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I will look for that thread, freddy. In fact, I had also scheduled a meeting with DW in Shenzhen, back in 2010. He unfortunately cancelled a few weeks before my trip to Hong Kong, so I instead used my PRC visa to take the train to Guangzhou, where Mary (of Watch International, back in the day) gave me a guided tour of the watch and watch parts markets. She was fantastic, but the whole GZ experience was a bit of a mixed bag for me!

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So, how do you remove more links from an oyster bracelet even AFTER all the “removable” links have been removed? I am a woman who likes large watches. Even after all the links have been removed, the watch is too large and --more importantly-- the clasp doesn’t sit correctly under my wrist. I learned how to do this from a Rol*x AD, and have done it to my own watches ever since. This procedure is permanent, but it is a nice alternative to an improperly fitting watch. BTW, thanks to El for a wonderful Explorer. I wore it into an AD yesterday and I’ll be dammed if I could see the differences between the rep and the gen. 1. Open the bracelet and lay the watch flat. You will see the Oyster bracelet has 3 sections. We are going to force these sections apart in order to see (and remove) the pin. Please note: this will permanently damage and remove this link!!! 2. With vice grips securely holding one side of the link, take a bolt cutter (however, heavy duty wire cutters will also work) and line it up with the junction of the 2 pieces you want to separate. Lightly wiggle and squeeze to get the bolt cutter tip to start separating the links. Do this on both junctions. As you can see, the link to be removed is permanently damaged. 3. Grab a separated link with a vice grip. Hold—don’t crush—the link. Use another vice grip to hold—not crush—the other outside link. Gently wiggle the vice grips while separating the 2 outside links from the center link. Pull apart. Here is the removed link 4. Reattach bracelet. This does change the perfect taper, but it is less noticeable in person than it is in the picture. 5. The result is a properly fitted watch! Easy!