SE 19-Piece Repair Tool Kit - for Jewelers, Hobbyists, and Home Watch Maintenance - JT6226

Earlier this year I purchased a Pulsar women's watch for my wife that needed resizing. When I first looked at the watch, the pins appeared to have screw heads on one side. I ordered a 1mm screwdriver from amazon which didn't quite fit and certainly didn't work.After some research I discovered that these are actually pins that need to be pushed out. I bought this kit a few days ago and yesterday it arrived. For the price, I was skeptical that it would be decent quality, but figured it would work for a couple of uses at least. I was very pleasantly surprised.The three included pins fit perfectly into the tiny pin holes in the watch. The inside of the watchband actually had small arrows showing which direction to push the pins out. (They come out on the side with the slots on them.) The plastic watch band holder was a big help, with grooves for various watch band sizes. Ours fit into the smaller ones. Then simply place the pin punch on top and gently tap with the metal side of the hammer. It didn't require much force at all and the pin pushed through. The plastic holder has holes and grooves to allow the pins to drop through to the table. I recommend you figure out how many links to remove from each side of the band before taking it apart. Be sure to keep the punch as straight as possible and tap gently.I placed the watch on the bathroom tile countertop when tapping the pins back in and made very slight indentations on the backside of the watch. A newspaper underneath would have prevented this. I discovered it was easiest to push the pins back in by hand first as far as possible. Then place the watch on a newspaper or firm mousepad and gently tap the pin in with the plastic side of the hammer. Only use the punch replacing the pin for the last part if it needs to be recessed. With one of the pins, I found just pushing it in by hand was sufficient.The punches seem well made and solid. The box doesn't say the punch sizes. Amazon says 0.7mm, 0.8mm and 1.0mm but my best estimates at their sizes are closer to 0.6mm, 0.8mm, and 0.95mm. The largest punch fit perfectly in our Pulsar watch, although any of them would probably have done fine. The kit seems well made enough that I could do dozens if not a hundred watches before needing to replace it.I was able to work the tools out of and back into the package without removing the staple, allowing it to be used for storage. The back of the package says "Made in China" and contains these basic instructions:1. Place the Watch Band in the Holder.2. Position the Pin Punch or Spring Bar on top of the Pin/Bar.3. Hit with Hammer to Remove or Insert Pin.

Great product. I ordered after watching a YouTube video and it worked.

If you are like me, this is probably one of the several dozen reviews you've read trying to figure out what the truth is about this product (and others like it) because there are such differing opinions on it. Also, you might want to compare it to the others being offered. I only bought this one so I will speak to this one and take an educated guess about the comparison to the others based on what I learned.First and most importantly, yes, the product can work as intended.Is it of cheap construction? A little. The actual pin punch tips and body are less than perfect but the hammer and watch band holder (plastic block) that come with it aren't too bad.But Cappy, why all the negative reviews telling me to not bother with this and other products like it from some people?I am thinking that it was either improper use of the product (due to lack of good instructions and without a trip to youtube to see how it's done) or it is the wrong tool for the watch (wrong type of pin to use this tool with). This task is supposed to be a precision task but I can see someone breaking the pin punch tips by hitting it too hard trying to "drive" the pin out of the watch band. That won't work if it is a screwed in pin or if it is a spring coil/link collared pin and you aren't centered properly. The most common pin on cheaper watches and the best to use this tool with is called a split pin.Another reason this may not work for someone is if you place the bracelet of the watch over a part of the watch band holder without a hole under it. The pin won't have anywhere to get pushed out to and you'll think you need to hit it harder. Hit it a little harder than you should and the pin punch tip can break resulting in frustration. I made the mistake of not having the exit side of the tip over an opening the first couple of taps with the hammer until I realized my mistake. Once I knew I had the right kind of pin, the right position on the block and carefully centered the pin punch, I tapped it with the hammer about 3 to 6 times and out came the pin like butter. I removed 3 pins in about 10 minutes (I went slow) and sized the watch I bought this for.At the end of the day, the money spent was worth it for me because it made the task easy for me to complete. I think they all pretty much work but they are used in different ways so I would just go on price and the type of pin you need to work with.NOTE: Before I decided to take a chance and buy this, I tried pushing it out with a mini awl that I thought had a small enough tip to push it out with but had no luck at all. I was using a lot of pressure and couldn't budge it. I gave up for fear of ruining the watch band. I couldn't find anything better than these types of tools so I think you would have to make your own if you want something better. The more expensive ones just look like the same things in a case. Of course, if you're making your own tools, you probably don't need this.