Anyone have a watch repair kit?

[rolex75216]

Looking for something to resize a bracelet or perform minor fixes myself. Has anyone purchased a nice watch repair kit they would recommend and have any tips, pointers or advice? Much appreciated.

[JR16]

Would recommend purchasing individual tools to suit your needs, not a “kit”.


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[paxjedi]

Originally Posted by rolex75216

Looking for something to resize a bracelet or perform minor fixes myself. Has anyone purchased a nice watch repair kit they would recommend and have any tips, pointers or advice? Much appreciated.

You don't need a whole kit.
Just get some individual but quality tools.
The best place to get these are from Esslinger.
I have a set of micro-screwdrivers, pin tweezers, watch base, tape protector, and the bergeon dual tip pin press (or something like that). More tools that I need.


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[WBaileyii]

Originally Posted by paxjedi

You don't need a whole kit.
Just get some individual but quality tools.
The best place to get these are from Esslinger.
I have a set of micro-screwdrivers, pin tweezers, watch base, tape protector, and the bergeon dual tip pin press (or something like that). More tools that I need.


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+1 Individual tools from Esslinger is the way to go.

[daveswordfish]

Kits are cheap, but the tools are crappy. Get individual pieces and I’d strongly recommend Bergeon.

You should get a set of jewelers screwdrivers, spring bar tool (forked prong at one end, straight pusher at the other), and a spring bar tweezer.

Also recommend a magnifying visor. They look tremendously dorky, but I never touch a tool to a watch without it on.


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[stylinleems]

All you need is basically:

Screwdriver: https://www.esslinger.com/horofix-sc...tips-included/

Tweezers (spring bar tool): https://www.esslinger.com/bergeon-78...-bar-tweezers/ OR: https://www.esslinger.com/premium-sp...-removal-tool/

Spring Bar tool (alternative): https://www.esslinger.com/bergeon-77...ring-bar-tool/

Loctite 222: https://www.esslinger.com/loctite-th...-low-strength/


I might be missing something but the above are the basics

[ExplorerI]

Esslinger, Olfrei have nice stuff. Id buy stuff as needed. You’ll get a bunch of stuff you probably already have or don’t really need in a kit.