You need two screw drivers.... one to stop one of the screws and the other to unscrew on the other side. They might be locked tight with stuff like loctite... I had one that was hell on Earth to size. I ended up using double sided tape to hold the bracelet and use both my hands. Even so, I had to use a couple of other tricks. Here's the link: http://www.thewatchf...showtopic=68451

Hope that helps!!

Why oh why don't I read a post all the way to the end?... Sorry... I'll try to find out how to size those to make it up to you...

 

The way I see it, the opposite ends of the screws shouldn't turn, they are bolted. So, if that guy is right, you just need to pull the size piece of the bracelet and the whole thing comes out...

 

Have you tried pulling on the ends of the bracelet slightly while turning the heads? This may cause enough tension on the non slotted ends to hold them in place while turning the slotted ends out.

Later,

William

 

Cheers!

Well it's a mystery, the section of link is held in fast but just spins. Thankfully I need to reduce the bracelet down by a fair degree so in the end I've just removed the section completely and rebuilt using a couple of sections from the other side ( none of this would have been a problem if I'd been happy with an uneven bracelet . I'll try and upload a photo or two.

Barney

 

This is the offending section:

 

The only option I can think of is to very very carefully cut a grove into the smooth side so that you can use a screwdriver to hold.

 

I wonder if someone glued or Loctited those pins because they were coming loose? Perhaps a long bath in an ultrasonic cleaner with mild solvent would free things up.

Later,

William

 

Good idea, will try. Ta.

 

Well, I have a 20mm Chinese pilot style bracelet that you can actually get the links out! It's yours if that ******* doesn't come out!! :lol: :lol:

 

Thankyou (I think?)

 

Nice looking Breitling there mate. You could always throw it on a nice croc leather with polished deployment, save you the bracelet hassle.

 

Ta, it was an incoming last week from the sales forum here. Only problem is that the wife has snaffled this one too! That's the Omega triple date AND this colt stolen from right under my nose! SWMBO doesn't like straps so that's a no go. Flippin Omega came on a strap and thus I've just had to shell out £250 for a genuine speedmaster strap for it too!

 

I'm probably going to type something stupid but can't you apply a tiny bit of loctite to the end that's not supposed to spin?

 

Whatever you do don't cut slots!!

The screws screw into a hollow tube which is fixed into the opposite link (with the flat ends)

Sometimes the screws don't fall out when unscrewed and you have to separate the links i.e. pull the link with the flat end away from the centre link whilst holding the link with the screws between thumb and forefinger :lol:

I have had many happy hours with tricky B'ling bracelets by the way this version of the B'ling bracelet is a bit odd to adjust because of the angled links you really have to imagine the position of the tubes holding the links together because they don't go through the links parallel to the angle they go through the bracelet at 90 degrees to the edge of the bracelet ... good luck