Do-it-yourself casio watch strap repair

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how to fix it?

The body needs to be changed. You won't be able to glue it together. Even if you do something now, after a while the body will still begin to crumble into large pieces. I had this on different Casio after 10+ years of operation.

Here I ordered the case a couple of times with the subsequent replacement. Payment after delivery. Therefore, I refused the strap, which I did not quite like, without any problems.
In the summer, we brought 1 of the 4 hulls remaining in the world in my color of my model!

it is unrealistic to glue. After a couple of broken ears on Casio, I switched to an all-metal Pulsar.

+1, not treated. I also have a casio g-shock in my desk drawer from the year 98 commercials =)

clock year

road clock, a gift from parents.

quote: clock year
Maybe it's some kind of fake? I have worn one similar Casio model for more than 6 years, changed the battery, the strap, but the watch doesn't even think about dying, mmm.

There are tons of spare parts for casio on ebay.

This is not a fake, I seriously clung to something with my watch both times, so the watch was torn off my hand. I don't remember the model numbers, they were the Illuminator and the DataBank. After that, I was looking for an electronic watch in metal and with a WR100 for a long time. as a result I found the Pulsar PR2001.

quote: how to fix it?
Hi. When I had the same trouble, I did the following, I heated the needle and burned the ear shell through and through on both sides, then I picked up the needle by the diameter of the ends on the resin and that's it.
I have been wearing this watch for 4 years already, it is also very expensive.
Vadim.

quote: Vadim.
thanks buddy)

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Probably many have met with a situation where after a few years of wearing the watch is in perfect order, and the plastic strap begins to crack, usually at the fastening point.

Of course, the easiest way is to simply replace it. But sometimes a new strap costs a lot of money! As, for example, in my case, for the Casio PRG-70 model, about 2000 rubles - both on the ebee and in the internet store, the strap (this is in June, and now, after the jump in the dollar, so in general PPC).
Therefore, I preferred to buy a new watch - Casio PRG-270.
But nevertheless, the old dear ones are like a memory to me - many where they have been with me for 7 years and I really wanted to keep them in working order so that I could sometimes wear them. I decided to try to fix the strap beautifully.

Carved out the cracked section

Connected with brackets from a stapler

Crimped a heat-shrinkable tube at the junction

The watch is now wearable again!

It seems to have worked out well, but what do you think?
Of course, the length of the strap has decreased by two holes, but it is enough for my middle hand - even enough to do the same operation again!

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I think that the collective farm is hellish. Shokam would probably goO... Protrack - xs. However, if the watch itself also looks like a battle, then maybe.
But the main thing is the result! It has been achieved, which cannot but rejoice.

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Oh epta))). Well, at least there is a result, but in appearance.

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Oh epta))). Well, at least there is a result, but in appearance.

So I do not pretend to be an aesthetic appearance! Moreover, this watch is not for beauty, but for hiking! In addition, this section of the connected strap is very difficult to notice from the side!
If only the functionality is preserved. What has been achieved!

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Probably many have met with a situation where after a few years of wearing the watch is in perfect order, and the plastic strap begins to crack, usually at the fastening point.

Of course, the easiest way is to simply replace it. But sometimes a new strap costs a lot of money! As, for example, in my case, for the Casio PRG-70 model, about 2000 rubles - both on the ebee and in the internet store, the strap (this is in June, and now, after the jump in the dollar, so in general PPC).
Therefore, I preferred to buy a new watch - Casio PRG-270.
But nevertheless, the old dear ones are like a memory to me - many where they have been with me for 7 years and I really wanted to keep them in working order so that I could sometimes wear them. I decided to try to fix the strap beautifully.

Carved out the cracked section

Connected with brackets from a stapler

Crimped a heat-shrinkable tube at the junction

The watch is now wearable again!

It seems to have worked out well, but what do you think?
Of course, the length of the strap has decreased by two holes, but it is enough for my middle hand - even enough to do the same operation again!

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The strap on my old watch was worn out and I decided to make a new one. Master class on making a watch strap.

We need: 1. Vegetable tanned leather 2.3 mm; 2. Pork skin; 3. Nairite glue; 4. Waxed thread; 5. Paint; 6. Fittings from the old strap.

Tools: 1. Knife; 2. Seam punch; 3. Tortsbil; 4. Stamp for embossing.

We take the ears and buckle from the donor. We start by making a piece. The old strap was 240 mm long, I am making a new one 250 mm (10 mm for the buckle fold). The ears will be attached to separate elements, which we make along the strap width of 22 mm.

We cut out our elements from vegetable-tanned leather: a strap, 2 fasteners for the ears, and a strip from which we will make a belt loop.

We cut a groove for the seam with a cutter.

We moisten the workpieces with water and hammer the details with a stamp for the background. Here's what happens:

On the inside of the strap, I glued a thin lining leather (pork in my case)

Punch holes under the seam.

1 photo: I applied paint and let it dry.

Photo 2: active polishing in order to highlight the relief.

Photo 3: applied varnish and polished.

(Photos 1 and 3 do not differ much, live - the difference is noticeable).

The first step is to assemble the lug mountings and insert them into the watch.

We sew the belt itself along the contour, use a waxed thread, sew with a saddle stitch.

We install the buckle by punching a hole 8-9 mm from the edge of the belt, from the side where the buckle will be, turn the leather and stitch it. We can immediately supply a belt loop, we make the length so that it covers 2 belts.

We sew the watch to the strap, having previously evenly marked the holes with an awl.

The strap is ready. It remains only to punch holes for the buckle with a 2 mm punch.

Photo of finished work

I hope you enjoyed it and find it useful.

It always seemed to me that old people wear such straps. Because my grandfather always wore a watch with such a strap. BUT looks gorgeous in my opinion. And if you also made it yourself, then it is doubly valuable and more pleasant to wear or receive as a gift. +1

I also like these, I wear most of all, so to speak, everyday.

Watch lovers club “Nedelka”? It’s 5 o'clock in front of the units, haven’t gotten to Fossil’s yet?

Here's something like this) with fossils, if I'm not mistaken, it all started with me

If the second from the left is the Seiko Astron SSE079J1 (black), the second from the right is the Skagen SKW6016 (brown)

what about the first in the second row?

Does it seem to me or that such a box for storing watches provokes the purchase of more and more new ones?

Not even seiko for sale? I saw them literally two weeks ago in Japan in the Big Camera, they are probably sold somewhere else.

The first in the second row are the most common mondaine 42 mm 🙂

Yes, I constantly look in the direction of the windows 🙂 Since the moment I took this photo, several more have appeared.

There are also brown Panerai 🙂 But the price is prohibitive.

I ran through jomashop for the sake of interest, there are a lot of browns, but I have not come across a combination of a brown dial and a minimalist design. Well, the price, of course, plays an important role

I thought maybe you can make your own dream strap. This post was at the top of Google.

I want this type, but in the stores all are some kind of glossy, processed

what is an emergency response? emergency protection?

well let's see what good they have

It seems to me that in a relatively large city there will be several such craftsmen. I came across these just by the tag #kozhakaliningrad

ZVCh, sealed 🙂 Zlatoust diving watch 192 series. If you google them, some of the first links to LJ will be my posts about how I tried to buy them)

The guy has two profiles - personal and work.

But again, I ordered only two purses, the quality is excellent, without gloss. Such a harsh option.

So in the end, the purchase of the ZVCh watch took place? in LJ as if not

My espat boss said that we Russians put flasks everywhere 🙂

I still want to make a case for the watch, but it's more difficult with leather, I will do it from wood / fabric.

And this was bought a long time ago on ebay

And let those who took out a mortgage, got married and are addicted to alcoholism envy!

Are you hinting at me now? Only I haven’t married yet, but soon. I have 12 hours just almost all from china. One watch ERSHOV England, my future wife gave it for the new year.

fossil? clock? well, yes, well, yes, hours, of course. And was it worth fucking so hard for this? No, respect for straight arms, although it is a little crookedly done, but the watch itself does not stand there over the strap.

The strap is good, no one argues. Only slightly crooked cut. If you pay attention to the edge, you can see it. This is not a disaster, just a statement of fact. Criticism should be taken constructively and as a development zone, and not as a personal grievance 🙂

And at the expense of watches, well, I don’t know, maybe I’m a little prude, but I don’t know how to admire a watch made of metal of unknown quality, with an unnamed (most likely Chinese) quartz movement, and mineral glass, which scratches very well.

Also manage to collect it. Guys, you're sorry, of course, but no.

My humble opinion is that this and similar watches are real shirpotrebovskaya crap.

I do not impose on anyone, but I have the right to express.

Dude, are you writing to the author or to me? Why are you answering me? I have an original old-style watch in the photo, I have been looking for them for a year, because they are cool. Why should I at least somehow perceive criticism that does not apply to me at all?

Well, you suggested that I find a model by search. I found 🙂

Cool? How? Design? Very much an amateur.

But in a watch, design is far from the main thing. What's the main thing? That's right - the mechanism and materials. Neither one nor the other in this model is not even close.

Consumer goods of extremely dubious quality. That is why I answered you.

Yes, cool in design - the execution of such a dial is rarely found anywhere. They are not in order to dive into the depths with them or test their strength, but for the image once a month. For this, collections are collected. To jerk off to the mechanisms, I have another watch, how I will put it on to dudes with fossils on the Internet, I start to write, proving that their straps are clumsy and their watches are Chinese. Dada 🙂

Well, well, you are full of sarcasm))

Why think in absolute terms right away? Only the Sith make everything absolute.

Sometimes using quality things is not a "jerk off" but a position in life, but collectors probably don't understand this.

By the way, I did not say that the strap is clumsy. The edge is only slightly crooked. But I understand you, for heightened effect and drama, it was necessary to say something sarcastic.

I wish you to grow up to collecting good things) Develop, good luck)

But where are we to you, we must first comprehend the Zen of inappropriate ellipsis, then somehow I will outgrow, and from my Astron seiko I will go to Panerai and then I’ll just come off to those who know nothing about watches and wear sloppy cut edges.

Anyone who has ever bought a new watch with a metal strap has probably faced the problem of strap length. Initially, the strap on the watch is designed to fit as large a wrist as possible, but such a large size does not fit most. To make the watch sit comfortably on your wrist and not slide out, you have to shorten the belt. Many in this case use the services of a watchmaker. In principle, we also do not mind that everyone should do their own thing. However, shortening and adjusting the length of the metal strap on the watch is not such a difficult task. To do this, it is enough to have a set of tools, skillful hands and 15 minutes of free time. If you doubt this, then perhaps we will dispel your doubts if you read our article. It is in it that we will tell you how to shorten (adjust) the metal watch strap to the length you need.

Despite the fact that we all have different ergonomics, not all watch straps are adjustable. This is due not to the fact that the manufacturers wanted to complicate our life, but because they do not need it.
For example, leather straps that our grandparents used to wear, which close like a belt on a belt. These straps are adjustable every time we put them on our arm. In fact, they are fixed to the size of the hand, thus they do not need separate adjustment.
There is another kind of non-adjustable watch strap. These stretch straps. Each of the links in the bracelet of such a strap contains a spring. As a result, the entire bracelet is springy. When the bracelet is put on the arm, it stretches, and then it covers the arm. It does not need adjustment, and it is not possible to make it.

Such watch straps are extremely rare and have become a kind of rudiment, an anachronism of our time. Nevertheless, they also have fans who are considered stylish, comfortable and pragmatic.

The title of this paragraph is somewhat abstracted from reality. Most watch companies provide the ability to shorten, adjust the length of the metal strap, as a matter of course. So, it is more difficult to find straps on watches that are not adjustable than adjustable. Simply put, almost all metal straps on branded watches such as Orient, Casio, Citizen, etc. can be shortened or adjusted. It is also important to note that there are two fundamentally different types of straps. Those that are assembled on rods and those that are assembled on plates. In our review, we will tell you exactly about these two most popular options.
To adjust and change the length of the metal watch strap, we need tweezers and a thin awl. In our case, a simple Chinese toolbox was used for these procedures.

Now straight to the point.

The adjustment differs, first of all, in a small range of changes in the diameter of the strap on the watch. If I can say, then it is performed as a finishing operation. In the case when it is necessary to adjust the diameter by 0.5 - 2 cm.
So, most watches provide for adjustment by repositioning the holding rod in the holes of the closing lock on the watch strap bracelet.
Initially, the rod is squeezed out of the lock using a thin tool.

Then, it is put into the holes that are closer to the already installed rod on the other side of the strap lock.
As a rule, the rod is obtained, which is installed in a uniform row of holes. The second rod is either remote from them, or slightly displaced, it is not necessary to get it.
The rod must be removed (set) carefully, as it can jump out, due to the fact that it is spring-loaded in the lock. As a result, it can not only fly away to where you will not find it, but also crumble into its constituent parts.

The process of shortening the strap involves removing one or more links from the metal bracelet of the watch. In this case, initially, as well as during adjustment, one of the pins is removed from the lock. As a result, the strap "opens", now you can work with it.

Next, you need to pay attention to those links that can be dismantled. You can only dismantle those parts of the strap where the arrow is. Where there is no arrow, these links are not separable from each other. So, in our case, we will give two possible options for connecting the strap, which we have already mentioned. In the first case, the belt is connected with rods, in the second, with the help of plates. Like rods.

... are pulled out in the direction of the arrows (visible in the photo) and only from those links where these arrows are, as we have already mentioned. The rods diverge at their end. Therefore, when they are in a strap, they may seem like a small cog, but they are not.

As for the straps on the rod, it was not always smooth with them. Even with a seemingly suitable tool, the rod in the strap sometimes went inward, but it was not always pulled out from the opposite side. As a result, the cone of the tool reached the bracelet itself and could damage it. (see picture). Even if this damage is not particularly noticeable, if the watch is expensive, it will not be very pleasant.

The best option was to use a paper clip. A small rod, about 5-7 mm, was bitten off from it with pliers and inserted into the hole. The rigidity of such a homemade tool was quite enough to knock out the strap rod to the end, while not damaging the ends of the strap. The blows on the protruding piece of the paper clip were made with the plastic handle of a screwdriver, that is, not very hard and not with a metal object.

Another option for adjusting the strap, or rather not even the watch strap itself, but changing the diameter under the arm is carried out due to the "sliding" lock. This lock can be moved along one of the watch straps, thereby adjusting the diameter of the wrist.

This is the simplest option when no special tool is required for adjustment, except for a flat-blade screwdriver. The locking tab on the strap is pushed to the side and then, after adjustment, is lowered down again.

This is by far the easiest strap length adjustment option you will encounter on a watch.
At the same time, note that using this technology, manufacturers have combined a stylish leather strap with the convenience of using it as a metal one. When the belt is fastened in one motion, without the need to "catch" the holes and waste time and nerves.

As a result, having released one of the links on the watch strap, we simply put it back together. Due to the operations performed to dismantle the link, the strap becomes shorter by this link. If removing one link from the strap does not help, then the other links where there is an arrow can be removed in the same way. If you need to remove multiple links, try to remove links on symmetrical sections of the strap, on one side of the lock and on the other.
As you understood and saw, the procedure is not particularly troublesome, but more requiring attention and patience. Now you can not only adjust, but also change the length of the metal strap on the watch.

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During the use of watches, bracelets and cases are in one way or another subject to external contamination, and sometimes due to defects invisible to the eye, dirt gets inside, which can cause damage to the mechanism. Dust, sea salt, fine sand are clogged between the links of the bracelet and, over time, plaque becomes more and more. As a result, the appearance of the watch deteriorates and a favorable environment is created for the reproduction of harmful microorganisms.

Do not rush to put your watch on the shelf or buy a new bracelet, if yours has become dirty and faded, try contacting a watch workshop. For example, we took clean white plastic clock with very strong and persistent dirt.

The watch case (without the mechanism) and the bracelet were lowered into the device with an ultrasonic wave with a specialized solution for a certain time. After watch bracelet cleaning all external dirt is gone.

But! It should be borne in mind that ultrasound cannot remove corrosion on metal and yellow spots of light plastic, which changes its color during wear.

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