29-01-2020, 05:46 AM
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Watch Out!
My dear old watch, which I bought decades ago needs a new battery. I think it cost me about $30 new and I have spend about $100 on batteries (it takes two) since then.I was musing on buying another watch and came across a similar watch that claims its battery lasts 10 years (CR2025).
If that is true then I will probably never need to buy another watch battery in my life which was enough for me to lash out nearly $70 on a watch that not only tells the time and date but is also a stopwatch, world timekeeper, stores phone numbers, cleans the car, makes breakfast, feeds the dog, vacuums the lounge and many things beside. Mostly features I never use.
New watch on the left, retired watch on the right (see the LEDS are nearly blank - first indication that new batteries are needed)
29-01-2020, 05:32 PM
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Re: Watch Out!
Better still dispense with batteries entirely! I used to always buy Seiko watches, mostly reliable and without problems. Except that was for the last one, that used batteries rapidly. Initially I bought a new battery and had it fitted. Then one that had only just been fitted seemed to have gone faulty, the watch had stopped. It was reckoned there was a fault with the watch, hence rapid battery usage.Rather than have it repaired, I had the watch some years, so reckoned I deserved a new one. Checked out what was available and bought a Citizen Eco-drive watch. That works on the battery being recharged by light, sort of solar-powered, so never needs a replacement battery.
That was in 2011 and it's still going well.
31-01-2020, 05:02 PM
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Re: Watch Out!
An old friend of ours had a genuine fake Ralox perpetual. She worked at an old folks home and used to give it to a Parkinson's patient to wind up every day.I've got a Casio that cost me £14 about 4 years ago. Bought it on-line from a watch shop. Suits me down to the ground.
31-01-2020, 09:21 PM
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Anyone who carries a mobile phone, which is most people, can see the date and time on that device.The need for a wrist watch is over. They are now pointless devices unless they have some other specific functionality you need.
I have a nautical watch that contains a barometer and a compass as well as stopwatches and alarms.
I no longer wear it nor need it as the barometer and compass features are really not necessary.
My phone tells me the time, can so stopwatch timing and allows me to set alarms.
Watches are now just a fashion statement for vain individuals.
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