Strap change woes - can I buy push pins?

[plymman]

I received my 177 today and removed the rubber strap to put on my favourite leather but I can screw them back in. It goes about 1/2 a turn then seems stuck and goes no further.

I'm not sure if I've burred the screw or the screwdriver or whether there's a particular technique with the 177. Does anyone know where I can buy some pushpins in the uk?

Thanks

 

[COLDI]

http://panatime.com/24respbareyo.html

Cousinsuk might have them too

 

[Time4Direct]

Try lining them up and turning them as if you are unenlightening until you feel it enter then tighten it.
also a little silicon grease on the screw end often helps as well

 

[J.Prime]

Grab some spring bars. Since getting them I've never gone back to screws.

 

[tommy_boy]

Try lining them up and turning them as if you are unenlightening until you feel it enter then tighten it.
also a little silicon grease on the screw end often helps as well

+1. Stainless on stainless can seize on you.

If you get spring bars, consider the fat ones suitable for dive watches.

 

[trailboss99]

Nope, if you put spring bars in a watch designed to use screws you want the special bars designed to replace screws. http://watchbitz.com.au/shop/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=299 or quick release bars: http://watchbitz.com.au/shop/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=301



Col

 

[tommy_boy]

Those "Panerai Replacement Spring Bars" have a screw slot at one end. Clever.

Thanks, Col!

 

[trailboss99]

Yep, they are also nice and thick at 2.5mm as well as the ends being the correct dia to fill the holes in a watch that had screws. One end is larger than the other.

 

[5up3rman]

very sorry to hash up an old thread.
i have a 111 and i think it has the spring bars with screws.
however mine does not seem to come undone.
do i push in slightly and unscrew until it pops out?
or is there some other method?

thank you by the way