To replace or not to replace the movement

TheJoker007
So after a week of wearing my Casio MTD 1010 Sub homage, it finally decided to crap out. I don’t put any blame on the seller because I had tried a different battery I had lying around the seller did state it did have a fresh battery. I had noticed a few hours later after receiving it, the watch just stopped working. I took out the battery that it came with out of the watch, then I decided to try a new battery and once again, it would work for a few hours even got it to work for about two days or so and it just stopped. I wanted to see if there was anything about these watches in general well according to what I was able to gather online these miyota movements tend to crap out after a while. Well the watch is at least 20 years old if that helps. I paid around $85 so is it worth replacing the movement?
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RobertWood
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Actually, any of the three is a good answer, but it may be more cost-effective to replace the movement than to take it somewhere and have someone else do it. As far as finding the movement, I would go ahead and buy a new one if you plan on keeping the watch for a long time rather than going with a donor watch. 

PoorMansRolex
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It's a 1M12 right? Those are so cheap that you might as well just get a new one assuming you have the experience to pop it out and transfer hands and dial.

I guess you could try soaking the movement in solvent in hopes of de-gunking old lube, but that'll only buy some time at best.

TheJoker007
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PoorMansRolex

It's a 1M12 right? Those are so cheap that you might as well just get a new one assuming you have the experience to pop it out and transfer hands and dial.

I guess you could try soaking the movement in solvent in hopes of de-gunking old lube, but that'll only buy some time at best.

Yes l Believe thats the one.