This may sound a little silly, but I've been dreading the day when my Golf needed a battery change... because not only does it have four tiny screws holding down the square caseback, but I was also concerned that once the screws were removed and the backplate was removed, what would happen with the buttons that hold the folding parts of the watch together? Would they just ping out and I'd be left with a mess of parts in a bag to take to my local watch repairman?
Well thankfully no. As you can see they are still held firmly in place, which is logical... but then you can't always assume everything will be okay with watches just because it makes sense in your head. The only problem I actually encountered was that I had never come across a 315 battery before (very thin that one) so it wasn't one I had in stock. I was also slightly confused about the lack of a gasket, but then the watch is only rated to 50M, in other words 'not very waterproof'.
I guess the gasket would have added thickness to the watch, which needs to be thin as it folds over on itself twice... and there wouldn't be any point having a gasket anyway, because as you can see where the buttons meet the case there's barely any surface area to apply one to.
As usual with watches with tiny screws in the backplate, I used a large Tupperware container to make sure I didn't lose the screws when working on the watch. (Top tip, either put them in a small container inside the Tupperware or loop a piece of Sellotape and stick them to it and it to the Tupperware). These ones really are tiny and I had to use my smallest micro screwdriver to get them out.
Changing the battery is actually pretty straightforward, in fact the hardest part of the whole procedure was picking up the screws with tweezers and getting them to go back in the holes when I was ready to close it up again. That was a bit of a pain honestly, and tightening the screws without overtightening them is also fun!
At least now I don't need to worry about changing it so much any more... and I'm relieved there was no complicated re-assembly procedure that required three hands!
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