Found my Animal watch!

[Thatvh]

View attachment 895289Does anyone have any of these Animal watches for sale in good condition?

I have a W001 glow face £200

 

[Bones58]

I have a W001 glow face £200

I have that one, thanks

 

[mduretic]

I am looking for the fully red faced or orange faced versions now to mount on this….

 

[mduretic]

I do have an orange one

 

[Bones58]

Still after this one if someone has it for sale?

 

[Bones58]

Old Animal Watch catalogue.

 

[Dwacii]

Hi, stumbled across this forum. I have an Animal W003 which I bought 30 years ago. Any idea what battery it takes and how easy it is to replace it yourself. Thanks.

 

[originsoundd]

Hi, stumbled across this forum. I have an Animal W003 which I bought 30 years ago. Any idea what battery it takes and how easy it is to replace it yourself. Thanks.

Show a photo of the back! Most watches have a similar design that uses a sort of "vice wrench" to unscrew the back. A "watch repair kit" can be had on eBay/Amazon for cheap. You can also open them with calipers if it's not too tight, carefully as to not scratch the back. After that there may be a plastic cover, depending on what kind of movement the watch uses. After that there should be a little tab holding the button cell battery in place that is either bent or pushed to the side and the battery will just pop right out. I have some Nike and Ripcurl watches. The Nike ones have tiny screws and the Ripcurls have this standard "vice wrench" design - don't remember the proper name.

As for batteries there is a bunch that is commonly found. You can buy a multipack of button cell batteries from a variety of stores and it's likely that the one you need will be there. Could probably also find a local high street jewellers that does watches and grab a battery from then once you've opened it.

Used to work in a keyshop that also did watches

 

[Bones58]

This is the back of an Animal Watch W001, your W003 should be pretty similar in terms of the case and the internals.

 

[Bones58]

So you will probably need one of these tools.