wothrottle Posted April 10, 2009 Author Report Posted April 10, 2009 1. Adjust the Bracelt to your wristsize. After that adjust the clasp, although I only have two Breitling reps, both came with a sloppy clasp that screams fake. Tap all the pictured spots with the hammer, most of the with the plastic side. the flip lock has to be tight, Tap and control, Tap and control till the clasp feels like it should ( only tkes some hammer strokes and changes the whole bracelet )
wothrottle Posted April 10, 2009 Author Report Posted April 10, 2009 2. Remove the Bracelet, with some watches it
wothrottle Posted April 10, 2009 Author Report Posted April 10, 2009 3. Us esome Baby Oil and bath the bracelet, you can remve the clasp for this and only deal with the two smaller bracelet pieces. remove from bath, jiggly all links, bath, remove, jiggle, bat, remove,jiggle,.... till it feels smooth
wothrottle Posted April 10, 2009 Author Report Posted April 10, 2009 4. Next step is sanding. The inner edges of both my bracelets are kind of sticky to the wrist with their hard edge. I used a sanding stone in the pic, probably grit 120, use some oil to the stone and sandpaper to smotth sanding. after 120 use some 400 grit paper in a 45 degree angle.
wothrottle Posted April 10, 2009 Author Report Posted April 10, 2009 5. Polishing. Polish the edges using a dremel tool with a polishing kit ( blu wax paste ). polish the edges to high gloss and smooth them further.
wothrottle Posted April 10, 2009 Author Report Posted April 10, 2009 6. Now polish the whole bracelet including clasp. spin the dremel and press it against the polishing wax, now polish. nothing easier than that. you can use the slowest speed to get used, in most cases this is enough to bring it to a shine. start with some pressure and reduce the almost no pressure. Also polish inbetween links like shown.
wothrottle Posted April 10, 2009 Author Report Posted April 10, 2009 7. Cle3an residue off with a soft microfiber towel, you can also use a toothbruch with some dish washing detergent , flush with hot wanter and dry.
wothrottle Posted April 10, 2009 Author Report Posted April 10, 2009 8. Voila. Your new much improved bracelet ! It feels much smoother and the shine is fantastic. And since using baby oil no harm to the skin. Hope this small HOW-TO helped you.
mastmampf Posted April 10, 2009 Report Posted April 10, 2009 Very nice written. Thanks for this instruction. I`m sure this is a cheap but good working solution if you can not afford a gen Breitling (or any other brand) bracelet. Greetz Matz
chubbchubb Posted April 14, 2009 Report Posted April 14, 2009 Nice. Thanks for the time and effort. May I respectfully suggest to put all steps into one post next time?
wothrottle Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Posted April 15, 2009 Nice. Thanks for the time and effort. May I respectfully suggest to put all steps into one post next time? sorry for that, but i just can
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