I replaced a battery in my wristwatch and since replacement the hands run backwards. Any ideas?

you must replace a new battery for your timex watch. bring it to watch expert for the caseback is not easy to close by hands only. your watch battery is CR1216. i hope i had been helped you.

This sort of behaviour indicates that the battery needs replacing.

Inside the battery compartment, you will see the battery is held down by a clip. Carefully remove the clip and eject the battery. Insert the new battery and replace the clip. If the battery clamp indicates you should do so, quickly press the reset button twice. Then reattach the back of the watch. If the watch display remains off after replacing the battery, press all buttons at the same time to reset the display.

IS THE BACK ON THE RIGHT WAY THE WRITING SHOULD BE FACING LEFT TO RIGHT AND START FROM 12 O'CLOCK DOWN

Try manually winding it (assuming it's not a quartz watch). If a mechanical watch is not worn daily it will run down and need to be manually wound to get going. Turn the crown clockwise about 40 turns.

My Citizen Red Arrow wristwatch which I purchased last Christmas has a blank display and won't reset . Any ideas would be appreciated

Your TAG is fitted with EOL (end of life) feature. This is the cause of that 4 seconds interval movement of seconds hand and thus indicating the time for battery replacement. The timekeeping is not affected by this- it is just warning to replace battery a.s.a.p.
Find your nearest watchmaker and ask for battery replacement.

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Your TAG is fitted with EOL (end of life) feature. This is the cause of that 4 seconds interval movement of seconds hand and thus indicating the time for battery replacement. The timekeeping is not affected by this- it is just warning to replace battery a.s.a.p.
Find your nearest watchmaker and ask for battery replacement.

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Explanation is simple: your watch has jammed geartrain or some dirt particles stuck into geartrain. This is why the seconds hand was moving backwards and forwards.
Nothing to do with EOL (End Of Life) feature wich is built into watch microelectronics and signals that this is the time to replace battery by advancing seconds hand two or four seconds at once.
To open the watch you need a proper watch caseback opening tool, but I can't see any reason for doing that as you will not be able to fix the geartrain problem without proper knowledge and skills.
If the warranty of the watch is expired, you don't need a TAG specialist as you will be charged for job anyway. So, find your nearest watchmaker shop and ask for repair.
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Just replaced the battery so the analog (the hour hands and minute hand) works.Your watch has two batteries one for the analog and the other one is for the digital display,that's why only the digital is working..

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VOTIT

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