Nhrob 0 Posted February 5, 2017 Picked up the watch around 2004 at a shop in the Zurich airport, and it needs a battery. It's a blue face, chrono with date. I know it is analogue quartz and there are no AD's here in the USA. I'd really like to find a Panasonic battery for it if i could. Can anyone in UK or EU help me out with the battery spec and where i might buy one? I have scoured the internet and that one piece of info eludes me. It is not of the newer DS type Certina. Thanks, Rob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GenTLe 1,485 Posted February 5, 2017 Isn't there the old battery? With no information (its age doesn't help) such as model, a pic of the movement etc, how can we give any help?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wriggles 12 Posted February 5, 2017 This is hardly rocket science. Open watch. Look at battery. Check type. Order. Install. Or easier option, go to any watch shop, pay them to do it. Done It's a quartz, hardly the complexity of a mechanical Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nhrob 0 Posted February 6, 2017 If i had the tools, i would look. To the watchmaker it will go. Thanks for all your help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trailboss99 988 Posted February 6, 2017 If you can't open it, why ask for the size? Battery size is easy. Most companies use the three digit code system. Using the most common battery size for watches the venerable 626 as an example it is 6mm dia by 2.6mm high. The odds are yours is either a SR626, SR621 or SR927. All of these come in two varieties, W and SW. W is a high drain for quartz watches and others with a backlight, SW for your normal analogue watch. This link will tell you all you need to know about watch batteries: http://watchbattery.co.uk/Which_Watch_Battery.html Forget Panasonic mate, the only batts one should install are Maxcell or Renata (ETA) and I should know, I change between 50 to 80 a week. Those two brands are by far less likely to leak or fail. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nhrob 0 Posted February 9, 2017 Thanks Trailboss.. it certainly DOES sound like you'd know. I have read in a few places that Panasonic actually provide the mfg date. Renata it is... thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites