Bracelet problem

[miz@r]

Hi I just get my UPO but some of the non removable links are kind of loose.

I attached a pic to let you know wich ones are.

Please really need help with this one.




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[co-axial]

common problem with ss bracelets. try this out, mate. Helped me and made all my bracelets "smooth".

http://forum.replica-watch.info/vb/...-lubing-bracelet-64595?t=64595&highlight=baby

 

[miz@r]

please guys really need to know how to fix it! :S

common problem with ss bracelets. try this out, mate. Helped me and made all my bracelets "smooth".

http://forum.replica-watch.info/vb/...-lubing-bracelet-64595?t=64595&highlight=baby

thanks for that advice. Will do it 2 my other watches.

The thing with the UPO is that the links are pulled out. But the non pint ones.

The 2nd pic ilustrates the thing.

 

[MrYesterday]

As for the gap, have you tried tapping them into place? Just use a plastic mallet, and tap then down, while resting them on something non-marring. It should close that gap.
The non adjustable links are pressed together with pins between. looks like those links just weren't pressed on fully

 

[miz@r]

As for the gap, have you tried tapping them into place? Just use a plastic mallet, and tap then down, while resting them on something non-marring. It should close that gap.
The non adjustable links are pressed together with pins between. looks like those links just weren't pressed on fully

The links came out when i move the bracelet. Then i press them and they make a click and fine. But then move the bracelet again the same story.

:S

I did not fully understand the tapping thing.

Now the pints of the non removable link are out. Like there were unglued.

 

[RaymanS41]

Those things are just held together with pressed in pins. The problem with your bracelet looks like poor fitment between the pins and the links. It could be the pin or the hole that is out of spec. No way of fixing this because there needs to be movement between the links...can't just loctite it in there.

I would try hammering it in like Yesterday said and see if you can get it to sit a little more snug. You might also see if you can move the removable links around to where you can take the loose link out. It looks like it was the first link after the removable one. If you pull hard enough on the loose links, they'll pop out.

 

[sixbennetts]

OK, what you have there are pins that are not supposed to come out, and they are. See, if you took that all the way apart, you would see a knurled area at the end of the pin, sort of like the handle of a small metal screwdriver. They press-fit these bands together, and sometimes tolerances are off a bit. If it were mine, I would take it apart and stake the end of that loose pin a bit so it would be tighter when you press it back together, then reassemble with either epoxy or CA glue.

 

[miz@r]

Now they are all out :S

There are like the breit pints but without the screws just the pints. They just do not stay in.

Here is the image of it.

 

[MrYesterday]

No put a dab of super glue on the 2 protruding tips, and press/tap them back together. That's what I did. Just don't gen any on the part of the pins that the corresponding link rides on, because it will cause the 2 links to be rigid.

 

[tommy_boy]

Super Glue? I'd not try it, personally.

You could try blue Loc-Tite for some holding power without the complications derived from misapplied glue.

It worked for me on a troublesome Panerai bracelet.

Just my $0.02 USD.

 

[miz@r]

I glued the head of the pints that goes into the end part of the link. Very carefully and seems OK.

Now I'am searching for a replacement SS bracelet.

Thanks for all the help

 

[sixbennetts]

Did you stake the head of the pin a little first? Keep a close eye on it 'til you feel it's gonna hold. Glad we could help!

 

[miz@r]

I can tell that the links are moving freely. But I do not want to shake it to hard. Or even try to pulled out to see if it glued hard.

If not I will try a more powerfull glue.

 

[MrYesterday]

Glad to hear it's working for you. Been working on an old seiko of mine for years.

 

[sixbennetts]

It'll probably hold for a long time. If you REALLY wanna make sure it never comes off again, remove the bracelet from the watch and lay it flat, bottom up. Us a very sharp center punch to knock a small divot into the underside of the link right in the middle of where the pin is. It'll look like hell from the back but that will in essense, "squeeze", the stainless steel of the endlink around the head of the pin.