Adjustable linkage for a watchband

A watchband comprising:

• a plurality of interlocking links, wherein the plurality of interlocking links includes at least one removable link that is decouplable from a decoupling link, wherein the removable link comprises:
• a link body having a first end and a second end;
• a hand portion having a bar receiving region formed at the first end of the body;
• a retractable retaining pin having a first end within the link body and a second end extending from the link body into the bar receiving region, the retractable retaining pin being slideable within a bore provided in the link body, the retaining pin for retaining a retainable bar in the bar receiving region;
• a biasing member, coupled to the retaining pin, for biasing the retaining pin towards the bar receiving region;
• and
• a retractor, coupled to the retaining pin, for retracting the retaining pin away from the bar receiving region;
• whereby the retainable bar is retained within the bar receiving region by the retaining pin, and whereby the retainable bar is decoupled from the removable link by retracting the retaining pin away from the bar receiving region sufficiently to allow the retainable bar to be removed therefrom.

A method of reducing the length of a watchband, wherein the watchband comprises a plurality of interlocking links, at least one of which is a removable link and another of which is a decoupling link;

• wherein the removable link comprises a link body having a first end and a second end;
• a hand portion having a bar receiving region formed at the first end of the body;
• a bar coupled to the second end of the body;
• a retractable retaining pin, extending from the link body into the bar receiving region, for retaining a retainable bar in the bar receiving region;
• a biasing member, coupled to the retaining pin, for biasing the retaining pin towards the bar receiving region;
• and a retractor, coupled to the retaining pin, for retracting the retaining pin away from the bar receiving region;
• and
• wherein the at least one decoupling link that is decouplable from the removable link comprises a link body having a first end and a second end;
• a hand portion having a bar receiving region formed at the first end of the body;
• a retractable retaining pin, extending from the link body into the bar receiving region, for retaining the bar of the removable link in its bar receiving region;
• a biasing member, coupled to the retaining pin, for biasing the retaining pin towards the bar receiving region;
• and a retractor, coupled to the retaining pin, for retracting the retaining pin away from the bar receiving region;
• wherein the method comprises the steps of:
• removing a first retainable bar from the bar receiving portion of the removable link by retracting the retaining pin of the removable link away from the bar receiving region of the removable link sufficiently to allow the retainable bar to be removed therefrom;
• decoupling the second end of the removable link from the decoupling link by retracting the retaining pin of the decoupling link away from the bar receiving region of the decoupling link sufficiently to allow the bar of the removable link to be removed therefrom;
• and
• coupling the retainable bar to the decoupling link by the steps of:
• placing the first retainable bar into the bar receiving region of the decoupling link while the retractable retaining pin of the decoupling link is sufficiently retracted so as to allow the retainable bar to be placed into the bar receiving region of the decoupling link;
• and
• releasing the retractable retaining pin of the decoupling link while the retainable bar is within the bar receiving region of the decoupling link.