Theres only a few stretch links on this 1039.
I asked Michael Young in HK if he wanted to play around with it.
He's pretty well known amongst the TRF crowd fixing stretched jubilee and oyster bracelets.

 

you will be wasting your your time and his unless you can find some springs.
its easy enough once you work out how to get the links apart, if anyone knows where to source springs I would love to know.
Michael may be able to perform miracles on a rolex bracelet but the omega stretch link ones are a different kettle of fish.

 

Not easy, but you can make your own springs.
From experience, wait for some whole spring links to show up
on ebay for $60. a pop and inserting them is a piece
of cake. Instructions on the internet.

 

the only ones I've seen on e-bay are for different bracelets. thought about making my own but can't source the right size flat wire.
60 dollars is a lot of money for a spring. makes me wonder how much a string of 4 whole functioning links would cost?

 

Sorry, I wasn't clear.. the vertical picture was before the other pic is after.

 

i made my springs out of coil spring
wire stretched out then pounded flat
with a hammer then cut to size.
Yea $60 is a lot. But without the
springs fixed the bracelet is only worth $550.
They come up for sale, quite often actually.
Nothing is cheap in this hobby.

 

now That, was unclear LoL

 

LOL
"... the vertical picture was before the other pic is after *the repair*

 

Ok, looks good.
How many stretch links were bad?
What did MY charge for his repair.
How long did it take?

 

how did you get the tight bends without snapping the wire? did you use heat and then quench in oil?

 

I used small coil spring like this:
I had lots in the garage.
The spring wire was probably 1.25mm thick
as I remember.
The wire was very strong and
you don't need but to bend it into a small arc
after pounded flat, so none of what you mentioned
is needed.
Of course there was some trial and error involved and
3 some punctured fingers.

 

i'm not disputing your engineering skills Pitpro, but I can't see how you can turn a coil spring into these.

 

I think there were only 2 or 3 bad stretched links.
I have no idea how much he charge me as I had a bunch of other stuff he worked on for me. If he did, it was very minimal.
Dont know about the time it took him either as I sent the package to him a month or so ago and told him I would pick them up in person (last week).
Here's his email if anyone has questions for him.
[email protected]

 

Sounds like you don't believe me.
I think I told you Exactly how I did it.
Have you ever opened one???
Or just looked at pictures
It's just 2 arced flat pieces of steel
inserted opposite of each other

 

an old mainspring from a donor movement, cut into pieces will also work out very well.
Thats how i did repair my 1039 links

 

seems to me you're one of guys that thinks that just because someone is new to the forum they know eff all about what they are talking about.
Sadly, there are too many like yourself, not just here but other watch forums too
Yes I Have opened one up, just about every time I buy one because they are usually too long for my small wrist.
I would love to know how you get your 2 arced flat pieces of steel to stay in place without them falling out. maybe you could show me a pic of one of these springs that you have made so I can see how it's done.

 

...but I can't see how you can turn a coil spring into these.
I tried to help you.
I told you exactly how I did it.
And how do you respond? Thank me?
Like my post? Nope.
Instead, you say that you can't see how I could turn
a coil into one, challenging that I was able to do it.
And the wire won't fall out if they are cut long enough.
There are wells on the ends to hold them

 

Im sorry, I tried to be polite but it seems like you take offence too easily.
Anyone with a modicum of knowledge of the properties of spring steel will know that to manipulate a coil spring as you described you would need to change the properties of said spring by heating it till it was red hot, and if it hadn't melted by then you're making progress.
Flattening a piece of round coil spring into a piece of functional spring steel measuring about 1.5 mm by 0.25mm would take expertise that I doubt that even you are capable of.
Lets try to get along here, we're all supposed to nice to each other aren't we?

 

I am quoting myself here if you don't like Pitpro's way

 

Your moniker fits you perfectly.
men·ace: someone who causes trouble or annoyance

Anyway, here's your pictures.
Before:



Today: I don't think this looks like a factory spring, does it?

And it works perfectly