Breitling bracelet tutorial.

[Xebryus 0]

It doesn't say in this thread, but BE F*&%ING CAREFUL with those screws. They are tiny as hell, and definitely get some blue threadlock on them, because if you lose em, you won't find em.

 

Thanks for posting this up for me Luth yesterday. Appreciate the help as usual

 

How much for the watch?

[nunu78 1,741]

Im demanding on behalf of all the noobs to made this post a STICKY .

[BigBuys 0]

It doesn't say in this thread, but BE F*&%ING CAREFUL with those screws. They are tiny as hell, and definitely get some blue threadlock on them, because if you lose em, you won't find em.

 

Thanks for posting this up for me Luth yesterday. Appreciate the help as usual

 

How much for the watch?

FYI That would be Loctite 222 .

[Baldrick 1]

It doesn't say in this thread, but BE F*&%ING CAREFUL with those screws. They are tiny as hell, and definitely get some blue threadlock on them, because if you lose em, you won't find em.

 

An old trick to avoid losing screws...!

 

Get an old sturdy shoe-box...........cut one long side down to about half-depth.....line it with foam....and hold the watch inside the shoe-box....if you drop a screw it shouldn't bounce outside the box.....easy to find

[nunu78 1,741]

Thanks Baldrick for an awesome tip.

[Baldrick 1]

Thanks Baldrick for an awesome tip.

 

My pleasure....I learned that at an early age.......my hands were made for holding champagne flutes and sifting £100 notes....not for picking up tiny screws and springs from the floor

[Xebryus 0]

Thanks for the tip Baldrick. A work table seems so boorish now . I'll give this method a shot next time I have a tedious job to do

[DR3M3L 4]

How much for the watch?

 

 

Too big for your girl, joran.

:P

 

This one was going on my wrist, but I have to be careful though.. She 'accidently' wears my watches frequently.

[Luthier 1]

Joran, it's 48mm and weight a ton.

[SSTEEL 0]

Bookmarked for future reference, thanks Luthier for taking the time shooting those invaluable photos mate

[Moriarty 1]

My Navitimer by GF just arrived, and I'm having difficulty resizing the bracelet.  I've removed both screws, and expected the link to slide off, but it's not budging.  I've applied as much force as I dare, but no luck.  Is there some trick I'm missing?

 

[black263 228]

Holy fucking necropost batman.

[BravoDelta 22,411]

[NCRich 13,743]

 

[gooner2826 159]

6 hours ago, Moriarty said:

My Navitimer by GF just arrived, and I'm having difficulty resizing the bracelet.  I've removed both screws, and expected the link to slide off, but it's not budging.  I've applied as much force as I dare, but no luck.  Is there some trick I'm missing?

 

You’re still screwed in on the other side of the bracelet..... both sides need to be removed to allow the bar to be pulled out 

[Moriarty 1]

9 hours ago, gooner2826 said:

You’re still screwed in on the other side of the bracelet..... both sides need to be removed to allow the bar to be pulled out 

The other side is flat (like in the upper left corner of the above pic on the clasp).  Only the last pin has slots on both ends, and I was able to remove those without issue.

This is how I was expecting it to work:

I tried soaking in WD-40 overnight, but that doesn't seem to have made any difference.

[NCRich 13,743]

21 minutes ago, Moriarty said:

The other side is flat (like in the upper left corner of the above pic on the clasp).  Only the last pin has slots on both ends, and I was able to remove those without issue.

This is how I was expecting it to work:

I tried soaking in WD-40 overnight, but that doesn't seem to have made any difference.

I would ask the dealer I bought it from.  Failing that I would ask on RWI.  In general the membership over there is a bit smarter.

 

[FunnyStarSystem 7,537]

This necro scared the bejesus out of me, thinking Luthier was returning to enact his final vengeance upon us all!

33 minutes ago, NCRich said:

 I would ask on RWI.  In general the membership over there is a bit smarter.

 

          Dethspicable! 

[fatarms 7,756]

Did you push the rest of the pin out the other side?   After you unscrew the one side, there is a tube inside that needs to be pushed out the other side.  

[NCRich 13,743]

2 minutes ago, fatarms said:

Did you push the rest of the pin out the other side?   After you unscrew the one side, there is a tube inside that needs to be pushed out the other side.  

He said the other side was flat.

[Glaude 1,615]

Try a little bit of heat (not with a direct flame, rather a heat gun or hair dryer) if it fails, try with cold (stick it in the freezer for a bit).

Maybe worth a shot with stronger stuff than WD-40

[Moriarty 1]

I did try pushing from the unscrewed side with my pusher tool, but was concerned about messing up the threads.

But in any case, I used a lot more force and it finally popped off!  I wound up threading a section of coat hanger through the space on one side, and pulled the link off using my case opener (one of the flat pin inserts small enough to fit in the gap).  Two down, two to go.