How to change a battery in a Timex Expedition watch.
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- Quick and easy tutorial. Change a battery in a Timex Expedition watch in 5 minutes. Using a Leatherman style, a CR2016 button battery (amzn.to/43l7ulQ) and a basic watch repair toolkit (amzn.to/43EfE8G)
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Massive pain in the ass getting that cover back on. I found pressing directly down on both ends with the rubber grips of pliers worked the best.
I tried. I really did. It drove me to drink and madness!
You make it look easy!
Thank you for this wonderful video, it helped me get my expedition scout back up and running after two years of being dead
I successfully used 2 pieces of wood shims i had lying around to protect the watch on either side and applied pressure in a vice. I couldnt get the back to pop in place using a wooden shoe brush or a pair of adjustable pliers. The vice did the trick!
This worked. Place the watch on a soft towel upon a hard surface and apply pressure with the wooden object. I also used a shoe shine brush. This method worked for me.
I just did this too! i found it was easier if I pressed towards the center. If you do it to a side it makes the disk crooked and not fit properly.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Thanks, was able to fix my watch in few mins after watching this.
Glad to hear it!
Sounds like it was well worth the $12 that I paid a jeweler to do it, haha!
I had a jeweler hammer the back of my watch so hard to change the battery that one of the hands broke.Pretty expensive watch n sentimental to me.I’m waiting for him to take it to his watch guy to see if and how much this is going to cost.I wish I did it myself like I have many times before.
I would rather pay 10 dollars somewhere to get it replaced. Great video nonetheless
Necessity is the father of invention...and many "tools".
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You must be the hulk
Any comments from Timex?
Had to cut a 1 inch piece of wooden dowel that was very close in diameter to the watch back (old closet hanger rod).
Lined up the case back and pressed hard until it clicked on one side, placed the watch face down on a carpeted concrete floor, placed the section of dowel on the case back and stood on it (192 lbs.) Case back then popped in the rest of the way.
Ymmv.
Can anybody tell me what time it is?
How long does the battery last if the watch is running 24/7? Pulling the stem out stops the movement but does it shut it off? It comes with a widget that keeps the stem out so I would assume that it does since the watches can be in inventory for a long time and keeping the battery fresh is a good practice.
That is a great question, Timex would probably have an answer on that. If I am remembering correctly it was advertised as a 5 year battery on the packaging.
These battery covers aren’t easy to put back on. Thought it would clip back in…nope. I had to get a hammer and I used some old PVC pipe that was similar in size. Also had a gun cleaning rubber mat so I didn’t mess up the glass.
So true. I saw another video that made it look easy and grossly underestimated what it would take to get it back on. Good thinking on the pvc pipe!
@@thefiddlercrab9977 it was an old down pipe for a sink drain…happen to have it laying around and it worked with a couple whacks lol
Dang I'm having this issue now can't pop it back in
@@kev16I think I used a 1 1/2in PVC drain pipe for a sink. Something similar to that size will work for that back cover. It was a pain in the ass to figure it out, but I got it to work and just hit the pipe with a hammer.
@@86steventura couldn't find a spare one but I literally just fixed it 2 minutes ago. Ended up using the end of my massage gun with a towel! Happened to be just the right circumference
My Timex has a later version of battery secure on the battery. It's circular.. can't figure out how to eject the battery
Better to buy a simple tool like a watch case press, is much easier in use and it won't damage your precious watch
A couple months after I did this video, I actually did buy one to replace the crystal on a different watch.
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Very difficult to pry off
So this watch ticks loud? How loud? Can you hear it in exam room which is silent?
Yes you can but this particular one is old and discontinued. This was the cheapest expedition at Target from like 9 years ago. The quieter watches are going to cost more.
@@thefiddlercrab9977 which ones are the quietest ones?
MP-5!!!
The back absolutely will not go back on.
Covers are hard to put on , luckily I was able to do it with hands.😅
When nothing else worked, i stood on that bastard with my heel. And then the battery cover poped in.
I tried doing this and end up bending the back :
@@HaploPrime
Sorry to hear that sir. I dont want my suggestion to end up destroying watches of course…..but in my case it worked fine.
Do not do this, prying off the cover is easy but when putting force back on the watch the cover would not snap back on. I applied a significant amount of force and the white coating on the watch flaked off, ruining the watch