Battery-operated watches are a pain in the ass. Their batteries are expensive and must be replaced every year or else it will corrode the watch and destroy its mechanism.
A few days after I arrived from the US, I discovered that all my battery-operated watches have dead batteries. The next day, I brought three to the service center. One was still covered with warranty, the other two were no longer covered so I paid P1,650 and P1,500+ respectively. Whew!
Battery replacement for my black watch. They reminded me that my watch is not water-proof. Meron daw kasing moist sa loob.
The batteries look the same but I don’t know why the one for this watch is more expensive.
Hindi naman pwede na I will buy my own battery abroad to save money and just let the service center replace it, hindi yan allowed.
I have a 15 year old Longines I bought in Lucerne, Switzerland when we joined the Trafalgar tours after Oyen’s high school graduation. The store was beside the hotel where we stayed at.
I got the tiny rectangle watch for $850-$950. I don’t know the exact amount because of the exchange rate computation.
I brought it to Longine’s authorized service center last week for battery replacement too.
They told me the battery costs 670 pesos. After 20 minutes, The technician came out and gave me an invoice for P11,000. Repeat eleven thousand pesos. The watch daw needs repair. It has dents and all. I didn’t expect that I would be paying P11,000. My mind and my pocket were only ready for P670 battery and not for 11,000. I told them I will think about it first because I wasn’t prepared to spend 11,000. They told me matagal pa naman daw babayaran, when I get my watch after it’s been fixed, about 3 months. According to the fellow, If I don’t have it fixed, the corrosion will eat up the whole mechanism. Owww. I didn’t know what to do. I asked him “Mura lang ang bili ko nito, magkano na ba itong watch na ito ngayon?”
I will no longer buy a battery operated watch. Dagdag stress.
