What the trick to taking the back off of watches?

 I have some watches that need new batteries.  I see no reason to take
them to a jeweler to replace batteries.
      But I am afraid I will scratch the hell out of the back or worse.
    Does someone know a secret, that somehow I am missing, when I look
at them?









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Bob Young wrote:

You need a very small blade screwdriver to carefully pry off the back
at the flat spot on the case.
Wear some reading glasses if you're a bit up in years

 
The secret is to have the right tool. My Casio just needs a small
Phillips screwdriver. If the back of the watch has weird detents
to rotate it, you might need a special tool.

I usually replace my watch battery at KMart and let them put it in,
They do it for nothing and the battery is inexpensive.

Don

 

I used to think this way until I slipped with the screwdriver and scraped
the blade right across the circuit board.

It is also easy to bugger up the gaskets and with the price that the
jewelers charge being only a buck or two more than I can buy a battery for
if I shop real hard, it is hardly worth the grief.

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Roger Shoaf

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 Roger Shoaf wrote:  
"I used to think this way until I slipped with the screwdriver and
scraped the blade right across the circuit board.
It is also easy to bugger up the gaskets and with the price that the
jewelers charge being only a buck or two more than I can buy a battery
for if I shop real hard, it is hardly worth the grief.
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Roger I did almost 8 watches yesterday. After I learned where to find
that 'lip' to pry it off, I found that you do not really need to put
alot of pressure to remove it.
I was amazed that one watch actually had an arrow engraved on the back ,
to show you exactly where that "lip" or grove was.

Another obvious thing to remember is not to be holding down the back
down accidentally, with your other hand or you'll working against
yourself.

     Like everything else, once you learn the technique, it is no secret
and you wonder why it is presented as so mysterious.  Everyone of my
watches used the same type/number.

   Once I removed the back, I used a straight pin to nudge the battery
itself out.    









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