Bergeon 7825 Spring Bar Tweezer - HT7825

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Specially designed glass bottle for Epilame. For use with Moebius-Fixodrop No 8940, 8941, 8950, 8951. Comes with bottle, cap, and basket. Take your time, set the watch on something solid but padded and take your time, especially with the bracelet, it can be frustrating. Any thin tip tool works, just takes practice and I agree with the above poster, use tape on the lugs to keep from scratching them. The Horotec tweezers are a great tweeter option - the tips of those are identical (or very close to) the 6767F tips. Best for what you are looking for is probably Bergeon tips for the 6825 clone you have. I have found that when I used the 6825 with CW bracelets it was easy. I have managed to use them without separating the bracelet, but quite difficult.

I see what you mean about the 7825 being designed specifically for Rolex. I looked deeper and the tips are just 1mm, while the FFs for the 6825 specify 1.1. That 16200 must have been a nightmare! I have a myriad of springbar tools. Burgeon seems to be the most solid. One I have has a flat "spade" side for straps. Works really well. It has replaceable tips as well, and it looks like they offer a more ergonomic tip now as an option: https://www.esslinger.com/replacement-c ... -tweezers/ I bought a Horofix Spring Bar Tweezer from Esslinger for my C65 bracelet: https://www.esslinger.com/horofix-spring-bar-tweezers/I have both the 6825 and 7825. A bit of a love/hate relationship. Sometimes I think they are easy to use, other times they seem more difficult to use than they should! The tool itself is quite utility- there's not much to make a hash of, but the critical piece is the quality of the tips. I change out the cheap tips for Bergeon ones which gives you the utility of the tool but with high tool-strength quality tips that are fine enough to get at most spring bars but strong enough to not deform or break and all at a good price The tips that come with the cheap pliers tend to be made of soap/cheese/jelly . I went for the one with the finer forks. I have used the FF on a 16570 Explorer II, but the tips were still too wide to use on a 16200 DateJust on Jubilee bracelet. Cheers chaps, thanks for all your input, I’ve had a moment of clarity, my watch buying days have come to an end for the foreseeable (unless a 14060m sub turns up ) So was thinking to start investing in some more expensive strap options. Considering I intend to be swapping straps on my Rolex, Omega, Tudor and Bremont watches why am I looking for a cheap option. I will be looking at the Bergeon range, now the research for the best one/price begins

there must be, on this forum, people who have speedmaster, want to change their bracelets themselves & use the right tool. I will say that it’s worth it when really you do need it... it can really keep the frustration levels down. But for everything else, the 6767 is much easier to use. As you say, for me right now it would be clearly best to go 6825. It's unlikely that I would acquire another Rolex (though I do have a soft spot for the Explorer 216570) so I feel I can safely ignore the 7825.

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I have a 6825 just had to replace original tips with fine tips. Work great on my Rolex spring bars.

Can you use this tool to remove leather or rubber straps? It doesn't look like it and would appreciate a confirmation. Oh: there's a really nice read on hairsprings, that I have always thought highly of; "Practical Balance and Hair-spring Work", Walter J Kleinlein, 1925. As I recall, he was at Waltham's factory in Massachusetts, and pretty-much looked upon as a Final Authority (!) in such matters. I met one of his pupils, Andy Taber ( RIP ), who operated a nice shop in Bangor, Maine. Andy attended Waltham's School after he Served in the USA Army in WWll, and mentioned that Walter would 'pass' a piece of his student's work, when it was...CORRECT. PERIOD. Benarus, Helson, Kobold, Baliha’i, Ocean7, Spinnaker, Boschett, Technomarine, Steeldive, Citizen, RGMT, NauticFish, Parnis, H2O Watch, CX Charmex, Korsbek, Armida, Cronos, Kazimon, TimeFactors, Helberg, Phoibos, Ocean Crawler, Borealis, Nautis, Berny, Helberg, Orient, Pagani Design, Orient Star, Breitling, Seiko, Bulova, Deep Blue, Pantor, Alpina, Omega This works perfectly with my Sea Dweller 43 and prevents damage to the case of the watch when switching out straps This works perfectly with my Sea Dweller 43 and prevents damage to the case of the watch when switching out straps Similar to the OP, I have the Bergeon 6767 tool with the fine 1.2mm tip and the wider 3mm tip, and whilst it has worked fine with all watches in my small collection, I do fancy trying the pliers/tweezers for easier changes and less risk of scratching the case lugs during the process.I have the tools you mentioned above - and a Rolex Sea-Dweller 116600 - in addition to my Omegas. The 7825 works superbly on the Rolex design because the spring bars for Rolex are double-flanged. This means there is a second flange on each end, so the 7825 has a very secure groove into which it fits to compress and expand a spring bar during installation and removal. The diameter of the spring bar is also slightly different from the omega spring bars. Every watchmaker and watch enthusiast needs a good spring bar tool.With the help of a spring bar tool, you can remove the spring bars which are attached to the case of a watch and remove or exchange the strap or bracelet. I have the Bergeon 6767 tool and successfully use it to remove the bracelet on my 45.5 PO (cal. 2500C). I find it the perfect tool to remove straps or bracelets from all my watches, some just need a bit more dexterity than others. You can use the tool to remove the spring bars without actually having to remove the clasp of the bracelet. Richard I have both the Bergeon 6825 and 7825. I think that the 7825 are easier to use. So even if not getting the Bergeon version, I would get the style of the 7825.