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The following instructions for removing and replacing a watch strap are geared toward the typical watch wearer with little-to-no experience changing straps. These instructions do not cover every type of watch and strap combination, but covers only watches without drilled lug holes and with two-piece watch straps made of a flexible material ...
- Overview
- Removal - Leather Band
- Attachment - Leather Band
- Removal - Metal Band
- Attachment - Metal Band
Learning how to change a watch band is a cost-effective way to alter your accessories. In many instances watch bands can be replaced relatively easily, but it can be a tricky and awkward job. Once you have mastered replacing the band you can change it to match your outfit, or replace an old band that has seen better days.
Place the watch face down.
The first thing to do is remove your watch and place it face down on a folded cloth or towel. Make sure it is on something that will protect the face of your watch and not scratch the glass. Then place this cloth onto a flat surface, such as a table or countertop.
Once you have got the watch face down, look closely at the area where the watch band connects to the watch itself. The vast majority of watch bands are connected by a spring bar, which passes through a loop or hole in the band and fits into indents on the shoulders of the watch.
The spring bar is a small metal bar that can be depressed at each end, like a spring.
When pressure is released the bar extends at each end.
When fully extended the bar will snap into place in the shoulders or lugs of the watch and hold your strap in place.
Thread the spring bar through the new band.
When you are ready to attach your new watch band, you will basically be going through the same process, but in reverse. Start by carefully threading the spring bars through the loop at the top of each side of the band.
Your new band may have come with its own spring bars, but you need to make sure these fit the watch.
Insert the bottom end of one spring bar into the indent.
Take one half of the band, and carefully place the bottom part of the spring bar into the indent in the shoulder, or case lug, of the watch. You are just putting the spring bar back to where it was before you took off the old band.
Once the bottom end of the spring bar is in the hole, carefully apply pressure downwards on the bar so you can slide the top part into the corresponding indent, or hole.
Determine what type of fitting it has.
If you have a metal watch band, it may be attached with a spring bar and be replaced in much the same way as a leather or fabric band. The first thing to do is examine the point where the band is attached to the watch to determine which fitting it has. Look closely at the lugs at either side of the point where the band meets the watch.
If there are small hole on the outside of the lugs, this means that your band is attached with small screws that pass through the lugs.
If there are no holes, it will be attached with just a spring bar.
Now check to see if there are end caps on the band attached to the watch.
End caps are the parts at the end of some bands that protrude out like wings. If it looks like your band does not have a flat end, it has end caps.
Install a band with screws.
Make sure the new band fits and is designed to be attached in the same way as the one you have removed. To install a new band, line it up between the lug holes and carefully thread the screw bar piece through one of the lug holes, and down through the hole in the band. Hold it in place and try to keep the bar and band aligned with the lug holes. Then take one screw and carefully position it in one of the lug holes. Turn it clockwise a couple of times.
Then place the second screw in the other lug hole.
Hold the first screw in place with another screwdriver or a screwdriver block.
Then tighten the second screw until it won't turn any further. Once you reach this point, tighten up the first screw.
You may consider replacing the screws, which can wear out over time.
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