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<blockquote data-quote="Terryl" data-source="post: 1087758" data-attributes="member: 369937"><p>Over the many decades I have been around, I have had to do this operation several dozen times to many types of watch.</p><p></p><p>The little metal pins are spring loaded, they will be one of the tough jobs getting them out and back in, when getting them out they will try their best to go back in, one way to keep this from happening is with a slight pull of the stap to one side, this will keep the pin from springing back into the mounting hole, be careful as it will try and spring out an hide behind something, or fly out and go behind the desk.</p><p></p><p>Once you get the case off, and the battery replaced, the next toughest job will be keeping the very tiny "O" ring in place (if it moved) without misalignment when you replace the case, this would cause the watch to be reclassified in the non-waterproof category.</p><p></p><p>And the last job and sometimes the hardest, is replacing the straps, the little spring loaded pins will spring all over the place, even behind the desk, what I did to keep this from happening, was to take a very small flat blade screwdriver, (an extra one, and a bit wider then the pin) and use a small punch to put a small cup shape in the blade, this kept the spring loaded pin from trying to find a hiding place after it's escape.</p><p></p><p>Also the little pin you show in you last photo may not be the one holding the strap to the watch, they should be located between the watch and strap pivot point, it may be hard to get a small screwdriver in there, but a very thin watch makers flat bladed one may work.</p><p></p><p>Pin location.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]129944[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Now days I find it harder to do this job as the old fingers have a bit of a shake to them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Terryl, post: 1087758, member: 369937"] Over the many decades I have been around, I have had to do this operation several dozen times to many types of watch. The little metal pins are spring loaded, they will be one of the tough jobs getting them out and back in, when getting them out they will try their best to go back in, one way to keep this from happening is with a slight pull of the stap to one side, this will keep the pin from springing back into the mounting hole, be careful as it will try and spring out an hide behind something, or fly out and go behind the desk. Once you get the case off, and the battery replaced, the next toughest job will be keeping the very tiny "O" ring in place (if it moved) without misalignment when you replace the case, this would cause the watch to be reclassified in the non-waterproof category. And the last job and sometimes the hardest, is replacing the straps, the little spring loaded pins will spring all over the place, even behind the desk, what I did to keep this from happening, was to take a very small flat blade screwdriver, (an extra one, and a bit wider then the pin) and use a small punch to put a small cup shape in the blade, this kept the spring loaded pin from trying to find a hiding place after it's escape. Also the little pin you show in you last photo may not be the one holding the strap to the watch, they should be located between the watch and strap pivot point, it may be hard to get a small screwdriver in there, but a very thin watch makers flat bladed one may work. Pin location. [ATTACH type="full"]129944[/ATTACH] Now days I find it harder to do this job as the old fingers have a bit of a shake to them. [/QUOTE]
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