Each year, February 18 marks National Battery Day, a day to appreciate the convenience of batteries and how they make our everyday lives easier. These little powerhouses are so common and seemingly ordinary, we don’t give them much serious thought.
Until the remote dies. Or when the flash light doesn’t work. Or when your car makes the ultimate sound of defeat: the tell-tale wail of a dead battery.
Batteries, we’re grateful for you — both as a presence in our everyday home lives and in our working lives as jewelers.
Read on to learn more about watch batteries and some cool facts for #NationalBatteryDay.
TWO TYPES OF WATCH BATTERIES
When it comes to watch battery replacement, Stuller has the batteries you need. We offer lithium watch batteries and 0% mercury silver-oxide batteries. And with brands like Renata® and Energizer®, you're guaranteed long-lasting power.
There are a few differences between the two types offered by both brands, yet both do the same basic task: they process the chemicals inside to create a continuous electrical charge.
LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES
• Long-lasting high-charge density
• Produce 1.5–3.7 volts
• Great cold weather performance
• Slightly more expensive
SILVER-OXIDE BATTERIES
• Maintain stable voltage over their life
• Typically produce 1.5 volts
• Decent cold weather performance
• Affordable price point
View our watch battery selection at Stuller.com/Watch-Batteries
IF YOU KNOW HOW TO CHANGE A WATCH BATTERY…
…you’re more skilled than you may realize. Some jewelers have resorted to a few interesting and innovative ways to keep their battery business booming. It used to be when your car clicker died, you had to go to the dealership and pay upward of $200 to replace it. Now, some ingenious jewelers have joined in to offer car clicker battery replacement services. Others take it further, offering to replace hearing aid batteries. How will you make the most of your watch battery replacement services?
FIVE ENERGIZED BATTERY FACTS
Last year, we shipped about 6,000,000 watch batteries.
Stuller started carrying batteries in 1997, starting with Energizer®.
Batteries are also called voltaic cells, named after Alessandro Volta, the man who discovered the modern cell battery.
In 1749, Benjamin Franklin coined the term “battery” during an electricity experiment.
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