I have three watches because a couple of times when I needed a battery, I just got a new watch instead, because the cost of having someone replace the battery was about the same as buying a new (inexpensive) watch. Then the cost of having someone replace the battery went up. Currently, the only place I know to get a watch battery charges $25.00! If you know me, you know I balk at that. After all, if you have a cell phone, you have a clock. But honestly, for me, pulling out a cell phone is just not the same as glancing at my wrist to keep track of time.
So...today, I looked up what kind of battery to get, and bought two packages of batteries. Each package had two batteries...and together they cost less than $15.00. I also watched a couple of videos about changing watch batteries!
I got one watch done successfully! I got stuck on the second one, and went ahead and opened the third. About that time, Ed got involved. Together, kind of taking turns and consulting with each other, we got all three watches working!
For less than $15 (with one battery left over for next time), I have three working watches, all at the same time. If memory serves me right, this is the first time we have changed watch batteries ourselves.
In case you should be inspired to try this at home, I'd like to add one thing: Before I started trying to open watches, I decided I was wiling to give them up. In other words, I wasn't going to be heartbroken if we weren't successful with one or more or even all of them, even if we broke them. Also, they were not expensive or precious watches, just very serviceable.
