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kyle L
··GrasshopperIf there is a little gap between the endpiece and the watch, you could try a jewelers saw.
The dreaded combo: single-shoulder spring bars, and no. 6 end-links...
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MCC
·Take to your watchmaker!
It was a very good piece of advice, Simon Freese fixed it for me and probably saved me destroying the end links. Somehow he got the bars out in one piece and returned them to me with the watch.
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SkunkPrince
·Just for grins, can you post a pic of the scene of the crime?
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M'Bob
·Just for grins, can you post a pic of the scene of the crime?
Yup, can do it later. Thanks.
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eugeneandresson
·yeah, can see just the tip.
that’s what she said 😝
if you can just see the lever, try looping some dental floss (if you have teeth to floss and not dentures, thus dental floss around) and hook it around.
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Dan S
·I don't know who would use a spring-bar like that with a bracelet, but I guess it's no dumber than using shoulder-less spring-bars.
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerI don't know who would use a spring-bar like that with a bracelet, but I guess it's no dumber than using shoulder-less spring-bars.
Not sure if Omega used these, but they are common enough on vintage Omegas to make me think they did use them. I agree they are stupid, and make getting the bracelet off more difficult. They never look like the photos posted above - they are almost always so caked with crap you can't see the little handle. Sometimes the body cheese is so hardened that I have to split the bracelet, open the case, remove the movement, and chuck the case and bracelet in the ultrasonic to clean it out, just to be able to remove the bracelet...
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michael e
·Omega did definitely use them from new, the case I show is NOS but has been in my drawers for years, I have also seen them 100s of times before too on other Omega watches especially with the flat link bracelets.. I like to see them on an old Omega but I don't leave them on.
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M'Bob
·I don't know who would use a spring-bar like that with a bracelet, but I guess it's no dumber than using shoulder-less spring-bars.
When they’re lined up perfectly, and not crudded up, they actually work okay. But it’s almost never the case, so I think it’s a good idea, poorly executed from a design perspective.
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cristos71
·Omega did definitely use them from new, the case I show is NOS but has been in my drawers for years, I have also seen them 100s of times before too on other Omega watches especially with the flat link bracelets.. I like to see them on an old Omega but I don't leave them on.
I've had gold ones on 18kt flat link bracelets too, not sure if they are solid gold, but gold coloured anyway
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerWhen they’re lined up perfectly, and not crudded up, they actually work okay. But it’s almost never the case, so I think it’s a good idea, poorly executed from a design perspective.
The QR spring bars are great in straps designed for them, but in anything else...no thanks.
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Evitzee
·Back in the 70's and 80's Patek Philippe used 18kt spring bars with the little 'handle', I doubt if they use them nowadays. On a watch like a PP that wouldn't get a lot of heavy wear they were easy to extract.
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TexOmega
·Wrap some un-waxed floss around the springbar tightly, pull snugly on each end, pull down.
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M'Bob
·The culprit:
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SkunkPrince
·That outer bar is all fixed all the way?
Al's advice is looking better and better.
Al's advice is looking better and better.
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JwRosenthal
·Are you skilled with a Dremel and cutting bit? I don’t have a steady enough hand to even attempt it on something like this without fear of taking out the lug, but I know some people who can. Just depends on your confidence.
