Spring Bar Tool for Aquaracer WAY101C.BA0746

Appreciate any help. I have been trying to remove my metal bracelet with this Archer

https://www.amazon.com/Archer-Watch...sprefix=archer+spring+bar+tool,aps,156&sr=8-6

bar tool for at least an hour and unable to get the spring bars off. Can anyone please recommend a tool that actual works for you, appreciate it.

That tool should work. Can you post a few pics of your watch and what you're going?

Depending on how tight the end links fit to the watch, you may have push one end of the spring bar in and down and then do the other side before you can slide the end link off.

Also, they make tweezer-style removal tools that push in both ends of the spring bar at the same time. These take a little more coordination to work, but when they work, they work great.

Tried the Archer tool and it will not catch onto the spring bar. Trying to change to a NATO strap. Really frustrated and was wondering if there is a better tool that has worked for someone. Thanks.

I heard Bergeon might be better than these cheap tools. Been fiddling with it and I can't get even get one side of the spring bar to pull down keeps on sliding in the slot and I do not know which model works for TAG.

Generally, the higher-quality tools usually work better than the cheap ones. Bergeon makes good tools, but they are quiet pricey.

Your pic is out of focus, so it's hard to make out details, but it looks like you need to pry the end of the spring bar in and then lift up (move the end link of the bracelet toward the back of the watch), or possibly outward. The design of the end links look like they will keep the ends from moving toward the face of the watch (i.e., downward, as shown in the pic).

Alternatively, if you go on amazon and search for "spring bar tweezers", you'll see a lot of options for tools that press both ends of the spring bar at the same time. These tools can be very fidgety, but work well in certain cases. Not necessarily recommending amazon, just an easy way to see lots of examples.

Removing bracelets is a fiddly business. You just need to get the knack, so keep trying. Like said above you often need to get one out and then jiggle it so that the bar can't pop back into the hole again. With these endlinks being so tight fitting there's not really enough room for the bars to operate as they should, at least not easily.

I bought this one and it worked on my Aquaracer.

https://a.co/d/cjolWGY

Thank you all for your responses the Bergeon tool is the one! The Archer Spring bar tool I spent over one hour fiddling with it and unable to get the spring bar to move. Bought the Bergeon 7767-F Watch Spring Bar Tool and was able to remove both bars in 5 minutes each. It would seem the Archer tool the fork is much larger than the Bergeon tool and was unable to catch on spring bar to pull it down. The Bergeon tool has a much smaller fork when I received it and was skeptical it would pull the bar down, but it did on the first try. Thank you again everyone for responding I am very grateful for all your help!

Excellent! I have a Bergeon 6767F myself and it works great. I would have commented here had I seen this thread earlier, but our esteemed colleagues already mentioned it!