How Much????

It's a ludicrous price for a watch battery, especially if you have more than one watch and a more dressy one to wear when you go out to a special evening or event, which means you might rarely wear it and I would definitely resent paying that. I took my watch into a jeweller near where I work in Southend on Sea and they wanted to charge £5. This must have been a couple of years ago. I did not let them do it. There is a small indoor market in my town and a stall in there which sells jewellery does them for £2! They used to charge £1.50 till about a year or two ago. My brother always takes his family's watches there to have new batteries fitted. The batteries probably cost peanuts. As for not wearing a watch because we have mobile phones, well I don't want to have to keep getting my phone out to check the time. I much prefer to wear a watch.
One thing I really resent paying out for is re-heeling on shoes. A lot of places charge £7-£8 which is outrageous. I have been going to the same place for years near where I work and they now charge £5.50. Still a lot for a little bit of rubber, but obviously you're paying for the service.

Don't you mean 250g? That is the normal size of a packet of butter.

£80 for 5 years , I'll settle for 33p every 3 years, but I guess if you can afford an Omega ......

I also used one of these kiosks for a replacement battery, but this was in the centre of a shopping mall. The price of the battery was exorbitant and they managed to break the glass of my (Gucci) watch, and wanted to send it away for replacement. They said they wouldn't charge me for this! Anyway, I told them that I wouldn't leave my gold watch with them and that I would get the glass replaced at a jeweller. They told me that it would have to be sent back to Gucci for repair, and it would cost them in excess of £50. Anyway, they refunded the cost of the battery (and didn't remove it from the watch), and I took the watch to my local jeweller, who happens to be a Gucci accredited jeweller, and the glass was replaced within half-an-hour, at a charge of £15. My advice is, don't go to these 'pop-up' repairers.

I inherited my late mothers Omega from the 1970's. I took it to their store in the mall to get a battery. They made a big fuss over it since it was so "old" and looked it up in this huge book of their history of watches.They had to send it away to install one which I was told was how they handle battery replacements. Later received a email saying to replace the battery and usual maintence would cost me 1,000 dollars!!! So I had to ask them just to send it back. Such a shame to have such a lovely watch I can't wear unless it's just for show.

Envious, if the watch is useless as it is, I would change the battery myself, it can't be rocket science and any warranty is long gone.

No, definitely 500g block of butter, just checked again. I will tell you what price it is when I shop tomorrow.

What's butter got to do batteries? Needs a food prices thread

Do beware of batteries bought from £1 shops I bought a set of good brand name batteries for my cycle lights and by the time I d cycled home about 2 miles at most they had gone dim and were pegging out

I, too, have a Citizen Ecodrive wstch so no batteries needed. My husband has a Tag Hueur and while he was in England for medical treatment the jeweller wanted £80 to put in a new battery. When I visited him I brought the watch back with me and took it to the Tag Hueur agent jewellers and it was replaced as before for €5. As long as the jeweller has the correct tool it is silly to agree to pay £80 for battery change because how many of us need the waterproof seal.

One piece of advice I was given was that if you use more than one watch for different occasions pull the winder fully out when not using the watch and you won't be using the battery. Ok you have to reset the watch when you want to wear it but the battery will last much longer