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Having accumulated a bit of experience of repairing basic watches and a few automatics, I thought I'd try my hand at restoring my 5M42-0880 which I bought new in 1995.  It has never been serviced and needs a new power cell and a good strip and clean.  I discovered how to extract the stem but cannot see how to remove the movement from the case.  It does not respond to gravity or to gentle shaking and I can't see any obvious screws holding it in.  Can someone enlighten me please?  Cheers, Kevin

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Thanks jdm, I'll try that tomorrow.  It does run but this battery  lasted  just 9 months and the previous one only 2 years, so I'm guessing the movement is in need of cleaning.  Is this a particularly tricky movement to deal with?

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this is kinetic with a missing rotor. the cells aren't meant to just be replaced and disposed of regularly. there meant to be continuously charged through motion. that's your problem.

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Thanks Ishima, but perhaps I've led you astray.  The rotor was present and correct but I had removed it during the attempt to extract the movement from the case, which is why it's not shown in the photo.

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