Vintage Baby G made in Japan. Few questions.

I got this baby G and it looks quite old. I'm wondering how old it really is. Its date function starts at 1995. I expect its newer than that.
Model number bg320. Module 1523.

It also has an issue with the light.
I press the light and the first time it made a weird cracking noise and shorted. I reset the ac and it still works but will continue to short the watch and require resetting.

Would love opinions and any fix suggestions.
Cam

I'm no connoisseur of BGs, but I would say it's probably from around 2000 to 2005.
The light issue that you're having is probably because of the battery. The first thing I would do would be change the battery for a new one and then try it out.

Let us know how it worked out.

Wise advice. So simple

I had used a new cheap brand battery to test it. Went out and bought something decent and tadaar

Cool! You'll notice (and learn to depend on) that Gs can handle a lot of grief and bounce back.

I was pretty happy with how the dye turned out.
Did some research. This was the first of the baby G series introduced in 1997.