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Re: What size battery is in a phillip crow pocket watch
Pop the back off the watch with a pocket knife and look, they use so many types of small button batteries it is hard to say, better to look at it and record the battery number.
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Changing Watch Batteries
Lots of posters ask "what is the battery in my (name of watch)" with a view to changing it yourself. This is a bad idea for many reasons. You don't have the tools or knowledge to remove a rotary screw on back, or the gasket sealant for a waterproof watch. Some fashion watches have 4 traditional screw and need professional grade jeweler screwdrivers. Also, there are about 20 batteries commonly used in watches, in various sizes and internal technology, Lithium Ion, Silver Oxide and Manganese Alkaline. If you buy them, you generally have to buy 10!
Don't sweat the details. Just take the watch to your local jeweler. They have all the batteries at hand and the tools to remove the back. It is done whilst you wait for $8 to $15!
Jewelers in a shopping mall often replace batteries cheaply, if there is one open near you.
There are also mail in services to replace watch batteries that can be identified using an internet search such as https://www.google.com
If you have the ability to open the watch without breaking it, you should be able to remove the battery and identify it yourself, and can buy it in a store or online.
Hi Josh,
I do apologize for the inconvenience.Please try the below steps which should be helpful for you to remove the back of the watch and also replace the battery.
Flip over your pocket watch. Remove the back of your watch. The back of watches are either screwed on by four small Phillips head screws (unscrew them) or the watch has a press inserted back (slide a thin knife blade under the edge of the back of the watch and pry it off). (OR)Find the small groove on the back of the watch right above the hinge,place the tip of the screwdriver (the small kind used for the screws in glasses) into the groove and gently pry off the back of the watch.
Remove the circular watch battery out of the back of the watch.
Take the battery to any department store or watch store and purchase a new replacement battery.
Insert the new battery into the back of the watch.
Screw on or push on the back of the watch. Set the watch to the correct time.
The above should be of help for you to have the battery on the pocket watch replaced and have the watch working once again.Best wishes for your effort and thank you for your time and patience.
RECOMENDATION:
Find a registered repair person in your area. It is very difficult if not impossible to find a value on you watch via the Internet sight unseen.
GOTO: http://www.watch-clock-makers.org/
MORE INFO ON YOUR WATCH:
Total production: 159000
Finish: Gilded
Approx year of production: 1894
Hope this tip helps.
r/ David
http://antiqueclock.clockstop.com/
If you go to the web site "www.antique-pocket-watch.com/waltham-pocket-watch.html", you will find information about Waltham watches and if you read the serial number off the movement (open the back and read it off the back plate), you may be able to find out the year of manufacture.
The serial number is usually engraved on the movement. If you open the back of the watch, you should be able to see it.
I looked at the Hamilton pocket watch site (in might be helpful if you visit the site, simply type "hamiltonpocketwatches.com" into your search engine and your will be able to examine photos of a number of movements).
The position and size of the number varies but it shouldn't take to long to find. One of the pictures I found impossible to see the number but the rest I found, although sometimes you had to look quite carefully.
Watch batteries are universal. Take it to a jeweler and get the battery replaced. Watches use "button cells" and there are many different sizes but many are interchangeable.
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