How to Easily Size Watch Bracelets: Tips, Tools & Tricks. Avoid scratches & remove stuck screws 

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Love the way it’s assumed that the viewer doesn’t know how to boil water or where to purchase a kettle but will definitely know the strength of “blue” loctite in relation to purple

Thanks to everyone adding tips! Let's keep them coming to help others out and I'll try to capture them here: - Wrap the bracelet in painter's or masking tape to add rigidity and provide further scratch protection - Rather than WD-40, try soaking the bracelet (again, not watch head) in olive oil. This can help to loosen things without using a penetrating oil or caustic chemicals

Nice. One tip I'd pass along too is the use of 'painters tape' to hold the links together making them stiffer and scratch proofing while making adjustments. The added rigidness helps a lot.

Informative, didactic, and concise. Thank you so much for putting this tutorial together

Great video! Very helpful. Thank you so much!

Hi Jonathan, I just wanted to say thank you to you and thank you for doing this video. Thank you also to those that left helpful tips. I was resizing my first Zelos watch and my first bracelet using screws, I had one screw that was stuck solidly, I tried using a hairdryer to heat it, but it didn’t work. I remembered watching this video, and quickly found it and watched it again. This time I used hot water in a mug from a boiled kettle and put the bracelet into it as far as the stuck screw. A few (4-5) minutes later I tried again, and it worked perfectly and I could remove it, thankfully the rest of the screws were no problem. I also put low tack tape either side of the screws to help protect the bracelet, just in case I slipped. I have the same make and size screwdriver that you used, and lightly screwed them in reverse as you showed, you definitely feel and hear a click when the screw is seated and then I could screw it back in properly. I am waiting a few days just in case I want to alter the bracelet, then if I am still happy with it, I will put a touch of 222 Loctite on all of them. This video and the tips left by others made everything so much easier.

very helpful! thanks for the info regarding how some pins are actually screws.

Great tips here. I know a lot of folks have been dealing with adjusting bracelets with the hardening treatment. Hopefully this will save them from stripped heads and scratches.

Very helpful, thank you!

Thanks for the tips, I currently have a stuck screw in a bracelet so I'm going to give these tricks a go.

My little Wera 1.2 has served me well :)

Thank you - this was great. Very helpful. Now I'm off to boil some water...

Great video with some great recommendations. One other tip I've found helpful for stuck pins or links is to soak them in olive oil. I had a pin and collar link stuck on one of my SARB033s and the olive oil trick worked great to loosen it up, but in a more natural way than using solvents, etc.

How do you make your watch bracelet longer ?

Good info, but he didn't mention how to loosen up the pins. I was only able to get out 1 pin.

What if I broke half the head unable to unscrew it, any solutions for that ?

I have trouble removing Cartier Cle De Cartier bracelet link..

how can we open locked (with glue) screws ? Please Help

What if the screw head is a bit stripped?

Very useful and informative! thanks!