Watch batteries are manufactured in different grades specifically meeting the needs of specific watches. A wrong battery used may lead to a serious damage to your watch. A technician should ensure replacing a battery with the right one in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions. Do not replace just one battery and use the second one partially exhausted. The whole set of the battery should be changed at a time. Watch batteries of different grades should not be mixed or used together. Browse through the huge variety of watch batteries to find a right battery well fitted to the make and model of each of your watches.
The silver-oxide button cell batteries start with model 315 and goes all the way up to model 399. The energizer 315 watch battery has a capacity of 20mAh and button shaped 399 model is multi-drain. Silver-oxide batteries should be pre-tested before it is used in a watch. These are featured in low drain (LD) as well as high drain (HD) to fit all kinds of watch. An HD watch battery is basically digital but is some time analog as well. It is also used in alarms, chimes and back lights. LD watch battery is always analog and they are not featured to require high currents.
A wrong watch battery grade used in your watch may lead it to reach beyond its normal exhaustion point and leads to the leakage, thereby damaging your precious watch. Also, one should avoid attempt to recharge battery by heating or other such means. Batteries of any grade should not be exposed to moisture, sunlight or high temperatures to be used for longer time and to keep your watch in ideal working condition.