[gtp]

I have this incoming to celebrate the completion of my chemotherapy and being cancer-free! It should be here tomorrow or Monday...can't wait!

 

[kwkarth]

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Originally Posted by gtp /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have this incoming to celebrate the completion of my chemotherapy and being cancer-free! It should be here tomorrow or Monday...can't wait!

Congratulations on all counts!

 

[MuZI]

The Omega Seamaster is one of the most comfortable/sturdy watches I've ever worn.

 

[upstateguy]

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Originally Posted by kwkarth /img/forum/go_quote.gif AFIK, the best bands use links held together by screws. A solid pin, unless I'm mistaken, would be held in by some sort of mild adhesive such as locktite. The way my jeweler friend described to me, if I understood him correctly, is to warm up the band with a heat gun, then the pins can be extracted safely. I have several tools to remove and re-insert pins, and all friction fit pins with one exception were split pins. The one exception is with the Tissot T-Touch watches I have. They have a solid pin that is, indeed held in place with something like locktite. I changed the bands on two of them and used an invisibly small drop of krazy glue to keep the pin in place. On all my watches that use screws between the links, (Omega, Breitling, Ernst Benz, Ball,) they're so small in diameter, you might not even realize they're screws until you look at the ends with a loop. I have to use a very, very, very small screwdriver to fit in the slot.

Hi kw

Where are the screws located? My Omega has solid push pins in the band for adjustment, but I don't see any screws??? Are they visible?

USG

Edit for quick and dirty pic of bands.....

 

[upstateguy]

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Originally Posted by gtp /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have this incoming to celebrate the completion of my chemotherapy and being cancer-free! It should be here tomorrow or Monday...can't wait!

Congrats on all accounts!

USG

 

[kwkarth]

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Originally Posted by upstateguy /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hi kw Where are the screws located? My Omega has solid push pins in the band for adjustment, but I don't see any screws??? Are they visible? USG Edit for quick and dirty pic of bands.....

I see the screw heads in the Rolex band but the screws on my Omegas are just as small as what looks like pins in your picture. Look at it under a magnifier to see if there's a fine slot for screw driver. If it's a solid pin, then you may need to gently heat the band before extracting them. Often the secrws are locktited as well.

 

[kontai69]

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Originally Posted by upstateguy /img/forum/go_quote.gif Where are the screws located? My Omega has solid push pins in the band for adjustment, but I don't see any screws??? Are they visible?

The Omega bracelets don't use screws but rather pins.
Here is a good tutorial on how to adjust the bracelet on Omegas...
http://mywatchmaker.net/epages/sizingbracelets.htm

 

[music_man]

as it turns out the zenith has the same exact type of pins as the omega.

i always thought that if a band was considered high quality it must have screws. this must not be true. since zenith and omega are some of the best watches available(imho).

the thing is they are not split pins like on a $100 watch though. there must be a reason they use the pins. i am sure these companies could have used screws if they wanted to. some other companies use pins like this too. even an old iwc i have(maybe 25 years old).

music_man

 

[mrarroyo]

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Originally Posted by gtp /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have this incoming to celebrate the completion of my chemotherapy and being cancer-free! It should be here tomorrow or Monday...can't wait!

Very happy for you, and best of luck.

 

[kwkarth]

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Originally Posted by kontai69 /img/forum/go_quote.gif The Omega bracelets don't use screws but rather pins. Here is a good tutorial on how to adjust the bracelet on Omegas... http://mywatchmaker.net/epages/sizingbracelets.htm

You are correct, I stand corrected. I was confusing the Planet Ocean bracelet with the Ball Skylab Commemorative bracelet.

 

[kwkarth]

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Originally Posted by music_man /img/forum/go_quote.gif as it turns out the zenith has the same exact type of pins as the omega. i always thought that if a band was considered high quality it must have screws. this must not be true. since zenith and omega are some of the best watches available(imho). the thing is they are not split pins like on a $100 watch though. there must be a reason they use the pins. i am sure these companies could have used screws if they wanted to. some other companies use pins like this too. even an old iwc i have(maybe 25 years old). music_man

My watchmaker straightened me out on this one. The Omega pins have a "detent" inscribed in the pin. The barrel that it rides in has a detent as well and it is the detent in the barrel that captures the detent on the pin.

 

[Petyot]

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Originally Posted by gtp /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have this incoming to celebrate the completion of my chemotherapy and being cancer-free! It should be here tomorrow or Monday...can't wait!

Congrats!

 

[Petyot]

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Originally Posted by jcn3 /img/forum/go_quote.gif very nice!! i'm a sucker for a great, unique diving watch.

I like diving watch too... Here are some of my other watches :

And two others I unfortunately had to sell a few month ago to buy another one...

Here is one last picture with my wife's divers watch :

 

[immtbiker]

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Originally Posted by gtp /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have this incoming to celebrate the completion of my chemotherapy and being cancer-free! It should be here tomorrow or Monday...can't wait!

For what you must have went through, you deserve a lot more than a nice watch. Please stay healthy.

 

[bhd812]

Yeah people keep posting pics of the sub's and dwellers and seamasters and p/o's...

my wallet hates your guts!

(more pics! more Pics! yeah!!!!!)