My Fossil ME-1012 watch stopped working after 3 years. I have had the battery replaced 2 days ago and it has now already lost 50 minutes in time. Any suggestions other than get the battery changed again

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You can try and force a restart.

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Did you change the battery 3 months ago? Wrong type perhaps?

Was the watch bought new with the battery? Watch in storage and display for 9 months, you had 3 months, time for battery change.

https://www.fixya.com/support/r27181038-changing_watch_batteries

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try the link below for your watch strap
http://www.fossil.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SearchResultsView?storeId=12052&catalogId=25005&langId=-1&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&N=0&Ntk=FossilSearchEn&Ntt=watch+straps

If you have a Fossil FS4337 Chronograph, shaking the watch shouldn't be doing anything other than exercising your muscles; the movement is a battery-driven quartz movement whose movement is controlled only by whether the stem has been pulled out (stopping the movement and saving power) or whether the battery still has enough power to activate the stepping motors that move the watch hands. Based on the symptoms that you've described, I would suggest that it's probably time to change your watch battery.

Often, when a watch battery is running low but isn't completely dead, pulling the stem into time-setting mode will stop the movement and permit the battery to "rest," giving it (briefly) a bit more reserve amperage to put out when you push the stem back in. That's how you can sometimes get a quartz watch to run for a few minutes after the battery appears to be dead. That may also be why your watch has started running again after you've set the time and date.

Fossil analog quartz watches tend to use silver oxide (usually #377 or #379) batteries instead of longer-lasting lithium batteries. In ordinary use, I would expect a silver oxide battery to provide between 1 and 2 years of service before it needs to be replaced. I can't remember if Fossil chronographs (which also use quartz movements) use a silver oxide or lithium battery. Lithium batteries often provide an additional year or two of service in analog watches, compared to silver oxide cells; digital watches using them supposedly may last as long as 10 years with a lithium battery, assuming you don't use the backlight or audible alarm functions. Note, however, that these batteries are different sizes and different voltages, so you can't substitute one for the other.

Finally, none of this advice applies if you have a Fossil watch with a true mechanical movement in it. In that case, gently shaking the watch may spin the winding rotor enough to start the watch back up again. However, an even faster way of winding those watches is to use the winding / time set crown to wind the mainspring directly instead of relying on the geared-down action of the winding rotor. Automatic watches can bind up if they are not used for a period of time; the lubricating oil used in some of the pivots can harden--or at least provide enough resistance that the movement may require more initial force to start running than to continue running. That behavior usually indicates that it's time to have the mechanical movement cleaned and re-lubricated.

Back Plate:
About 1 1/4'' inches wide. Inside inscription/stamp reads:
FOSSIL INC. HONG KONG 1
Battery:
Energizer 373
Movement plate:
There are 3 inscriptions/stamps
1) S (May be a # 5)
2) 1A
3) TMI TIME MODULE INC. JAPAN VX3J
(The above number stamp may also read UX3J)

replace the battery? otherwise send it to fossil. regardless of where you bought it it should have a limited 11-year warranty as as i can tell.
http://www.fossil.com/en_US/shop/customer_care/static/fossil-warrantyRepairs.html

Have you left it off for a few days? If an automatic watch is not worn, it will stop after 2-3 days.

You can get it started again by gently swinging it from side to side for a few minutes. For continuous working it needs continuous wearing.

Hello, not much help I'm afraid, but I was wondering where you intend to get the replacement battery for the 'tic' part? I'm trying to avoid sending it to Fossil.

I imagine your fault would be covered by warranty, and you get 2 years as well I think?

The watch is scrolling through the seconds, and is not something that needs to be set. If there is a bottom it is only there to change the way the seconds are scrolling? There are many different types of these, but most are just standard seconds.