Stuck springbar tip...still stuck...

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M'Bob

·Feb 1, 2021

Any ideas how to free this tip up? The first photo is how it should be; the second shows how it’s stuck in the compressed position.

I’ve soaked it for a full week in penetrating oil, then two cycles in the ultrasonic, and I can’t get it to budge. Thanks.

 

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Dan S

·Feb 1, 2021

Splurge on a new spring-bar. They are meant to be expendable. 🤨

 

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Darlinboy

·Feb 1, 2021·Pratts! Will I B******S!!!

If all that didn’t work, throw it out and buy another one!

For me, springbars are “replace” not “repair” items, too many other things to obsess over. 😜

 

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watchyouwant

·Feb 1, 2021

If you have to save it, watchmakers pliers. Fine tips. Carefully work around the opening until it pops out.

 

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Pazzo

·Feb 1, 2021

Any particular reason why you wish to save this spring bar?

I don't think I would want to use it since it seems that it's somehow faulty.

 

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DaveK

·Feb 1, 2021

Google ads to the rescue

 

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Foo2rama

·Feb 2, 2021·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

 

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marco

·Feb 2, 2021

Sometimes you can push from the other end with the round end of the springbar tool.

 

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Darlinboy

·Feb 2, 2021·Pratts! Will I B******S!!!

watchyouwant

If you have to save it, watchmakers pliers. Fine tips. Carefully work around the opening until it pops out.

- then shoots across the room and is lost forever, or at least several hours while you crawl around on the floor looking for it. You may find other things you lost before, so there's that as a plus.

p.s. This method works with any small spring-loaded part by the way, on any machine or device.

 

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STANDY

·Feb 2, 2021·schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector

Can I ask why so much effort is being put into said spring bar.....?

 

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M'Bob

·Feb 2, 2021

Thanks guys. Yeah, my income stream has been a little shallow lately, so a new spring bar is just way out of my budget.

Geez, what a bunch of comedians...

Actually, it’s an original bracelet spring bar to a 7912, and I’m just trying to free it up.

And Dan, thanks particularly for your snarky response- I owe you one, bro...

 

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Archer

·Feb 2, 2021·Omega Qualified Watchmaker

The likelihood of this being an "original" spring bar is pretty much zero...

 

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Dan S

·Feb 2, 2021

M'Bob

Thanks guys. Yeah, my income stream has been a little shallow lately, so a new spring bar is just way out of my budget.

Geez, what a bunch of comedians...

Actually, it’s an original bracelet spring bar to a 7912, and I’m just trying to free it up.

And Dan, thanks particularly for your snarky response- I owe you one, bro...

I would be happy to send you a bracelet-clasp spring-bar in the mail to atone for my remark. Maybe it was a little snarky, but entirely true IMO. They are expendable parts. PM me with your address and the size of the spring-bar. Seriously, I don't know anybody who tries to preserve original springbars. It's counterproductive. These are cheap items that don't last forever.

 

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M'Bob

·Feb 2, 2021

Archer

The likelihood of this being an "original" spring bar is pretty much zero...

Thanks. Looking forward to a pic from you of an original, and your tips for freeing up this aftermarket one I have.

 

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M'Bob

·Feb 2, 2021

Dan S

I would be happy to send you a bracelet-clasp spring-bar in the mail to atone for my remark. Maybe it was a little snarky, but entirely true IMO. They are expendable parts. PM me with your address and the size of the spring-bar. Seriously, I don't know anybody who tries to preserve original springbars. It's counterproductive.

This is precisely why people get turned off here. I simply asked for advice on how to free up the tip of a spring bar. I really don’t give a fυck if you, or any one else here thinks it’s a waste of time, not worthy of my time, dumb to peruse, easily replaced, original, or an insane adventure.

Thanks to one person who answered a simple question with a simple answe:

watchyouwant

If you have to save it, watchmakers pliers. Fine tips. Carefully work around the opening until it pops out.

 

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Dan S

·Feb 2, 2021

M'Bob

This is precisely why people get turned off here. I simply asked for advice on how to free up the tip of a spring bar. I really don’t give a fυck if you, or any one else here thinks it’s a waste of time, not worthy of my time, dumb to peruse, easily replaced, original, or an insane adventure.

Who knew you had such thin skin. Still happy to send you a free replacement.

 

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M'Bob

·Feb 2, 2021

Dan S

Who knew you had such thin skin. Still happy to send you a free replacement.

Ad hominem. Yawn...

 

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Archer

·Feb 2, 2021·Omega Qualified Watchmaker

M'Bob

Thanks. Looking forward to a pic from you of an original, and your tips for freeing up this aftermarket one I have.

I don't have a pic of an "original" spring bar. As for advice for freeing them up, I don't have any. I don't free them up...because they are consumables...they get replaced even if they work fine, because that's what watchmakers and watch companies do every time a watch comes in for servicing. This is why it's unlikely to be original to the bracelet.

Even if you could free it up, I would not recommend using it, if that is your intention. It's something that you can keep with whatever watch it's from as part of a package, but it would be quite risky to actually use.

 

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Pazzo

·Feb 2, 2021

Archer

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........, but it would be quite risky to actually use.

That's what I thought and said previously.
I still think it would be risky to use, be it on a 7912 or anything else.

 

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nkhandekar

·Feb 2, 2021

M'Bob

Actually, it’s an original bracelet spring bar to a 7912, and I’m just trying to free it up

I want to say that I admire M'Bob for his careful consideration of what is generally considered expendable. I work in a museum and when we find original "expendable" items from from a few hundred years ago, its a good day.

What we learn from finding overlooked parts is that no one has bothered to work out how to solve related problems (its easier to throw out and replace the part), and its up to us to do the work. My suggestion, M'Bob, is to get a bunch of spring bars and experiment, cut them up, really understand them and once you know what you are doing, then apply that knowledge to your problem. Good luck with it.

This kind of care made my day.

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