Looks as if I am going to have to try and see if my Citizen eco-drive wrist watch needs a new battery. That is if still available.
I bought it back in 2004 as far as can ascertain by a receipt booklet[FONT=“Arial Black”] if[/FONT] it is for that one. So 14 years without a problem isn’t bad going. As I have to have a hospital eye test tomorrow I will also pop into the local jewelers and see what they say.
Looking up prices for the E111 model it looks as if the battery is around £25 and if I wanted to do it myself the back removal tool is around £5 +/- depending on type. So I am estimating around the£50 mark for them to do it.
The actual watch has from what i can gather nearly doubled in price so well worth seeing if they can get it sorted.
Have you noticed how personal a watch can be? This one has been to every country we have visited after 2004, I would hate to part with it
A normal quartz battery shouldn’t cost more than a pound. But because you have an eco-drive it is in fact a rechargeable capacitor you need hence the price.
Local jewellers here charged my husband £35 for his battery change but it wasn’t same as yours just a normal battery, but nothing we did would get the back off the phone. :!:
The jewellers are sending it back to Citizen to get checked out. It was not one of those cheapie watches but not over expensive. Originally around £110 back in 2004. looking at the same now you are looking at double that price so well worth any repair costs.
Seems strange not having it on the wrist
Bought a VIVALDI watch in 2003 (over £200.00). It is still on my wrist this morning, and apart from replacing batteries every couple of years, nothing wrong with it.
Mine usually die from being dunked on water, or strap breaking and losing it. I’ve got one at the moment longest I’ve had one, it never leaves my jewellery box. Think it’s about five years old.
I haven’t worn a watch since December 2002.
I threw it away the day I retired, I was 57. I don’t need a watch. I am no longer governed by time. Having said that there is a clock on my iPad, a clock on my tv, a clock on the DVD/Cd player, a clock on the wall, a clock on the phone. So why have a wrist watch unless you are a collector or fashion conscious or you’ll like bling?
Citizens are the Hondas and Toyotas of watches, seemingluy reliable forever.
I have a Citizen that shows the moon phase in the background that was a gift decades ago.
I did buy the kit to change the batteries when all of the box stores slowly stopped providing that service and I lived far, far away from any jewelers.
That led to purchasing a battery replacement kit for my iPhone, which has saved me quite a bit of time and money on the rare occasions the battery croaked.
The downside tow wearing a watch is that I am time conscious, so I find myself looking at it all the time…but I do like the look of a watch (the more masculine looking ones) on a man’s arm. Just one of those things
Of course I don’t have all these at present; some I sell on, others I’ve given away as presents, but I do have 4 watches currently. I’ve kept the Apple Watch as it serves as my GPS and music player when I’m outside.
Damn, I shall pop out and buy a butch looking watch immediately