How to Use Quick-Release Watch Straps

Every DVIL strap ships with quick-release spring bars built into the ends. They turn a fiddly, tool-only job into a ten-second swap you can do on the side of a desk — without scratching the lugs or pinging a spring bar across the room.

What a quick-release spring bar looks like

A quick-release spring bar is a standard sprung pin with one important addition: a small lever or knurled tab sitting halfway along it. Slide the tab toward the centre of the bar and one end retracts, freeing the strap from the lug. No tool needed.

The swap, step by step

• Turn the watch face-down on a soft cloth.
• Find the small tab on the underside of the strap, near where it meets the lug.
• Slide the tab toward the centre of the strap — you'll feel the spring bar retract.
• Lift that end of the strap clear of the lug, then repeat on the other side.
• Drop the new strap in: seat one end of the spring bar in the lug hole, pull the tab, and let the other end click into place.

If you can change a watch battery, you can change a quick-release strap. It's faster.

A few small habits worth keeping

• Work over a desk or tray — not over a sink or hard floor.
• Push the tab gently. It only needs a couple of millimetres of travel.
• Make sure both ends of the spring bar are fully seated before you put the watch back on the wrist — give the strap a gentle tug to check.

That's it. Every strap in the DVIL collection works this way, which means rotating two or three through a week takes seconds rather than minutes — and your lugs stay unmarked.