Watch this BEFORE you change a battery yourself

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How to change the battery in your watch without killing the movement.
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@cgnicolis 3 ай бұрын

When I started teaching myself watchmaking, I was immediately approached by family and friends for battery changes. Given my lack of professional skill, I never asked for money; for the minimal cost of a battery and the occasional gasket I was happy to do it gratis for the experience gained. Until I couldn't fit the case back onto a Movado museum watch. I applied enough force to shatter the crystal and scratch the dial. That was an expensive lesson, and the reason I don't change watch batteries for friends anymore.

@robertogattoli 3 ай бұрын

Not "for free" anymore indeed😉

@johanvandersandt8904 3 ай бұрын

That happened to me last week. I had to replace the entire watch and was super upset about it considering I gave her that watch for free to begin with.

@CATech1138 3 ай бұрын

if a can't rethread a case back by hand, i look for the reason

@cgnicolis 3 ай бұрын

@@CATech1138 it was a snap back. I tried every die combination that came with the press, silicone grease... I agree with the general principle that if you have to force something, you're probably doing it wrong. I definitely did it wrong, but I still don't know what I could have done differently. Cheap Chinese press?

@owenlaprath4135 2 ай бұрын

Was it a handheld press, like a nut-cracker? I hate those. One of the best 20 dollars bills I ever spent was a table-top vertical screw-down vice-press for watches! I broke a crystal myself once, before I had my press, and before the days of readily available internet orders for anything. I have seen people use the hand-held type, that looks like a large nut-cracker or a garlic-press, and I do not like them. When the back snaps in, your hand is still pressing, and the sudden snap can cause extra force that may break the watch. With the screw-type, pressure releases, as soon as the case-back snaps in, and it is done. You also get good control and enough pressure to snap the plate in. Believe it or not, straining to put on enough force with a handheld press can actually lead you into applying excessive force, and then bad stuff happens.

@robertogattoli 3 ай бұрын

You are absolutely right, you have given valuable wise advice (as always), so let's see, raise the hand who has never touched a battery without gloves...

@lescarmichael-rn2zp 8 күн бұрын

Thanks for posting this, all good advice. 👍

@paulc9588 3 ай бұрын

Good video. If I can, I tend to change batteries myself. Always had issues with jewellers/watch repair agents and my Junghans Mega 1000. Some won't touch them for some reason, others seem incapable of doing the job without disturbing/losing the two tiny unsecured springs that contact on the case back. The last time I had someone else do it (a long-established and respected shop I have used many times without problems) I was charged £14 and the battery lasted 6 months. Turned out they had fitted an el cheapo £1 Agfa 3V battery which would no doubt have leaked had I not opened the watch to check as soon as it stopped working. Needless to say they don't get my business any more.

@owenlaprath4135 2 ай бұрын

Pardon the repetition (I replied with this elsewhere), but one reply here mentions breaking the crystal, trying to force a case-back on, so I thought I'd add this for other viewers' benefit: One of the best 20 dollars bills I ever spent was a table-top vertical screw-down vice-press for snap-on watch case-backs! I have seen people use the hand-held type, that looks like a large nut-cracker or a garlic-press, and I do not like them. When the back snaps in, your hand is still pressing, and the sudden snap can cause extra force that may break the watch. With the screw-type, pressure releases, as soon as the case-back snaps in, and it is done.

@simonclegg5301 3 ай бұрын

Hey Kalle. Thanks for “The Knowledge “

@TonyNL87 3 ай бұрын

Well that explains the many 1 star reviews on Dutch webshop Bol with button cell batteries when they are used for watches!😂 Many reviews.. even with Duracell say that half the batteries came empty in the package and didn't work in their watch! I guess they touched + and - a few times too many or a little bit too long and drained the brand new batteries!😂

@adfpv1153 3 ай бұрын

Great advice Kalle, thank you 👍😁

@thecleaner4971 3 ай бұрын

Excellent content as always ❤

@RabbitWatchShop 3 ай бұрын

I have a few quartz watches I stopped wearing. After they died, I removed their batteries and cased them back up without installing new batteries. Proper long term storage.

@K_man217 3 ай бұрын

This is the way

@PpaStrmpf 3 ай бұрын

If I'm not wrong quartz movements should not be long without battery?

@Chef_Alpo 2 ай бұрын

@@PpaStrmpfnah, you just don't want a dead battery in there, the reason being it is not unlikely for it to leak after a while, and the reason for that (if I remember correctly) is because the electronics are still trying to draw power from it and that causes it to leak...somehow, don't remember.

@pchris6662 3 ай бұрын

I took my father’s Omega quartz watch (vintage 1980s I think) to my jeweler to have the battery changed. He said they no longer make the same batteries (Mercury?) and that it wasn’t going to last very long. He was right. After just a couple months the watch stopped. Is there nothing i can do? Dad was so proud of this watch. He always wanted to own a real Omega. I would love to wear it, but it’s silly to have the change the battery that frequently.

@beautgrainger147 3 ай бұрын

I aim to have nothing to do with quartz watches, but end up having to change a battery occasionally.. im surprised anyone bothers with cheap batteries when the best batteries from cousins are available so cheaply compared to 1 single mainspring.

@interfaceonly Ай бұрын

Good points

@deniss1473 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!👍

@justluvit1000 3 ай бұрын

Hi Kalle very nice video. Cheap batteries is something I see so often, acid leaked into the works, parts eaten away from the amount of time the acid has had to corrode the works. So often it is also expensive watches Omega and Breitling, where the customer has gone to the cheap battery "watchmaker", to save a few Euro, but then has a broken watch which needs a fair amount of Euros to repair. But what also needs to taken into account is the correct height, I see so many wrong sizes placed into the watch, most often to high. It maybe only a 0,5 mm too much, but it can damage the dial when the case is closed. Seen it happen to an Omega Seamaster analog - digital; the dial cracked and needed replacing. High drain and low drain batteries are something else. Maybe an idea for another short video. Take care and happy Easter. AKA Britsh Exile

@rafaelalbarracin9278 3 ай бұрын

Muy buena está batería de consejos 👍

@darrensmith6999 3 ай бұрын

Would you recommend Renata batteries?

@BernardoSilva-ex9gc 3 ай бұрын

I changed a battery yesterday..lol dont touch with your hands in the p+osoitive and negative sides shortcuating it.

@arpadbalazs3296 3 ай бұрын

You can’t go wrong with Energizer, Renata or Seizaiken (Seiko). :)

@Mr986Willis 3 ай бұрын

In 1995 my parents gave me a Tissot Seastar quartz for my 21st birthday. I've been wondering what maintenance I should do on it? I have changed batteries and case back o-rings but should I be stripping, cleaning and re-oiling anything to keep it nice?

@sandorfulop9352 3 ай бұрын

Hi Kalle, Swatch Irony Chrono is even worst in this regard... If someone try to pry out the battery without care, easily destroy one of the coil in the watch.

@antonioelizalde3989 3 ай бұрын

Ok, listen to a speed up of Megalovania on a watch repair video wasn't on my bingo card for this year. Not a crazy thing, just that I didn't expect it.

@EsoRimerCz 3 ай бұрын

My Orient Star doesn't have the copper coil, so changing battery should be easy, right?

@kundankumarroy3356 3 ай бұрын

Hlo sir, i am from india. I am a watch technician am i still learning watch making. I watch every one of your videos . May i learn from you . Humble request for you please support.

@chrishoyt7548 3 ай бұрын

Interesting, what are some top battery brands? Thank you, Chris

@rockp3nguin 3 ай бұрын

I swear by Renata, but there are other opinions above here.

@ptvfr800 3 ай бұрын

Great video thanks. Here in Australia they have banned the sale of small watch batteries to the public!! however where I live, we have no watchmakers and none of the retail stores can be trusted with my quartz watches. at the moment it seems to be still possible to get batteries from overseas but for how much longer??

@TrySomeFentanylToday 3 ай бұрын

Sadly the Australian government has gone too far and for too long, Australia is a cautionary tale of government overreach and corruption.

@jonathaneastwood2927 3 ай бұрын

Australia has become such a nanny state, can't do this can't do that!

@jf300car6 3 ай бұрын

have a Seiko Alpinist 6R35A, which works 40 seconds a day I've already left it under warranty 3 times and they don't fix it. What do I do?😮

@andersboisen9179 3 ай бұрын

YES I KNOW . BUT JUST BUY A SOLAR POWER WATCH THAT CHARGE THE BATTERY WITH SUNLIGHT OR BETTER BUY A CASIO G SHOCK RETRO MODEL THEY CAN RUN WELL OVER 10 YEARS ON A BATTERY

@Kairosdex 3 ай бұрын

Whats the best brand? SONY? Renata?

@rockp3nguin 3 ай бұрын

Renata imo

@RoderikvanReekum 3 ай бұрын

VARTA batteries should be good.

@michaelgreenhalgh3369 3 ай бұрын

Why do they almost always put the coil exposed.

@a0r0a7 3 ай бұрын

Many modern quartz movement coils are resin covered to protect them unlike the earlier quartz movements that could easily be damaged.

@owenlaprath4135 2 ай бұрын

It's a matter of calibre thickness. A coil cover can add that hair in thickness, that makes a watch a bit thicker. However, the days of almost paper thin watches seem over, so that is really not necessary anymore.

@a0r0a7 2 ай бұрын

@@owenlaprath4135 the Swiss like to put brass coloured plates over their plastic quartz movements to make them look more expensive on certain brands so a £14 movement is installed in a £1400 watch.

@amandagelien9612 3 ай бұрын

I average 20 batteries a week and replace 4/5 movements a month and maybe 1 repair/service quartz a month. 1. Never use China made batteries and drug store batteries are just as bad 2. The worst is all the damage to the case and internals done by do it yourself changers-leave to pro and department store and battery shops are watch killers (the worst)!

@owenlaprath4135 2 ай бұрын

Important is this: When a watch stops, IMMEDIATELY remove the old battery! I started changing batteries in DIY mode 35 years ago, when I found a store with $2 batts, that saved me paying $50 to a self-declared watchmaker-shop for putting a new battery in a $30 watch! That same idiot also destroyed a brand new watch-band, trying to fit it on a watch. I said then, I can do this better! I figured, OK, if I break it, I can still get a new watch cheaper than a "pro" battery change (competent watchmakers or any good craftsmen are RARE to find in this cursed country), but if I get it done, I saved a bunch of money, and money was tight! It worked. Now I buy them bulk for a few cents a piece. In the last few years I also found that Chinese branded batteries in general are now longer lasting and better than the two big names sold here in stores in USA, whether household AA, watch buttons, or other types!

@ozicryptoG 3 ай бұрын

You did a short course. Have no real education. And presume to tell us that we are not being careful. Ok then.

@tomholloway7566 3 ай бұрын

Not quite sure who you are referring to but if Kalle he is a graduate of the Dutch watchmaker school, a several year course.

@HRM.H 3 ай бұрын

What...? He said he has a course regarding quartz movements on his youtube channel for free. He very much is educated in watchmaking. Matter of fact, he is a watchmaking teacher.. 😂

@ozicryptoG 3 ай бұрын

@tomholloway7566 later in life. A watchmaker starts young. Always. Not old. By his age, he should be a master watchmaker. He is not. Yet he gives us silly warnings about doing things ourselves. As if we are incapable. We are not incapable at all. It's not hard. It's not difficult. There is a learning curve, sure. And equipment and things to buy. But not hard. Not by any stretch of the imagination, given the right person. It's really not hard. Even a Chrono can be disassembled and cleaned and reassembled accurately by a novice. I have proved it many times. He is no more capable than I or anyone else whom seeks to apply themselves. Replacing a battery? So long as one has the replacement gasket free of micro cracks, lube sufficient to do the job well and knowledge enough to not overdo the lube (minimal is key) and a bench tool to wind the caseback properly, evenly to the correct torque .. voila. He does not even use torque screwdrivers. As an engineer, and I am, I can assure you that NO MAN on planet earth can properly torque 6 or 8 or 12 or 20 NM by hand. He is full of it. And should know better. And now you too know that.

@johnrieley1404 3 ай бұрын

With any attention to detail, you see he heads a watchmaking business that has been around for years, has a number of watchmakers employed, and has a huge number of extremely informative videos that detail all facets of watchmaking. He is an amazing educator, and as a non-pro occasional watch mechanic, I have learned much from Kalle.

@peakrider4886 3 ай бұрын

I think you just misunderstood what he meant. What he was saying is he offers a free course on this KZfaq channel. He is in fact a fully trained professional.