Re: Which side of the metal watch band are you suppose to remove a link?

Before or after the clasp?

On my watches, the left part is usually the longer one when there's an asymmetry.

 

Re: Which side of the metal watch band are you suppose to remove a link?

On my watches, the left part is usually the longer one when there's an asymmetry.

i agree......;-)

 

Re: Which side of the metal watch band are you suppose to remove a link?

prefer to make it even....

 

If one, take the one on the longest side, if two, one of both sides, etc. If an odd number must be removed, it doesn't probably really care which side the most are removed. The clasp just only moves a half link over the inner wrist.

Cheers,

Sjors

 

My band has seven links on both sides.

What do you do then?

Hey Sjors, nice to see you today.

How have you been bro?

 

Try removing the links from the 6 o'clock side so the clasp may be balanced at centre or near centre of the wrist.

 

Wow, I knew I was wrong. I removed the link on the 12 O'clock side.

I don't know if I did a bad thing though.

It's a Rolex Submariner Style, Timex "Sub" Watch.

The watch is so big that it always sits on an angle making the clasp sit even on your wrist.

 

Try taking out one or two links on the 6 o'clock side only, put back the link you removed from the 12 o'clock side, that might balance things out, and you can always use the micro-adjustments on the clasp to get a comfy fit on the wrist.

 

I try to pull links that will keep the watch face centered on my wrist!

 

Thank you everybody.

It took me less than a minute to adjust the links on the band.

I just adjusted the band so it has even links on both sides and the clasp is even on my wrist.

 

What I've found works for my wrist, is to remove and reposition the links (as needed) on both sides of the clasp so that when the watch is sitting on its face and the bracelet is being held up, unbuckled, the folding section that attaches to the clasp itself is more or less parallel to the watch face. This results in the clasp being centered on the bracelet when it's closed. Then, just use the micro adjustment holes in the clasp to fine-tune the fit.

I'll post a pic when I get home to better illustrate what I'm talking about. This is probably a rule of thumb at best, as everyone has different likes and needs. But it makes it a lot easier to adjust bracelets when you've got an end result visualized, rather than having to fumble about with trial and error.

 

I have a watch that opens both ways so both sides fold into the middle and I need to add 1 link which side would I put it on 12 or 6?

 

I try to pull them evenly, but if its an odd number of links that must be removed the link(s) on the inside on my wrist are the first to go.

 

I used to insure that I had the same number of links (+/_ one link), on each side.... until I spoke to a highly regarded watchmaker in San Francisco.

What I learned from him changed my routine completely and for the better. Now I remove the links from the 6 o'clock position if the bracelet is too loose. This way two things are accomplished.

1) It moves the clasp into the center of your wrist as opposed to the outside

2) It also positions the watch on the center of your wrist which prevents it from having the tendency to rotate away from you.

For example, on my new GW2000, It had six links on either side. It also fit just perfectly with no need to shorten it, as I like to wear mine loose.

Leaving it as it was caused the case of the watch to rotate away from me, and hit the desktop when I would place my arm on it. By moving three links from the 6 o'clock side to the 12 o'clock side did the job perfectly. Now my watch sits nice and flat in the center of my wrist, and does not rotate towards the outside.

Cheers...:-!

 

I agree with Archer's method - I usually prefer to have slightly fewer links on the 6:00 side.

 

+1. All my bracelets have two fewer links on the 6:00 (or 18:00 if you prefer) side.

 

Cool, thanks.

I will appreciate that.

 

Thanks, I learned something new.

 

This is a personal preference thing, imo.

Some people like their clasps to be perfectly centered on the bottom. I do not.
For whatever reason, my bracelets always have more links on the 12:00 side. The inner hinge on the clasp seems to tuck in flatter when I favor it to one side, and thus more comfortable.

 

Thank goodness this thread was resurrected, I'd been waiting 11 years for more opinions! 😂

 

Thank goodness this thread was resurrected, I'd been waiting 11 years for more opinions! [emoji23]

LMAO! That appears to be happening quite often lately. I think the "suggested" topics on the bottom of the forum pages are the culprit. A lot of them show threads sometimes dating back 15+ years [emoji848]

 

I adjusted the band for the right fit, and then I shifted links around until the clasp was more or less centered on my wrist.

Oh wow, this is an old thread, heh.

 

Two years later, this is still important information LOL - should be a sticky

 

This is the kind of question that demands copious amounts of common sense. If you are removing an 'even' number of links, do them equally from both sides. If an uneven number, it doesn't really matter which side you choose to remove the additional uneven one from...

 

Switching the link around to the other side of the clasp, when you have an uneven number of links, can often change how the watch fits. That may not be the case for everyone, but it is for me, so yes it can matter from which side you choose to remove the additional link. Common sense is good, but trial and error is better.

 

i am OCD so the watch has to be as symmetrical as possible... so i always remove links equally from both sides to keep it as such....

 

and just as a follow up... this symmetry thing really frustrates me.... thats why i only got 3 frogmans in my collection, and whenever i wear one i cringe a bit haha

 

My Hamiltons have 6 links on one side, 5 on the other and the clasp is perfectly centered on the underside of my wrist. The watch sits perfect and is perfectly centered on my wrist and doesn't creep in one direction or the other and can slip a pinky under the band.

 

Please define sides relative to watch face (12 or 6 o’clock).

 

On most bracelet watches the clasp sits perfectly on my wrist if I remove one or two links from the 6 o’clock side. Every wrist is different (the human body tends to not be perfectly symmetrical) so I’m sure that other people will have different results.

 

12 o'clock should be longer ...maybe one link or so