How to Change the Battery on a Seiko Watch, Grand Seiko 9F Movement

This video is a tutorial on how to change a quartz battery on a Grand Seiko wristwatch. Specifically for the SBGN003, SBGN005 and SBGN007 family. Most of these steps will work for other quartz based watches. This video is for educational purposes only and I would still advise amateurs take their watch to a licensed professional if they want to guarantee their watch isn't damaged during the battery changing process.

[roberthayward]

Starts the video saying he’d taken the watch out of the safe, ends the video saying wear your watches 😂

[shinysideup]

Just ordered one of these. Looking forward to getting my hands on it.

[bobzuidema]

a nice decorated movement like that deserves an properly aligned battery in my opinion

[pafeso]

Great video but please change the intro music 😬

[michael]

is the same method can be applied to change the battery on a 8J movement as well?

[TheHoth]

When you pull the crown out, does it stop the second hand?

I don’t have a quartz watch so I am not sure about that.

Thanks!

[BB-glzt]

Haven't seen you on the streams lately, Burbinghard come back!

[SilverbackMoonLandingLies]

if i do this will my Seiko still be water resistant? It's 27 years old, tia.

[byronhagan]

I have a 9f and it stopped after 1.5 years. second hand in the 12 position. never noticed the 2 second batter warning. how long does this phase normally last? I feel I would have noticed it. the second hand is wanting to move but doesn't. does this sound like it's broken or a battery issue? any advice welcome.

[michaelfletcher]

Looks pretty much like changing the battery on any other quartz watch. After watching a bunch of watchmaker videos where they're super fastidious about not scratching anything or getting the tiniest amount of dust inside the case this video is kind of a crack up. He's not thrashing the thing of course but he's certainly not taking any extra care not to scratch the back of the case. Just treats is like a watch. Reminds you that they aren't accually delicate jewelry.

[Rob_Sausage]

Try to avoid touching the new battery with your fingers.

[ccw]

You always need to replace the case back gasket and as a rule you will find that Grand seiko will replace the crown, crown tube, tube gaskets and re pressure check for WR. Changing the battery is easy. I would always send back to GS to complete the job . The temptaion is to do it yourself but sooner or later its going to let you down . Not worth the worry for $100 every three years

[jimrylander]

Sort of sucks. I have a Casio watch cost me 30 bucks the battery lasted 10 years. Spend a few thousand dollars for the GS & battery doesn’t last 3 years…..WOW