Vintage Timex electric watch after market parts??

[rodm1]

I have my grand fathers old Timex electric and would like to use it. I would like to modernize it and fix it up my question is about after market replacement parts are they available or am I stuck using part watches? I would like to change the hands and watch face. What about a source for battery's?

Thanks,

 

[Bobster]

@Racer88 This is in the alley you are up! Or maybe you just wear them and don't fix them?
@rodm1 I think HF sells watch tools if you need any...
My guess would be you are going to be dealing with parts watches. Is Timex still in business? Maybe contact them?

PS: there is a watch sub-forum here I believe...

 

[Racer88]

Moved to the watch subforum.

I don't know anything about fixing watches other than giving it to a professional.

Timex is still in business. I bought one a few years ago.

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[bkbrno]

I'm a watch nerd in my spare time. Never really heard of the Timex Electric until now.

I did a quick study session on them. Basically an electric motor powers a mechanical watch balance and drive train instead of a spring. A popular type of movement before the quartz revolution. I could only find one battery reference and it is a 354. I can find no size reference for the 354 but a 301 or LR44 or AG13 were mentioned. The 301 is thinner than the other two. Silver oxide batteries hold the voltage steady until it rapidly drops off. They also don't leak like the alkaline LR44. You need a lot more information to narrow down the battery size but Timex usually kept parts counts low so it's probably the same across all variants.

Much more information is needed and I'm afraid I'm not your guy. I know what I don't know and vintage Timex is way out of my knowledge or interest. I will say this. It has screws in the movement. That means it can be serviced. Start scanning ebay for similar models with dials, hands, or cases you like. They look like they run $5-100 dollars. Do NOT buy anything from overseas. They will be trashed inside and probably fake. There are sites dedicated to Timex Electrics.

Modern Timex is so far removed from US Timex of old that there is no comparison except for the logo being the same. I believe the Chinese bought the name a long time ago. They use Chinese movements or Japanese Citizen movements in their current mechanical watches. Chinese movements are not horrible. For a few years, modern reproductions of 50's, 60's and 70's watches were all the rage. Timex dusted off a few of their old designs and modernized them.

 

[bkbrno]

The watch model is usually printed on the dial and obscured by the crystal and bezel. The number can be decoded to give you the watch model, the movement and the year of production.

Per this TIMEX Batteries / TIMEX V | Arteepee's Watch Collection it is an LR44. It is in French from a French Timex supplied repair kit posted by someone in the Netherlands. Welcome to watch collecting and repair, it's a global effort. An SR44 is the same size but silver oxide and will provide a more stable voltage and longer life. Don't expect any battery to last very long. Months not years i the electric movements.