Casio owners gathering hahah. Mine cost me about 10€ and I've had it for years, working at a powerplant, I've subjected it to diesel, petrol, sludge, dirt, ocean water, scraping, bumps, and it still works like a charm. The bracelet finally snapped and that's why I'm here. Thank you for your video :)
Thanks! I had to push a lot harder than you did. I was about to take a fine pin punch and hammer to it, but paper clip held in pliers finally worked. This F 91W is remarkably accurate, about one second fast per month!
Thank you so much! I am wearing a w91 since at least 15 years and before that in school. Most of the times when the wristband broke I bought a new one but kept the old ones in my drawer. One is already on my wrist again. Another one will be repaired later. So helpful! You made my day, thanks again!
Awesome. I would never have noticed the arrow. Or noted that the pin is actually tapered. Or thought to use pliers as leverage on the paperclip. Thank you. This made a seemingly impossible task super simple. Thank you!
Thanks, David. My strap broke and I was puzzling over how to push the pins through, not realizing that they're solid, they don't compress. I've done it your way, and now I have a new band on my watch. Thanks again.
I scratched myself with trying to remove the pin with a knife as i always did since years when i had to.. it always took minutes sometimes hours of sweat and high pulse…than I watched the video and successfully did it in 10 seconds. 😂 thank you
You’ll wish you didn’t know this later but...a bit of scotch / cello tape tastefully applied to the bit that usually breaks (where the holes are) will get you 6 more months out of your band, if you catch it when the cracking starts!
Many thanks for this - just followed your instructions and it worked perfectly. One thing I would add, is putting the bar back in, make sure it's inserted all the way - it almost feels like it "clips" into place when it's there properly.
There are no arrows on the see-through strap so I watched the video carefully to see which way you were pushing yours and which strap mine, would not come out I had to end up taking it to the jewellers
i was able to replace the broken strap with a strap from a previous f-91w that had a broken face, thank you! i knew it was the right idea to keep the old broken one 😂
Thanks so much for this! I have a W-86 and there were no arrows on the strap but your paperclip-pliers trick worked perfectly. I had to use a bit more force, but maybe just because my watch is so old (10 years+!) Thanks again! :)
Thank you. I've replaced several Casio watch bands but they always were spring loaded pins and I couldn't find the small compressible pin within the main pin; the F-105 has solid pins like in the video. I was going to cut the old band as you did, but I came across this video. Problem solved.
Great video! Had the watch years and the strap broke, just replaced it with a nato style strap. Tool wise - I used a corn on the cob holder. Worked perfect
I was gutted when my strap split and I decided to buy a new strap but wasn't sure how to fix it, so thank you for this video, wouldn't of had a clue otherwise
I think the strap on the W-91 is an 18mm one - oooo!! - which means you can replace it with a leather one or a NATO nylon type. I checked and there are other vids showing how this is done - and yep done it myself - but the big trick is learning from Dave Upton here, that you have to push the pin out only one way. Works with the Casio F-91W but not all the others - I have another Casio and that's stuck forever with that awful rubber thing.
Thanks David. Your video saved me hours of messing about trying to find how to do it. I am familiar with watch straps that have spring bars, so couldn't work out why I could not compress the bar on this type of watch. Answer - it's not a spring bar but a fixed bar system that needs a small 'drifter' to push it out *** in the right direction ***. Much appreciated.
@@davidupton3186 my FitBit strap and Casio strap both of them broke on the same day, some hours apart - what are the chances? I was actually going to buy a new Casio watch, but then I thought better, so once the replacement strap came, your video served perfectly with the task at hand! Once again, thank you :)
I had to push VERY FIRMLY on the pins to get them out. (Thought I might stab myself.) They came out all the same. Thanks for the short and helpful video.
Update: Success! I cut down a larger sized paperclip to a length slightly longer than a finger width, and used it as a "chisel" by hitting it with the pliers in a controlled manner with watch resting edgewise on the carpet. Didn't need to hit my chisel/fingers too hard - accuracy was enough to get it to budge out the other side (thick end of the pin out first; so tap on the thinner pointy end as per direction of arrow on the original Casio band). Carpet as support was a good surface to work on too. Watch band replaced: F105-W. Thanks for the original video David - I was quite stumped like the others here as to how to "unspring" the rigid pin so am glad you took the time to make this for CZcams. Saved hours of frustration. :)
Update: I replaced my strap again today (a silicone one this time, back to an original replacement strap because I don't like the bulk of the non-official ones). I looked at your video again but didn't watch closely enough and there wasn't a new arrow on the replacement strap - so I ended up pushing it in the wrong direction! ;o All is well though; no real damage and it all still works but yeah, the direction of pushing is from the minute side of the watch to the hour side just as you showed (F105-W). I should have checked both sides anyway because it's much looser and easier the second time around! I better make a note that I probably shouldn't even need the pliers next time.
to iCapyara post, although is an old one. Yup some isopropyl alcohol likely helped lubricate and loosen the crud holding old pins in place. Did not try peroxide or oil but thought of those. While wrist watches may be on the way out, as one poster mentioned, still like having mine, and I do have a cell phone which do not carry outside doing yard work. Still "ticking" in 2023!
My Casio W-59 has the same system, even with the arrow showing the direction but once got rid of the broken rubber strap I replaced the original pins with a pair of Vostok Amphibia 18mm springbars, which are really robust. Greetings from Spain (By the way, Gibraltar ir our ;-)
I agree, the old watch has a history to it that a new one doesn't. I replaced a battery on an old casio w59 and a timex atlantis recently, which felt good to keep them running.
Yeah, I recently discovered those watches didnt have proper springbars too... thankfully I didnt do too much damage until then, LOL. But frankly the best thing to do once the original straps have fallen off (which they will invariably do after three years at most), is to put a NATO strap on that watch. Cheaper and far more rugged, and your watch will be protected against falling off from a torn strap much better too. Even if one bar gets torn out or breaks the watch will still hold on to the strap with the other bar.
Hello! Thanks for the video, it's really helpful! I used the tool that comes with a cellphone to open the sim tray, it works too! I wonder if after 8 years that you published this video your watch still have the same battery, they told me that it lasted for about 10 years?
Thanks for this explanation. It's unfortunate that eight years after you made this, it's hard to find cheap Casio-compatible bands on eBay, the market seemingly dominated by bands for smart watches. Amazon has a few, but they're $10 - 12, and at that point you might as well buy a whole new watch. Sad.
I hope the friction is enough to keep the pin in place. Because it it slides you basically can lose you watch (not that a F91-W is expensive, but it would be a bummer).
This is one of the most useful videos I have ever found on CZcams.
Thanks David :)
Ibid.
Pretty useful for me, as I searched "replacing Casio watch strap" and this is what had come up. Now my everyday watch has a new, unbroken strap.
Casio owners gathering hahah. Mine cost me about 10€ and I've had it for years, working at a powerplant, I've subjected it to diesel, petrol, sludge, dirt, ocean water, scraping, bumps, and it still works like a charm. The bracelet finally snapped and that's why I'm here. Thank you for your video :)
I love these videos with zero preamble. Thanks for sharing what you figured out!
Thank you. I thought I'd avoid spending the first half of the video telling you what the second half was going to be about!
Mate you're a life saver. I was so gutted when mine got broken I had it for many years
Glad it helped. Thanks for your feedback 🙂
Thanks! I had to push a lot harder than you did. I was about to take a fine pin punch and hammer to it, but paper clip held in pliers finally worked. This F 91W is remarkably accurate, about one second fast per month!
To be honest, I might have loosened the pin before shooting the video! Glad it helped and thanks for your feedback.
you can use your card tray eject pin to remove old strap
Thank you!
9 yrs ago and still your video still helps! thankyou brother💪
Thank you... and I'm still here 😁!
Thank you so much! I am wearing a w91 since at least 15 years and before that in school. Most of the times when the wristband broke I bought a new one but kept the old ones in my drawer. One is already on my wrist again. Another one will be repaired later. So helpful! You made my day, thanks again!
Thanks for your feedback ☺️
Awesome. I would never have noticed the arrow. Or noted that the pin is actually tapered. Or thought to use pliers as leverage on the paperclip. Thank you. This made a seemingly impossible task super simple. Thank you!
Thanks for your feedback Luke. Glad it helped.
Thanks, David. My strap broke and I was puzzling over how to push the pins through, not realizing that they're solid, they don't compress. I've done it your way, and now I have a new band on my watch. Thanks again.
Thank you for your feedback 🙂
I scratched myself with trying to remove the pin with a knife as i always did since years when i had to.. it always took minutes sometimes hours of sweat and high pulse…than I watched the video and successfully did it in 10 seconds. 😂 thank you
Glad to help ☺️
Very helpful thank you, I'm sure this video has spared many people replacing the entire watch.
Thanks Ian, I hate throwing away anything I can repair myself.
Thanks for your helpful video. I assumed the pins were spring-loaded. Your vid made everything clear.
Me too.
Haha, me also 😆
Thank you! This is perfect. Just what I needed. Clear and saved me some money! Legend!!! Job well done David!
Also works on a F-84w, you gotta push in the same direction to remove the pin even though it shows two arrows on the strap (left and right)
Thanks David. Ususally i but another casio F91W. I have three in a drawer! Now they have straps. Hugely appreciated.
Cheers Paul. My F-91W is now on its third strap :)
Cheers for the quick tutorial, just replaced my F-91W's strap so hopefully I'll get another three years out it.
Thanks GPOTOM - my straps usually last about 3 years too. They break where they keep bending - plastic fatigue I guess!
@@davidupton3186 mine always only last about 1 1/2 years.. but i wear my f91w while sleeping aswell
You’ll wish you didn’t know this later but...a bit of scotch / cello tape tastefully applied to the bit that usually breaks (where the holes are) will get you 6 more months out of your band, if you catch it when the cracking starts!
@@cawag98 thx
@@cawag98 !Reminx me 7 years
Thank you for this video. The arrows really did prove to be useful! I used the technique you described and I was able to get my old strap off!
Great, thanks for the feedback!
Many thanks for this - just followed your instructions and it worked perfectly. One thing I would add, is putting the bar back in, make sure it's inserted all the way - it almost feels like it "clips" into place when it's there properly.
Thanks for your feedback 👍
There are no arrows on the see-through strap so I watched the video carefully to see which way you were pushing yours and which strap mine, would not come out I had to end up taking it to the jewellers
Cheers. That was really helpful and nice tip with the plyers! Thanks!
Thank you for your feedback 😊
Thanks David - I was struggling to figure this one out until watching your clear video.Cheers!
Thank you for your feedback David 😊
i was able to replace the broken strap with a strap from a previous f-91w that had a broken face, thank you! i knew it was the right idea to keep the old broken one 😂
Thanks for your feedback 🙂!
You prevented me from throwing my Casio calculator watch away. Thanks 👍🏼.
Awesome! I now have a functional watch. Thanks.
This man is an everyday hero
Ha ha, thank you 😇
YOU ARE A LIFESAVER.
;D
You're welcome 🙂
Very helpful sir, I now have my F91 on a strap again, an old strap that I had lying around, a lucky fit.
Thanks 👍
Thanks, glad I could help 🙂
Thanks so much for this! I have a W-86 and there were no arrows on the strap but your paperclip-pliers trick worked perfectly. I had to use a bit more force, but maybe just because my watch is so old (10 years+!) Thanks again! :)
Thanks for your feedback 🙂
Thank you for this, I just ordered a strap for my w71👍
Thank you! Just replaced the strap of my watch with help from your video.
Great, thanks for your feedback.
Thanks David - saved me a great deal of hassle.
Glad it helped 🙂
This helped enormously and saved me a tenner. Thank you pal 😊👍🏼
No problem, thanks for your feedback.
Thank you. I've replaced several Casio watch bands but they always were spring loaded pins and I couldn't find the small compressible pin within the main pin; the F-105 has solid pins like in the video. I was going to cut the old band as you did, but I came across this video. Problem solved.
+Reed Maxson - Thanks for your comments. Glad it was helpful to you.
Big thanks! Clear, easy to follow and exactly what I needed 👍
Thanks for your feedback - good name too!
Great video! Had the watch years and the strap broke, just replaced it with a nato style strap. Tool wise - I used a corn on the cob holder. Worked perfect
Thanks Tom. I got fed up with the plastic straps breaking, so I too replaced it with a NATO one.
Thanks David I just fixed my kid's F91 thanks to you.
+MrC00lwind - Thanks for your feedback - glad I could help.
Thanks for the video. Really useful. You have just saved me having to buy a new watch
Just put a new band on my 5 year old watch (a favorite one I wear) using this video. Thank you!!
Awesome! Thank you, I’ve been trying all options. I would have never noticed the arrow. Thanks!
Thanks for your feedback Roy 👍
I was gutted when my strap split and I decided to buy a new strap but wasn't sure how to fix it, so thank you for this video, wouldn't of had a clue otherwise
Thanks for your feedback ☺️
I think the strap on the W-91 is an 18mm one - oooo!! - which means you can replace it with a leather one or a NATO nylon type. I checked and there are other vids showing how this is done - and yep done it myself - but the big trick is learning from Dave Upton here, that you have to push the pin out only one way. Works with the Casio F-91W but not all the others - I have another Casio and that's stuck forever with that awful rubber thing.
Thank you! I love my watch and didn't want to have to buy a new one.
Exactly! Me too. Thanks for your feedback 😁
Thanks David. Your video saved me hours of messing about trying to find how to do it. I am familiar with watch straps that have spring bars, so couldn't work out why I could not compress the bar on this type of watch. Answer - it's not a spring bar but a fixed bar system that needs a small 'drifter' to push it out *** in the right direction ***. Much appreciated.
You're very welcome Roger. I'm glad the video helped! Thanks for your comment.
Many thanks, very helpful mate!
Very useful thanks! My Nato strap is now snugly fitted.
Thanks for your feedback. I've got a Nato strap too now.
This is so helpful! Thanks for uploading!
No problem. Thanks for your feedback.
Yes fast no bs straight to teaching thank you 😮
Thank you for your kind words 😊
Worked like a charm, thanks a bunch sir!
Great! Thanks for your feedback 🙂
@@davidupton3186 my FitBit strap and Casio strap both of them broke on the same day, some hours apart - what are the chances? I was actually going to buy a new Casio watch, but then I thought better, so once the replacement strap came, your video served perfectly with the task at hand! Once again, thank you :)
Thank you for posting. Super helpful
I had to push VERY FIRMLY on the pins to get them out. (Thought I might stab myself.) They came out all the same. Thanks for the short and helpful video.
thank you so much! I spent too much time thinking it was spring-loaded.
You're welcome Niko. Thanks for your kind comments.
Thank You for recoeding and posting this ~ it worked of course; good show!
Thanks andyrauf.
thanks dude,very helpful
Thank you dude. It helped me alot. 😊
I've managed to get one strap replaced tonight. Will try again tomorrow for the other end. Might try and lubricate it with isopropyl alcohol too.
Update: Success! I cut down a larger sized paperclip to a length slightly longer than a finger width, and used it as a "chisel" by hitting it with the pliers in a controlled manner with watch resting edgewise on the carpet. Didn't need to hit my chisel/fingers too hard - accuracy was enough to get it to budge out the other side (thick end of the pin out first; so tap on the thinner pointy end as per direction of arrow on the original Casio band). Carpet as support was a good surface to work on too. Watch band replaced: F105-W.
Thanks for the original video David - I was quite stumped like the others here as to how to "unspring" the rigid pin so am glad you took the time to make this for CZcams. Saved hours of frustration. :)
+iCapybara Glad it worked :) I rested the watch on a piece of wood with a hole drilled in it to allow the pin to push out.
Update: I replaced my strap again today (a silicone one this time, back to an original replacement strap because I don't like the bulk of the non-official ones). I looked at your video again but didn't watch closely enough and there wasn't a new arrow on the replacement strap - so I ended up pushing it in the wrong direction! ;o
All is well though; no real damage and it all still works but yeah, the direction of pushing is from the minute side of the watch to the hour side just as you showed (F105-W). I should have checked both sides anyway because it's much looser and easier the second time around! I better make a note that I probably shouldn't even need the pliers next time.
to iCapyara post, although is an old one. Yup some isopropyl alcohol likely helped lubricate and loosen the crud holding old pins in place. Did not try peroxide or oil but thought of those. While wrist watches may be on the way out, as one poster mentioned, still like having mine, and I do have a cell phone which do not carry outside doing yard work. Still "ticking" in 2023!
My Casio W-59 has the same system, even with the arrow showing the direction but once got rid of the broken rubber strap I replaced the original pins with a pair of Vostok Amphibia 18mm springbars, which are really robust. Greetings from Spain (By the way, Gibraltar ir our ;-)
Buenos Dias Perico De Lospalotes - Grachias :)
Great watch; great tutorial. Every 5 years, I’ll probably be back!
I know what you mean - mine's got a NATO fabric strap on it now 😁
Thank you very much! Best video on youtube. Greetings from Germany ;D
Thank you Christoph. That's very kind of you :)
Thanks man, it's really helpful.
You're welcome, thanks for your feedback.
Excellent, thank you.
I assumed the pin was one of the spring-loaded variety.
Cheers for uploading this video. Super useful.
Thanks for your feedback 😊
@@davidupton3186 Honestly. Saved me much swearing and from buying a new watch. Superstar.
Thanks! It is a very useful video
This helped a lot, thanks. Needed to replace the band on my w59, though it doesn’t have the arrow pointing where to push the pin. But now I know
Thanks for your feedback 😊👍
Helped me in the first minute
Thanks for the help mate! Now my F-105 can live for another 10 hassle-free years.
Great stuff Killer1922 - glad to help. I hate throwing away a perfectly good watch, for the sake of a new strap - thanks!
I agree, the old watch has a history to it that a new one doesn't. I replaced a battery on an old casio w59 and a timex atlantis recently, which felt good to keep them running.
Legend. Ordering one now.
Good, helped a lot. Thanks
Brilliant advice. Works perfectly.
Thanks Comrade:)
This was great, thank you very much.
Yeah, I recently discovered those watches didnt have proper springbars too... thankfully I didnt do too much damage until then, LOL.
But frankly the best thing to do once the original straps have fallen off (which they will invariably do after three years at most), is to put a NATO strap on that watch. Cheaper and far more rugged, and your watch will be protected against falling off from a torn strap much better too.
Even if one bar gets torn out or breaks the watch will still hold on to the strap with the other bar.
Many thanks for the video
Saved me from ordering new spring bars for a watch that doesn't need them lol
Thanks. A real timesaver!
Thanks for your kind comment 😊.
I will follow you my King!
Thanks Gary! :)
Thanks. Very helpful
You're welcome 😊
Thank you, it worked!
Thanks for your feedback 🙂
Hello! Thanks for the video, it's really helpful! I used the tool that comes with a cellphone to open the sim tray, it works too! I wonder if after 8 years that you published this video your watch still have the same battery, they told me that it lasted for about 10 years?
Hi, thanks for your feedback. My watch is still going strong 🙂
@@davidupton3186 great watches! THX for the answer! 👍
I know its an old video but thank you very much I've been trying to change my strap.. Thank you
It's OK, I'm still here! Thanks for your feedback. Glad it helped. I've just put my 4th strap on mine.
Wow mine went yesterday peed me off lol.. I've got a few gshocks but still put this on lol
It's a great watch. Classless, light and practical. The straps always perish where they bend around the holes, but I can live with that :)
I've got the all metal one and a w59 love em remind me back when I was a kid.. I'm now 37 lol..
I've got a metal one too. I remember when LCD first replaced LED - so that shows how old I am!
Great video. Thank you.
Thank you 😊
Cheers for this mate.
You're welcome.
Thanks David.
You're welcome 😊
This is help me thank you❤❤❤
Thanks, saved me from ruining the pin
Glad it helped, Barrios.
Thanks, would not have worked that out by myself.
My pleasure. Thanks for your feedback :)
Excellent, thank you.
Thanks for your feedback 🙂
Legend, thank you!
Thank you! 👍
Awesome thanks for showing
Florian Wi - my pleasure, thanks for your feedback :)
great video
thank you!
I did exactly what you did: The paperclip bent so I pushed it using pliers and it still wouldn't come. I pushed in the direction of the arrow.
Ramza i have the same problem, it is just so fucking stuck in positions
Thnx!
One could use a thumbtack/pushpin to remove that pesky strap retaining pin. also. Informative vid. Thanks.
thanks for posting, useful
No problem. Thanks for your feedback.
Thanks for this explanation. It's unfortunate that eight years after you made this, it's hard to find cheap Casio-compatible bands on eBay, the market seemingly dominated by bands for smart watches. Amazon has a few, but they're $10 - 12, and at that point you might as well buy a whole new watch. Sad.
Yes, I agree. Funnily enough, I've got a NATO strap on mine now.
How simple! :) Where did you get the straps from?
Thanks fayyazb. As mentioned in the video, the straps are available on Ebay.
Thanks! Time for some strap shopping then : )
I hope the friction is enough to keep the pin in place. Because it it slides you basically can lose you watch (not that a F91-W is expensive, but it would be a bummer).
Thanks for your comment. I've replaced my strap three times and the pin has never fallen out.
Thank you for the video.
Do you know if I can use the metallic strap from Casio A163WA-1QES for the Casio F91W ?
I don't know 😐
bloody legend sir
Ha ha! Thanks Rory 😂