is the useless complicated quadratic equation to solve it.
Every fucking thing was answered HAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA
@Kirei Works you sure about that?
@Kirei Works nope. That's why i am asking
Whos watching in 2024? 😅
😂
11 Year ago🙂🤝
👍
Dude m watching this now 03/05/2024 damn 😅
Me
Who else here because they have skinny wrist lol
Me lol
😅😅
Frick 😢
This is the meaning of "when in doubt there's TH-cam"😄
ACE GAMING ahahahahaha true!
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Good advice, a lot of things were true for me in this video that you talked about. Thank you man
Yep that’s my go to all the time for things is TH-cam will have it. Never lets me down.
True
11 years ago and it helped today , thanks brother man
"this way is easier"
**Struggles to line up the pin for 73 seconds**
Oof-
But atleast
Haha
arvlogz 1.0 ggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggvvv
L cheap ass watch and I can't get the pin out there's no arrow to show where it goes
where the fuck am i going to find a notched block of wood.
Ask a Mexican
+pumpa kungen Hey, I'm mexican I can help you
+pumpa kungen just use the edge of a counter top and have someone hold it down while you hammer the pin out. i couldn' hold down the push pin, hammer, and hold down the watch with just two hands. worked good.
+Raul Gutierrez i did this only using a paper clip and my bare hands, must be because im a mexican
put it between your toes, then just hammer it.
Yous said any hammer would be sufficient. So I took your advice and now every watch I own is smashed into oblivion!! I couldn't find my sledgehammer, so I obviously had to use my jackhammer instead. now I have 23 totally destroyed, non-repairable, watches!!
Well clearly this is your fault completely! How could someone do such a thing!? Huh??
😂😂😂😂 good one
😂😂😂😂😂
Omylawd you 😂🤣
Oh boomers 🤦🏾♂️
I used a hammerhead shark and it chewed the whole thing up 🤬
Thanks man my wife thinks im pretty clever now.
are you still maried to you’re wife?
@@santana9215 lol
@@santana9215 i want to know too
@@Erec07 i want to know too
@@santana9215 hopefully 🥲🥲🥲
I injured my thumb doing this 😭
This has got to be the most helpful video EVER! I'm super skinny and every damn watch is so huge on my wrist, thanks for this, really made my day :D
Thank you so much mate. Life saver! Spent a tenner on fixing one at a shop and still ended up a bit too big and I was thinking of ways to let my mum know that I’d have to use an other tenner 😅 But this was so simple yet effective and had it done in a matter of minutes. Thanks mate 💪
On most watch bands there are arrows located on the inside of the band indicating in which direction the pin is to be removed. When reassembling replace the pin in the opposite direction of the arrow with the "split" portion of the pin going in last as this video shows . Also if a link does not have an arrow then that pin and link is to be considered non-adjustable.
Thank you!
I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE ARROWS WERE FOR
None of my links have arrows.
@@Seezyy Use maginfying glass and plenty of light bet you’ll find em
The arrows on mine are on both ends. Pointing the opposite way
Thank you soooo much for this video! Took me about 10 minutes and now my watch fits so much better! I used tiny little screwdrivers instead of a pushpin, and it worked just as easily. Thanks again!
Everyone has wood like that lying around the house
MrCosmo314 i cant
You wanna see my pack of wood?
I used a box with a hole in it
I've always got wood! :)
.. Well they should, to be honest. Get a fucking cutting boar made of wood. Get a desk made of wood.
This was an outstanding video. I just can't believe all the bitching and moaning and corrections. I watch tons of video on youtube and by comparison, this one is the gold standard. Thank you for being very articulate, explaining what needs to be explained without over-explaining, offering options and having an extremely clear picture and audio.
You made my day! Thank you!
Yes u r Rite . Not a bunch of over explaining n giving opinions n options n I’m usually screaming at the video saying.. “OMG come on with it already! “ no of that here
Thank goodness 😅! Very articulate and get it done ✅
Wow... The first method you showed was super easy to do. Well done! I always wanted to know how to do that!
Spatry j
Spatry o]]8
Who asked
Brilliant didn’t even need to use an hammer 🙈
I bought a brand new watch and I can't even wear it because it fits me like I'm a 3 year old.
I dont know why this was so funny to me.
Same here.
@L Alien Yeah. All I needed was a safety pin. It was actually easy.
No need for sawed wood, just get 2 books and push the pin in between them! :D
thanks thats what i did
Perfect idea.
I did but my books were damaged lol
Radiatical// lol I just used needle nose pliers and tapped the pin in.
I used a tin cutter, and used the gap in between the blades
Thank you very much, I used a shoe instead of a wood and I used a nail cutter to remove the pins and I used a screw driver as my hummer,👌😂👏👍✌😲
No, actually it's pretty nice. I'm no watch connoisseur but I've been wearing that Invicta watch for over a year and it's held up really well except for the chronograph, which stopped working. Maybe it just needs a new battery.
Watching this in 2024🍃
Great easy to use tutorial. Thank you very much. I had a quote done at $50 and that's all it takes. Glad I did it myself.
I got a watch for my birthday and i had to watch this video cause of lockdown i could not resize my watch so thank you now i learned to do it myself
thanks man!
I hit it the wrong way and not I think I jammed it :(
The name of the watch at the end is I By Invicta Men's 43619-002 Chronograph Stainless Steel Watch. It's available at Amazon for $71 and it's been a great watch. I'm wearing it right now.
Tried doing this and broke the needle thing in the strap now it wont go back im, please dont do this i just lost one of my favourite watches 😭😭😭
broke both of my pins
Focused Racoon you’re not smashing it hard enough
Trick is to hit it hard enough where the thumbtack pierces through the wood block and reaches the depth of hell
@@harvardford8752 LOL: the answer is MORE force not LESS?
Why did you listen to a random guy on the internet
sCieNce
Ian barber cause it actually works if you’re not fucking stupid
I managed to use a SIM card popper to push my pins out. Slid out and in like butter. Tap from the back of a screwdriver and bam. Link removed and new watch is finally fitting
Great bro so the proverb came true,"when there is problem there is TH-cam" 👍👍👌
I literally just went to pay a ridiculous fee to do resize my watch....I should have just come on TH-cam😢😢😢...I am pained
This is awesome, you made it so simple for me, to think I went to a watch shop to have my new watch re-size and was told they don't have the tools for my watch. I can't wait to do this and finally be able to wear my watch. Thanks Nils!
6 years later, how does it fit?
Does it fit
Dang a watch place that doesn’t have the tools to fix a watch…
What a time to be alive
This definitely works for cheap watches, but if you have the money for an expensive watch you have the time to take it to a pro
Thank you. My head was about to explode. Was done With my sons watch minutes after seeing your video.
you sound white
@@komalgill9842 you sound stereotypical
Komal Gill why does it matter in the first place? Stfu
@@komalgill9842 bitch ur white💀 and why thw fuck wouls that even matter
That thumbtack was exactly what I needed. I have a repair kit with all the tools, but it was impossible to get the pins out of this one particular watch. Worked like a charm!
Worked like a champ! I would try not to squeeze more than you have to with the pliers, so that you don't flatten the wider part of the pin that keeps it in the hole. One way is to look closely at the pin and put the pliers on the areas where you see the split, that way it won't flatten the keeper. I watched your video before trying it on my own and it helped to see what to do first. Thanks for posting,
This was uploaded when I was 12 yrs old. Now it helped me today ❤ Good knowledge never gets old
so I got an $800 watch should I take it to a jeweler??
+ThatGamingPro - Yup. When you're dealing with something that expensive, it's probably best not to risk a DIY job.
+ThatGamingPro no, through it in the garbage and buy a rolex. $30,000 is the price you're looking for
i have an 8500 dollar watch when i saw this vid i was like im definatly not banging my watch with a hammer
+7ASSOON zaking I was thinking the same thing.. except mine is $300, not $8500 lol
nice lie kid
Saved me a ton of time and $20.00 at the mall.
A friend gave me a watch for my birthday. I put it off for a while to modify the band.
I used your method but couldn't find a hammer so I used a small crowbar. It was hard at first.
But I used another person's suggestion with two books to create that gap. Worked like a
charm.
Just saved me the aggravation of taking an inexpensive watch to the jewelers (where they sneer at cheap watches!) to refit for my young daughter to wear, as well as the charge. Thanks so much!!
Matt Silvers bts is the best
Good thanks
When bro pulled out a hammer s screw drive I was like yeah I don't got that lol gotta run to the store 😂
I have a watch ⌚ here and I bought it another new battery but the refused to work. So where would be the problem be...
Thank you Nils, for giving me the courage to take a hammer to a new watch. :)
If you file the point of the pushpin (wasn't he a Russian writer?) flat it's a little easier. And Bluebird Toffee Hammers are perfect for this.
pushpin is better than shakesbeer.
@@klam77 PUSHKIN
Thank you so much super easy. I used back of wooden frame put thumb tack upside down and pushed on watch came out super easy. Used tweezers put out and metal spoon push back in. Thank you again for sharing
SAVED ME FROM SPENDING MONEY TO ADJUST MY NEW WATCH! Thanks man!
give party😂😂
I got a Invicta watch as a Christmas gift. The band is to big and need to get it resized. Thank you so much!! This helped me out a lot!!
Thanks a lot brother!!
You earned a sub for life!
Thanks buddy.. after several months of wearing an oversized watch, i can now smile.
Thanks for the fix
I just used my pocket knife as a hammer and plyers. 🤣
Thanks a lot.... I just apply your method and it work very well
Thanks for your help! Saved me a trip get it adjusted.
Bought that same tool on Amazon for $9. It snapped after 2 turns. What a piece of shit. Do NOT purchase that tool! It’s cheap Chinese crap.
im trying to do this but i cant seem to push the pins through they are really stiff what can i do?
There should be holes on both sides of the link.....if you can't get the pin out by using one hole,
use the hole in the other side of the link. These pins are not just a smooth piece of metal.....one end has a
bit of a flare to it, so when linking back up be sure the flared end goes into hole first. This takes
patience, but it's worth the effort....what's worse than a watch that flops around on your wrist!
Thanks for helping me adjust my rolex oyster!!
Great video. I'm young and like stylish watches and will probably get a new one soon. So in case it is too big, I can easily adjust the length bc of this tutorial. GREAT VID!!!
solar_corndog your picture 😂😂😂😂
I have a new watch that doesn't fit. So i went to a watch repair shop to have it resize but when i check my wallet i have no smaller bill so i went home and search for videos on how to do it. I came up to this and im so surprise that it wasnt hard to do. This video save me money. Thanks
Thanks so much. At the mall they charge 15.00 to adjust...
Considering that is a minute's labor at most, that is 900+ an hour... Fucking hell!
... I'd probably charge $5 because people would pay it, I'm such a scumbag :)
Thank you very much, i bought a cheap watch off ebay and it turned out to be too big. Going to a jeweler would have cost too much for this piece.
thank you so much this helped! i didn't have wood like that but if you use anything like a dresser or a desk that splits and has to flat surfaces between the crack it worked for me!
I’ve brought a new watch and its big so I’ve tried using pins but won’t budge. I’m not sure what do do. Are the pins stiff or something?
My stainless steel wristband came with the second method tool. Thanks to your how-to video, this process was a breeze. My watch now fits perfectly. Thank you for going out of your way to make this video and share it. I really appreciate it.
Thanks guy, just watched your video and took a couple notches off my watch and it fits perfectly! I did this without the wood and just had my husband hold the sides while I hammered lol made a couple tiny dents in the table but overall worked well. Thanks again!
just tried with pin remover from amazon will not line up
Thanks man was able to do it thanks to your video! Btw you can also use a cardboard box if you don't have a piece of wood lying around, it also helps to make a little hole on the box for the pin to fall on it!
I always used to think resizing had to be done professionally 😂
I find it so cool to do tho
thank god there is TH-cam. I don't know how much I would have paid Victorinox to get something like that done, but I have finally done it as you showed. The only problem I had was putting the pin back (because I am stupid and kept putting it back in the wrong end). Now it fits me perfectly and I didn't spend a single dime
I like your video
-Ava
Amazing, saved a trip to the clockshop. Thank you
Thanks a lot, you did save me a trip to the jeweler, but I want to donate a dollar and can't find a link :/
Thanks, MC. If you still want to donate, just click the small "i" in the top right corner and then click the link that says "Support Nils Rasmusson". I think this is the direct link: th-cam.com/video/o3NfebIjLlU/w-d-xo.html&ypc_ft=T&ypc_ii=o3NfebIjLlU&ypc_it=V&feature=iv&src_vid=o3NfebIjLlU&annotation_id=video%3Af3a97171-c516-4ed4-87a7-edc469e9fce4
I get an error: Fan funding isn't available in my country -_- Once it is, I'll pay my debt back :)
No worries- thanks for trying!
MC Malzahar ta
Didn't know Malzahar wore watches.
I found this very helpful. I learned exactly what to do from this video.
I am not sure why I feel I must apologize for the people making negative comments about the video. They are more to be pitied than censured.
how for a geneva watch?
Lol I haven’t worn my watch for about 4 years because it got too small, wish I saw this video earlier.
Would not try this on a higher end watch...
Why not ?
The bands are built exactly the same way
I tried this with my expensive Tissot and it was a breeze to do. Excellent.
Oooooooooo
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I tried it on my rolex it didnt work
you are cool mane. Nah fr, my watch was so loose and it was getting on my nerves and now my watch is tight and i´m ready to go, thanks brother!!
Glad to hear it worked well for you!
that gadget is freakn cool
This has saved me a whole whooping 15$ and let me tell you, you're a life saver.
You are a genius!! Thank you for this video. The thumb tack and hammer worked perfectly. I’ve been sitting on this Rolex because it was to big for a year now
Thanks for this video. Helped me with my watch. Now I know 👏👏👏
“Simple tools you have around the house”
Me with no thumbtack: 😮
I followed this and it worked so well! The watch fits perfectly, I had to go back though because I took three links off of one side and it made it sit crooked on my wrist, make sure to take off evenly on both sides! Thank you to this man!❤
This video is a blessing to all humans who wear watches.
Thank You! Awesome video!!!
Have a GREAT week!!!
Got a 100 dolor watch, was so disappointed when it was like extra large, but with your excellent "how to video" I am happy to say My money was not wasted. (:
Thank You!
Awesome - Thank You Very Much LRN2DIY
- Much Appriciated!!!
the old iMovie intro had me feeling nostalgic 😂
Idk why Im feeling happy and thinking im the best man in my town 😂❤🎉
Multiple places in the mall were trying to charge me $20-$30 to adjust my strap, and the snobby Jewelers place that does it for free seems to be annoyed after you show up more than 2 times trying to dial in a perfect fit, so learning to do it myself is a huge win, thanks 😊
Lol this is the Conan Clueless Gamer soundtrack
Thanks a lot!!! This helps and save money to go to the repair shop
thought of taking my 2 watches in a repair shop but bumped here.Great video it helped and save me some bucks!Thank you!
From a Future watch enthusiast: THANK YOU
Thank you for the video.... I remember paid $10 was last year to resize my watch was at the mall counter with fucking New Delhi Indian guy, he charged me $10 took him less than a minute to resize my watch.... now I will do it my self
I went to the watch repair shop thinking they could resize mine but I was charged £14 to remove 3pin🙃 so ridiculous as I knew the would be a video to help me out DIY as I refused to pay! Thanks a lots
do i need needlenose p;liers. i think i bought the wrong kind. I'm having trouble pulling out the pin with the pliers i have.. it's frustrating.
Wow. Thank you Sir! This was really helpful.
Bro got wood dude arbraham Lincoln building a log cabin lol
Almost returned the watch - THIS WORKS ! Thank you for making this tutorial.
I demolished like 20 thumbtacks, broke 1 pin, but got the job done, it doesn't fit aswell as I'd like it to but it took me like 40 minutes just to hammer out 3 pins so I'm good with where it's at.