Got Myself a Watch Bargain
Got Myself a Watch Bargain
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02 February 2010, 09:21 AM
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Actually, funny you should mention it, I did need a link knocked out!!
And, for someone so clued in to bargains, I slipped up ... took it to a Jewellers for the link to be removed - cost me £10!!!
Watching the 14 year old Sunday boy do the job I realised that I could have done it on my kitchen table with a hairbrush and a pair of toe clippers!! AND, to compound my sense of daylight robbery, ARGOS would have done it for NOTHING!!!
So, I actually felt like a KockLink!!
And, for someone so clued in to bargains, I slipped up ... took it to a Jewellers for the link to be removed - cost me £10!!!
Watching the 14 year old Sunday boy do the job I realised that I could have done it on my kitchen table with a hairbrush and a pair of toe clippers!! AND, to compound my sense of daylight robbery, ARGOS would have done it for NOTHING!!!
So, I actually felt like a KockLink!!
02 February 2010, 09:32 AM
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Thats much better, seems like the death of a battery watch is when it gets the battery changed. Either leak and let water in, never work properly again or get condensation.
But do remember to stand in the sun with arm raised and watch pointed towards the sun
But do remember to stand in the sun with arm raised and watch pointed towards the sun
02 February 2010, 10:56 AM
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I've had an Eco-Drive for a several years now and it has worked faultlessly. It's really light as the case and strap are titanium. It only needs a few seconds of direct sunlight to fully charge (and ~15 hours under a 100W light bulb, although I've never tried this out) so no danger of it running out of power.
I used to swear by Fossil watches, but the batteries never seemed to last and it costs a fortune to have them replaced and made water-tight again I ended up with a drawer full of dead ones. It'll be interesting to see how long the Eco-Drive keeps going for - Citizen claim 20+ years, but I'll believe that when I see it.
I used to swear by Fossil watches, but the batteries never seemed to last and it costs a fortune to have them replaced and made water-tight again I ended up with a drawer full of dead ones. It'll be interesting to see how long the Eco-Drive keeps going for - Citizen claim 20+ years, but I'll believe that when I see it.
03 February 2010, 01:34 PM
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03 February 2010, 01:42 PM
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I did think of that, but if it sounds like a battery, looks like a battery and acts like a rechargeable battery, its probably a battery 
I doubt that a capacitor could maintain the supply for long enough periods of time - your watch can probably go for weeks without sunlight charge before it stops.
I doubt that a capacitor could maintain the supply for long enough periods of time - your watch can probably go for weeks without sunlight charge before it stops.