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Put band back on

This watch makes use of two buttons to hold the band on instead of the usual "toilet paper roller." I cannot get the band to go back on after one side, then the other, came off. Nothing is broken, just dislodged. Help! Thanks, gcrafty

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  • JoeTrainer Jun 08, 2008

    I had the same problem, when the band came off during a softball game. I've tried several times to put the band back on, but there doesn't seem to be an easy solution.

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It is all about geometry Hisall! You need to find a watchmaker that understands the gentle art of "tweaking" the bends and parts in your watch clasp. People come to me with this problem regularly and I spend a minute making very small bends and Voila! I make it look easy but I have worked on thousands of bands so I usually can see what the problem is immediately. I am assuming the clasp is not actually broken or missing parts just not functioning properly. Go find a old watchmaker and tell him what I said. He will know what to do.

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Timex Canada told me the only way to fix this is to send it in. In trying to fix mine, I notice it is actually held on be slotted lugs/keyways and the 'loops' around the buttons probably don't do very much of the holding. Tried hard but i could not force things to go back together properly - not I'm searching Internet for a fix too when I found your query.

Posted on Jun 18, 2007

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