This is my first time watching faithful Repair this video deserve award despite it ended unsuccessful but still your the winner for telling us the truth
@@VintageDigitalWatches yes i have watched several videos on TH-cam none of them had been end up not successful but the truth is that there's some damage machine which you can never repair, I'm also a repaire anytime i need advice i will consult you
For the casio check that chasis is connected to the pcb via silver tab .adjust your battery pos and neg terminals as sometimes they don't make good contact and break the circuit continuity slight adjustments help greatly as I've had the same problem on many dead casio watches and have come back to life.
I managed to get a module partially working (stripping it down and cleaning each part piece by piece) a cheap beat up Casio CA-901 that I found and bought at a local fleamaket. Problem is now only pusher for the light is working and nothing else. All pushers seem to be making a good connection to circuit board so I am baffled where problem could be.
Enjoy seeing your process and your passion. I have a Seiko 0138-5009 in vg condition. I am trying to restore it and with some cleaning and new battery the digits are very clear and working well. I can't reset the watch either because I do not know how to do a hard reset; or the fact that the center push/pull button does not work. When I inspect it the mechanism appears to move but I can't tell what the issue is and I can't take it apart since I do not know how to remove the center button. Any suggestions? thanks Arnold
hey tiberiu, this may sound silly to you, but try to put some small paper sheets between the batteries and the holder of the bm-100. i had this problem a week ago with a protrek. for some reason the two batteries shorted each other. after i played around a little it worked. wish you luck!
Hi , I know what you mean, but for this model the batteries have their own space cut out in the plastic so there is plastic separating them. The module had the original insulators that go on the top, and there are certain points on the board you can measure with the batteries installed to make sure voltage gets to the module and it did. I will however continue to try some other stuff to get it to run before deeming it as junk.
When I buy something "to fix" from ebay then I expect 2 of those will work together and become one. Usually this type cost 50% or less of the average other ones. With more of the same it's increasing in spare parts and knowledge about those, so 3 is up in 60-75% fixable and 4 is near 90% with 1-2 parts missing and you know from the others what the missing parts are and how they look. Since #4 is ugly and a donor anyway - there is some win - win in this.
I recently bought a used ebay digital diesel watch and after a few hours outside, the watch would glitch out and turn off :/ I think it's corrosion as well but I need to open up the module and see exactly what the problem may be
Hey finally find a video about watch surgeon of Casio BM 100 (not successful one tho :)). I just found my dads watch but its dead. He said that he already changing the battery but still not work. Gonna try resetting the AC and other things. Is there manual book/PDF about this watch? If you happen to know can you kindly share, much appreciated 😁
Muhammad Wildan Hi, There is a user manual that should be online at the digitalwatchlibrary, asfor a service manual it is highly unlikely you will find one.
That is a problem i have very often with cheap watches, it seems that the 1.5V battery causes more damage than the lithium ones, i've never had a CR bathery that has licked. Anyway good video and i think you could have chance with the casio.
Yes, that is definitely true, the Silver Oxide ones (1.5V) do leak, but the lithium (3V usually) don't. For the Casio I will invest some more time, maybe start changing the capacitors(more common failure) and maybe other components and see where I get.
I've never seen that second watch before it looks good , do you know it's make and model number?. Also I picked up a non runner before from very good seller called k-part. I put new battery in and nothing. Stuck it in the drawer. Checked it after 1 week still blank. 2 weeks later I took out and it was up and running. It was a seiko watch.
Haha😁 it's still In drawer . My dad finds my watches all over house wanting to know what I'm doing. He reminds of watches I can't even remember buying. I need to delete ebay app 😁.... nice video once again.
This is my first time watching faithful Repair this video deserve award despite it ended unsuccessful but still your the winner for telling us the truth
Ha ha, yes it helps knowing it is more like a last resort solution. Thanks for the comment!
@@VintageDigitalWatches yes i have watched several videos on TH-cam none of them had been end up not successful but the truth is that there's some damage machine which you can never repair, I'm also a repaire anytime i need advice i will consult you
For the casio check that chasis is connected to the pcb via silver tab .adjust your battery pos and neg terminals as sometimes they don't make good contact and break the circuit continuity slight adjustments help greatly as I've had the same problem on many dead casio watches and have come back to life.
I managed to get a module partially working (stripping it down and cleaning each part piece by piece) a cheap beat up Casio CA-901 that I found and bought at a local fleamaket. Problem is now only pusher for the light is working and nothing else. All pushers seem to be making a good connection to circuit board so I am baffled where problem could be.
Thank you , nice video, and yes i did learn something - Goodluck...
Enjoy seeing your process and your passion. I have a Seiko 0138-5009 in vg condition. I am trying to restore it and with some cleaning and new battery the digits are very clear and working well. I can't reset the watch either because I do not know how to do a hard reset; or the fact that the center push/pull button does not work. When I inspect it the mechanism appears to move but I can't tell what the issue is and I can't take it apart since I do not know how to remove the center button. Any suggestions?
thanks
Arnold
I suppose if you can get them cheap enough then you can keep them and look for a working module in a damaged case. Hopefully at a good price!
For Donor parts look up "Dimar"on ebay .excellent people for vintage watch parts at reasonable prices
hey tiberiu, this may sound silly to you, but try to put some small paper sheets between the batteries and the holder of the bm-100. i had this problem a week ago with a protrek. for some reason the two batteries shorted each other. after i played around a little it worked. wish you luck!
Hi , I know what you mean, but for this model the batteries have their own space cut out in the plastic so there is plastic separating them. The module had the original insulators that go on the top, and there are certain points on the board you can measure with the batteries installed to make sure voltage gets to the module and it did. I will however continue to try some other stuff to get it to run before deeming it as junk.
When I buy something "to fix" from ebay then I expect 2 of those will work together and become one. Usually this type cost 50% or less of the average other ones. With more of the same it's increasing in spare parts and knowledge about those, so 3 is up in 60-75% fixable and 4 is near 90% with 1-2 parts missing and you know from the others what the missing parts are and how they look. Since #4 is ugly and a donor anyway - there is some win - win in this.
@How Not To Maybe you are stupid.
So did you manage to make them work? or at least just one of them?
I recently bought a used ebay digital diesel watch and after a few hours outside, the watch would glitch out and turn off :/ I think it's corrosion as well but I need to open up the module and see exactly what the problem may be
Great video despite everything!
Yeah, better luck next time :)
Hi can you help i have this Casio CA-53wf-1b and i really loved it but i only have one problem it doesnt have light can you help me😢
As far as I no the casios have a regulator transistor inside
Hey finally find a video about watch surgeon of Casio BM 100 (not successful one tho :)). I just found my dads watch but its dead. He said that he already changing the battery but still not work. Gonna try resetting the AC and other things. Is there manual book/PDF about this watch? If you happen to know can you kindly share, much appreciated 😁
Muhammad Wildan Hi, There is a user manual that should be online at the digitalwatchlibrary, asfor a service manual it is highly unlikely you will find one.
I have several in this situation! :(
That is a problem i have very often with cheap watches, it seems that the 1.5V battery causes more damage than the lithium ones, i've never had a CR bathery that has licked. Anyway good video and i think you could have chance with the casio.
Yes, that is definitely true, the Silver Oxide ones (1.5V) do leak, but the lithium (3V usually) don't. For the Casio I will invest some more time, maybe start changing the capacitors(more common failure) and maybe other components and see where I get.
Good bro
Hi ..my casio LA 201W futurist have problem with front button , how to fix it , thank
I've never seen that second watch before it looks good , do you know it's make and model number?. Also I picked up a non runner before from very good seller called k-part. I put new battery in and nothing. Stuck it in the drawer. Checked it after 1 week still blank. 2 weeks later I took out and it was up and running. It was a seiko watch.
It is a Guarda Val watch, doesn't have a reference number. The story with the Seiko is interesting, maybe your drawer has magic powers :)
Haha😁 it's still In drawer . My dad finds my watches all over house wanting to know what I'm doing. He reminds of watches I can't even remember buying. I need to delete ebay app 😁.... nice video once again.
hi
for casio watch in this video try there is hole beside ac hole.
try to reset with this holes and your watch will be start to work.
Thanks for the suggestion, I already tried various resets but will not start. Also the caps have been replaced and still nothing.
At least I know that I am not the only one this happens to.
Straight Wolf I‘ve got a whole box of non working watches 😭
40 years of corrosion in that 70s watch.
Do you have a video repairing a citizen GN-4W 5 Ana Digi Quartz watch.
No, I don not.
What about an ultrasonic watch for PCBs?
ultrasonic watch?
Since that last watch is a goner, could you take a look at the die under a microscope? After cleaning obviously :)
"die" you mean the silicon chip?
Yes, that's it!
It would be an instant like :)
And you need an image of that? It is not quite clear what you want me to do :D.
Well that was a waste of..........time Lol 😂😂
at least the music was optimistic :)
I chose the music before working on the watches :(.
Is replacing a battery really tampering?
Sometimes you win Sometimes not... I know how you can feel... A donor is the only chance.. Not easy But not impossible go on go on
I will definitely, both watches deserve a second chance:). Thanks for the encouragement Fiore!
Call me Simone.... :-)
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Bm100!!!!