there are little arrows on the back of several links and what appears to be push buttons but I can't seem to figure out what to do to get them off.

Ed Rutland, September 2006

All links and reponses were great! Thanks a bunch.

dude, May 2009

Take it to Wal-Mart, let them fight it.>>>>>>>

shawshank333, November 2008

If your bracelet has these push buttons, you may find the instruction you are looking for on this site:

http://www.squidoo.com/shorten-watchstrap

Critter001, September 2008

followed the link and took off two links easy peasy thanks to that a flat head screwdriver only

dyllzzz, March 2008

There is a very good instruction on how to do it on this webpage:
http://www.pmwf.com/Watches/WatchSchool/WS%2014%20How%20to%20Resize%20Common%20Bracelets/WS%2014%20How%20to%20Resize%20Bracelets.htm

Good luck.

oky, August 2007

In order to remove the links to shorten watch bracelet, you will require a special gadget which can be purchased from many of the online watch specialists.
If you google 'Watch band pin remover', you should get some idea of how to proceed, but basically, the pins you can see are split pins and must be removed in the direction of the arrow. Once the pin has started to protrude, a pair of pliers will easily remove it.
When replacing the pins, care must be taken to insert the pin back in the link the same way as it came out, ie. against the direction of the arrow.
It really depends on how confident you are with hand/eye co-ordination as to how successful you will be.
I adapted a bicycle chain link remover which, after a bit of tweaking did a fine job.

Alro, October 2006