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skyeriding
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Thanks Cazalea for the insightful comments,

Having the bracelet off the watch is always preferable before doing such work. However, given that these kind of bracelets like on the GS would require some proper tools to prevent scratching the lugs (e.g double springbar forks), I did it with the watch still on with caution. For the mallet, I always used the Nylon side to ensure no accidental hard knocks of metal-to-metal contact which would be a bad day.
I totally forgot about those screw presses. That would make the job 100x easier and render the article obsolete! Looks like the safest way to do it in my opinion, and it even lets you control how deep you want to push the pins in!.
Degradation and oxidization of the steel pins is also another good point to highlight - I only considered a new bracelet when doing my writeup. Then yes - perhaps an oil/rust penetrant like WD40 would work to loosen the pins first (followed by proper cleanup, which is beyond my knowledge).
Regards,
skyeriding

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