Protecting it with layers of paper towel I gradually increased the pressure - fully expecting to crush the crystal - until it popped back on. So in the end I pushed the cover as far into position as I could and then clamped it between two pieces of wood in a table vice. I couldn't press the thing hard enough to make it snap back and all that happened was that the cover 'see-sawed' around and I started to worry that I would damage it. I know how it is supposed to work now but it's so simple, how can it not be working? To make matters worse it did work absolutely perfectly with the back off! So I figured that I had mended it and put the back cover back on. The spring then returns the crown, the circuit is broken and the light goes off again. When you press on the crown the sprung lever should be pressed against the gold plated electrical contact and complete the circuit for the light. The fault did appear to be with the on/off switch mechanism so that's what I went looking for. The scratches on the crystal look terrible in this picture but it's hardly noticeable in reality. Replacing the back was going to be very tough but more on that later. It was getting annoying!įollowing advice in the forums I used a stout bladed knife and popped the back off by lifting the tabbed part against the nearest lug. This ran the risk of accidentally changing the position of the hands which meant I couldn't trust the time afterwards.
Towards the end I found I had to pull the crown out slightly and then press to get the light to come on. The problem was that pushing the watch crown inwards to activate the light seemed at fault.
The illumination itself was working fine when it worked at all. After about a month the Idiglo stopped working altogether even though the watch keeps excellent time. This was a 60th birthday present which I really appreciated so I didn't want to try and return it in the heat of the Pandemic. My Timex Waterbury 2018 backlight was intermittent from new.
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