New watch band buckle

I received my Fénix 8 today and noticed right away the buckle on the new band doesn’t have any visible screws. Anyone know how to switch the new buckle to other quickfit bands?

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lustyd 8 months ago in reply to richardb20 +1

it's visible in the marketing shots, especially the one of the back of the watch.

I imagine it uses a standard spring pin so a knife would be able to remove the pin and swap it out. Swapping the buckle…
Tommylee84 8 months ago +1 suggested

Yes the new buckles are standard spring pins not like the screw type on previous bands, I just swapped my buckles cause I wanted a black and orange band and a titanium and black.
1275126 3 months ago +1 suggested

The latest straps have a screw retaining the pin, not a spring. It's easy to change with the correct screwdriver. See https://support.garmin.com/en-GB/?faq=tSRDVFZ4mq7bQMwJrsa6xA#:~:text=Guide%20buckle…

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0 richardb20 8 months ago

Can you share some picture to show what you mean?

0 lustyd 8 months ago in reply to richardb20

it's visible in the marketing shots, especially the one of the back of the watch.

I imagine it uses a standard spring pin so a knife would be able to remove the pin and swap it out. Swapping the buckle is pretty niche, I can't imagine many people wanting to do this!

0 richardb20 8 months ago in reply to lustyd

Do you mean the old style screw-in watch band bars/springs, that held the strap to the watch lugs?

I thought they were replaced with plain old spring bars. The Fenix 5x was the last Fenix to have them.

The 6x and 7x both have the newer spring bars - just like the 8 does now.

0 lustyd 8 months ago in reply to richardb20

I assume they are talking about the screws in the buckle, not the watch. Every watch band I have uses screws for this but the new F8 bands don't have screws in the buckle, you can see it in the images. As I said, I assume this means spring bars here now too.

0 Tommylee84 8 months ago

Yes the new buckles are standard spring pins not like the screw type on previous bands, I just swapped my buckles cause I wanted a black and orange band and a titanium and black.

0 1275126 3 months ago

The latest straps have a screw retaining the pin, not a spring. It's easy to change with the correct screwdriver. See https://support.garmin.com/en-GB/?faq=tSRDVFZ4mq7bQMwJrsa6xA#:~:text=Guide%20buckle%20pin%20through%20the,the%20buckle%20pin%20screw%20in.