All styles of watch bands can be adjusted at home.
Comfort is essential when wearing a watch. If the watch band on a watch is too large, the watch will move and cause skin irritation and the band can also catch on items such as clothing. Leather watch bands, like those found on the Watch Bros Leonardo Da Vinci series watches, are easier to adjust then metal link bands. While there are many different types of specialized tools that can be used to adjust Da Vinci Watch Bands, the cheapest and easiest to use is a leather punch pliers. Adjusting metal bands requires a special watch band pin tool.
Instructions
Adjust Leather Watch Band
1. Put the watch on and pull the strap through the buckle until the fit is right. Bend the side of the strap with the adjustment holes back away from the buckle.
2. Stand the buckle pin up, perpendicular from the buckle, and pull the side of the watch band with the holes forward to press the buckle pin tip into the the leather to mark where the hole needs to be. Remove the watch.
3. Mark the impression from the buckle pin with a permanent marker to make sure the location is still noted as the impression fades.
4. Choose the size punch pin on the leather punch pin pliers needed by pushing the pin through an existing adjustment hole.
5. Line the punch pin on the pliers up with the mark on the band. Squeeze the handles of the pliers closed with just enough pressure so that the pin point almost comes through the leather put does not pierce it. Release the handles and remove the pliers.
6. Mark the point on the top side of the band (the patterned side) where the pin almost came through with a fine point permanent marker.
7. Line the punch pin on the pliers up with the mark on the top side of the band. Squeeze the handles of the pliers closed and push the pin all the way through the band to make the new adjustment hole. Release the handles and remove the pliers.
Adjust Metal Watch Band
8. Put the watch on and mark how many links need to be removed to provide a good fit. On metal mesh style bands, the links can be seen by looking at the edge of the band and counting the watch band pin heads. Make sure to leave a link or two attached to the buckle or clip of the band. Remove the watch from your wrist.
9. Using the pry end of a watch band pin tool (the end shaped like a forked shovel) remove the side of the watch band pin with the disk head. Slide the top of the pin into the fork of the pry end and pull up to remove it.
10. Push the narrow point end of the tool into the watch band pin hole to push out the other half of the pin from the band.
11. Repeat the process. Remove the pin from the end of the section of links which need to be removed so the buckle or clip (with link) is separated from the band. This will leave the rest of the links that need to be removed separate from the remaining part of the watch band.
12. Lay the link attached to the buckle or clip so it fits into the space of the last link of the band that is still attached to the watch.
13. Push the half of the watch band pin, which has the disk head, into the watch band so the links are joined.
14. Hold a penny over the disk head of the pin and use the narrow end of the watch tool to set the other half of the watch pin in place in the band. Push down on the tool to join the two halves together inside the band.
