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SeanExpII · 28 September 2014, 01:48 AM

Can anyone help me learn how to put the Pilot bracelet back on my Chronomat Evo by myself? Any instructions or videos anywhere??

Thanks.

le_baron · 30 September 2014, 10:34 AM

Yes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhsVGYlJ8QA

I started with that video and learned as I went. Now I can do a swap between straps and bracelets in under a minute and a half. You'll need a bergeon 6767F for a bracelet.

Rest the endlink on the back of the lugs, with the watch face-down. Then Use the springbar tool to push the spring bar in just enough to be inside the gap of the lug (not in the hole inside the lug yet). Do the same thing for the other side of the spring bar. Then slide the bracelet down a bit, you might have to do some wiggling, and the spring bars will click in to the holes. Also (and I don't believe this is clear in the video), leverage is your friend, you don't have to push the bottom of the tool directly up on the spring bar, as I learned, I found it was easier to use the middle of the tool to leverage the tool as a hole instead of just the fork (bottom) on the spring bar.

SeanExpII · 30 September 2014, 11:50 PM

Thanks so much for the reply! I'll take your advice and give it a try.

le_baron · 2 October 2014, 01:42 AM

Glad I could help. Good luck

AK797 · 3 October 2014, 11:51 PM

Yeah just takes a little practice, Breitling make the best sports straps, I have had brown and black crocos and a rubber strap so was changing straps on a monthly basis.

28 September 2014, 01:48 AM	#1
SeanExpII Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: nj Posts: 16	How to put Pilot bracelet on? Can anyone help me learn how to put the Pilot bracelet back on my Chronomat Evo by myself? Any instructions or videos anywhere?? Thanks.

30 September 2014, 10:34 AM	#2
le_baron "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 262	Yes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhsVGYlJ8QA I started with that video and learned as I went. Now I can do a swap between straps and bracelets in under a minute and a half. You'll need a bergeon 6767F for a bracelet. Rest the endlink on the back of the lugs, with the watch face-down. Then Use the springbar tool to push the spring bar in just enough to be inside the gap of the lug (not in the hole inside the lug yet). Do the same thing for the other side of the spring bar. Then slide the bracelet down a bit, you might have to do some wiggling, and the spring bars will click in to the holes. Also (and I don't believe this is clear in the video), leverage is your friend, you don't have to push the bottom of the tool directly up on the spring bar, as I learned, I found it was easier to use the middle of the tool to leverage the tool as a hole instead of just the fork (bottom) on the spring bar.

30 September 2014, 11:50 PM	#3
SeanExpII Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: nj Posts: 16	Thanks so much for the reply! I'll take your advice and give it a try.

2 October 2014, 01:42 AM	#4
le_baron "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 262	Glad I could help. Good luck

3 October 2014, 11:51 PM	#5
AK797 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Real Name: Neil Location: UK Watch: ing ships roll in Posts: 59,357	Yeah just takes a little practice, Breitling make the best sports straps, I have had brown and black crocos and a rubber strap so was changing straps on a monthly basis.

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