Found my Animal watch!

Bones58 said:

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

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I have a W001 glow face £200

Thatvh said:

I have a W001 glow face £200

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I have that one, thanks

I do have an orange one

Still after this one if someone has it for sale?

Old Animal Watch catalogue.

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.

Dwacii said:

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.

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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

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

So you will probably need one of these tools.