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Anyone change their own?
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Yes. 20 for a pound from pound land. (5 Different sizes)
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I believe Lady Faye Verrit often does !
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** 7 different sizes and 28 in the pack.
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Gadget for removing the back?
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I use those pliers that are very narrow at the end.
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If it's not that style just use a sharp knife.
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** I'm talking about a £100 watch here. Anything fancy then best go to a jewellers who charge a fortune.
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I know a fella who sells watches that don't need a battery. Not sure how they work, he sounds like a wind up merchant.
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Bet he's barely ticking over.
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GF bought me a Tissot, bless her, battery ran out after a year or two. Website: 'go to one of a handful of specialists, cost about £60 and up' Went to an old-school watch repairer in Bristol's Gloucester Road, he did it in front of me there and then, charged me a fiver and no, this was recently not donkeys' ears ago
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My local jeweller is a tenner.
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Go for it.
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I do indeed change my own, having been paying a fiver at jewelers.
I bought the tools years ago for next to nothing, and usually buy them for something like £1.50 for two. Bought a pack of 50 for £1.99, and there are 10 of 5 sizes. As usual, someone on here said I've been robbed, and could get them for less at a "Pound Shop"!  |
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As usual, someone on here said I've been robbed,
Name and shame. |
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What channel?
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My everyday watch was so cheap it will probably cost less to replace the watch when the battery dies
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I always change my own. Have a back opening tool off ebay that allows you to properly open funny backs without resorying to mangling it with a screwdriver and it cost just a few quid, and I've a watchmakers screwdriver set for removing the tiny screws that often hold the battery in place.
Points to note are to be careful with those screws (so like do on a table maybe in a tray not standing over some wooden floor with gaps for them to fall in - like I did once) and pay attention to how it comes apart as some have a wierd contact onto a thing stuck on the back for a beeper, if it has it. |
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Job done. Amersham market £4.
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I had a "Seiko" that didn't need batteries or winding.....It was kinetic!
When I told people it was kinetic, they would say they didn't think it was that bad! |
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Casio-Collection-Analogue-Display-MQ-24-7BLL/dp/B000JNKABW/ref=lp_5120087031_1_2?s=watch&ie=UTF8&qid=1506429327&sr=1-2&nodeID=5120087031&psd=1
My watch. What's a battery? |
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It's the thing inside that watch that keeps the hands turning. If you've been winding it all this time, I don't want to be the one to break it to you...
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my ecig tells me the time.. innit
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These broken watch threads are timeless
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9 out of 10 Crisp.....
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I had a watch that was advertised as being safer when driving but it was just useless, just a dot in the middle? So much for being Hands Free.
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