Timex Watch Battery Latch Removal And Replacement Ironman, Expedition, Etc.

Hey guys, Steve here and ah we are going to replace a battery on a timex expedition watch I looked around on the internet and found some text based tutorial but nothing nothing in video in nothing that explain how to get them the hardest part up which is the battery latch alright ive already gone ahead and removed the watch strap right here and the four screws 1,2,3,4 from the watch back taken that off those were pretty simple and ah here's the hardest part theres a red sticker on the back of the watch here on the inside that says umm unlatch remove battery it has a arrow right here and right here i know its hard to see on the video and you will probably be looking at the same thing on your watch so it says to unlatch it but the hard thing is theres no screw you dont want to put a screwdriver in here you might break it iam just going to go ahead and take this red sticker off so we can see what were doing going on all right so we have this battery latch they call it alright its holding down our battery you dont want to pry and break that because youve already paid a lot of money for your watch or got it as a gift you're goign through the trouble to replace the battery heres what i did i have a pin right here this came out of one of my shirts one of my new collard shirts so I am going to take this pin and you'll notice there is a small let me see if i can get it in the camera there ya go this small little a little hole right here on the edge so we are going to put our pin in the hole and pry away from the battery ok so in the hole straight down you want to go straight down all the way to the touch the bottom youre not going to push hard straight down and then just pry it up and you just unhooked it youre going to do the exact same thing on the other side put it in this little hole straight down pry up and there you go just popped it right off there is your watch latch there you go back in the camera and you can see why let me see if i can get a better view see why you needed to unlatch it little hook with a piece of metal on there just looks under piece of plastic on the watch itself alright so you go ahead and replace your replace your battery pop the latch back the latch just clips on straight on clip it on youll want to lubricate with a silicone based lubricant on your seal here hoped that helped and good luck