For expensive and antique watches it is always advisable to get it repaired or changing of the battery to be done by a professional, but for the others, like
cheap wrist watches, you can do it all by yourself. Firstly you ought to know, what kind of battery is being used in your watch. If you are unaware, get the watch manual out that you got on the purchase of your watch and find out exactly the battery size and type. Once you are done with that, find out in the next section how to change a watch battery.
Step 1
Eexamine the back of the watch to find the type of watch back.
Step 2
Usually there are two main types of watch backs, the first type is called the snap back, which can be easily removed by inserting a blunt knife into the notch of the watch back and twist, so that the case back pops out. The other type is the screw back, in this case you have to simply unscrew the watch back that is, you have to rotate it anticlockwise. Of course there are specialist tools to make the job easy but, in all other cases you can do it normally as well.
Step 3
Pull out the battery, check how the battery was placed, since you have to place the new battery in the same manner.
Step 4
Now, again the placement of battery is done in two ways, in the case of the first one, the battery is protected by small metal clips, that holds the battery tightly. Therefore, you have to gently move them and get the battery out with the help of tweezers or any sharp-pointed object. In the second type, the battery does not have those small metal clips to hold them and hence, can be removed easily.
Step 5
Inserted the new battery in the watch. Clamp the small metal clips in case they are there and then snap the back case of the watch. Press it tightly and make sure that it is lined in properly.
Step 6
Reset the watch and make sure it is working. Wipe the watch gently with a cotton ball to get rid of the fingerprints.
So, how to change a watch battery should not be a problem any more, right? If you wanna change your watch to
cheap watches or
luxury watches,just go ahead for any you like!