[Electronics-talk] Atomic Watch Question.

[Gerald Levy]

Not all watch repair stores will replace the battery in a cheap plastic 
watch.  One snobbish place I tried told me, "We don't touch that kind of 
schlock."  Other places don't always understand English too well.  And 
unless there happens to be a watch repairer in your neighborhood, you have 
to spend car fare to travel to one elsewhere and pay up to $10 to replace 
the battery.  So it may ultimately be cheaper to just buy a new watch and 
avoid the hassle.

Gerald
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From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco at va.gov>
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> Many shopping malls have a watch repair shop.  In fact, there are a
> couple of chains.  "On Time" and "Fast Fix" are two that come to mind.
> Also, I believe that some Sears stores have watch repair.  Radio Shack
> will sell you watch batteries, but their staff will not install them.
>
> Andy
>
>
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> Gerald
> I had a watch battery replaced on my talking watch last year for a
> little
> over five dollars.  I took it to a watch repair guy.
>
> Michael
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>
>>
>> The problem with most talking watches is that once the battery dies or
> the
>> watch stops working right, there is little you can do if it is out of
>> warranty except replace it.  I have a whole drawer full of talking
> watches
>> that stopped working either because their batteries died or because
> they
>> just conked out.  Replacing the battery in one of these watches is
> next to
>> impossible, insuring the blindness products suppliers like Independent
>> Living Aids and Maxi-Aids a steady stream of customers for new
> watches.
>> That's why it's not a good idea to buy a more expensive watch like an
>> atomic
>> watch from one of these places.  Once it goes, and it is no longer
> covered
>> by the warranty,you might as well chuck it.  I save my non-functioning
>> talking watches mostly for the watch bands, which I can always use on
>> another watch if its band breaks. Of course, the cost of repairing one
> of
>> these watches exceeds the cost of buying a new one.
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "barb o'connor" <broconnor1972 at comcast.net>
>> To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 12:54 PM
>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] Atomic Watch Question.
>>
>>
>>> OK, I've had my atomic watch for not quite a year.  That's when
>>> everything
>>> starts going wrong with it, smile.
>>>
>>> First of all, when we went to daylight saving time, the time did not
>>> change but the watch up-dated.  I went in and changed the time and
>>> everything was as it should be.  I noticed, this past week, however,
> that
>>> when I press the button to assure that the watch is up-dated, it
> tells me
>>> it is not.  I'm putting it in the same place I always have.  Does
> anyone
>>> have any ideas? I'm certainly not going to try to repair it.
>>>
>>> Barb
>>>
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