Before starting the process to change your batteries, you should clean up your watch properly. You can take up an old toothbrush to clear up all the detritus on your watch. Your watch is now ready for the changing process. Here are some steps that can help you to buy watch batteries.
Turn Over The Watch To Remove Back Cover:
You can use small screw drivers for removing the back cover of your watch. If the edges of the back cover include some depression, it means it will easily pry off only with the help the blunt knife. If you can observe the screws or the raised edges in your watch that means the cover needs to be unscrewed.
Remove The Gasket And Locate The Battery:
When you buy watch batteries, you need to know the proper steps for fixing the new battery in place. After removing the gasket, you should locate the battery properly. It will be a pill shaped object made of metal that will not be larger than 6 mm in diameter.
Remove Battery:
After locating the battery , you should remove it for placing the new one. You can use plastic tweezers for removing it from the place. Before removing make sure about the sides inward and the outward because it will be required while placing the new battery.
Identify:
When the battery is removed from the watch, you must identify them properly for buying the new one. There may be 3 to 4 digit numbers mentioned in the back by which you can identify them. The huge plus sign denotes the positive side of the battery.
Purchase New Ones :
After identifying , you can buy watch batteries from electronic stores or online stores. You can take the old battery in the shop for buying the exact model of your watch battery.
Install New Battery :
You can remove the battery from its protective wrapper and wipe off once to remove the fingerprints. Now, insert the battery just in the same position where the old battery was placed. You can put in the battery within the clip and replace the screw and the cover in their positions.
Check The Time:
Make sure that the second hand of your watch is moving. If the type of the watch is digital display in nature, ensure that the time is advancing in seconds.
Replace Gasket:
If you are sure that the watch is operating properly, you can now replace the gasket. Make sure that the gasket is fully fitting in the groove , so that no part remains pinched when the cover is installed in the body.
Replace Cover:
Finally, you can replace the cover not by damaging the gasket. The gasket is very sensitive part of the watch and cannot be replaced if it gets damaged.
So, when you buy watch batteries, you can ask for the instructions for changing it. If you can replace the batteries on your own, it can really save some bucks instead of giving it to the watch repairer.
