Thread: Bit of a mystery?

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

how the hell do you guys get watches to last that long.

except for dive computer style watches that only come out of the bag for the trip I have NEVER managed to get a watch to outlast its battery....

Well the cheap model of these watches starts at about $150 for a kids one..

My first one was nearly $400 and I reckon I added another $150 to that with the second.

Despite their bling image with the latest rappers and insta favs, they are actually a good watch! Have a great after sales in my opinion.

I wonder if the brands/quality of batteries available to these repair mobs are limited or they are knowingly not completing the job for repeat business.

Originally Posted by 350RRC

Spending a fair bit more on the watch than a battery replacement helps.

After the glass got smashed on the two (non rooted) ones I did actively search for the leather bands that my grandfather used to use with the moulded cover that went over the watch itself. The cover had a press stud so you just pulled a tang to look at the face and then pushed it back down.

Couldn't find them anywhere. They were tan in colour.

He was a diesel engineer, fitter and turner, farmer etc and it worked well for him.

Now I think of it, i reckon Jack Absalom used to use them too.

DL

My grandfather had one of those bands, he was a miner. No battery watches down there only manual wind up jobs. I had one for a short time when I worked in heavy industry and yes the stench after a time got too much.

I guess I'm really interested in peoples opinions into whether the watch fix guy's battery tester is really faulty and he doesn't know, or he's 'upselling'.

"Upselling" like that is not really going to do him any favours at the end of the day.

Why not do him a favour & tell him what you have told us, he may not realise it is stuffed/out of calibration, & surely there must be one of his mates that could double check it for him. Then again, they may both be crooks.

It is not as though he'd be making a squillion out of batteries & being a low voltage tester it is not impossible it could be out of calibration.

Originally Posted by 350RRC

Spending a fair bit more on the watch than a battery replacement helps.

After the glass got smashed on the two (non rooted) ones I did actively search for the leather bands that my grandfather used to use with the moulded cover that went over the watch itself. The cover had a press stud so you just pulled a tang to look at the face and then pushed it back down.

Couldn't find them anywhere. They were tan in colour.

He was a diesel engineer, fitter and turner, farmer etc and it worked well for him.

Now I think of it, i reckon Jack Absalom used to use them too.

DL

Lets be fair here, I've killed G shocks, pathfinder, Doxa a suunto and a Timex and all of them the hardened stuff.. I get maybe 18 months from a watch If Im lucky.

the best watch I had was a casio solar AWGS-10 from memory... solar, digital analog with the usual timer, stop watch, dual times alarm and hourly beeper with backlight.

Originally Posted by ChookD2

My grandfather had one of those bands, he was a miner. No battery watches down there only manual wind up jobs. I had one for a short time when I worked in heavy industry and yes the stench after a time got too much.

Here you go then ChookD2. Relive the days of the leather "stench".

https://outdoorswarehouse.com.au/pro...tch-Cover.html



Made in SA as well. Well, that says a lot.

Btw, if your gran'pappy was a bit posh & to impress his mining mates he could have had a Self-winding Watch.

Still got mine all these years on & it still works & keeps good time although it spends it's life now in a drawer, sans leather stench maker, of course.

I reckon the last one of those bands I had was in 1977. Haven't seen one for years, and yes they do get smelly......

Regards,
Tote

Originally Posted by 4bee

Here you go then ChookD2. Relive the days of the leather "stench".

https://outdoorswarehouse.com.au/pro...tch-Cover.html



Made in SA as well. Well, that says a lot.

Btw, if your gran'pappy was a bit posh & to impress his mining mates he could have had a Self-winding Watch.

Still got mine all these years on & it still works & keeps good time although it spends it's life now in a drawer, sans leather stench maker, of course.

No thanks I can do without that smell. I do have his self winder that he would wear when not at work. And yes it too lives in a draw but take it out and give it a shake and away it goes, keeps good time too.

Originally Posted by 4bee

"Upselling" like that is not really going to do him any favours at the end of the day.

Why not do him a favour & tell him what you have told us, he may not realise it is stuffed/out of calibration, & surely there must be one of his mates that could double check it for him. Then again, they may both be crooks.

It is not as though he'd be making a squillion out of batteries & being a low voltage tester it is not impossible it could be out of calibration.

If he knows his watches and knows you've paid a three figure sum for it and the thing won't go with a battery that tests 'good' and needs a new motor ($60 to $80) or a service ($?) and there's maybe some sentimental attachment (N/A to me) I can see people paying the money to get the thing sorted.

Then to 'fix' it he just puts in a fresh battery. There's a bit of an earn there.

DL