Subj : Re: Casio ABL100WE-1AVT watch
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Sep 24 2025 07:57 am

  Re: Re: Casio ABL100WE-1AVT watch
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Wed Sep 24 2025 06:43 am

 PF> Yeah, I have GShocks close to 10 years old on the original batteries. The
 PF> screen display dims a bit when you turn on the light, but still running
 PF> great.

I have a Casio solar that I bought in 2013, which had a 10-year battery; I finally decided to get the battery replaced a couple weeks ago, and I researched and bought a new battery on Amazon. I opened up the watch, and it definitely looks like something I can replace myself, but the battery is held down with a metal piece clipped on the side of the battery compartment. I had trouble unclipping it, so I decided to take it somewhere to have someone replace the battery for me.

It seemed like it should be a simple job. I took it to a local jeweler who does watch battery replacements, but for some reason he refused to do it because it's a solar watch. I called another jeweler in my area, and they said their service for that would start at $100 since it's a solar watch; also, the person there said soler watches have a "capacitor" - the watch uses a battery, so I wondered if he was thinking of maybe a different type of solar watch.  I ended up finding a person in a mall with a little area in one of the mall walkways who does watch repair and engraving - I took the watch and new battery there and they replaced it for me for $25. I thought it was weird that the two local jewelers seemed to think it was a big deal that one of them didn't even want to do it..

Nightfox
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