kenmasters Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 (edited) I just got myself a SMP Chrono and I wish to re-size the bracelet. I know it uses screws instead of pins. The screws are so small ! I have a tiny screwdriver but its not small enough. I tried with a swiss army knife but the screw doesn't seem to budge. Do I have to purchase a special tiny screw driver from somewhere or take the watch to a watch smith ? You would think resizing a bracelet is the most common thing ppl do with their watches, but even then you need special tools for this.. ! Edited November 24, 2007 by kenmasters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casanile Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 I just got myself a SMP Chrono and I wish to re-size the bracelet. I know it uses screws instead of pins. The screws are so small ! I have a tiny screwdriver but its not small enough. I tried with a swiss army knife but the screw doesn't seem to budge. Do I have to purchase a special tiny screw driver from somewhere or take the watch to a watch smith ? You would think resizing a bracelet is the most common thing ppl do with their watches, but even then you need special tools for this.. ! I had the same problem. First of all, for the health of your watch I recommend you to use a correct size screwdriver, it's useful for a lot of thing...sunglasses... But I confess that I used a leatherman tool before. No matter the tool you use, you have to help the screw to go out. While you unscrew give a soft continuous push on the other side of the screw. The screw will come easily you can do that with a pushpin put in flat under the bracelet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenmasters Posted November 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2007 (edited) Thanks.. I went and bought a precision screw driver set. The bracelet screws require a 1mm screw driver. 1mm ! Had difficultly with one screw that wouldn't budge, but it came out with a little more force.. oh well ! watch is sweet now.. this baby is quite thick ! but I really like the details.. a definate keeper Edited November 25, 2007 by kenmasters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajorBobL Posted November 25, 2007 Report Share Posted November 25, 2007 Thanks.. I went and bought a precision screw driver set. The bracelet screws require a 1mm screw driver. 1mm ! Had difficultly with one screw that wouldn't budge, but it came out with a little more force.. oh well ! watch is sweet now.. this baby is quite thick ! but I really like the details.. a definate keeper I just ordered one from Andrew @ TrustyTime. I was very pleased with it. Again, the pics on his site do not do justice. Anyway, I noticed that the date in the date window was a tad misaligned, that the right side numbers were cut off. When I asked Andrew about it, he said that it was because the window was cut small. Then I noticed that the date was centered in the window. OK, now I'm puzzled. A few minutes later, back to the cutoff. So I asked if there was an adjustment, and he said that sometimes an adjustment could be made from the crown. OK, let's try that. So I unscrew the crown, pull it out, and found that where was some "play" there, in that the minute hand would move 2 minutes before engaging to actually move the hand. Now this is really disconcerting. I don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenmasters Posted November 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2007 I got mine from silix.. which has its own problems.. it looks fine except for a small bubble/crack inside the front cystal.. didn't notice it until i took of the plastic covering the cyrstal. I don't see any movement issues or date window issues on mine. The pearl is not perfect, but i hear its common for all these watches.. the start button for the chrono is hard like hell to press... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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