What is the least traumatic way to remove (even if just breaking them off) and the procedure for putting them (or a new one) back on? Slide them down the arbor or pop them on over the side of the arbor at the plate or some other method? Thank you, Chris I also read that some folks just break the clips off and put a new clip on after finished with the movement. Is there a technique for using these pliers without bending their tips? One of the tips bent on my first try and still managed to bend the clip to an unusable state along with some additional scratches on the plate (see pic). I had read about the clip remover tool at Black Forest Imports on prior threads - I purchased. What is the point of perfectly cleaning a movement if you have to scratch the 'bleep' out of the back plate in order to remove the the e-clips?! Note: the different style clips on the front of the movement came off nicely. I just totally scratched up the back plate of a 1970 Regula movement trying to remove two clips on arbors on the back plate. I just got finished reading prior threads on this topic because I didn't want post a new thread on the subject but.