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Kryton, has yours got drilled through pillars, like the SPORK has? You just push a brooch pin through to push the end of the spring bar in. Really good idea.
This photo shows the little holes at the outside ends of the pillars
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Like a two grand watch on a two bob strap?
I'm in that camp. Fill your boots of leather or metal options, but this fashion for material straps is a joke
Kryton, has yours got drilled through pillars,
No, hence the issue. Id assume you have to pull back the strap and the bar is spring-telescopic, like a loo roll holder. But i cant force the strap back to see.
One of these:
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Very pleased with it.
Got a quote for having my old bracelet reconditioned and fitted with a new clasp. I'd better start saving now, but in the meantime i'll stick with the NATO.
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Kryton use a Stanley knife, slide it between the strap and watch and you should feel the bar, then twist it against the lug and it will pop free.
Countzero if your Casio plastic or metal? I wouldn't do what you're suggesting - especially if it's plastic. Spring bars are a better option, put a pic up of the back of your watch - casios can be a right ballache to do.
Yep, image here to show the two part pins
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I'd post photos if I could work out how the chuff Imgur works!
As it happens, I've managed to hack the Casio and strap, wearing it now, and I'm rather pleased with it. I notched the sides of the strap where it fits between the pillars using a Stanley blade, then carefully melted the edges with a soldering iron, [i]very[/i] carefully drilled through the pillars using an 0.6mm drill in a holder, then used an 0.8mm drill to run through from the outside, making sure the holes align, then pushed a piece of 0.8mm stainless wire partway through over the strap and carried on pushing and twisting until it went through the opposite hole, snipped off the long end and used a needle file to smooth off the sharp protruding end.
If the battery needs changing then it'll just need a pair of needle-nosed pliers to work the wire back out, or push through with a brooch pin on one side.
The strap is exactly the same colour as the dial markers, and it looks really good, the strap is nice and thick with brushed steel round buckle and keepers, so well pleased for a couple of hours work.
I guess, if I'd had a watch clamp and bench vice to hold it in I might have been able to force the spring bars into place, but the amount of stress they'd be under had me worried they'd just break apart.
Kryton, it might be worth getting a proper spring bar tool, thinner ends and easier to work into a tight space.
Is the strap steel or rubber? The rubber ones are a bitch, my goldsmith mate, who I got the stainless wire from, hates dealing with those if he's given a watch to do a battery change on, or a dial repair.