Michele Watches - Answered Questions & Fixed Issues

395/399 Duracell on Ebay. I gave up trying to change the battery last time and had a store do it. This time I was determined to do it myself like I do for the dozen or so watches that we have. The Michelle Deco is a bear, as once you take the back off it has a battery restraining bracket that requires a VERY SMALL screw driver and a lot of patience when it is time to re-assemble it. If you are up to trying it yourself you better have great eyesight, steady hands and the right screw drivers (a magnetic one helps get that tiny battery retaining screw back in). It took me almost an hour but I did it. Good luck to you.

The battery type differs, depending on the movement; what's the model number (on the caseback)?

Hey, I am having the same issue. After a few hours, time stops but if i pull out the crown and push back in, I'm back in business, but after a few hours same thing. Make since the stop watch is on and i am having the worst time figuring out how to turn it off. The chronograph instructions for the Deco are not easy to understand.

I replace the battery in my Michele watches myself. All you need is a very small screwdriver. 3 pack of replacement batteries on Amazon for $5.00. Takes Energizer or Renata 321 battery

FIXYA volunteers usually recommend using a jeweler in a local shopping mall who have the correct size tools and batteries for expensive diamond watches.

Take the back off the watch, the battery has a number on it.

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I would too, for that money.

It's too expensive to change it on proper service or mall... you can purchase battery for amazon and change it at home, take a look here: Rayovac Batteries Lasts as Long Costs Less. I hope this helped. Cheers

This takes some special tools to do. Take it to your near by Jewler and they can do it for you for Next to nothing.

It might have something to do with the timing function. Perhaps when you're not wearing it, you pull the stem out but not all the way? If it's pulled to the second notch and hit one of the 2 pusher buttons, you may be stopping it. And likewise, perhaps you're starting the seconds counter? Google Michele watch instructions for the PDF instruction manual for details.

As per the instruction PDF that I just read, the day of the week only changes with each 24 hour rotation. Therefore to change it, you might pull the crown out all the way and wind it through every hour in each day until it advances to the day you want. Then set the correct time. Push the crown in one notch to the second position and wind the dates forward until it stops on the one you want. It doesn't appear that going backwards for either the time (for day of the week) or date works.

yes contact the manufacture / google it. call with model number.

I am pretty 100 percent sure that Michele CSX 36 diamonds only comes with a swiss quartz movement not an automatic movement. So the problem seems to be that the battery is dying and need to be replaced. Stopping and going is usually a sign of a battery dying in a swiss quartz movement. So it should be nothing major and just a battery.

Hi,

Here is step by step instruction as well as the picture.

Please click on the link
http://www.michele.com/wcsstore/Michele/images/instructions/michele_instructions.pdf

I hope this will help you resolve the issue.

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You don't say if your "CSX" is a battery powered watch or a mechanical or windup type watch. The solution for a mechanical watch is take it to a watchmaker. If it is a battery powered watch you may be able to do it yourself. Not all work the same way so without knowing what a "CSX" is I will give you one way to try. Pull the crown out two clicksHold the lower button in until a hand moves.You have now selected that hand to adjustUsing the upper button now, press and adjust the hand until it lines up with 12Now hold the lower button againAnother hand should moveUse the upper button to adjust this hand to the 12 positioncontinue this until all the hands line up with 12Press the crown in and press the upper button,the chronograph hands should startPress the upper button again and they should startPress the lower button and they should all go to the 12 o'clock position

yes you can. but you need a particular tool to do it though. you can maybe do it with some household items depending on the brand of watch.

Any watch repair shop will usually do it for free or under 5 dollars. You can do it yourself with care and very small set of screwdrivers which are probably about 10 to 20 dollars at any department store. I recommend a shop, and they can usually do that for you in less than 10 minutes

Loose cannon pinion or cannon driving wheel; the seconds hand represents the wheels in the back of the watch going around ok, but the power need to transfer through to the front of the watch somehow.

This is done by snapping/clicking two wheels together on either side of the main plate. The one on the dial side (cannon pinion) needs to slip to be able to set the time as the minute hand is set on this pinion. Im sorry, its time to see a repair guy.

Hope helps.

I also chipped the enamel on the crown. You should take it to the place you purchased it and they will send it to Michele (actually Fossil) for repair. I had my Michele for 5 years before sending it in to have the crown repaired and have since lost the stem. Prior to that first repair, I did not have any issues with my watch. I really think that the parts used on my watch for the first repair were shotty. Very disappointing, but what do you do?