G-Shock Tough Solar battery

[eybic]

I think my trusty 8 year old Tough Solar is in need of a new battery, this morning it was showing "chg" (or something similar) and reset itself. Within a few minutes it's showing a high level of charge. I've noticed it do this a couple of times so think the battery may be a bit knackered (when not being worn at weekends, it normally sits on a windowsill)



Do I need a specific kind of battery? Are they silly money? I'm not one for messing about with watches other than strap adjustment so it'll need to go to a shop to be done

Thank you

[dvs_dave]

Interested to find out as I have one that’s been consigned to the “knackered watch draw that I must get around to fixing one day”. Have an old Seiko Kinetic with a dead capacitor that’s also suffered the same fate waiting to be brought back to life.

[dai1983]

My G shock would shut off and back on again. A Panasonic capacitor was £15 and I unscrewed the back to replace it. Was a pain making sure everything lined up once the guts had been replaced.

[eybic]

Eurgh so it's not as simple as a battery change then? I'll see how I get on with it then maybe find a Casio service centre if it keeps happening, it's only an £85 watch but no point getting rid if it can be fixed for £40.

Thanks chaps.

[dvs_dave]

I decided to give this a go and bring my my old solar out of retirement. Got a new battery and o-ring off eBay for a few quid, and it took all of 5 mins to swap. Dead easy and loads of YouTube vids also.

The original strap mine came with was a canvas one with plastic clip buckle that after multiple “tours” in the Middle East was horribly frayed and dirty. So I replaced it with a NATO and I think it looks really rather good.



Hard to capture much of the strap as the watch and lugs are so wide, but it does look much better.

[eybic]

Looks good, mine has been behaving itself since this post so it's had a reprieve.