I wanted to keep that watch for sentimental reasons, so was worth doing. This Battery is cross-referenced as: AWI S05, CALCULATOR BATTERIES, Energizer 357, Bolva 228, Duracell D357 D303 and 10L14, Type A, Timex Type A, Gold Peak GP57, Maxell SR44W and G13, Panasonic SP357 and SR44W and WL-14, Rayovac. I've also just done another one where the damage clearly went further and the watch was dead (despite the movement looking visibly in good nick), but luckily I was able to identify the quartz movement and inexpensively buy a direct replacement and swap it over. This is from the American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute 2010 Edition Handbook on Battery Number System. I'm very new to this and learning by undertaking some projects like this for my own satisfaction. Hopefully those with much more experience than me might have some ideas and may be able to see from looking at it, if anything obvious is amiss. ![]() It does suggest to me, that if the second hand twitches, that it's getting power, but something in the mechanism is seized to prevent further progress. ![]() If it extends beyond the battery area and into the works and parts there are corroded, it may be beyond direct help. My own method for cleaning it is to dip a cotton bud in some citric acid (pure form of lemon juice), squeeze it on some paper towel so that it's only damp and gently clean with that. ![]() Fortunately for me, it was pretty much contained in the battery compartment. In mine, the battery had leaked and visibly so. I've recently got going a very similar Timex Q.
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