Removing Watchband Links

By

castingon

I have been searching for something around the house that would remove the link pin. The thumbtack idea worked great and saved me the $15 of either having someone remove one link for me or buying a link removing kit.

By

hawkeyethrift

This is the best tip! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

By

HawaiiMike

Dude! The thumbtack worked great! Mahalo!

By Erick (Guest Post)

Thanks! Worked great and saved me $14 from the Sears watch repair shop.

By Dardog (Guest Post)

I used a small screwdriver kit. And it worked like a charm. (Hobby screw driver kit)

By Gabriella (Guest Post)

Thanks! Great tip! Save me money.

I used push pins which also work fine.

By (Guest Post)

gr8 post, worked like a charm on my new Invicta I bought online. Important to push the pin out in the direction of the arrow on the clasp. Thanks a bunch.

By (Guest Post)

It works for a new Timex!

By Dan (Guest Post)

There are many types of watch bands. Some require other approaches.

See http://www.webjeweller.com/jewellery/removelinks.shtml

By RAF (Guest Post)

Little things the jewelers don't want you to know...

Thanks for the tip. Saved me time and money.

By Joe (Guest Post)

You're da bomb. Spent 20 minutes with a paper clip before you pointed me in the right direction. THANKS!

By (Guest Post)

I used the end of a paper clip to remove 6 links, then I have remaining one at each end should someday not be so skinny.

By Impatient One (Guest Post)

YES! God bless the GOOGLE toolbar. I just knew there was a logical solution. I did remove 5 links in about 10mins (some of which was spent looking for another tack). The best ones were the OVERSIZED pushpins. A gentle tap with a hammer and pull with a plier and my watch was perfect! THANK YOU!

By Joel (Guest Post)

After spending an hour trying to get the pin out I decided to check the internet. Boy am I glad I did. After reading your post I had the pin out in seconds. Thanks!

By Don (Guest Post)

Beautiful.

By Ken (Guest Post)

Thanks! Worked like a charm!

By Roy (Guest Post)

Outstanding! Just adjusted my watch. Thanks for the great tip.

By Allison (Guest Post)

AWESOME - simply AWESOME! I was about to order a kit from eBay when I tried once more to find a resolution on-line. This worked WONDERS - even on one of my old watches that the pins had, essentially, frozen in the holes. Thank you for sharing this wonderful tip!

By Imz (Guest Post)

Thanks! I bought a costume jewelry watch super cheap off eBay. I'm used to the screw-type pins or spring-loaded ones in watches. These push pins had me stumped. Thought I would have to waste the money I saved, at a jeweler, to get these links off.

By Rich Hamilton (Guest Post)

Had a watch from Xmas sitting there, awaiting a trip to the jewelers...no need now. Great tip as long as you are careful.

By

rschmitty

My Timex expansion watch band doesn't have holes in it to insert a tack. If I had a band with holes in it, how do you rejoin the ends after you remove a section?
Robert

By beeneman (Guest Post)

After getting a quote for $12.50 from the jeweler I went home and started looking online..worked like a charm!

By New watch owner (Guest Post)

Yes, I too agree that the thumbtack idea works great. I looked around the house for something that would work, then found this online and it set me straight. Works exactly as described. No need to take a trip to the jeweler.

By M (Guest Post)

Thanks for the tip! Just bought a new watch yesterday and took care of the band myself, then went back to a couple of old watches I had around and adjusted those as well.

By Craig (Guest Post)

Thanks for the thumb tack idea, it worked great. I do admit to using a push pin though. Hey, what the heck, you nailed it!!