Easy peasy all by myself. I didn't have a thumb tack but found a tiny screw that fit the pin, and used the back of a screwdriver to hammer it thru! Thanks so much.

I did it and it worked! Instead of the thumb tack for the initial removal I used a mechanical pencil. Some of the pencils have the little metal tube that sticks out where the lead comes out that does not move in or out - some do not. I found one that I had. It was easy to push the pin out with it. I did use the tack to slightly tap it back in the last little bit (although it probably didn't need it so much).

Well, what do i say, it worked like a charm with the books :D Thanks!

Worked like a charm for me!

I did it ❤ thankyou so much, you should take up teaching mate. 10/10. V happy ⌚️

👍👏Great video! Thanks for posting.

Thank you! Very helpful!

So very useful Thank you!!

Worked like a charm thanks

Thanks! Worked great!

Lifesaver, thank you!

Guidance worked perfectly. 👍

If you have a bench vice, place a safety pin in the vice and clamp it tight, this is much easier than balancing a thumbtack or pin on a table, and you can also crouch down below the height of the vice and look up to make sure the safety pin is located in the hole for the watch pin, before you apply the pressure to push the watch pin out, thus preventing any scratches 👍

Thanks! My watch has been on the shelf for months because the pin somehow came out halfway and I didn’t know how to get it back in. I used a paper clip to push it all the way out and pressed it back in with some closed tweezers.

thank you, got my new Christmas present fitting now! after two minor puncture wounds I found its much easier to get one pin out via thumbtack method, then use that pin to push out the others with a mallet and light taps.

This was extremely helpful for my watch strap. I built the jig he made with books out of pieces of wood (2 by 4's) because the pins in my strap proved difficult to remove. Thank you very much.

Love your book clamp trick. I managed to take themout without hamner, just my 2 finger push on the safety pin and I'm a woman. But now I'm having troubles on assembling them back. 😂😅😅

Thank you so much this video helped me a lot

i love you much it work. i really dont want to buy a dedicated tool for it

Thank you

The anxiety of you pushing it towards your hand waiting for it to slip had me on edge 🤣

Works a treat, thanks! I used the gap between the wooden floorboards instead of books, as this was filled and easy enough to retrieve the pin. Is interesting that using manual force doesn't do the trick, but tapping with something heavy like a power bank works every time.

Cheers bro

Thank you so so much 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 I had it. I needed to make it short so so badly

thanks it worked

Thank you. 🎉

Thnx

You are a fucking legend, thank you so much. All I could find were videos advertising those stupid tools before I found this. My watch now fits perfectly thanks to you. ❤

what if my watch doesn’t have visible pins on the side?

This worked for me, but only after beating the crap out of it for an hour or so. Worked better once I broke off the sharp point of the thumbtack so it was flat ended, and I don't think it would have worked with a normal thumbtack- we happened to have some solid metal thumbtacks that were like, industrial or smth

Tried this on my eidfice the pin just bent and couldnt get the link pin out. You are right about some links are tight as hell.

Can you do this with micro adjuster

oh thanks DeSinc didn’t think i’d see you here

The book method works.

I've watched a few of these videos, still having trouble.

mine wouldnt push out?

Can use phone sim card pin?

the pin is too tight ): i tried to use the screw thingy and the sim ejector it didn’t work ): i just wanna wear my watch

Listen to his voice. . . Tell me folks, this guy isn't Daniel Ricciardo. Consider it a compliment, I swear you sound just like him.

Bro mine doesnt have little holes to pole.

Can we use safety pin

PLEASE. ALL OF YOU. INCLUDING THE HOST. WATCH SEVERAL VIDEOS AT LEAST. WATCH AT LEAST SEVERAL VIDEOS. BEFORE TRYING TO DO ANYTHING TO ANYTHING. I wish I did. For this issue, be advised there are a few different types of pins. And a shitload of tools and methods. I can tell you; this guy's method will work, even if it's wrong f9r other 5ypes of pins. For instance, Watch for single-screw pins, double-screw pins, collar pins are super tricky, and I'm trying to find a video for what I can only describe as "Concentric-circle, on one end, pins with the other end just wide, flat, smooth-ended" pins from Asia. I don't EVEN know what keywords to search with. But I AM learning. Please take my advice and learn from as many people as you can stand. You might need your favorite beverage, but you'll feel pretty cool about knowing what you're doing. I mean really knowing. Good luck. P.S.: BTW, I did learn something from this video too. Just saying...

I thought I would try it with a thumbtack. Watch costs $700+ so I don’t want to damage it just because I want it to fit today. I’ll go to jeweler.

"Which kinda look like screws, but they're not screws" THEY WERE SCREWS! I broke 6 pins before I figured out this is wrong and I needed a screwdriver.

Mine is too tight

Why wouldnt you just remove the piece and shorten the wrist band to complete the whole video process

I just use a 0.5mm pen

who tf owns a thumbtack

I bought a cheap one off Amazon for a fitness watch. Dicked around with it for 20 minutes, couldn't even get one to budge, so I spiked it off my concrete floor. Amazingly the pins all budged then! Problem solved by throwing these horrible bands in the trash and buying anything but these. Seriously its 2023, there are better ways to make things that adjust.

Mine wonk come out

Thank you