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Vetus® High Precision Tweezer with Carbon Fibre Tip

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The Vetus® Tweezer. Carbon fibre tip. For hands and micro parts.

A genuine Vetus® ESD259A precision tweezer — anti-magnetic, non-corrosive, made from anti-acid material. The exchangeable tip is 0.4mm of carbon fibre: sharp enough for watch hands and micro parts, soft enough not to scratch what it holds.

ESD-safe for electronics-grade handling, 130mm long, and every genuine Vetus® pack carries a serial number you can verify online. This is the tweezer we use at the bench ourselves.

Grip without scratches.
Carbon fibre where steel would leave a mark.

Carbon fibre tip.
0.4mm and non-marring — hands and polished parts stay unscratched.

Anti-magnetic.
No magnetised tweezer flicking your seconds hand across the bench.

ESD-safe.
Electrostatic-discharge safe, with exchangeable tips.

Serial-verified.
Every genuine Vetus® pack carries a serial number for online authenticity checks.

Heads up — fit & use

Fits watch hands and micro parts — the handling end of a mod build. Genuine Vetus®: check the serial number in the pack to verify authenticity online.

New to this? Seiko Modding: The Complete Build Guide walks through the whole build.

  • Specs

    1. Quality Genuine Vetus®, serial-number verified
    2. Material Stainless steel (body) and carbon fibre (tip)
    3. Length 130mm
    4. Tip Width 0.4mm
    1. Selection dependent; Comes with Vetus® Tweezer ± Extra Tips, or Tips Only.

    All photos of watches with modification parts are for illustration purposes only and are not included with the purchase.

  • Fits watch hands and micro parts — the handling end of a mod build.

    Pairs with:

    1. Watch Hands
    2. Watch Dials
    1. Seiko Modding: The Complete Build Guide (2026)

Questions, Answered

Everything worth knowing before you build.

Do I need special tools to mod a Seiko?

About eight tools total: case knife, hand-removal lever, hand presser (paired with a brass movement holder), tweezers with plastic or wooden tips, 10×–20× loupe, microfiber cloths, rocket blower.

Why do I need a movement holder?

It clamps the movement so it can't shift while you work on it — most critically when pressing hands, which are a firm friction fit and need square, steady pressure. Setting hands against an unsupported movement risks bending a hand or the pinion it presses onto.

Do you sell crystal presses or hand-setting presses?

No — we stock the three tools on this page and stop there. For a crystal press or a hand-setting press, buy from a dedicated tool supplier or have a watchmaker do the pressing; a crystal in particular should never be seated without a proper press.

What does the spring bar tool do?

It compresses the spring bars that hold a strap or bracelet between the lugs, so you can swap straps without scratching the case. It works on any watch that uses standard spring bars — which is every Lucius Atelier case with lugs — and the spare tips keep it working after the inevitable slip.

Is the Vetus tweezer genuine?

Yes — we stock the genuine Vetus® ESD259A, and every pack carries a serial number you can verify online with Vetus. It's the tweezer we use at our own bench: anti-magnetic, ESD-safe, with a 0.4mm carbon fibre tip that won't scratch hands or polished parts.