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Watch battery....a laugh?

amtc

I have a Gucci watch that I got for a significant birthday two years ago. The battery stopped a few months ago. I happened to be in town today and went into Fields where I bought it. I kind of assumed it would be a quick in and out job but was told I would need the original box, the battery would cost 35 euro plus a refundable 50 euro deposit plus it would take eight weeks! Really!

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Nervous Wreck

If you don't want to pay it, don't. What's the consumer issue here?

gelsthe

Yeah similar story with my Raymond Weil watch, battery â‚¬45! Takes 3 weeks!

amtc

Why the.original box? It just so happens I do have it. Why a 50 euro deposit? Watch was c 800 euro so I'm hardly going to leave it there.

CeilingFly

Pop into a real jewellers rather than a shopping centre place with low wage sales assistants.

This thread will give you all info needed
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=68109514#post68109514

colm_mcm

I think this is something to do with the waterproof seal. Think that's why they send it off. May affect warranty too.

BoatMad

colm_mcm wrote: »

I think this is something to do with the waterproof seal. Think that's why they send it off. May affect warranty too.

exact;y and its the reason I dumped a perfectly good casio , and have a Citizen solar powered watch for nearly 10 years now !

snipey

i always change my casio battery as all you have to do is make sure o ring is put back properly with a little vasoline on it, battery cost only 6 euro

4068ac1elhodqr

I change the batteries on both the Casio & Citizen (in minutes) for less than the cost of a whiff of a take-away Latte.
Usually every 7yrs (the Casio is a 10yr battery). Don't buy fancy watches anymore.

The Casio cost next to nothing is about 15-20yrs old and has been bashed off -5m rocks in the GBReef, surfed on the Med & Atlantic. Seen -19oC days and several at +42oC. Negligible scratches. 2 Alarms + Snooze alarm, Chime, Countdown, World-Clocks, 10BAR, Stopwatch, Dual Ana/Digital DD display, x30 Tele-memo bank, led illumination, lumibrite type digits. Usually also has a Silva button compass on the watch strap also.

BoatMad

Gerardo Harsh Hammock wrote: »

I change the batteries on both the Casio & Citizen (in minutes) for less than the cost of a whiff of a take-away Latte.
Usually every 7yrs (the Casio is a 10yr battery). Don't buy fancy watches anymore.

The Casio cost next to nothing is about 15-20yrs old and has been bashed off -5m rocks in the GBReef, surfed on the Med & Atlantic. Seen -19oC days and several at +42oC. Negligible scratches. 2 Alarms + Snooze alarm, Chime, Countdown, World-Clocks, 10BAR, Stopwatch, Dual Ana/Digital DD display, x30 Tele-memo bank, led illumination, lumibrite type digits. Usually also has a Silva button compass on the watch strap also.

my citizen eco drive has seen 10 years of abuse, crossed the atlantic in a sail boat , and spent 28,000 miles at sea , never leaves my arm, and still to this day synchronises to the atomic clock in Germany at 4:30 am , and never required its battery to be changed

brill

coylemj

I have one of the first Citizen Eco drive watches, it's more than 20 years old and still going strong. Has anyone ever had to get a new battery and how much did it cost? I think there's a place down in Shannon services them.

dudara

Moved to Watches & Timepieces - better suited there I think.

imme

Is €15 to have a new battery fitted in suburban Dublin the going rate these days.
Regular everyday watch, no special features etc

Wibbs

That's reasonable enough I'd say Imme.

Thirdfox

At 15 euro are they including a water resistance check afterwards? I'd be presuming that this wouldn't include new seals for the watch - if the price includes all that I think it'd be a bargain, if it's just a battery change without WR check or seal replacement then it's a fair price I'd say.

Bluebell woods

4 pounds stg in my local shoe menders last week

thenumber3

Got battery in Longines replaced by Breretons Grafton St late last year for €10.

Bluebell woods

I didn't mention watch brand …
one was from Next
and the other was from Newbridge

Fitz II

You can get watches that dont need battery's called automatics, Other than that take it to a watchfix place, they do it while you wait. Dont expect any place that has staff and a premesis etc to do it cheap, thats not the way the world work. Do it yourself with a amazon battery if you want to save dosh.

imme

Fitz II wrote: »

You can get watches that dont need battery's called automatics, Other than that take it to a watchfix place, they do it while you wait. Dont expect any place that has staff and a premesis etc to do it cheap, thats not the way the world work. Do it yourself with a amazon battery if you want to save dosh.

Thanks for the life lessons.

imme

thenumber3 wrote: »

Got battery in Longines replaced by Breretons Grafton St late last year for €10.

Unbelievable, I will try them next time.
Thanks.

Wibbs

Fitz II wrote: »

You can get watches that dont need battery's called automatics,

True, but they're generally(outside of high end quartz stuff) much more expensive to buy into and cost of ownership and servicing is significantly higher.

Other than that take it to a watchfix place, they do it while you wait.

+1 Watchfix are very good for that sort of thing.

endacl

I’ve a sundial. Solar powered. Never needs a battery.