Add / Remove Links & Pins from Watch Bracelets - Adjust Length of Watch Bands with Pins

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This is how I adjust people's watch band lengths.
The watch in the video uses cheap cotter pins, which aren't solid, but have a split on one of the ends. When adjusting, you don't want to push the split end all the way through the link's length, so push from the 'solid' side, outward, which is what the arrows etched in the bracelet are supposed to indicate - the direction to push the pin outward. The split piece should be the first to go out.

To put links back together, reverse the operation, remembering to not push the split (weaker) end through the entire length of the link connection, but instead, the split piece should be the last to go in, and this reverse direction goes against the direction of the arrows on the links (solid end first, at the head/tip of the arrow on the link, and then push from the split side backward from where the arrow points).

This method works for friction pins too, such as on the old Omega Seamasters (2255, 2531, 2254, etc. and newer until they went to screws). Usually on friction pins there's a notch in the pin that's to one side of the pin - not in the middle, but closer to one side. Similarly as described above, you don't want to push that notch all the way through the connection, so make it the first out (as per the arrows), and the last side in.

[addisondraper]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. You have helped me out and made my life just a little bit better (I also learned a few things I hadn't been expecting to learn). I appreciate your efforts. thank you.
- the only addison

[marygarza]

Thank you so much I couldn’t put the pin back on until I saw your video and I succeeded. Thank you. I was without my watch for 2 - 3 weeks.lol

[suzannebrown]

I can’t believe my watches have arrows on them and I never knew this!
Thanks so much for a really helpful video

[CraftyZA]

my eyes are bad, and with your over exposure, can cannot comprehend what you are saying while you speak.
Still learned some things. Thanks for the video

[mashigabla]

any advice on pins bending and getting stuck?

[zacdeagan]

can someone help me i don’t know how to add a link???

[winggirl]

If we are here watching your video, we clearly know nothing about doing this. How do we know the difference between a collar and a divot? A cotter pin? None of this makes sense.

[dylanmaxey]

Thank you! You made it easy to add the links on my watch.

[narjasdesigns]

You helped me understand what I was looking for! Amazing

[bmw.pi]

Great video and helped me a lot. Thank you. I cannot believe I was paying €12/watch to have this done or replace straps! I was fleeced! 😨

[savamac]

The initial explanation about the different types of pins is truly awful and left me none the wiser. A diagram drawn on a sheet of paper might have helped.

[Dotti_staygeekin]

How do you connect that watch together after you unlock it

[ezcomezgo]

Very helpful. Thank you very much. :)

[RobynHode]

There are no holes, but there are an arrows.

[jamescovert]

Informative, but the glare was hard to watch.