Spring Bar Tool for removing / re-fitting / changing leather watchstraps

Spring Bar Tools for watchstrap removal & replacement from Watchworx TSS UK

Spring Bar Tool 4

(all metal body and tips)

Spring Barremoving tool for changing leather watchstraps

The Springbar tool 4 is supplied with the tips seen below

Springbar Tool Standard Fork Tip

______________ Springbar Tool Standard Pin Tip

Price: £12.00

*Price includes postage and packing within the United Kingdom

Overseas customers please see the 'International Orders' page

Springbar Tool 4

Spring Bar Tool for changing leather or rubber watchstraps and accessing the springbars in the vast majority of metal watchstraps and bracelets.

This tool is supplied with the following:

1 x Bergeon stainless steel standard width fork tip.
1 x Fine fork tip
1 x Fine pin tip

This is a decent size tool which handles well, unlike the more compact designs which actually make the task of changing your watchstrap a more fiddly affair than it should be.

Steel body with knurled sections for secure grip / handling.

Supplied with a Bergeon standard width fork tip ideal for changing leather or rubber watchstraps. The fine pin on the opposite end is for compressing spring bars in 'open hole' type case lugs, ie. those with external hole through which the pin can inserted to compress the spring bar.

**Please Note If access to the spring bar is limited (as is typically the case with steel bracelets) it is recommended that you consider the Fine Fork Tip tool - click here to view the Fine Fork tool.

Overall length (including replaceable tips) = 145mm

*Price includes postage and packing within the United Kingdom

Overseas customers please click here for shipping details.

For replacement / additional tips please email your requirements to ken@thestrapshop.co.uk

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Spring Bar Tool usage notes
Using a spring bar tool is very straightforward and provided the inexperienced user applies reasonable care and patience (both with your watch and the tool) watchstraps can be conveniently removed and replaced quickly and with minimum fuss Common Case Lug Types The most common watch case lug designs come in two principal types, ie. those with 'closed' lugs as seen above left or 'open' as seen above right. There are other more esoteric designs but for the purposes of this (admittedly simple) spring bar tool user guide only the two types seen above are covered here. TSS Spring Bars All spring bars supplied with TSS watchstraps feature a double flange as seen below When carefully inserted between the inside face of the case lug and the strap the spring bar tool fork tip locates on the double flange allowing the spring bar to be easily compressed. Once the spring bar has be sufficiently compressed the strap can be removed. The spring bar connecting your strap to your watch is positioned approximately as seen above - there are slight variations depending on the brand and design of your particular watch but the difference will not be great in the vast majority of cases. The male end of the spring bar locates in the female port found on the inside of the case lug. There is a central (internal) spring that allows the each spring bar end to be compressed for removal and refitting. TSS supply Swiss made stainless steel spring bars only as we believe them to be superior in terms of service life and are highly resistant to corrosion and seizing.
Using a spring bar tool with metal bracelets
In most cases the access to the spring bar is restricted as seen below and the bar end can only be reached by using a fine fork tip as the standard width fork tip is simply too wide to be inserted and attempting to insert the larger tip into the narrower access port willl almost certainly result in damage to the fork tip itself and damage to the case lugs and therefore it is strongly recommended that you use the correct tip for the job ! **avoid using too much force as this could damage the pin pusher or worse - your watch ! If you are unable to compress the spring bar(s) with light pressure your old spring bar(s) could be seized. In this instance TSS recommend that you take your watch to a local watch repairer to remove the spring bars and fit your new strap.
Using the tool with closed type case lugs (as seen below)
	a) Carefully insert the fork tip between the inside face of the case lug and the strap as indicated below b) Apply a light levering action to compress the spring bar the compression required is rarely more than a 2-3 mm *avoid using too much force as this could damage the fork tip or worse - your watch ! If you are unable to compress the spring bar with a light levering pressure your old spring bar(s) could be seized. In this instance TSS recommend that you take your watch to a local watch repairer to remove the spring bars and fit your new strap.


Using the tool with open type case lugs (as seen below)
	a) Carefully insert the spring bar pin pusher tip as indicated below b) Light pressure will compress the spring bar as seen
	the compression required is rarely more than a 2-3 mm *avoid using too much force as this could damage the pin pusher or worse - your watch ! If you are unable to compress the spring bar(s) with light pressure your old spring bar(s) could be seized. In this instance TSS recommend that you take your watch to a local watch repairer to remove the spring bars and fit your new strap.