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Any watch makers/repairers on board?

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maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 14 Aug 2020 14:56

I've been digging out old watches during the pandemic - I didn't realise I had so many!

Many were bought for special occasions, or on holiday, and hold memories, as well as being all different styles.

It was nice to put new batteries in, and see them working again - especially the one my children bought me when they were young.
They saved their pocket money for weeks <3

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 14 Aug 2020 13:19

For some while now it has been possible to have a highly accurate wrist watch without the tyranny of battery replacement or the annoyance of winding-up.

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 13 Aug 2020 20:46

Thank you both, I hadn’t thought of a leak from the old one and certainly will swab the swab the cell fitting x.

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.

Kay????

Kay???? Report 13 Aug 2020 20:15

No there isnt ZZZs ,having put many a new battery in,but before you put the new one in I would swab the cell fitting with a little meths or somthing like and let it dry off as any deposits from the old one will corrode.

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 13 Aug 2020 19:53

as a guess, could it have been a deposit(leak) from the old battery?

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 13 Aug 2020 19:24

I have tried to put a new battery in a watch, I was successful in getting the old one out but now the silly question is, is there such a thing as a washer underneath the battery that dissolved when it was on my finger?

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.