Chinese watch bands

[Coiny Chris]

Hello,

I have been looking at some cheap watch's. Some look OK, but how do you shorten the band ? A good watch like a Seiko has joiner links which you can easily change. The cheap ones dont, are they a pin pressed in ? or a screw ? they look to have a slot, but many things are faked. I did see one that had a Japanese movement, and looked quite good in terms of finish.

No luck looking on Google, but as a cheap watch good when working on stuff that may damage a good one. ( Cars ) For about $5 or $6 if you get a few years they seem a good buy. I have a $4.99 that looks like my Seiko divers, free postage also. I have a scheme in mind to set up a work-mate with this one....

[ausjack]

Hello Chris, most can be a real pain but you can normally punch them out mate, and that's use a metal punch not hit them with your fist :laugh2: Sorry I wanna be good :angel:

[Coiny Chris]

Hello,

I was hoping we had a Jeweler that may reply, or a Watch repair person. I doubt many would touch this cheap stuff, Horologist ? Like many things the cheap ones are getting quite good, still at a good price though ! I have broken part of the band, so Mr Angle grinder may solve the mystery. It was and still is a nice watch, the band is the issue though. I may get another for my Woman, in a different colour when I work out how to deal with the band length. $6.05 for a nice watch, stainless with Japanese movement and free postage. I paid a lot more for a battery to fit my ancient Seiko !

[ausjack]

I have fixed a few bands for friends and family and I use really thin nails as a punch and sometimes even have to grind them to fit in the hole, just make sure you put them back in the way you got them out and make sure if they're the split pin type to line them up properly or they can fall out