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Vetus® High Precision Tweezer with Carbon Fibre Tip

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.

High-precision tweezers with carbon fiber tips designed for delicate watch repair and modding work. Customers praised the "excellent quality" and replaceable tips that prevent scratching hands and dials. The ergonomic design and superior grip outperform steel/brass alternatives. One customer noted hands "fall easier" than with other tweezers.

  • The immediate differences in quality hit hard—no more scratched hands and dials!
  • The nicest tweezers I've tried for manipulating hands and dials confidently without marking.
  • Much nicer to use than full metal tweezers and the tips are replaceable. 6/5
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  • 5 stars: 49 (98%)
  • 4 stars: 1 (2%)
  • 3 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
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MikecF (Cincinnati, US)
Using this mod part for: Seiko 5M62a
First watch repair with proper tools

I just got these tweezers tonight. Abs just in time for my first watch repair. I used them for replacing the battery in a Seiko Kinetic watch. I highly recommend these tweezers!!

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Jeremy R. (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, FR)
Using this mod part for: Skx007, SKX009, Fieldwatches, Aftermarket cases,
Vetus® High Precision Tweezer with Carbon Fibre Tip

Very good tweezer that avoid scratching the hands when installing. Arrived faster than expected. Very good quality.

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Michael (Wellington, NZ)
Best Vetus tweezers for manipulating hands and dials

The carbon fibre tips are very rigid but also soft enough to avoid scratching. These are the nicest tweezers I've tried for manipulating hands and dials confidently without marking them.

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John W. (Waldorf, US)
Using this mod part for: SKY007
Building a watch, great tweezers are a must

Cheaply made watch tools will do damage to your project, these are the best tweezers I’ve tried.

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Luke M. (Belmont, US)
Using this mod part for: SKX013
Exceptional

Tweezers have such a fine tip and the Carbon Fiber helps so much when setting hands and they've worked great so far! Thank's again Adriel for an amazing product.

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Justin (Singapore, SG)
Vetus tweezer tips

The Vetus plastic tipped tweezer is my go to tool for picking up watch hands because they don’t scratch. Their plastic tips also make them great for changing quartz watch batteries. I accidentally broke my tweezer tips by carelessly knocking them off my bench. Fortunately, Lucius Atelier brings in replacement tips and I was so happy to be able to get 2 pairs from them.

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Kurtis B. (Oakville, CA)
Using this mod part for: Skx007
Carbon fibre tweezers

Amazing quality tweezers, very well packed and shipped! High quality tips. From web order to my door from Singapore in 3 days!! During a lockdown. Hats off to you good sir!

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Casey D. (Albany, US)
Using this mod part for: Skx007

Awesome tool. Used them yesterday for the first time and worked great. Thank you for a great product.

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Paul M. (Lodi, US)
Vetus Tweezers

This is absolutely the best set of tweezers I have ever used much better the all metal set. Very comfortable and no worries about any damage to the installation of hands. Great product.

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Michael E.S. (Indianapolis, US)
Using this mod part for: SKX007 compatible parts in Aftermarket cases & NH Movements
Brilliant!

I have zero idea how I worked with my budget tweezers this long before finally upgrading to these Vetus® High Precision Tweezer with Carbon Fibre Tips! The immediate differences in quality hit hard in your hand—the feeling of quality of the materials & the fit and finish! No more scratched hands and dials for this fellow!

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Horland R. (Gloucester, GB)
Great Teewzers, perfect.

They arrived on time and even better quality than anticipated, I've only just found your site and I'm extremely happy.

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Aapo (Helsinki, FI)
God tier tweezers

I kinda hesitated buying these cause i had a good pair of steel tweezers already. In a moment of feeling like i had money i decided to try these out, and i was pleasantly surprised.

Much nicer to use than full metal tweezers: they are nice to handle AND the tips are replaceable, which i find very handy. I could live without these, but i dont want to anymore. 6/5

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Gregory L. (San Francisco, US)
Very nice indeed.

Recently purchased these and was immediately impressed with the construction and feel. Tweezers are tough to work with but essential. The replaceable tips is also a plus to them.

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Steven M. (Ada, US)
Tweezers

Great pair of tweezers. I needed something I could use without damaging anything

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Martin T. (Brisbane, AU)
Using this mod part for: Aftermarket cases
Vetus carbon fibre tips

Nicely made I’ve not used carbon tips before but these look really good and interchangeable great upgrade for my toolkit

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John H. (Detroit, US)

Vetus® High Precision Tweezer with Carbon Fibre Tip

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Anderson W. (Boise, US)
Using this mod part for: Aftermarket
Precision Tool

Tweezers are in perfect alignment and appropriate for the most delicate of tasks.

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Marcel G. (Atlanta, US)
Using this mod part for: SKX007
Great tweezers

I don't know why I didn't get these before. What difference with my beat up steel and brass ones. Much better grip too.

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Steen E.P. (Herlev, DK)
Perfect

All i can sat is perfect...the tweesers are just perfect for my line og Work...thanks...

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Anonymous (Maringá, BR)
Using this mod part for: LA Explorer Case
Very good pair of tweezers

Worth the money.

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Rocco G.M. (Rivalta di Torino, IT)
Using this mod part for: Aftermarket case
Good quality

Good quality tweezers

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Andrea (Ancona, IT)
Watch tool

This Precision Tweezer are very well builded and easy to use

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Anonymous (Owatonna, US)
Using this mod part for: SKX007
Vetus tweezers

Love these tweezers, great find.

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Morten (Galten, DK)
Using this mod part for: Aftermarket case
Vetus® High Precision Tweezer with Carbon Fibre Tip

Good tool, seems well made and in good quality. Great design feature that you can refit with new tips.

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Bo
Using this mod part for: Different but mainly Seiko 5s these days. =)
Perfect!

Perfect for handling delicate things like hands.
Luciusatelier as always deliveres promptly without any hassle. Very happy with both the product and the buying experience.