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How to Remove the Watch Battery from a Watch with a Plastic Surround
Step 1. Many watches have a plastic surround that holds the watch movement in place in the watch case. In some watches you can remove the battery with the
plastic surround in place, but in some watches you will need to remove it to take the battery out.
Step 2. The plastic surround can be lifted out of the watch case using the end of a screwdriver or spring bar removal tool. Place the surround somewhere safe as you will need to replace
it later.
Step 3. In many watches the battery is held in the battery compartment by a spring clip. This can be gently eased to one side, using your fingernail or
the end of the plastic tweezers. Gently draw the clip away from the battery, and the battery will pop out of the battery compartment.
Step 4. Using
plastic tweezers or some other non-metallic tool, lift out the old battery.
Step 5. Again, being careful not to touch the faces of the new battery by using plastic tweezers or some other non-metallic tool, push the new battery into place.
Step 6. Now line up the gap in the plastic surround with the winder stem on the watch and put the plastic surround back in position.
Step 7. With the plastic surround back in place, check that the watch is working and you can then
close the watch back.
