DIY Crafts Watch Repair Tool Kit for Watch Back Case Remover and Opener

For an investment of about $10, immediately upon its arrival I saved at least $100 and regained the use of a half-dozen watches I’d forgotten I had. Because I would have to take a watch to a watch repair place whenever its battery died, pay $10-15 just to have the battery replaced, and then wait as long as a week to get it back, I usually procrastinated doing so and often ended up forgetting to do so. The current pandemic made this even more difficult, and when my go-to watches starting dying I decided it was time I acquired the tools to do it myself. I was mainly interested in getting a wrench that would allow me to open the back of my Swiss Army watch, but thought it pretty nifty that this kit also had tools for opening every other kind of watch. So when it arrived, I collected every old watch I had and found I could open them all and replace their batteries myself. The tools worked as promised, including the watch vise which was very useful for holding the watches whose backs required more effort to unscrew or pry off. While not the finest jewelers tools, they are more than “good enough” and of much higher quality than I expected for the price. With them I don’t expect I’ll ever have to send out to have a battery replaced again. Two final points: first, replacing the batteries is as simple to do as it sounds, so fear not that it is a leap into the unknown or that it requires special skills. Second, buy your replacement batteries online: for the price you pay at the drug store for one, you can get a pack of 2 or 3 or more thru Amazon. (Oh, and if any questions about which battery to get, you can find battery conversion charts online as well.). In sum, this is a purchase that has exceeded my expectations and brought me a lot of satisfaction.

This is one of the best purchases I have made. I have several watches and have trouble finding places that will change the battery for me. Now I don’t need them. Definitely worth the investment.

I was able to open 8 watches that all needed batteries the first night. However, the yellow handle short stubby tool piece that you are to use by putting in the little knotch and pop the back off had a piece of the metal completely break off with the very first use. So now it has an angled edge. I was lucky to be able to use what is left to remove the other backs. But it's only a matter of time before the rest is gone. The metal is cheap. The other pieces are good but sad that the one that will be used on a more frequent basis is the first thing to break on its first use. Nevertheless, for the price, it got the job done because there was no way I was willing to pay someone $20-25 per watch. Batteries are like $2. So even if I only get a few uses out of the tool, I saved a crap load of money. As such, 4 STARS.

Ordered this tool kit specifically to do a diy battery capacitor replacement for an 18-year old Citizen Eco-drive watch. It worked out very well. Given all the tools provided, I can now easily replace the batteries in all the other digital and battery powered watches in the household! I gave it four stars on sturdiness only because the tweezers are very pointed and susceptible to deformation if you're not careful. I bent one of the prongs slightly in use but was able to easily return it to it's original form. Getting the battery capacitor out of the watch was not the place to use the tweezers, that's for the screwdrivers. Only use the tweezers to properly position the battery back into movement if you have fat fingers like mine. The bigger pry tool was very effective at opening the back of the watch. This tool kit will make prying and screwing the backs off the rest of the watches in the house more efficient when replacing their batteries. Nice little kit to have in the household toolbox.

It's always been a hassle changing watch batteries as some have teeny screws holding the back on or you can't take the back off because you need a special tool to unscrew it. This tool is the charm that handles all those problems. After reviewing the video I put it to the test & quickly changed 2 batteries. I am more than happy with this tool & my only regret is I didn't have it years ago. It paid for self with these 2 battery changes considering the jewelry person charges $10-12.00 per watch for a battery so I'm ahead of the game and oh so happy. This tool is simple & very easy to use, I highly recommend it if you want to change your watch batteries & save money.

It’s only $11, so don’t expect jewelry quality tools here. The worst tool in this set is the watch case holder: clamping down on a watch makes the clamp distort and bow outward. Also, the clamp pins are plastic and don’t grip the watch case very well. The watch back opener had too much “play,” and trying to get a good purchase on the back face using this tool wasn’t easy. The three screwdrivers are ok; on examination under a 10x loop did reveal that the blades of all three of them were a little irregular. The tweezers are great, and the pry blade/knives work well also. I bought this set to be able change my own watch batteries as they are incredibly cheap here on Amazon - many are under a dollar. I bought a 10 count package for each type of battery my watches use, and I’m sure they will last for a good long time. If you want to do some semi-pro or pro watchmaking work, these are probably not right for you. But if you’re just trying to replace a battery in a watch that doesn’t cost a lot, they are fine.

I sell items online and some of those items are watches. I always put a new battery in them before they are shipped so I was looking for a nice battery replacement kit. This is a wonderful kit and it comes with all the tools to hold, remove and replace a battery. It doesn't come with the batteries of course but I bought them on Amazon. The kit came well packaged and all the tools fit in the sturdy box it came in. Great kit and great price.

The packaged arrived without the precision screwdrivers included!

quality not good!