I replace two or three watch batteries per year, so it took many years of problems before I decided to buy the watch closer.  It only costs $10 to get a watch battery replaced at the mall, but going to the mall is a bother.  I like to do it myself: pop open the watch, go to radio shack to get the replacement when I find out what type of battery I need and then be done with it. Putting the back of the watch back on has been difficult.  I broke the crystal on one watch, scratched another, then I made my own closer out of a C-clamp and a block of wood I whittled out.  Still that home made jig only worked for one size watch.  When I saw this closer for such a reasonable price, I decided to give it a go.

There is not much to it, just a clamp and some plastic molds that you choose from depending upon the size of the watch to be closed.  There aren't any instructions, so you need to figure out the basics.  Since I had been closing watches with my homemade jig, I knew to align the back so that the indentation was over the knob to set the time.  I had two watches waiting for new batteries and both went much smoother than I could have imagined.  With my home made jig, it always took two or three tries to close because the back would get ajar slightly and I would have to pop it off and try again.  With this closer, both work first time with little effort.

I figure it will take a couple of years to repay my investment, but I am happy this closer has made the job easy.  I packaged everything up in a zip lock bag until next year when all the batteries in my family's watches will need to be replaced again.