Bought a watch from Amazon, and the band was way too big for my hand.  Instead of taking it to a jeweler, I just got one of these.  No problems taking out the watch band pins. Sturdy enough to get the job done.  I wouldn't call it a professional tool, and I doubt it would last through dozens of band resizings, but I had no problem with  my job which required removing 4 pins total to get the size I needed. Since this is the first time in my life of 54 years I needed to have a band sized, I don't really care how durable it is so long as it got this one job done.