 Step
12: With the Soft Touch bead stringing wire in place, you now
need to thread a combination of beads onto the Soft Touch. Your goal
is that the distance from the center of the watch to the end of the clasp
on that side of the watch should be 3 3/4" for a standard 7 1/2"
watchband. For an 8" watchband use 4" per side. 6mm beads
separated by size 11 S/L seed beads work well. In the above watch
band a combination of ruby red beads and crystal A/B beads were used to
match the watch face and ruby gemstones.
The clasp used above is a 6mm sterling silver magnetic clasp (Item
0339). When using a magnetic clasp it is almost mandatory that
you also incorporate a 3" guard chain. Once all the beads were
strung on the Soft Touch, we strung two 2x2mm crimp beads, the end link on
our 3" guard chain, then the clasp and finally both strands of Soft Touch
were threaded back through the two crimp beads and the first regular bead.
The slack was carefully removed from the Soft Touch and when everything
was in position, the two crimp beads were squeezed closed one at a time
using the bead crimping pliers. Complete the same process on the
opposite side of the watch. Now turn the watch over and admire your
work. Alternative Configuration: In this alternative
configuration, a bead is
Hopefully we have given you some ideas that will make it a little more
interesting and more glamorous for you to tell time in the future. |
It may not be Rolex, but who has seen a Rolex with two 2 carat rubies on
either side? 
added
after step 9, but before step 10. With the watch in the stage shown
at left, the bead was threaded on the wire and then the wrapped loop was
added. You can view the finished product at right. This watch
shown was finished using beads strung on Soft Touch. Another
alternative would be to use the same approach of adding a bead but instead
of using Soft Touch to make a strand of beads, using wire and beads with
the wrapped bead link to complete your watch band.