How to Shorten the Bracelet of a Watch?

Almost all of us have had the need to shorten the watch bracelet by checking that its size did not fit the size of our hand. This is not a complicated procedure if not quite the opposite, although it requires a bit of dexterity, some patience and certain specific watch tools. If you do not have these tools, or similar ones, or do not consider yourself capable of carrying it out, it is best that you go to a specialized technical service in which they will carry out this work with full guarantee.

Here is the procedure for shortening the bracelet of a  gold plated Jaguar watch :

The first thing is to check how many links we should remove from the bracelet to leave it to the appropriate size, if it is more than one, and it is even number, you will take half on each side of the closure to leave it centered, in case it is one or a number Odd I draw the largest number of the side that is between the closure and the 6 of the watch as this part of the bracelet lies towards the interior of the arm and this way the closure is less visible.

I put the watch on the PVC support, present the extractor on the pin and hit it smoothly with the hammer , better several short strokes than a large one, until the pin comes out on the opposite side slightly more than half its size, with the clamp to extract it totally, if it is very tight I use pliers of flat mouths.

Putting a watch on a clock removing pins from a bracelet. Using scissor tweezers to remove pin from the wristwatch.

Then I extract the tube that gives pressure to the pin, push it with the extractor in the watch repair kit, this time without the hammer, and withdraw it with the clamp.

At this moment I have the bracelet separated into two parts, I place the short part, the one that has no watch, on the support and proceed to extract a link following the routine already exposed.

Now it is time to join the two parts of the bracelet , with the clamp I insert the tube in the link, present the other part of the bracelet and with the clamp fit the pin until it reaches the point where it resists to continue and put the bracelet on the support and with the hammer I push the pin until it is about 2 mm, I take the extractor again, I present it on the pin and with a light hammer to finish it.

Presenting the mesh to be placed on the bracelet Placing the pin to the bracelet of a watch. Placing links to the bracelet of a watch with its shortened bracelet.