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Watch battery replacement
25-08-2014 12:19 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqeL82PC0Rw
I Did not have a nut the correct size but found a large socket that was the perfect size so the back went on easily using the method shown.
Clearly this may not be a good idea for an expensive watch.
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25-08-2014 12:33 PM
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I think watch shops pressure test repaired watches to make sure they are correctly sealed.
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25-08-2014 12:40 PM
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25-08-2014 2:05 PM
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25-08-2014 2:15 PM
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Quote from: Oldjim not the ones I have used
I meant as in Patek Phillipe/IWC/Audemars Piguet/Rolex/Richard Mille/Bovet/Jaeger-LeCoultre
You get very few quartz watches from those manufacturers (one of the reasons they are very expensive is the automatic movements designed/developed/used)
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25-08-2014 2:32 PM
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25-08-2014 3:16 PM
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It's a Casio, had it about 5 years and it cost around £20, Have three other watches purchased in Bulgaria and Spain over 10 years ago for less than a fiver and all keep good time.
Quote from: artmo @gleneagles, you don't say that type of watch it is. I tend to wear cheap watches for everyday use and if a battery needs replacing I take it to a man in the local market. Normally costs me £5 inclusive of the battery.
You can get a card full of batteries, about 20 or so in these pound shops but I find they last about 6 months.
The Casio battery was £2.75 from ebay..... remains to be seen if it is an original or fake only time will tell but it works at present
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25-08-2014 3:19 PM
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But my £5 quartz watches are more accurate
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Quote from: Oldjim not the ones I have used
I meant as in Patek Phillipe/IWC/Audemars Piguet/Rolex/Richard Mille/Bovet/Jaeger-LeCoultre
You get very few quartz watches from those manufacturers (one of the reasons they are very expensive is the automatic movements designed/developed/used)

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25-08-2014 3:21 PM
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25-08-2014 3:29 PM
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Then I wait until after 3 to be attended to on a 2 o'clock appointment...
Obviously not everyone's watch has this facility

I remember getting an LCD watch for 99p and a replacement battery cost £1.50.
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25-08-2014 3:36 PM
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Quote from: gleneagles But my £5 quartz watches are more accurate
Yep, but you have to admire the mechanical movements of watches. Quite incredible how they come up with the designs and put everything together.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNHP0qWId8I
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25-08-2014 4:58 PM
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I would never buy an expensive watch even if I could afford it as there is always the worry of losing it or getting robbed.
The cost of servicing an expensive watch is likely to be well over a £100 . Reminds me of what they said about a Rolls Royce, if you asked how much it cost to run then you couldn't afford it.
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25-08-2014 5:02 PM
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