Another cheap S&W watch question (re: battery)

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I bought this S&W pocket watch new, I think, from the S&W store. I re-found it for about the 8th time today when organizing a closet. No idea where it was made, I know someone will say China, thought I'd save you the trouble. :) It's a soild thing, even the chain and clasp are very sturdy. The only mark I could find on it is "AK" stamped in small letters on the back cover, but let's assume it wasn't made in Alaska, or for Anne Kleine. :cool:

I'd like to get it running again, and although it's a long shot I thought I'd ask here. The only jewelry store in the nearest small town couldn't change the battery in an old Casio G-Shock, so I doubt they'd be of help. I have the manual with the box, no mention of battery replacement there. Any wild guesses welcome, and thanks.





 
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I have one of these also. I have had the battery replaced more than once but I haven't had it done for years. I had it done at a local jewelry store and the back pried off. I think there is a spot in the back that you can pry at. Just be careful when you put the back back on. Service Merchandise bent the back on mine forcing it back on. Picked up another one that didn't run on ebay for parts and will replace my back at some point. just haven't gotten around to it.
 
Jewelry stores that deal in watches can usually change batteries. But it can be expensive. I took one watch to one of those batteries and bulbs shops you sometimes see in strip malls, and they changed out the battery for me free, but of course I had to buy the replacement battery at their inflated price. I have a watchback removal pry tool and it works OK. Sometimes, the biggest problem is not back removal but getting the back to snap into place. Several years ago, I changed the battery on my wife’s watch, but could not get the back to snap onto the case. It was a cheap watch, so I just bought her a similar new watch. I still have her original watch and back in a polyethylene envelope inside the proverbial kitchen drawer.. Maybe one of these years I will repeat an attempt at getting that back to snap into place.

Often the only way to know the correct replacement battery size needed is to remove the old battery and get its number. There are dozens of different battery sizes available.
 
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If you're comfortable popping the back off, it should be straightforward.

If you're patient, open it up and see what battery size it takes, then order a replacement online. You can usually get 5 or 10 batteries from ebay for what one will cost in the store.
 
That is why jewlers and watch makers have those little things that they wear on their head or have over their nose and squint, through.

To see that very tiny notch that their special tools can get to.

Good luck.
 
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