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jimosu

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hi

 Trying to fix my own watch.

need a +ve battery contact for a rotary watch (515 movement ..I think)

 one jewel, quartz movement.

 see pics .

 Cousins are not helpful at all.

 Any help please.

 been looking on ebay for broken ones.

 jim

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515 movement in rotary.jpg

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42 minutes ago, jimosu said:

need a +ve battery contact for a rotary watch (515 movement ..I think)

 Cousins are not helpful at all.

You think so? They are the only onese I know selling a cheap assortment of positive clamps. Although one can do these with a soda can and scissors.

https://www.cousinsuk.com/product/battery-clamps-insulators-kits?code=A39650#

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The movement is actually a Ronda 785. Cousins lists quite a lot of spare parts for this calibre, or you can buy the whole movement for between £10 and £17 (+vat and shipping) depending on which variant you need, or as little as £5.99 + £3 shipping on eBay.

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