There are no arrows, no obvious pins, no pin latches. This band is different than all of the ones I’ve ever sized. Does anyone know how to remove links from this band?

Edit: user Septimaeus was correct in that it was a fixed link band. The link they provided helped in understanding what is requires to resize, and the band now fits my wrist like it was made for it. Thanks!!

  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    7 months ago

    It certainly has pins in the normal places. They must have been ground down after they were installed, making them extremely difficult to see.

    If it was mine, I would grab each side of a link with a pair of pliers, and alternate between gently squeezing the sides together, and pulling them apart, with a very slight twisting action. I’m not trying to take it apart yet, just get enough movement in the pins to be able to identify them. Once found, remove like normal.

    They may be extremely difficult to reinstall…

    You could try some of the tricks used to expose the layers in Damascus steel: etching with various acids. The differing steels of the pins and the links may etch differently, revealing the pins.