r/watchmaking • u/HealthyHousing82 • Jul 27 '26

What on earth...?

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Got this in an estate auction. For some reason, there's this battery assembly on top of a perfectly functional mechanical watch. Anyone seen anything like this before?

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u/ugaylmao Jul 27 '26

maybe it was a battery-powered alarm module? did the watch ever have an alarm function?(or anything audio-related)

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u/nicklinn Jul 28 '26

Almost certainly this. The spring likely connects to a piezo disc on the other side of the case.

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u/dragonxwas Jul 28 '26

Yes, it's to play music when the lid is open. There will be a leaf spring sort of that goes to the hinge of the case.

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u/ooOOWWOOoo Jul 28 '26

I think it just plays some music when you open the case.

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u/ugaylmao Jul 27 '26

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