How to shorten the hourly bracelet to the desired length?

Sometimes, having bought a new wristwatch, we realize with melancholy that there is no possibility of wearing them, because the mechanism keeps spinning on the hand, trying to slip at any moment. By itself, this problem is not so great. All that is needed is to reach the watchmaker and ask him (not disinterestedly, of course) to reduce the bracelet. But you will agree, often such intentions are carried out for weeks, and even months. There is no time, then there is no desire to go anywhere.

However, the situation can be managed independently. It is only necessary to know how to shorten the hourglass bracelet.

Prepare the workplace

Before you begin to disassemble something, prepare yourself a workplace. The details with which you have to tinker, all miniature. If you drop at least one, you'll have to crawl on your knees in order to find it. Therefore, we free the table, we provide ourselves with good lighting. The dark table top should be covered with a light cloth so that you can see everything perfectly.

In the process of shortening the watch bracelet, we need tweezers. Instead, you can take small pliers. In addition, from tools, we need to prepare a very thin awl or a long needle. Just in case, next to you put a hammer, also not very big.

We remove superfluous

To achieve the desired length, you need to remove unnecessary elements. Almost on all models there are such specially adjusted parts. Let's find them before we shorten them. The metal watch bracelet consists of links, and on some you can see from the inside of the image of the arrows. This is exactly what we need. The arrow shows which way to fasten the fasteners.

If such an identification mark is not visible, then carefully examine the side of the link. You should find the connecting pin. It is gently squeezed out with an awl or needle. Sometimes it is necessary to knock slightly with a hammer so that the pin comes out. The pointed tip is picked up with tweezers or pliers and pulling ourselves.

Remember that you need to delete items from both sides at once. Otherwise, your clasp will buckle.

Now let's find out how to shorten the hourglass bracelet in the form of a rubber band. In such constructions there is no lock. We will have to remove the fixing braces to remove the extra links. These are such thin plates, similar to the letter "P". Do this very carefully, so as not to break the part. In the final, the ends of the bracelet are reunited.

But how to shorten the hourly bracelet, if there are screws in it instead of the pins? Yes, there is such. Here you need a special clock screwdriver. Without it, tiny screws can not be unscrewed.

Carefully - ceramics

In addition to metal bracelets, there are often ceramic ones on sale. Customers like their superb appearance. In addition, the surface of such products is very difficult to scratch. But you can break it. With a strong impact, the material will simply split. How to shorten the ceramic watch bracelet with such a fragility? Maybe you should not try?

Not at all, the manufacturers, realizing that all the wrists are different, provided for the possibility of removing excess links. Here technology is used on pins. Often, special special pullers are used, which reduce the risk of damage to the part to a minimum. Observe utmost care when working, and this will save you from oversights.