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My wife finds yard sale watches and has me change the battery, but then I open one, a tiny thing and it's not battery powered but there are layers of tiny tiny gears. Mind boggling. (pro tip, a "bench knife" has a tiny blade that's optimized for plying open watch cases)



The term GP was looking for is "Caseback Knife":

https://diplomatwinders.com/cdn/shop/products/55035knife_102...


Ah, yes ... that seems more reasonable. Thank you.




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