Not your average routine change... >
Posted By: Ricky Lee McBroom
Date:
Sunday, 21 January 2007, at 4:29 p.m.
The watch in question is my MP3 Watch, which recently stopped ticking. Time for a battery change!
First I remove the strap, in order to gain access to the screwdown caseback;
click foto to supersize And this must be the most pointless use of a screwdown caseback ever. I mean, this watch has a great gaping hole in the LH side which leads straight to the inner workings, in the form of the 2.5mm data port. Yeah, there's a pop-out rubber plug, but other'n that there's no water protection at all.
Once the back's off, I'm presented with this;
click foto to supersize OK, there's the rechargeable sub-mini lithium battery pack which powers the MP3 player. But where's the watch battery? Obviously I'll have to dig a little deeper...
The battery pack is attached directly to the flash memory chip via re-stickable sticky stuff...
click foto to supersize ..and once that's off..
click foto to supersize ..I can access the teeny Phillips-head screws at 12 and 6, which hold the MP3 player module in place.
Finally I find the battery of the watch movement itself!
click foto to supersize From that point on it was a piece o' cake. Reassembly was, as they say, the reverse of removal, and a quick check of all the functions tells me.. Everything works!
All-in-all not that tough a job, really.. though I've got a sneaking suspicion that the average Watch Battery Change Specialist at the local mall kiosk would have a nervous breakdown if they were presented with this one.
-Ricky
Messages In This Thread
- Not your average routine change... > (views: 167)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Sunday, 21 January 2007, at 4:29 p.m.
- Cool post Ricky! Glad you found the little Miyota in the core of the watch (views: 2)
Reto -- Monday, 22 January 2007, at 5:32 a.m.
- Just saw on the supersized pic it is a SEIKO INSTRUMENTS SII caliber
Reto -- Monday, 22 January 2007, at 5:48 a.m.- Interesting, Good job. (views: 2)
Danbyers -- Sunday, 21 January 2007, at 7:47 p.m.- Great stuff Ricky. Thanks!! (views: 4)
Kelly M. Rayburn -- Sunday, 21 January 2007, at 6:39 p.m.- Now that was a (views: 4)
John N -- Sunday, 21 January 2007, at 5:43 p.m.- Great post, pls remind to archive. (views: 5)
Adam in NYC -- Sunday, 21 January 2007, at 4:44 p.m.- Nice Tutorial! (views: 5)
Paul December -- Sunday, 21 January 2007, at 4:39 p.m.- Wow, I never really gave any thought as to what powered the MP3 player. Good job (views: 6)
Dave P -- Sunday, 21 January 2007, at 4:37 p.m.- Ricky...I have seen those mp3 watches and been tempted...don't think I would have been as brave as you! (views: 6)
Watchstuff -- Sunday, 21 January 2007, at 4:34 p.m.