It seems like nearly every wristwatch I get, the common point of failure is the watch band, but when I try to find replacement bands, it’s always sort of a hassle.
It seems like nearly every wristwatch I get, the common point of failure is the watch band, but when I try to find replacement bands, it’s always sort of a hassle.
Generally speaking, you can get your watch band width just by going to the store page for the watch you have. If not, this is one of many reasons why everyone should own a pair of cheap digital calipers. Measure your watchband and round off to the nearest standard size.
At which point, you are now only really having to care about the pins that connect to the watch. Many (most?) will have a little push button on the inside of the watch band. Depress/slide that, and then you can pop the old band off and the new one on. Some might use the same kinds of pins as watch links where you just need to pick up a watch repair kit (specifically the tiny hammer, a push pin, and a block to hold the watch vertically) which you can generally get for less than ten bucks and watch a youtube for how to use. Pretty much essential if you like metal wristbands/links, but also good to have in general.