ETA 955 missing parts ? See photos
Hello all,
I have a funny feeling I know the answer to this, but need confirmation from some experts before I progress much further.
Back story: I recently took a chance on an unusual quartz divers watch on ebay that 'needed a new battery'. Upon fitting a new battery, the watch was still not working. So I decided to do a bit of investigating as a keen viewer of Mark's Youtube tutorials, I thought I could find out what is really wrong with this watch.
It has an ETA 955 movement, bu
Not my finest repair, but from the posts above and some time looking at photos online, it was confirmed I was missing the isolator pad and negative contact. I decided to give it a try. For my insulator I used a clear disc of plastic that was part of my watch battery blister pack, cut into the neatest circle I could manage. The contact was a few strands of copper wire coated with solder, one end turned up slightly. Up turned end placed against the contact pad and a two second touch with the solde