Can I fix a Timex T-80 watch band?

February 21, 2022 8:17 AM

I bought my teenage son this watch for Christmas. Stretch band, but one of the middle non-stretchy links has come apart. Here's a photo. Could I fix this with tiny tools and some bending? I don't want to pay $20 to ship it back for repair. Bands are not warrantied. Thanks!
posted by freecellwizard to Home & Garden (2 answers total)

Best answer: You've tried squeezing the textured area on the link? That normally allows you to remove individual links to resize the strap. Could it just be that it needs clipping back together?
posted by pipeski at 9:12 AM on February 21, 2022 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: You've tried squeezing the textured area on the link?

Um ... well now I have, and this fixed it. There's one link that I had to remove because we bent it by sticking tools in the hole, but I think it'll still fit him. Thank you!! The Timex website, manual, a local jeweler, and customer support chat didn't suggest this - Metafilter to the rescue again.
posted by freecellwizard at 10:16 AM on February 21, 2022 [2 favorites]