[blparent] completely off topic

[David Andrews]

Veronica,  Like you I am rough on watches, and have found that the 
best solution is to bite the bullet and buy a Seikko.  I think they 
are between $150 and $180.  I am on my second, and my first lasted 
nearly 20 years, and was lost, not broken.

Dave

At 11:13 PM 3/19/2011, you wrote:
>I ordered one not too long ago from someone I know and it fell apart when I
>took it out of the box.  I sent it back and did not reorder another.   I
>want a good one, but not expensive.  I am rough on my watches for some
>reason.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of PICKRELL, REBECCA M (TASC)
>Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 9:17 AM
>To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
>Subject: Re: [blparent] completely off topic
>
>Try Amazon.
>I say this because I've found the same products you'd get at ILA and Maxi
>Aids for a whole lot less by reputable vendors. Irronically, Maxi Aids and
>ILA will sometimes sell through Amazon for less then what you'd get by using
>their site directly.
>Make sure you can easily raise the watch crystal, I got a watch that was
>inexpensive and could not get my fingers into the thing you need to open the
>crystal. My husband could, but he didn't need that type of watch.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Veronica Smith
>Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 11:02 AM
>To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
>Subject: [blparent] completely off topic
>
>Do you all know where to det a good Braille watch for less than $100.  I
>checked out ILa and all of their braille watches are between $100 and $179.
>Thanks for the info and sorry for the off topic post.