I received a package yesterday with a neat little tool for aiding in changing of watch band springs (something I have hated to do my whole life). I recently discovered (thanks to EDCF) Nato/Zulu watch bands and wanted to expirement. I purchased a 2-piece and then a cheaper 1-piece (being unexperienced I wasn’t sure it would work with my watch) to try it out. So when I found this little tool on ebay for 3.99 I tried it out…

New NATO blue band. And a watch band tool I found on eBay for 3.99 by johngilliland74, on Flickr

and what its going onto:

And what the band is for! by johngilliland74, on Flickr

and the result for today’s wear:

With the navy blue band. One piece! by johngilliland74, on Flickr

Now I just have to go back to the nicer quality bands and start ordering more colors in the 1-piece!