Introduction

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    • Voilà votre montre. En fait c'est la mienne. La vôtre est celle avec la batterie usagée. La mienne était morte il n'y a pas si longtemps, mais je l'ai remplacé, et maintenant vous pouvez le faire aussi!

    • Votre première tâche consiste à retirer le bracelet de la montre, qui comporte des brides qui chevauchent la plaque arrière.

    • Mais attendez ! Le bracelet de la montre n'est pas tout à fait ce qu'il semble être. Sur le côté de cette montre, il y a ce qui semble être des têtes de vis qui maintiennent le bracelet. Ce ne sont pas des têtes de vis, elles sont simplement décoratives.

    • À la place, vous devez utiliser un tournevis ou une autre lame fine pour comprimer les goupilles élastiques et retirer le bracelet.

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    • Retirez la plaque arrière en dévissant les petites vis Philips situées dans les quatre coins de la plaque arrière.

    • Mettez-les dans un bol, ou dans un endroit sûr!

    • Retirez la plaque arrière métallique.

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    • Ouais, vous avez réussi à l'enlever!

    • Ensuite, vous devez détacher l'opercule métallique située sous l'autocollant qui maintient la batterie. Cet opercule est fixé avec une paire de crochets en plastique de chaque côté.

    • Pour libérer l'opercule, vous devrez insérer un objet étroit et pointu dans la fente entre la paire de crochets et retirer la boucle de l'opercule métallique des crochets en plastique.

    • (NB : La photo avec le couteau a été prise plusieurs années après la précédente, l'autocollant a pas mal déteint!)

    A safety pin worked well for me and seems a bit... well, safer than the razor knife shown in the photo

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    • Ouais, vous avez sorti la batterie! Remplacez-la par la nouvelle.

    • Replacez l'opercule métallique ; accrochez l'une des boucles métalliques sur un des crochets plastique, placez l'autre boucle dans la bonne position et appuyez pour enclencher la boucle métallique autour de l'autre crochet en plastique.

    • Si l'écran n'affiche rien après avoir effectué cette opération, vous devrez peut-être réinitialiser la montre en « court-circuitant les pads » vers lesquels pointe l'autocollant.

    • Sur cette photo, les « pads » auxquels il est fait référence sont les deux petits cercles métalliques visibles en bas à droite, en partie cachés par la batterie.

    • Vous pouvez les court-circuiter en les touchant tous les deux simultanément à l'aide d'un fil de cuivre ou d'un autre morceau de métal conducteur suffisamment petit pour s'insérer dans cette petite fenêtre ovale en plastique.

    This was precisely the information I came here to find. The "short the pads" tip was spot on. 🤌🏻

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    • Terminez le remontage en revissant la plaque arrière et en remettant en place la bracelet.

Conclusion

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John Clements

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13 commentaires

Replaced battery per above, but screen is blank. How to reset? Sticker says “short pads to reset.” What pads? Short??

Lily Tom -

Oh! golly, is that necessary? I’m trying to remember whether I did that. Okay, explanation, apologies if you already knew all of this.

1) The term “short” refers to creating an electrical connection, sometimes known as a “short-circuit”, between two points.

2) The term “pads” refers to electrical contacts.

On the sticker (in the photo above), you will see an arrow (really more of a small triangle) at the lower right of the sticker, pointing to two circular metal contacts, or “pads”. In order to reset the watch, I believe you will need to create a “short” by touching both of these pads with a conductive object. A short piece of copper wire would work, or nearly anything else that’s conductive. Let me see… Actually, if you took any unplugged appliance, you could probably use one of the prongs of a 110VAC plug to bridge these. (Reiterating: NOT WHILE IT’S PLUGGED IN.) Maybe it would be safer to use a fork, spoon, or conductive screwdriver.

I’m guessing that I did this, and neglected to mention it. Yikes!

John Clements -

I just replaced my battery and didn’t have to short the contacts. I inserted the battery and reassembled the two halves, and when I turned it over it was already running.

Tom Strikwerda -

Oh! Interesting! I should update the instructions to reflect that.

John Clements -

My Ironman is a bit different: The battery can be removed without removing "the sandwich" - Take the sticker off, unscrew the screw near the battery which releases the retaining metal strap and the battery.

Hugh -

Wow, that sounds delightful. Is there any chance that your procedure would apply to the watch in my pictures as well?

John Clements -

In light of your comment, I re-evaluated my own process, and realized that there is absolutely no need to disassemble the sandwich. I've completely revised the guide. So... your comment no longer makes sense, but digital archaeologists will know that your comment used to make sense, and in fact guided me to an overhaul of this guide. Thanks!

John Clements -

Here's a handy video on youtube for doing a similar replacement, though not exactly the same model. It shows the latches clearly, nicely zoomed in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X72A3twu... - Timex Ironman Battery Replacement and Set Time - Timex Ironman Triathlon Shock T5K196

Alan Carwile -

Awesome comment! Yes, this YouTube video is excellent.

John Clements -

Well.. My Timex Ironman watch is a 30 lap WR100. It has a different battery, CR2025. It's 5-10 years old. After doing most of the procedure, I'm punting. The tiny screws are difficult to work with, both for the backplate and for the battery holder. The spring pins for the watchband were a pain, perhaps because of being an older unit. I did have to remove one side of the band to have access to the backplate. Keys for success: Good work surface (for not losing tiny screws), good light, magnifying glass, tiny size screwdrivers, good eyesight, good dexterity. I got it all back together until the watch band. I could not get the pin to set/sit in properly. Gonna just buy a new watch altogether. YMMV, good luck!

Alan Carwile -

Changed my mind and went to a watch repair shop. They attached my watch band for free in 3 minutes. Amazon sells watch repair kits with a tool that probably would have also solved the issue: EFIXTK Spring Bar Tool Set with Extra 6 Tips Pins for Watch Wrist Bands Strap Removal Repair Fix Kit,72PCS Extra Watch Pins https://a.co/d/fh94N4V

Alan Carwile -

Thanks for this write-up; it's helpful to thoroughly understand the process before getting started.

However, it is laughably involved for us non-DIYers. The chances I would NOT break something are just about nil. So in the time it would take me to go get a battery and then run through this routine, I can just pick up a fresh unit, have it on my wrist, and not have a bunch of parts (some broken!) sitting on my desk with me going "Oh, no, not AGAIN!!!" lol

Eddie W -

Thank you, that horn thing was confusing me! I also read elsewhere you can short by touching the little two holes area to the battery with a paper clip or safety pin.

Alex GM -