Breitling Bentley bracelet broken, pin replacement?

[manxixe]

hi all, my breitling rep bracelet seems to have lost a pin that held it together near the clasp. (pics)

Does anyone know for sure if that's all i need to track down (replacement pin) and if so, any good places to find online?

thanks!

 

[Crabber]

Did you ever find the part? Same thing happened to me

 

[manxixe]

Unfortunately I haven't. It's odd, but seems like no one has ever needed spare parts like this or something because no one has anything or knows of how to get one.

Terrible reason to not be able to wear my watch for months now

 

[Crabber]

Thanks for the quick reply.

I think we are better off just replacing the entire bracelet and then swapping out the branded buckle OR just harvesting the required link from this site. I will be using loctite on all the screws this time around! For $39 bucks its probably the best way to go.

http://www.ewatchparts.com/parts-ac...itling-bentley-shiny-5-link-straight-end.html

 

[manxixe]

oh awesome, thanks for sharing that link. i'm going to order that today.

any idea on if there are any special tools needed to if i want to swap out the bracelet myself?

 

[Crabber]

I think it would probably be easier to just replace the missing pin and screw from the new unbranded bracelet and then use them on the rep bracelet. If you wanted to replace the entire bracelet, you just need to release the spring bar with a spring bar tool on the reverse side of the SEL.

 

[Crabber]

Well I got the strap from ewatchparts....it's not a true OEM/rep 1:1 replacement. If you want to simply replace the entire strap with a generic one, it will fit that bill.

The screw and pins in the adjustable links are not OEM style, the end links to the buckle are solid vs multi, and the buckle itself has different joints.

I wanted to retain the Rep Breitling engraved buckle and I was hoping to simply salvage a pin and tube, which was a no go. I then attempted to swap buckles, but couldn't figure how to take apart the rep buckle.

Only way I was able to get this retain the rep look was to create a hybrid rep/ewatchparts bracelet.

End link is solid vs rep which was multi piece at end link to buckle.

Ewatchparts link on left has no engraving on underside vs rep bracelet on right.

Differences in buckle clasp.

Rep is left, ewatchparts is right.

Used loctite on all screws to secure this guy so there is no next time!

 

[thatracer05]

Good thread. I may be looking to do this as I may not have any luck finding the screws I need for my breitling bracelet