I have been struggling for over a week to get this watch band on. I thought I knew what I was doing. No one would do it for me because it was a Samsung watch and they "do not sell them." So I ordered my own watch kit box with springs. I have struggled and struggled. Finally googled it and you popped up. YOU ARE THE BEST TEACHER EVER!!! Bam, first time, I got the springs in. Thank you from the bottom of my heart Mark for having a video of such online. Best Wishes to you from Sebring, Florida.
@Alex-px2mb3 жыл бұрын
I installed a NATO strap on my Citizen watch tonight with the help of this video, even though you only talk about NATO straps for a few seconds. And the rest of it was super-informative. Thanks!
@manoflego1233 жыл бұрын
I love seeing these old W&L videos, they show how the simplicity and straightforward nature of the series has never changed, just the lighting and background (for the better).
@carpandrei74935 жыл бұрын
Watch and learn is the reason I subscribed. The best educational series about watches on KZbin, hands down!
@wrthrash5 ай бұрын
Owe you another beer, was having huge probs putting on a nice MM300 bracelet, this saved the day.
@matt_valentine7 жыл бұрын
This is exactly the video that I needed to watch, as I'm planning to swap out a bracelet for a leather strap next week. This is incredibly helpful information. You explain everything in perfect detail. Thank you!
@islandwatch7 жыл бұрын
Great, glad you found it useful.
@wkc12173 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I changed my Citizen strap which came with new pin bars while watching your excellent video.
@Beechnutlk Жыл бұрын
Received my DS5X bracelet from LIW. Planning to install it in my DS57 today. These videos and buying from LIW are a great combination.
@siddhunkarthik2 жыл бұрын
As always.....good video.....👌🏻...your video makes me so comfortable to change stainless steel bracelet & straps easily. 🤪
@RoelfvanderMerwe8 жыл бұрын
Best watch related series on KZbin! Loving your stuff Marc. I'll be buying a watch from your site soon
@islandwatch8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@CompetentSalesUSA5 жыл бұрын
Good!
@Streak095 жыл бұрын
@@islandwatch I have my WWE watch band can I change the links to a Strap or not
@runningwithscissors09118 жыл бұрын
Thanks! You are a good teacher - clear, concise and you don't gloss over the details (I love the details)!
@yourdata24787 жыл бұрын
Excellent for people who want to get in to the fix themselves side of watches and for their personal satisfaction, you really do this well Marc 👍👏👏
@islandwatch7 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@bronco11994 жыл бұрын
Hi Mark, I just want to say how much I love these videos. New to the hobby and trying learn how to DIY as much as I can. The expression "tricks of the trade" is so appropriate for what I'm going through lol. Changed my first strap! Scratched the hell out of the lugs!!!! Bought a cheap spring bar tool, lesson learned.
@corazoncubano53725 жыл бұрын
I had no idea how to remove the awful watchband that came with a watch I just recently purchased. Your clear and simple demonstration allowed me to be able to both remove and replace the strap on the watch. Thank you.
@vinnie_baggadonuts3 жыл бұрын
I just ordered a titanium bracelet from you guys today to swap out in my victorinox divemaster 500 titanium. This video looks like it will help me out quite a bit! Thanks!!
@scuba4538 жыл бұрын
I recommend turning the watch over and removing the spring bars from the backside of the lugs. Over time there will be minor scratches from this action...best to have them hidden on the back of the lugs. Never paid much attention to the bars....from now on will regularly check their springiness. Thanks for the upload.
@islandwatch8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! Changing a strap on camera is quite an undertaking!
@ottoworner9602 Жыл бұрын
This had been very very interesting indeed. Everybody wears a wristwatch but only a few are able to get through those details. YOU get a glimpse how to change the straps in a sophisticated way so your watch won't get lost. Highly recommended to know about.
@michaeloesterheld51664 жыл бұрын
Hi Mark, thanks for this video. Just did my first leather strap change. Put a an old crockskin Seiko strap on my Grandfathers old Rothermans.
@marybethfrain71655 жыл бұрын
Wow ..wow...thank you for taking the time to share these skills !! Helped me immensely
@jfrschnell8 жыл бұрын
What I like about it it's not just the timepeices on itself but the educational things around it. always waiting for the next one to come up. By the way the junk watches.... You can send the junk watches to my place :D :D
@paulb1383 Жыл бұрын
Informative video. I do most of my own adjustments these days but this was helpful. Wasn't aware of the Sieko 5 and glad I seen this before racking my brain! Lol 😆 Thanks
@istvantoth74316 жыл бұрын
Best watch-channel on KZbin by far ... Thanks for all the vids Sir 👊
@caglioso4 жыл бұрын
This video was really helpful. I ordered a kit so I can do this myself since my jeweler is shut down from the pandemic. Thank you!
@brewer95658 жыл бұрын
Discovered your site via TGV Urban Gentry. Great video. Hugely informative - especially the info about spring bars. I have my eye on a Squale from the website and will definitely be in contact with you. Keep up the great job!
@islandwatch8 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@timemachineeddie11468 жыл бұрын
Excellent video Mark! Thanks for sharing your expertise.
@alamohamed84854 жыл бұрын
Very nice video. I learned lots. Thank you very much....
@59lizzz6 жыл бұрын
Many, many. Thanks I did this myself with no problem. Again thanks and God bless you and all your loved one.
@Malcolm19598 жыл бұрын
Great stuff Marc, I for one certainly undervalued the importance of the humble spring bar!!! No more though thanks to you..
@du315h0k5 жыл бұрын
This is so good to learn. Thank you for the watch and learn series. I had a reoccurring problem with the end link of my bracelet. The bent spring bars would always come out of the holes in the lugs and there were 2 sets of holes for some reason. Took it to a few jewelers for new pins and the bracelet kept unfastening anyways. Ended up using JB Weld to affix ths spring pins in place to the end links and the end links to the lugs on my cheap chinese beater that I wear to work in the machine shop.
@praagner6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this, it's very useful for someone new to watches.
@garywilson79923 жыл бұрын
Wait a second here! Your not Philip Raagner, your Robert Taylor, and who do you think your fooling with that old photo, you couldn’t possibly still look that good.
@garywilson79923 жыл бұрын
I didn’t watch very long, how common is it for everyone to have measuring calipers, and to just pull out their handy strap changing tool ? but if that wasn’t disappointing enough, he’s measuring in millimeters. So that’s where I stopped, I guess I’ll just have to go to the watch repair shop. He’s a pretty nice guy, but for quite awhile now he’s been sitting in there by himself scared to death, & looking he’s a member of the klu klux klan, and insists that whoever comes in looks like a fellow member or ready to perform surgery.
@creationmania13 жыл бұрын
im fixing my watch strap ive bought watch spring bars so needed to see something like this
@elizabethleondariti55973 жыл бұрын
This was very helpful - thank you! :)
@cherylchiasson47311 ай бұрын
THANK. you for this video! I was about to throw out a new watch band due to not knowing how to install the spring clip.
@BruceWilliams8 жыл бұрын
Love the choices for your WWC bro
@islandwatch8 жыл бұрын
thanks!
@cayrick4 жыл бұрын
Good video Marc. When trying to buy spring rods, manufacturers provide the barrel length and barrel diameter but not the tip length. I just bought some high strength generic rods for my Casio Pathfinder watch with a titanium bracelet. A heavy bag of fertilizer fell out of my hands and snagged the watch band shearing the spring rods. I ordered new rods but did not have the old tip lengths. . The replacements had the correct barrel length and diameter but the tips were too short to fit properly into the bracelet itself so I scrapped them. The end of the bracelet is Y shaped and straddles the solid plastic lug on the watch. The bracelet/watch attachment points on the bracelet where the tips seat are about 5mm in length which is non standard. So instead of cheap generic spring rods I have been forced to buy OEM pins for $14.95 with a handsome margin for Casio. People like me do not have your expertise and are simply looking for a simple solution like "these rods fit a Casio-1300T" for example and if advertised properly that margin goes to you. I assume the same thing applies to Seiko watches. Same thing for those overpriced metal turtle bracelets that Casio sells for between $120 - $200. Again market your product line properly and those margins could be yours.
@e.eeyore28628 жыл бұрын
Love *ALL* your videos Marc! These learn ones are awesome! Thank you so much for them. Somebody below asked about resizing Seiko bands and you have mentioned the warning several times about them. I don't understand the issue so I too would love it if you covered it. Thanks a million!
@brandonjantoniewicz71162 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, thorough and detailed. Helped guide me through my band resize. Unfortunately I misplaced one of my clasp's spring bar pins. Where can you find a parts list to purchase a replacement. None of my local Seiko dealers carry the bars/pins in stock. For a SPB167J1.
@jimboutilier75527 жыл бұрын
Great video and series! Fyi, Citizen sometimes uses a variation of pins and collars where the collar sits in a little hollow in the center part of the link. Downside is you can't tell by looking before you start. Good side is you don't have to fight the collar when reinserting the pin - just make sure you put in back in the center link - or later the pin falls out and the watch falls off.
@islandwatch7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing; just another reason to always be careful and watch everything when you're sizing.
@deecampbell10052 жыл бұрын
You and your videos are extremely helpful and invaluable. Thank you sir 🙏🏾
@deecampbell10052 жыл бұрын
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@rongriffiths69277 жыл бұрын
Hi Mark, Can you show and advise of how to change a Seiko metal strap, from a Seiko Padi, but then replace it with a metal strap that I bought of better quality, I think it's a Jubilee bracelet for Seiko models, it has the same Seiko ends, I managed to get the bracelet out, but how on earth do you get the spring bars on the replacement bracelet back. I have spent hours trying too no avail. I watch all your videos and can't say thank you enough for all your wonderful presentations. am scolling your Web site, you have a great choice many thanks Ronnie.
@steven28092 жыл бұрын
Extremely useful...thanks! 👍
@nrs69566 жыл бұрын
Great. Many thanks for your trouble. Please keep on with your series.
@varunu41764 жыл бұрын
I usually use my nails to change the straps and spring bars, works just fine and easy :) Oh, and I just replaced my strap on an Orient bambino that I purchased from Marc in 2016.
@m.b.alford67608 жыл бұрын
Awesome Video. Thanks for taking the time to make these Videos. It's a Great source of information for those of us new to Horology and Wrist Watches in particular.
@islandwatch8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to watch.
@BolFelix8 жыл бұрын
your videos are so useful and I like my black strap Lexington so much! Thx Long Island Watch.
@islandwatch8 жыл бұрын
Great, enjoy!
@jasonriccoboni59315 жыл бұрын
Helpful video as always, really like watching the “watch & learns”. Not sure if you’re posting these anymore, but I would love for you to post a video putting the bracelet, preferably one with a solid end link, back on. I understand that it’s just the opposite procedure as removing, or at least in theory in should be, but I am having a heck of a time putting my TAG bracelet back on my TAG watch head. I took it off so that I can change out leather and silicone bands, but I’d love to learn how to re-attach the bracelet with ease so that I can switch between leather, silicone and the bracelet. Maybe you can show some tips or tricks of the trade to make it easier? For reverence, just as an FYI, I have the TAG Aquaracer WAY211C.
@slicksport20003 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the info! Exactly what I needed to know to replace mine 👍
@raymondmalone97218 жыл бұрын
Once again another fantastic video Marc.
@islandwatch8 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@greg63794 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! I'm about to perform my first strap change.
@krissimon30538 жыл бұрын
Keep up the great work, Marc! Bonus points for introducing me to the SNZH55K1 in this video, now I have the blue version on my wrist.
@stevefarmer157 жыл бұрын
Seiko's kick arse. After all those years of hearing how size isn't important, how must my Tissot feel now, next to the big boy Seikos? Loving this series, learning so much. Regards.
@islandwatch7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@markpercival26198 жыл бұрын
Thanks Marc. Yet another of your useful, informative videos. Have a wonderful Christmas Season..
@islandwatch8 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@courtneyMoody811884 ай бұрын
Thank you for teaching me about the Spring bar but I don't understand why my Spring bar is not holding in the end tips they just fall out so is it because my Spring bar is broken or my Spring has been sprung
@LampSticker8 жыл бұрын
Love these Videos!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
@haroldrios804 жыл бұрын
Thanks Men ,that really help me a lot ,and on the way I learn a few other stuff
@awakeningwolf3 жыл бұрын
i may be late but this is awesome video. I learned a lot.
@philliphull508 жыл бұрын
Great work Mark I really appreciate this video!
@islandwatch8 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoy it.
@leemcgowan98 жыл бұрын
great video and thanks again for the ray raven ii . love it
@islandwatch8 жыл бұрын
Great, enjoy!
@rickyny787 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mark, this was awesome.
@sir36128 жыл бұрын
Could you please do a video on bracelet re-sizing? I tried to adjust my Seiko monster bracelet my self and completely ruined it! thanks
@islandwatch8 жыл бұрын
Sure, great idea!
@edeneriggs38415 жыл бұрын
Great video. I've changed spring bar held bands before but having trouble with the rubber strap on my Longines LungoMare. There are notches on the underside of the band to give access but the spring bar won't compress, I even bent the forked removal tool. Rubber strap has big cracks and about to break. Could I have corrosion inside the spring bar not allowing them to compress? Suggestions?
@jonmanilenio4 жыл бұрын
Hi. I love your videos because they're so detailed. I need help with my Citizen AT8124 watch: I don't know if it'll take a nato/zulu strap, so I'm holding off on that purchase until I'm sure. Would you know? I can send you a picture of the back if it'll help... I'm gonna buy a tool to remove the bracelet once I'm sure. Thanks!
@DanboShaw8 жыл бұрын
Great video as usual. I would like to know how to pop spring bars without losing blood! I use a Bergeon tool; the tiny fork is sharp but shallow, so it slips off as the spring bar pops out. I often end up stabbing myself and drawing blood!
@islandwatch8 жыл бұрын
Blood drawn for the cause!!!! This is one of those instances where the sharper the tool, the better. If you have flanged spring bars, hopefully its not sliding off.
@DanboShaw8 жыл бұрын
"Blood drawn for the cause!!!!" HAH! But to be honest, I guess I mispoke in a way that is unfair to Bergeon. The fork stays on the flange just as it is supposed to -- but when the spring bar pops out as it is supposed to, because of the massive pressure that I am exerting with my hands, I often end up pushing the fork forwards right into the finger on the opposite side of the watch head. So this is technically human error -- but it is really hard for me to press DOWN on the flange without also pressing FORWARDS at the same time, and also hard to hold the watch head securely in my other hand without making my fingers vulnerable. I guess I'll just have to study your video more to improve my technique! EDIT: Yeah, I'm holding the spring bar tool like a pencil, perpendicular to the case back, while your grip is like holding a spoon, parallel to the case back! Sheesh, lesson learned!
@highentropy24684 жыл бұрын
Could you please do a video on how to reattach the Seiko Sarb033 end links to the lugs. Ive currently got a leather strap on the Sarb033 but want to put the factory bracelet back on for a change. I've found that trying to get the spring bars into the lug holes along with lining up the end link EXTREMELY difficult. Any help would be much appreciated!
@RobinMarkowitzcoolmedia3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. One caveat. The original buckles often do not have deep enough holes to snap back in. This refers to the buckle, not the band. Third-party buckles are a really good idea so you don't waste an hour on a s--tty buckle. You can't know until you remove a buckle as to whether it's good enough. They needn't be expensive. Barton is excellent! I have 3 Pebble Times, all with new bands and buckles. Well, 2½. I have to order one now.
@Niidas5 жыл бұрын
Great video Marc. Really helpful and informative.
@safari24118 жыл бұрын
thanks for this very useful and educational video!
@erichami8 жыл бұрын
Marc, I have a watch with a steel bracelet with pins similar to the Seiko 5 you showed at 11:15, with the pin holes visible on the outside of the lug. There is an end that shows the slightly concave end of the pin, and at the other end the pin is not visible. What is the correct way to remove these pins?
@erizzle672 жыл бұрын
Maybe obvious, but I always work with the spring bars from the back side of the lugs. So if I slip I don’t scratch the front! As for integrated bracelets, I have a smart watch with very few aftermarket options. But they all come with this “interface” link that’s 3D printed or something. So I bought several so I could have a bunch of the interface links as spares. Now I can put just about any strap I want on it!
@markfalina91603 жыл бұрын
Could you please do a video on Timex Ironman's. A new springbar on it's own goes in in seconds with a springbar tool took me approx 20 seconds. With the band on it, it took 2.5 hours each side. I'd like to see what I'm doing wrong.
@jamesbrown39656 жыл бұрын
Hi mark great video may i have the link to your store please
@256k_6 жыл бұрын
i can't wait for high end spring bars market... 24k gold spring bars or titanium spring bars.... that's the future!
@daspiper89414 жыл бұрын
I highly recommend you use double-flange Spring Bars for easier removal. ~Be sure to buy extras because these buggers can easily be lost on carpets. ~They can also be bent if not carefully removed.
@AndyWong25514 жыл бұрын
So do I,just bought this double-flanged spring bar from Amazon and it looks great.www.amazon.com/dp/B088DTR4CG
@ccooper80405 жыл бұрын
Great learning video Marc. Love my Seiko watches except of the integrated stainless bracelets. I have 2 and neither have failed yet. Hopefully in 20+ years Seiko will offer replacement bracelets.
@stevenc81403 жыл бұрын
I have had a Seiko watch since 1974. It finally broke where they could not get parts. It was one of the first “move-your-wrist-wind” watches made! Gosh I wish…
@philipallen27308 жыл бұрын
As usual Marc excellent and informative video
@islandwatch8 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@jhalden904 жыл бұрын
Great video man thank you. Any recommendations in regards to spring bar tools? Seen them on amazon from about $5 up to hundreds... I dont have anything super important that I would need top of the line tools but I have a couple BB Simon's that I would like to avoid scratching while removing and reinstalling the spring bars. I figure most of it comes down to how careful one is during the process, but I was curious if you have any tips or recommendations for ideal spring bar tools, like the most important features or particular things to avoid etc. TY!
@joelocascio5 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Great video, Mark!
@DeltaVictorMike7 жыл бұрын
great series, much needed. thanks
@islandwatch7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@mikebutlermedia42114 жыл бұрын
You weren't kidding about it being harder to put the spring bar and end link on a bracelet watch! I'm still trying! (I should have parted the bracelet in the middle)
@Orphe1233 жыл бұрын
Thank you I got the answer I was looking for.
@wallflower2254 жыл бұрын
My watch doesn't have spring bars to remove the bracelet. I believe they're pins. I tried pushing it out with the pin side of the spring bar tool but was unsuccessful. I would like to try to change the band myself. What do you recommend I use?
@waelnajj1670 Жыл бұрын
İ have seiko presage ssa379j1 very beautiful time piece i just wonder if it is possible to replace it's leather strap with metal bracelet ?? Any suggestions?
@tomatojuice124 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video Marc. Can you help me? What size spring bar do I need for a Seiko v657-0b20? I bought a 20mm but it's too long. Thank you.
@AvgJoeWatchReviews2 жыл бұрын
Interesting! Thanks Marc.
@CyberBeep_kenshi3 жыл бұрын
If you don't change the strap, bracelets etc, how often would you check or renew these bars? I can imagine they have a maximum life. Cheers. Love this series:-)(
@shairsko93604 жыл бұрын
Hey buddy awesome video! Thank you. Where can I buy the tool from to do the fitting?
@elitecopper35695 жыл бұрын
hey i have a jacques prevard and one of the little bar things came out that holds it together could you possibly make a video on that?
@noahsdad868 жыл бұрын
Great video. Maybe it's because I watched this on my phone but that first watch looks nice. I know you said it's junk but what make and model?
@islandwatch8 жыл бұрын
It was an old Trias triple calendar watch.
@igetoys6 жыл бұрын
Hello, i'm a newbie for this spring bar. I want to ask : is the Seiko fat spring bar is water resist/stainless steel/ anti rust? because it made for diver isn't? :) and so...if i change my fat spring bar (i have SKX now) with third party spring bar...which have some shoulder like you show me in this video...is that shouldered spring bar match for diving?/anti rust? And are scratches on watch luggage (because of scratched by tools while changing the strap, releasing the spring bar) make the stainless steel watch weak (possibility for rusting more easily) ? Thank you so much...i really appreciate if you have time to answer my question :)
@HeinrichGerber6 жыл бұрын
Wish I "watched" this before replacing my Seiko 5 strap...
@GNU_Linux_for_good5 жыл бұрын
That was *one* cool lecture. Thank you.
@stephanieroberts13943 жыл бұрын
what the spring bar tool itself. how do you know which size mm to get? I see them offered in 1.20mm, 1.30mm. I have a 36mm invicta womens specialty bracelet watch and I want to change the bracelet but I don't want to get a spring bar tool forked tip that is too wide. Your thoughts? Thank you.
@computerex6 жыл бұрын
nearly an 18 minute video to show how to change strap. NICE.
@thecoyote98663 жыл бұрын
What do you call the spring-bar inside the micro adjuster clasp of a Seiko?
@jmh706 жыл бұрын
Great video, do you have any advice on changing the original bracelet on a Samurai? I'd like to switch mine out for a Crafter Blue, but it's like wrestling with an eel!
@NOSUCHVideos5 жыл бұрын
Will you be able to figure out an adapter to put a nato on a swatch?
@Smuggie8 жыл бұрын
Love this video series. Question, I have run into a couple of straps that have a metal cylinder that the spring bar is inside. Is the only way to get these off is to cut the bar?
@islandwatch8 жыл бұрын
I'm not totally sure what you mean, but some straps do have a metal sleeve (usually rubber straps) running along the lug to give it better pull out strength.
@Smuggie8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the reply Marc. The two straps I have seen this have been cheap leather but yes, it is a metal sleeve. Only the smooth part of the spring bar is exposed.
@bigwilliearmitage3 жыл бұрын
Once I get the ridiculously tight leather strap off, I'm looking for a replacement with a quick release tab. Having to dig around with a metal tool against polished lugs is just asking for damage. A stiff leather strap with zero gap against the lug is tedious and frustrating when you care about scratches.
@Pler19786 жыл бұрын
Trying to figure out how to remove a marathon jsar bracelet... When the clasp is removed I don't see any spring bar in the back and when got the bracelet no spring bars were visible so not sure how they are secured other Than to say that they are very well secured. Amazing bracelet but would like to be able to swap it out for the weekend