I figured out what the problem was! Turns out the batteries weren’t seating correctly when i closed the back up. I actually snapped one of the clips while trying to put it back on :( After I decided to give up on finding smaller batteries locally, as i thought someone had maybe tried opening the...
I bought a japanese tama from 1996 and it came with some old batteries in it. They hadn’t leaked very much and the contacts were clean so all seemed well. put some new batteries in (energizer 357’s because that seems to matter in some way?). It starts right up and asks for the time. The only...