On 2/12/14, 8:26 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:41:03 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 6:42:42 AM UTC-5, BAR wrote:




That Rolex Harry alleges he owns is worth about a dozen Seiko's.

Speaking of Seiko. My mid-70's automatic works even after sitting for about 8 years in my sock draw3er. BUT I find out that it looses approx 5 min every 24 hrs. Not good so I need to send it off and have it redone. It'd probably cost more to have it reset and a new bezel installed than to buy a new one,but hey, it's mine! The pic isn't, though, but it sure is the same model.

http://i619.photobucket.com/albums/t...Watches083.jpg

Seiko story. Many years back I spent around $375 for a Seiko 'chronometer' with all the bells and
whistles. It worked for a long time, but then one day it died. I figured it would be very expensive
to fix, so I just set it aside and bought a hundred dollar Swiss Army watch.

One day I took the Seiko to the shop, thinking it would cost a fortune to fix. The guy opened it up,
looked, said I had water damage (I swam with it), and it needed a new movement.

"Oh ****," I'm thinking. "How much?" I ask. He replies, "$62".

Unreal.


SEIKO makes fine timepieces. Just about any electronic SEIKO is more
accurate than the old Rolex living in my socks drawer. My daily watch is
a stainless steel Luminox. The only downside is that when it is time to
replace the battery, you have to send the watch to an authorized repair
center for a new battery and waterproof seals, and to have the insides
of the watch closed under vacuum...or something like that. Grrrrr.

I've got a goldtone SEIKO that's about 25 years old, and runs well, and
a $20 Timex with a really good "nightlight" that also is accurate.

Anyone remember those awful LED watches?



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