I took a clip watch to the Mall today and had the battery replaced at the Dakota Kiosk. It cost $10. They used a tiny knife to pry off the back. I was trying to use a screwdriver and that didn't work.
I have a Dakota Mini-Clip Microlight watch and am in the process of changing the battery. First, to get the back off required substantial force with a tough bladed knife. DrewF's comment above was helpful here as I was initially unable to pry the back off. (There is no small recess to insert a flat bladed screw driver for prying.) The large battery now exposed is for the light; on mine, it was a CR2032 H. You're not done yet. The white plastic battery holder must now be gently pried up to expose the watch works and the true watch battery. (Yes, ther are two.) It is much smaller than the light battery. Gently pry it out. On my watch, this small battery was an SR626SW. Tim
Be careful that you do not try to pry the entire white battery holder out of the watch to get at the second battery. You simply lift the top up, leaving the battery leads that go to the red LED microlight. This can be tricky, so be careful. Having said that, I was not too delicate and they survived when I replaced the bottom battery. The batteries in my watch were the CR2032 for the LED and the SR927W for the watch. (The SR927W has a generic matching to the 399 series batteries that can be picked up at most watch, pharmacy and grocery stores. The Duracell 395/399 replacement fit into mine.) Note that after I pried my white battery holder up, I had to press it back down FIRMLY in order to make the red LED light work again.
I have a couple of problems: I don't remember which way the CR2032 (mine are CR2016) batteries go.......... + up???? or + down?????????
also: there is a round plastic tape that was over this battery assembly before the cover goes back on............should it be on TOP of the contact piece? or should it be BETWEEN the contact piece and the battery?
i now have the + side down and once in a while the red light will go on, but not when i press the watch buttons, so i'm thinking I must have something wrong.....It's crazy that Dakota wouldn't have included a diagram of the proper alignment or have one on their website, but I can find nothing.
Thanks for any help.
pswerk
Above was very helpful. Thanks. I handled my watch very carefully, however; a spring that I did not observe....dropped out. Where did that come from? I cannot find a location that seemed to operate with a spring. Help!
JDF
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I, too, had difficulty getting the white plastic holder up to replace the, in my case, 377 battery that actually runs the watch part. Those leads to the light were pressed down into the contacts on the outside edge and I carefully lifted them up and pried up the plastic piece. Before replacing the white piece, I shaved off the nub of plastic on the side that sticks out because, when pressed to get it back in, it was going to damage the hard plastic gasket on the watch edge and that costs more than a new set of batteries! There are some (3 or 4?) brass looking tabs that stick up and are bent over the white plastic and they look like they are keeping it in place. They are not. There is no need to move those at all as they will come up with the white plastic ring. The lithium battery on top in my case was placed positive side down, which is unusual. So no writing could be seen when the battery was in place. The slim metal piece, which holds the lithium battery in, is the contact to the negative side and must be placed correctly for the light to work. Hope this helps!
And the watch I was referring to was a Dakota watch on a carabiner with compass and light. A survival type watch as it also had a knife and screwdriver set on one edge of the carabiner which is a clip device...
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