Which type of Spring Bar Tool is best for a mechanically challenged collector?

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I have a Bergeon 6767-S and a 6767-F. I used a pair of pliers to snug the tips down and they've never come loose in about 12 years of use. I did have to replace one of the pointed tips a couple of years ago and the broken one was easily removed and reinstalled with pliers. I keep them together in a pouch with a Velcro closure in my watch tool bag.
 
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...............: first, the tips kept unscrewing, ..

A drop or two to the thread of Loctite 243 was my solution to this. The tips can be easily unscrewed if need be.
 
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A drop or two to the thread of Loctite 243 was my solution to this. The tips can be easily unscrewed if need be.
Or you just chuck it in the trash and get the 6111, which is the better tool, if I may have an opinion.

The price difference between them is maybe two beers.
 
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I have a rather nice, dirt cheap SONA watch made in India. it has a very retro classic dress watch design case with drilled lugs.
I'd noticed that drilled lugs are mentioned occasionally as a feature of some high end vintage watches.
Never seen anything that beats it for quick removal of spring bars with little risk of damaging the lugs.

It occurred to me that drilled lugs , especially on a watch with otherwise fragile lugs like my old deVille, could , if coupled with the screw down bars, prevent a watch from being lost or further damaged should a lug snap off, like the lug of my deVille did.
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Or you just chuck it in the trash and get the 6111, which is the better tool, if I may have an opinion.

The price difference between them is maybe two beers.

Not if you already have the 6767 though.
That would be costing you twice as much plus the cost of 2 beers. ... 😉