The latch on my watch wont open. how do i open it?

Hi,

please view the back of the watch and look for screw or plastic latch that you can use to open the back and access your watches battery. You can search amazon or bestbuy for a replacement battery and then order it. But if you find it hard to open the back of the watch, you can visit a local watch store to help you with that and they might have a replacement battery for you as well.

Thank you.

Are there six indentations around the back? You'll need a special tool for that.

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mcdevito75 here, Best Bet is to visit a small watch repair shop in your area, too much bending of the latch could ruin it, then you"ll have to buy a whole new band.

Hi

Try resetting it - it worked for me. First, orient your watch face down (with the watch belt buckle opposite you), the new battery in and latched. Second, on the right side battery hold-down latch you will see a small metal circle (~1 mm diameter) with a black dot in the center. Take a small paper clip and touch this metal pad to the metal battery hold-down latch for about 1 second. This will reset the watch.
Rotate the tiny donut that clips over the battery so it touches the brass spring that is next to the battery, replace the back plate. you can use a small tool to carefully lift the metal contact back up off the contact plate. Also make sure the back of the case is on tight as this also plays a role the electro mechanics of this watch.

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If I understand right, by the latch you mean bracelet clasp. You just pull it by the crown. Clasps on ROLEX watches can be very tight, so, have to pull it with appropriate force. Rate me, plz.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogCz2vjUKVg

Pull the wind knob out...it takes a firm pull on mine. You will hear it click, then you have room to pull the movement out towards the hinge. Then close when done, and push the wind handle back in.

At one oclock the lever is pulled out about 1/4" then you can set the time, when finished, push the lever back in.

Hope this helps...george