The Least Useful Guide to Fukuoka

Recently, I have change the dead battery of my cheap Casio which I bought in 2014 at 880yen.

According to this Know-how video, its looks so simple that I thought even I could do it myself.

I got everything I needed to do the job at a local 100 yen shop. What a wonderful world!

The most scary part of this job was opening the back lid. I felt I was crossing the Rubicon…

Once opened, the inside of the watch looks this simple.

Changing the battery itself was a quite straightforward process: just pick the old one and put a new one. That’s all.

Then I closed the lid by firmly pressing it onto the body. The problem here is, the gasket for water resistance tends to escape from the lid and ends up swelling out. After struggling to set it properly without success, I decided to think “OK! As long as the watch doesn’t get wet, it should be fine!”  When it comes to a 880-yen watch I could be this broad-minded. I think my husband would be overjoyed if I offered him the same amount of broad-mindedness.  

The job has been completed (apart from the gasket issue which I pretend not to have noticed). Actually, more than two months have passed since I replaced the battery. The watch is still working properly. Now I am quite confident with my craftsmanship on changing battery of cheap Casio using 100-yen tools.

By the way, before I came to know the battery was replaceable, I got two cheap Casios to replace the old one. What can I do with them?