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I have a similar watch and removing the links are not easy. There are pins in certain links that have arrows on the inside of the band. I used a push pin to remove the pins in the direction of the arrows. Snip the end of the push pin with a wire cutter or pliers so that it fits into the hole and tap the top of the push pin with a small hammer until the other end of the pin is exposed enough to extract it with a set of needle nosed pliers. Repeat for other side of link. When the pin is extracted, twist the link inward and it should snap out.
Remove the link and reverse the procedure, placing the pin in the opposite direction as it was extracted. You may have to tap it gently with the push pin and hammer to get it to go into the holes flush.
It takes a little while and some patience, but if you can get someone to hold the band for you while you tap the pin, it will be easier. Also, if you remove the spring loaded pin from the band fastener so the band can be laid out straight, it will also be easier. Good luck!
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I just did this for my wife's new Kenneth Cole wrist watch rather easily. You don't need a screwdriver, but a short section of a paper clip will do. I just set the band on a raise surface to allow room for the pin to be pushed out using the paper clip. For this watch, one side of the pin resembles the slotted side of a small screw - but it is not a screw. This is the side that bulges up a bit to help the pin stay in place. I believe if you punch it out from the opposite side it will fall off quickly, but if you do from the bulged side it, too, will come out but with some resistance. To reattach the band you need to punch the pin into the slot in such a way that its bulged side is on top otherwise you may end up with a bent pin. You must also first line up the hole with the paper clip before reinserting the pin. Good luck.
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Just take a tiny little jewelery screw driver small enough to fit in the pin hole and tap it with anything that you can find. Then pull out other end. Look for arrows indicating which way to remove pin and go in that direction Some pins are like a hairpin and have a split at one end. Replace solid end first opposite of arrow direction. If there are arrows in both directions on the same link; like Fossil for instance, that means that it doesn't matter which direction the pins are removed or replaced. They are solid and they can go back either end first. It's easy. To get the pin in all the way I just used the little screw driver and tapped it in. Good luck.
The reverse of the strap
Step 2. Get a piece of string or ribbon and wrap it around your wrist. Snip
the string so that one end meets the other and measure this diameter.
Step 3. On the other end of the strap you will see the hook which goes over
the clasp - you will see the next picture. From this hook the measured distance
will be where the end of the string lies.
The clasp mechanism - the watch is to the right of the
picture
Step 4. This is the tricky bit! Insert a small screwdriver into the hole on
the main clasp part, from the right hand side and bend it down towards the strap
thus opening the clasp. Do not insert a tool from the left side, under the
clasp and use the bar as a fulcrum; you will bend this rod and the watch strap
will not hook over it. Move the clasp to the desired position and gently locate
the ridge nearest the position. Once located, press down on the open clasp
until it clicks into place - voila!
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To open this clasp, reach under the bracelet band and lift upwards. The band extends to allow for easy removal.
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