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Originally Posted by 68shark
Update: Back from Rolex AD just outside Toronto Canada. Damiani in Woodbridge. Highly recommend them, by the way.
There are pins in the links not unlike the pins in fixed Oyster links with knurled ends. Watchmaker drove them out using presumably a hammer and a vise to hold the band. He had to soak it in some wet oil to soften as initially they wouldn't come out. The bracelet dates to 1973 so no real surprise there. He thought he'd have to permanently destroy the links but he was able to successfully remove them hence they can be installed again, if necessary. Thus I now have the bracelet back ready to install on the watch. The cost? $5 plus tax. Not a typo. If they charged $50 I would have paid it readily.
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There is actually a tool thats used to pull the links apart one by one without damaging them, but my company definitely wouldn't do this kind of job for $5 since we're a repair center and not a store. :P