A (New)Watch For Me?
Dec 18, 2020 14:10:11 #
On one of my usual walks, I passed someone’s house with a table out front. A lot of stuff, mostly junk. No cameras! Damn!! Hidden under stuff I noticed a clip watch. It wasn’t working. I had a $5 dollar bill burning a hole in my pocket. I brought it home and unscrewed the back. No battery was there and I went to MicroCenter and bought a replacement button battery. Damn watch wasn’t cooperative after 4 attempts. On the fifth try, I got it to work. I went on lone and found the user manual and downloaded it to my cell phone.
The watch tells time in 2 formats and 2 time zones. It has a programmable date, temperature in Fahrenheit and Celsius. It has an altimeter and barometer and compass. Not bad for 5 dollars and 3 dollars for the battery.
My dilemma: Should I tell my wife or let her buy me a Citizen Eco-Drive watch?
The watch tells time in 2 formats and 2 time zones. It has a programmable date, temperature in Fahrenheit and Celsius. It has an altimeter and barometer and compass. Not bad for 5 dollars and 3 dollars for the battery.
My dilemma: Should I tell my wife or let her buy me a Citizen Eco-Drive watch?
Dec 18, 2020 14:23:57 #
Confucius say, 'Man who have 2 watches, never sure what time it is!'
But get the Citizen any way.
But get the Citizen any way.
Dec 18, 2020 14:40:53 #
Scruples wrote:
On one of my usual walks, I passed someone’s house... (show quote)
If you tell her, maybe she'll buy you a camera instead! (or at least a new lens)
Dec 18, 2020 14:41:39 #
I told my wife, “with the extra money, you don’t have to buy me the watch. You could buy a necklace, earrings, a nice bracelet or a camera lens. She just told me to get back to work”.
Dec 18, 2020 14:48:07 #
Bridges wrote:
If you tell her, maybe she'll buy you a camera instead! (or at least a new lens)
Knowing my wife, she will probably shove the lens someplace special. Ouch!
Dec 18, 2020 18:04:37 #
Scruples wrote:
On one of my usual walks, I passed someone’s house... (show quote)
I would go for another watch. 1 is 0, 2 is 1. At least that is what my husband says. Probably to justify his 2 of things.
Dec 18, 2020 19:22:26 #
I’m going to hand the computer over to my wife. Do your best to convince her that I need two watches.
Dec 19, 2020 06:02:16 #
alawry
Loc: Timaru New Zealand
I bought a citizen eco titanium a few years ago I have to adjust it every six months for to daylight savings but it is usually less that 5 seconds out in that period. I love it. I have probably 20 watches but the citizen is every day watch. I'm guessing I've had it 8 years. I have a seiko kinetic the power cell needs replacing but I can't justify the expense.. There's bargains to be had at garage sales that's for sure.
Dec 19, 2020 07:48:47 #
BBurns wrote:
Confucius say, 'Man who have 2 watches, never sure what time it is!'
I wonder what brand of watch Confucius wore.
Dec 19, 2020 08:07:54 #
berchman
Loc: South Central PA
My first watch was a gold Elgin pocket watch which I got after my grandfather died. Some years later it was stolen out of my gym locker. Now I wear a little Dick Tracy computer on my wrist called Apple Watch.
Dec 19, 2020 08:25:21 #
Chance Logan
Loc: New England
jerryc41 wrote:
I wonder what brand of watch Confucius wore.
If you are the smartest person in the room, you are in the wrong room.... Confucius watch...Say KO
Dec 19, 2020 08:26:15 #
I had a Citizen EcoDrive watch and loved it. One day, it just stopped working so I took it to a repair facility and they replaced the capacitor for $160. Six months later, it stopped again so I bought a Seiko Solar and it still works flawlessly.
Dec 19, 2020 09:11:40 #
I have about 6 expensive watches I collected over the past few years but a year ago I purchased a Garmin health tracker to count steps etc. and it is all I will wear now. It is so light it hardly noticeable and very accurate. It is in sync with my phone and gives me all kinds of info but all those heavy watches are parked for now. The only down side is it needs charged about once a week but I do that with my laptop while doing email etc.
Dec 19, 2020 09:23:26 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I wonder what brand of watch Confucius wore.
Gobi - Confucius used a bit of the sands of time, captured in a slightly pinched glass tube
Dec 19, 2020 09:27:39 #
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