I checked with a jeweler and he said that you pull the stem out and that releases the crown where the battery can be accessed....he advised to let a jeweler do it.
Japanese movement watches are a good quality, but over-all a Swiss movement is the best. Some good Japanese mechanical watch brands are Citizen and SEIKO.
It would be somewhat odd for there to be any gold in a watch movement. Gold is a soft metal, making it a bad choice for constructing any kind of mechanical device.