[Blindtlk] watch batteries

[Mark J. Cadigan]

I have had good luck with the Tissot SilenT watch. A bit hard to find now 
seeing as they are out of production. But very durable, and long battery 
life.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jennifer Piening" <pienings at comcast.net>
To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] watch batteries


> Hi!  Wow, that's strange that they will not change the battery for your 
> Braille watch at Walmart.  I've gotten mine changed their in a pinch 
> several times, and they've done it with no questions asked.  One time I 
> brought my watch to Radio Shack.  I've also brought watches to jewelry 
> stores and haven't had to pay any more than at Walmart.  I don't know if 
> I'd pay $50 for a new battery.  Sure, the 5 year warranty is nice, but I 
> find that watches these days don't last much more than 3 or 4 years at the 
> most.  For a while, a Braille watch wasn't surviving on my wrist for more 
> than several months.  I gave up for a while, and then my mom got me one 
> for my birthday, and it's lasted for several years.  I'm so glad, because 
> I love having a Braille watch.  Talking watches and clocks were never able 
> to replace my Braille watch.  Everybody always could hear when I was 
> checking the time, because I was never able to find a way to make them 
> talk quietly enough.  LOL
>      Jenny
>
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