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So, after clearing out some drawers I came across a couple of old digital watches. They look like the early type with the stainless case and red crystal that lights up the time when a button is pressed. I tried batteries in both of them and the first lit up once then never again. the second worked for about 20 seconds and then I heard a 'pop' which coincided with it not working again.

When I opened it up I found one of the legs had blown off the oscillator. Where can I find a new NDK5ZF???

Going to try and remove the rest of it in the meantime.

Any help would be appreciated, Thank you.

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