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The flashing C indicates the battery level is at 4. (1 is the ideal, and 5 is dead) The manual says that it could take 46 hours under fluorescent light to charge to the next fully functional level. 1-5 hours in varying degrees of sunlight. My watch was blank and flashing C this morning, but has come back with no help from me, except for random button pushing.
If you take a jeweler's lupe near where the arrow is you will see the word "reset" in the plastic. There is a deep hole in the plastic with contacts below. That is the reset, and that is why you must use very sharp pointed tweezers to make contact with the back of the battery.
I think if you do not have sharp tweezers, you can probably put a sewing pin down the hole, and then connect with a small screwdriver to the back of the battery
Unless the new battery is dead that would explain it, but assuming the battery is good it indicates a failure in the electronic module and should be considered done.
battery dead. take off back cover.clip inside needs small sc rew driver or push pin. to open it.tweeswers pull out . put in new one same number. grease gasket and rest. may need to reset inside. ac / point inside movement to top of battery for 4- 5 secs.tweesers
Watches, well most quartz anyway, are programmed to alert it's wearer to the fact that the battery in the watch is growing weak and needs to be replaced. There are watches that use a 2 second split and then there are those, like my Bucherer quartz that hops at 5 second intervals. Remember, just because you put a "new in the package" battery in your watch does not guarantee that it is new by way of battery power. Some batteries go completely dead while sitting on shelves waiting to be sold. For those of you that don't know, take it from a man of experience, never... ever... ever... store loose change and opened, new or used, coin or watch batteries in the same junk drawer. They will combine chemically to cook off the battery cells like a .22 rounds and pieces can fly pretty fast. Have a great day!
Some watches have a "reset" button or combination of buttons that must be pushed to clear all the electronic registries on the watch's little computer after you replace the battery. You might try taking off the watch back and seeing if your watch has this requirement. Even then, it's not always a perfect solution. Last week, I replaced the battery in a watch that had been dead for some time. The watch appeared to come alive again when I put the new battery in, but when I pushed the reset pin (on this movement, it was on the watch movement itself, next to the battery), the entire watch went dead. Nothing I did would wake it up. I removed the battery, waited 30 seconds, then re-inserted the battery. Problem solved; the watch powered up, and I was able to set the time and access all functions again.
On some digital watches from the 1980s, after replacing the batteries, you were supposed to push and hold all the external buttons for a few seconds to reset the watch. I don't think manufacturers still make watches that respond to this, but it is easier to try than taking off the back and re-installing the battery.
You do not give a model number for your Wittnauer Montserrat. It does sound like it needs a reset - generally this is making an electrical connection for a few seconds between the positive terminal of the battery and a reset contact point on the watch movement - a pair of fine point tweezers is ideal for this.
HOWEVER - without knowledge of the movement used in this watch, this is just speculation.
mcdevito75 here, You should be able to get some help online at citizenwatchserv.com in the meantime you can try to press and hold in the MODE button, press and hold it in for a couple of seconds. Also< IO wouldn"t be surprised if the battery has to come out and installed again, same new battery just simply have it taken out and put back in, maybe some sort of re-set. Check out the website, don"t do anything till then.
After 5 years all of the case parts must be replaced i.e.,gaskets and crown then the watch must be pressure tested.
anyone who is autherized woulod know that.
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