A recent acquisition had a vintage 1171 bracelet attached. I'm aware that there have been several incarnations of the 1171, including the currently available new 1171/1. This one just carried the 1171 marking on the clasp, and has 175 endlinks. At any rate it was a bit too big for me, so I needed to remove a link.

My experiences with other Omega bracelets had me prepared to hammer out the link pins and watch out for loose collars. When I looked at the links it appeared that I was seeing a split in the pin. Was it a press in split pin or a thread?

I figured I had nothing to lose if I assumed it was a threaded pin, so I got out the screwdriver and had a go at it.


Son of a gun - threaded pin!

This made the whole bracelet sizing adventure a piece of cake. My newest Omegas now have bracelets with tiny threaded screws that retain loose fitting internal pins - fussy and easy to lose parts. Sometimes old is better!

 

Thank you for the great post. Gives hope to the DIYer in some of us.

 

The screwed in pins is why I greatly prefer the first gen 1171 over the others

 

Yes they are price of cake to size, but bad news if you need to find some spare links!

 

Fortunately I now have 1 spare link. That should tide me over in the event my wrist miraculously grows! I did take the opportunity to order a spare threaded pin.