Best place to get batteries for watches?

Stompa

Be careful, you do sometimes need a special tool to remove and/or replace the back of the watch.

fatbelly

I've done loads of battery replacements in all sorts of items including watches and never had a problem, either in fitting the new battery or with 'cheap' batteries.

I suspect if you buy a £5 battery, you're actually buying a 5p one with 10000% mark-up!

The card I posted above holds 20 batteries of 5 different types. There is another card on sale in various places marked Benross or Hyundai. This holds 40 batteries of 6 types and mine cost 95p! The additional two types are AG3 and AG5, (no AG10)though I've not found anything to take those types yet.

One battery type not on either card is AG6, and I do have a watch that takes that, so I bought 10 off Amazon. Can't remember what it cost.

Alternative numbering (even this isn't a complete list!) is as follows:

AG1 SR621SW, SR60, SR621, SB-AG/DG, 280-34, T, V364, D364, 602, S621E, GP364, 364, L621, LR621, SG1,

AG2 SR726SW, SR59, SR726, SB-AL, 280-28, N, V397, D397, 607, S726E, GP397, 397,

AG3 SR41W, SR41, SR736, SB-B1, 280-13, K, V392, D392, 247D, S736E, GP392, LR736, 392, 192, L736, G3, V3GA, LR41, SG3,

AG4 SR626SW, SR66, SR626, SB-AW, 280-39, BA, V377, D377, 606, S626E, GP377, 377, L626, SG4, LR626,

AG5 SR754W, SR48, SR754, SB-B3, F, V393, D393, 255, S754E, GP393, 393, SG5, LR750,

AG6 SR920SW, SR69, SR921, SB-AN, 280-31, V371, D371, 605, S921E, GP371, 371, CX921

AG7 SR927W, SR57, SR927, SB-BP/EP, 280-44, W, V399, D399, 613, GP399, 926E, 399, LR927, GR927,

AG8 SR1120W, SR55, SR1121, SB-BS/ES, 280-30, L, V391, D391, 609, S1121E, GP391, 391, 191, L1121, G8, VG8GA, LR1120, CA26, V8GS, SG8,

AG9 SR936SW, SR936, SB-A4, 280-17, V394, D394, 625, 394, GP394, 394, SG9,

AG10 SR1130W, SR54, SR1130, SB-BU, 280-15, M, V389, D389, 626, S1131E, GP389, 389, 189, L1131, G10, V10GA, LR55, LR1130, GP189, LR54, SG10,

AG11 SR721SW, SR58, SR721, SB-AK/DK, 280-29, S, V362, D362, 601, S721E, GP362, AG11, 362, SG11,

AG12 186, 1176A, 186-1, 301A, 386A, G12A, GP86A, L1142, LR1142, LR43, RW84, V12GA,

AG13 1128MP, 1166A, D76A, G13A, GPA7, GPA76, LR44, LR1154, L1154, PX675A, PX76A, RPX675, S76, V13GA, 357A, RW82, KA, A76, 208-904, SB-F9, G13-A, CA18, CA19, LR44,

System

Got one the other day. £1.50 for a Maxell 377 from Ebay.

Lugh_Chronain

Stompa wrote: »

Be careful, you do sometimes need a special tool to remove and/or replace the back of the watch.

I guess it depends on the type of watch all right. You don't want to damage your watch removing the back.

If people needed to know then where would the best place be to find out whether they need a tool of some sort to remove and/or replace the back of the watch?

Stompa

Lugh_Chronain wrote: »

If people needed to know then where would the best place be to find out whether they need a tool of some sort to remove and/or replace the back of the watch?

I'm no expert, just an idiot who managed to break a watch glass whilst attempting to replace a back. FWIW a quick Google finds this sort of thing:

http://www.watchbattery.co.uk/shop/Watch_Tools_Accessories.shtml

d-seven

I paid a fiver to get a watch battery changed (by a jeweller) in an old watch I had for a birthday about 20 years ago. The battery packed up after about 4 months so I got some from the pound shop. I prised the back off with a thin kitchen knife and put a new battery in. It worked for about 7 months and died so I have changed it again. I've come to the conclusion it must be the watch that eats up the batteries.
You do have to be careful when changing batteries. Around the same time, I had the jeweller fit betteries in some other old watches I have since sold on ebay. they were water resistant and the jeweller advised against using them for swimming etc as the watch loses some of its water resistance after the back has been opened.
Also a lot of water resistant casios have to be opened with a screwdriver and have a seal for the water resistance so this seal may need to be replaced once the back has opened. Some people do reccomend putting sillicone grease round it before screwing the case bak up...

Lugh_Chronain

Stompa wrote: »

I'm no expert, just an idiot who managed to break a watch glass whilst attempting to replace a back. FWIW a quick Google finds this sort of thing:

http://www.watchbattery.co.uk/shop/Watch_Tools_Accessories.shtml

I’ll bare that in mind, probably better than paying for a new glass for the watch.

Went to H. Samuel’s quite a few years ago and asked how much a replacement glass would cost after dropping my watch face down on a stone stairs, they said it would cost about £50. I wonder if they told me this because they didn’t want to do it [replace the glass]. I told someone I knew at that time about this and he recommended a small independent jewellers, they charge me only £15 altogether. Unfortunately they relocated. What a pity.

That taught me to shop around after that I can tell you.

Stompa

Lugh_Chronain wrote: »

I’ll bare that in mind, probably better than paying for a new glass for the watch.

My watch back popped off pretty easily. I discovered (after the event unfortunately) that refitting it required a great deal of force. The proper tools seem to include plastic rings (of varying sizes) that you place on the glass side of the watch so that the force is taken by the case of the watch rather than the glass itself.

System

fatbelly wrote: »

The card I posted above holds 20 batteries of 5 different types.

Thanks for posting the details, really appreciated :A

roddydogs

A Casio that needs a new Battery?