Citizen PRT AW7030-06E Fix

[boludaso]

Out with a daughter that loves shopping at thrift and consignment shops I came across a Citizen PRT. I already have this exact watch and its one of my favorites. The watch was not running, the case scratched, and the nato had so much skin cheeseI didn't want to touch it. Brought it home and went to work on replacing the battery, which got it working. First pic is with a new strap. Notice the PRI is at zero, bezel scratches and cracked glass

During the battery change I got curious and removed stem and movement as I wanted to see the solar cells and the workings of the movement. I thought they would be under the dial. Nope. Its a small solar strip that vertically lines the interior of the dial/movement. During my bout with curiosity, the solar strip/cell fell out. My attempts to easily reseat it failed.

You'll see the strip in the first pic, then look for the purple on the side of the dial in the second pic.

 

So off I went down the rabbit hole of fixing something I broke without knowing how to do it.

First thing was to remove the silver plate at the top of the movement in pic.

Under the holding plate was this piece that transfers power from solar to battery. That had to be removed.

Next the gold colored bars were removed. These are the conductors of electricity and hold the solar strip in place.

 

Then turn over the movement, place the solar strip in place.

After that, reverse order on everything. At one point, using the tweezers, the plate screw went flying away to never be found. Had to sacrifice an old crap movement by taking a screw off and using on this movement.

The first pic is after reassembly, the 2nd pic is after an hour in a window seal.

May not replace the glass to keep some of its history in place. I'm taking to my watch guy to at least get a quote on new glass without cyclops.

[RichardHarris123]

You've done the hard bit, why not replace the crystal yourself? 

[Nucejoe]

Hello and welcome to the forum.