Alright y’all, so I wanted to size my new speedy, looked on this forum; and someone said to order the wiha 1.8mm slotted screwdriver and it would fit like a glove.

Well it didn’t !

Anyway, here are my materials:

 

I don’t have a nice pad to work on my watches so I used some scratch paper that I had in my recycle bin.

Here is a pic of the screwdriver that I bought.

 

I used the lighter to loosen up the loctite, one screw at a time, and the yellow box to hold the bracelet, the toothpick to apply the loctite 222 that you also see in the pic and the loupe you see better.

because the screwdriver didn’t fit perfectly; I had to use a 320 grit sand block that I had laying around to shape the tip until I got it to fit good.

It wasn’t too hard, but I just wanted to point out that the screwdriver doesn’t fit right out of the box like some people said it did.

 

Final product!

 

Another pic for better perspective:

 

Thank you forum members for all the advice so far!

 

Glad it all worked out for you... looks great. At first I thought you were using calculus to determine how much rotational force to exert on the screwdriver, but, alas, only used paper as a work pad.
Wear in good health.

 

Is that some alien language on that paper........



(I got out of school after 12x12 and done a trade )

 

It's complicated sums and times tables Andy.
I remember seeing them on the blackboard as I baled out of the lesson and grabbed my footy and went down to the oval until that subject was over.

Never did pass that subject, even after four years at high school. Not like I was going to become an accountant or an engineer or..........oh....wait.

 

I hope you don’t attempt to wear the watch during exams - you might use the bezel to cheat.

 

What happened to waiting until November before wearing it?

 

Itchy. Quite a number of us will understand

 

I can do my 24x tables now Jim.

All thanks to beer sold in cartons

 

Wasn't it easier and cheaper to get it sized in a boutique or AD? It's usually free. Even a random watch dealer wouldn't charge more than the cost of your tools I would guess?

Anyway, looks good! And that math stuff on your desk brings back some nasty memories

 

Having an AD or watch shop do it would be a lot easier.
But, if you take your time, pretty much anyone can resize an Omega bracelet.

I had similar tools to the OP and spent quite a bit of time taking 3 links out of my Speedy bracelet.
Quite an involved process getting the bracelet off of the watch and getting those little pins out of the links.
I was happy with the resulting length of the bracelet, fitting nicely on my left wrist.

Then, I noticed the clasp underneath my wrist wasn't centered. It just didn't feel right.
I had made the classic mistake of taking all of the links out on just one side of the clasp.
So, that meant completely re-doing it again, moving one link from one side of the clasp to the other side.
Lots of re-work but it was worth it to get the bracelet "just right".

For people like me with little to no watch skills, the trick is to be careful, don't be in any rush to get the job done, have the right tools, and work in a well-lit area where you can't lose any of those small pins or links.
Also, I discovered I needed to take a break and "rest my eyes" a few times.
I can't imagine what it's like to work as a watch repair person all day long.

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That's exactly what I mean. I'm sure it's not rocket science and pretty much everyone could size a bracelet. But as it costs little to no money and it's only a one time thing, I would prefer to spend my (free) time on something else and let a professional take care of it. Instead of going through the process of finding and ordering the right tools and fiddling around with it myself.

 

Well if everyone thought this way then we all would have missed out on the multitude of threads and posts the OP made about this upcoming event.

 

You mean Oval Office?

 

Currently there isn't much in the way of academic excellence there!

 

Enjoy this thread for long as it lasts, my guess is COB.

not saying I disagree with you Janice.