I'm looking to replace some furry NiCd memory backup batteries with a silver
oxide primary button cell and a diode. The silver oxide cells are designed
for low drain applications and in 10 years time shouldn't die as messily as
the NiCds do.

The NiCd cells are vertically PCB mounted, so I'd like to try to fit the
buttons in their place. But I can't seem to find any button cell holders...
there are plenty of lithium coin cell holders (eg CR1220, CR2032) but these
are much too big for button cells like SR41, SR44 etc. I could possibly
bodge one of these (pad it out somehow) but that won't be mechanically too
stable. There are also clips which provide the positive electrode and are
designed to hold a button cell to negative-electrode-sized pad on a PCB -
but I don't have a PCB pad to attach one to.

So can anyone suggest any holders that I might use? Really all I need is a
suitably bent piece of metal with an insulating gap between each side, but
the problem is to get sufficient mechanical stability (so if it's dropped,
the battery doesn't pop out). Anyone have any ideas of how I might do this?

Thanks
Theo