Battery replacement for a coin watch5/1/2023 ![]() ![]() Check visually that the Back Case is lying uniformly and closed.Carefully centre the Back Case with respect to the Case, trying to keep it Straight and exercise with your thumbs a uniformly-distributed pressure, if all goes well, you should hear a faint click, when it slips into its seat. ![]() sheet of paper folded in two layers, a light cardboard or something like that) if the Glass/Crystal is even just slightly curved or features odd shapes or other, the operation must be made exclusively in your hand paying Lots of attention Not to put any pressure on the Glass/Crystal, as the closing will be much more difficult. Check Carefully the type and shape of Glass/Crystal mounted on your watch, if perfectly flat and has no obvious scratches, cracks, or other damage, you can safely lean on a flat and well-protected surface (e.g.Check that the Back Case has or does Not have recesses/flushes for the watch adjustment shaft.Once the battery has been placed, close the Back Case, being careful Not to damage anything, following these guidelines: hidden by the joining of the strap or bracelet) in such cases one is almost always forced to remove the strap or bracelet (the operation is not always quick). No, the “fun” comes now, I make you aware that medium-priced watches and above, the battery replacement might become not-slightly more complicated, sometimes one can find larger and more resistant structures where opening the Back Case requires a certain technique and strength, but the worst is when the watch does not feature a well-marked slot for opening (as in the Picture), but this is very small and not handy or located in parts that are hardly visible (e.g. The second thing to watch out for: opening the Back Case, avoid slipping inside the watch with the tool that one is using, as, often there are exposed components and easily damaged, the watch should be kept as “flat” as possible, there are some mechanisms that may have Very small components, simply lying or slightly wedged (frequently found in digital, analogue/digital, and multifunction analogue watches), so if you tip or incline the watch too much they could slip out and get lost. In very cheap products, generally one does not encounter major problems and obstacles, often the Back Cases are not large or well-sealed, therefore easily removable. It is no coincidence that I specified "not very sharp", the main thing that you should be careful about is not to slip risking injuring your hand or scratching the watch. It is certainly the most widespread among ordinary watches, the opening of this Back Case is carried out by using a sharp instrument like a watchmaker’s knife (pointy blade and not very sharp), that must be placed in the notch dedicated to opening (as in the picture marked in Green) in most cases professionals use watchmaker’s knives to open most watches with a pressure Back Case (it looks a lot like the Swiss knives as shown in the picture). ![]()
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