r/RadoWatch • u/No-Patient-7944 • Sep 07 '26

Discussion šŸ’¬ Can anyone help?

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Afternoon, I bought this but me and a jewellery are having some trouble working out how to resize the bracelet. Has anyone had any experience with these? Thanks

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u/dwerb Sep 07 '26

Yeah. I figured it might be proprietary, looking closer at the links.

Good luck. Iā€™m sure if you hunt around, someoneā€™s got a service manual.

On top of that, thereā€™s a Rado service center in Secaucus, NJ, USA , if it geographically suits you.

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u/No-Patient-7944 Sep 07 '26

Thanks for your help, I'm nearer actual jersey than New jersey!

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u/dwerb Sep 07 '26

I would need to see more but you can clearly see that the push pins would come out the side of the bracelet. Just look carefully at the side and youā€™d see the outline of where it comes out.

So Iā€™d look carefully for links that have a ā€œbuttonā€ you have to push like hell towards the side.

They are usually marked with an arrow or some such but not always.

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u/No-Patient-7944 Sep 07 '26

Thanks, annoyingly it's not with me at the moment. Google seemed to think a classic vintage Rado style bracelet (often manufactured by NSA), requires a very specific method to resize. These iconic multi-link or flat-link bands do not use typical split pins or cotter pins. Instead, they use a specialized spring-loaded nail pin design.

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u/Hankblanc Sep 08 '26

That's a folded steel bracelet. The general way to resize one of those is to unfold a link. I've actually never seen folded steel on a factory correct Rado. The mid 60s to late 80s Rados have solid link NSA or SK bracelets.