DIY - How To Resize / Add or Remove Links To A Fossil Smart Watch Band, without any special tools. Change your band without buying anything! (Not Fossel or Fossle)
Here I was messing around with it thinking it was supposed to fold over itself or something. That's how you can tell I never used watches before smartwatches lol. Thanks for the help.
Very good instructions. It worked perfectly. I removed two on one side and one on the other and then made a microadjustment with the clip. Be careful, though, that rod is spring loaded and will pop out unexpectedly.
Dude, You are MacGyver! I thank you so much for this. Got a Fossil Gen 5 for Christmas, needed to resize the band. Another video started out by telling me to buy the kit off Amazon. That's fine and all, but this was Christmas Day. I didn't want to wait 3 days to get something to resize my band and wear my watch. That's why your video is awesome. Using your video, and an extra pair of hands, I was able to easily adjust the size of my watch band, and wear it right away.
The gen 5e I just got has the average 22mm band and it's so huge lol. I ordered a full silicone set on Amazon..for some reason the same watch with silicone band was more than the metal..10 silicone colored bands for like $20. Soon as I find a paper clip I'm trying this lol
@@jereron648 order the Amazon silicon set unless you pull pins. I got like the 10 pack they make a 5 a 10 and 20 pack and they are deff durable af and the watch works way better than I expected possibly better than my previous iwatch since I moved to Samsung it works perfectly battery last long time just have to go into settings and turn things off like unused things make sure the watch isn't always on display.
Thanks so much! This worked great! Removed 2 links, now I’m wearing my watch and didn’t have to drop by the jewelers for something I can now do myself!
Thanks for this. It was a bit hard to see what you were doing because the foam mat is so dark...but the audio description was good, once I turned it up. Gonna give it a try!
Awesome bro thank you I just received my expensive watch but want it a lil more snugged so I didn’t want to take it spend 2hours drive and to find some one to change it for me if I can do it my self and with this omg simple so thank you 🤘🏼
nope--all the paperclip does is bend--and yes it fit the hole. edit---ok went and got a stronger "punch" out of the drawer. Looks like a crochet hook but tapering toward the end with just a tiny point and no hook. The rod shaped part was strong enough--the tip toward the point STILL bent but at least it was MUCH MUCH stronger than a paperclip and I got the job done. 2 links out of one side and one out of the other. Perfect.
The paperclip has worked many times and the part you tap thru must be straight, but I am glad you got it to work! Finding easy ways to get things done is what it is all about.
I think my AM3993 Fossil band links lost tiny sleeves which you showed at the beginning. Where can I get them? The correct size pins 0.8 mm by 20 mm just slide in and out easily. Thanks!
You really should advise people to follow the arrows on the underside of the band so they don’t damage the pins. Also maybe a little closer with the camera so people can actually see what you are doing.
I came here to say this too after investigating doing this myself. What about my situation, I have arrows pointing in both directions towards the outer edges of the strap. So which was should I go?
IT WORKED WOOHOOO!!!! I took out too many from either side and thus had to do a lot more of the tapins n out, but hey, it was a big help from you, coz the pdf on these metal straps on www.fossils.com is totally misleading (it states the locks are spring loaded, which is the partial truth, given that only the hinges at the dial-connectors are so, not the rest!! Thanks again bro!!👍👌👌
Hi there mate I have the fossil FS4542 watch I after getting it I found out its to small for my wrist I wanted to ask can I add more links or is what it has one it the maximum plz say it can take one or two more I got it off ebay so never got any extra links sadly
Have you tried other pins that are on the band? If it isn't the same band that came with this style watch it could have a different style pin. Some other style pins may spring outward to load in place, so you have to put them into remove.
Great video. I only have one question though. I've seen another video, same process but using a tool for the job. The video said to remove the pins in one direction, and replace them in the opposite direction. To know which way to go you have to look at the arrows on the links underside. Seems straight forward enough. However. My strap has arrows pointing in both directions going outwards to the outer edge of the strap. So which way should I tap them out? Or is it simply the case that you can do it either way? I'd love to know before I end up with a damaged strap and a trip to the jewellers haha. Thanks.
strongcloud28 I know this comment is almost a year old but it may still help others to know that: No, it doesn't matter which direction you tap them out. These are just tensioned pins, nothing fancy / directional. You can also tell because the links have little engraved arrows pointing in both directions.