or . . . Reviving a Zombie Watch
The leaves are beginning to
turn, darkness is falling upon the land at an ever earlier hour, and the
wind howls through the trees. Once again, it's fall and Halloween
approaches. The line between the living and the dead will soon be wafer
thin. It's a good time to open the crypt of dead wristwatches and dig
up an old favorite. Behold, here is my trusty old
Timex Weekender with Tachymeter markings. It's an old favorite, but it has lain dead in my
watch box for several months.
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| Timex Weekender Tachymeter Watch |
The Guts of a Timex Weekender!
To
revive a Timex Weekender, all you need is a new watch battery. The case
back calls for a
CR-2016 battery to serve as the heart and soul of the
timepiece. Perhaps it's not surprising that it has such a commonplace
battery to keep the ticker running? If you'd like to rip the heart out
of each of your dead watches, you can buy a bulk pack of batteries on
Amazon.
To perform the actual operation, all you need is a small little
screwdriver to pop the back right off. You just have to probe the back
of the watch and find a vulnerability.
Then, you can insert your blade and pry to show everyone the insides of your Timex Weekender!
Then,
you just carefully remove the old watch battery and replace with your
new one. Be careful to notice the various metal contacts around the
edge of the battery compartment. Then gently insert your replacement
battery. Once your "procedure" is completed, press the caseback back
into place. Your watch will live on for a few more years again. Then
it will die and you can revive it once more!
