Most spring bar tools are ” pen-shaped”, with which you remove one side of the spring bar at a time.

This kit consists of a thick plastic sleeve with two tools, one of which is a heavy-duty, knurled 5-inch tool with a reversible stainless steel tip featuring both forked and pointed ends. This can be fiddly and take a few tries (and you might find yourself also pushing against the strap material itself), but you should be able to feel when it pops out.The tips are finely forked which allows you to reach narrow openings as small as 1mm, which is often not possible with cheaper tools. If you look at the reviews online for various spring bar tools, you will find that there is a huge difference between spring bar tools and spring bar tools. Although it is not always required (depending on the style of spring bar), a good spring bar tool will allow mere novices to quickly remove and install straps while greatly reducing the likelihood of scratching their watch case in the process. His main interests are automatic stainless steel sport watches that he can wear everyday and will survive his active lifestyle. This one did the job nicely, but there are smaller ones costing 1/4th as much that probably would have worked just as well.

The tool attaches to your keyring and unscrews in the middle, revealing a forked bit for strap changing that threads into the handle. The high precision forked tip allows you to firmly grip the spring bar’s flange with confidence so you can ease it out of the lug hole without fear of slipping. Both the fine point and the fine fork can be replaced should the need arise, simply by unscrewing them. The tool also has a knurled handle for an easy and secure grip and will work on just about any watch you can throw at it. You'll want to keep the tool at 90 degrees while applying inward pressure, rather than using a prying motion that could scratch the lugs.If you will be removing heavy leather or rubber straps, the wider forked tip on the 6767-S will allow you to push the strap away from the lugs to give you access to the spring bar. After removing the link I used the jar opener to cover the pin as I had to hammer it back into the band to keep it from sticking out of the hole. After learning about the attention to detail and engineering put into mechanical movements, he was hooked and has been a self confessed enthusiast ever since.

Our number one goal is to make you so satisfied with your purchase that we get the honour of helping you with your next watch purchase.If watchmakers have trusted Bergeon for over 2 centuries, I was confident that their spring bar tool would be a perfect addition to my small collection of basic watch tools. Note: If you have a very expensive watch and are afraid of scratches even on the inside of the lugs, have a professional do it. The saying “You get what you pay for” is perfectly fitting for the 6767-F; the cheap spring bar tools don’t compare to the quality you get by spending a little more on this Swiss made Bergeon.

This kit from Everest is fairly straightforward in that it essentially consists of a Bergeon 61110-type strap-changing tool (see Bergeon entry above) and the same 1.When he’s not reading or writing about watches, Andrew enjoys hiking, exploring and traveling with his family. We're going to discuss how to use its most fundamental feature: the forked tip for classic spring bar removal. It is very disconcerting when you are trying to remove a spring bar without scratching your watch and the tip literally begins to deform in your hand. The one-piece tips are machined from hardened tempered steel and are made to the Swiss level of quality we’ve come to expect. They are flawlessly finished with no burrs or rough edges unlike the lower quality alternatives on the market.