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wrote:
On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 2:06:57 AM UTC-4, Califbill wrote:


I waxed the Bentley today......

Come do my truck then. He'll my Titanium Sagen was only a $100 on sale.

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F.O.A.D. wrote:
...the battery in my diver's watch died, so I took it to the watch guy
I trust and he told me I'd have to send it off because of the way it
was sealed, the special gaskets, and some kind of vacuum tool needed
to reseal it.

Sheesh.

So I sent it off to the manufacturer's repair shop in Rhode Island,
and the estimate came back for close to $100. To replace a watch
battery. That probably wholesaled for $3.00. The actual price turned
out to be $96 and it took a month.

http://tinyurl.com/ma8t2ju
My Tag Heuer battery was $15 with a pressure test. I would never pay
1/2 the price of an old watch for a battery replacement.

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On Wed, 09 Oct 2013 19:06:29 -0400, Earl wrote:

F.O.A.D. wrote:
...the battery in my diver's watch died, so I took it to the watch guy
I trust and he told me I'd have to send it off because of the way it
was sealed, the special gaskets, and some kind of vacuum tool needed
to reseal it.

Sheesh.

So I sent it off to the manufacturer's repair shop in Rhode Island,
and the estimate came back for close to $100. To replace a watch
battery. That probably wholesaled for $3.00. The actual price turned
out to be $96 and it took a month.

http://tinyurl.com/ma8t2ju
My Tag Heuer battery was $15 with a pressure test. I would never pay
1/2 the price of an old watch for a battery replacement.

I bet you buy your printers at WalMart too!
--

John H.

Hope you're having a great day!

After a couple of years...
 

Earl wrote:
F.O.A.D. wrote:
...the battery in my diver's watch died, so I took it to the watch guy
I trust and he told me I'd have to send it off because of the way it
was sealed, the special gaskets, and some kind of vacuum tool needed to reseal it.

Sheesh.

So I sent it off to the manufacturer's repair shop in Rhode Island,
and the estimate came back for close to $100. To replace a watch
battery. That probably wholesaled for $3.00. The actual price turned
out to be $96 and it took a month.

http://tinyurl.com/ma8t2ju
My Tag Heuer battery was $15 with a pressure test. I would never pay 1/2
the price of an old watch for a battery replacement.

I have an inherited Rolex. No batteries.

After a couple of years...
 

On 10/9/2013 10:33 PM, Califbill wrote:
Earl wrote:
F.O.A.D. wrote:
...the battery in my diver's watch died, so I took it to the watch guy
I trust and he told me I'd have to send it off because of the way it
was sealed, the special gaskets, and some kind of vacuum tool needed to reseal it.

Sheesh.

So I sent it off to the manufacturer's repair shop in Rhode Island,
and the estimate came back for close to $100. To replace a watch
battery. That probably wholesaled for $3.00. The actual price turned
out to be $96 and it took a month.

http://tinyurl.com/ma8t2ju
My Tag Heuer battery was $15 with a pressure test. I would never pay 1/2
the price of an old watch for a battery replacement.

I have an inherited Rolex. No batteries.

Harry doesn't move enough to keep a Rolex running.

After a couple of years...
 

Hank© wrote:
On 10/9/2013 10:33 PM, Califbill wrote:
Earl wrote:
F.O.A.D. wrote:
...the battery in my diver's watch died, so I took it to the watch guy
I trust and he told me I'd have to send it off because of the way it
was sealed, the special gaskets, and some kind of vacuum tool needed to reseal it.

Sheesh.

So I sent it off to the manufacturer's repair shop in Rhode Island,
and the estimate came back for close to $100. To replace a watch
battery. That probably wholesaled for $3.00. The actual price turned
out to be $96 and it took a month.

http://tinyurl.com/ma8t2ju
My Tag Heuer battery was $15 with a pressure test. I would never pay 1/2
the price of an old watch for a battery replacement.

I have an inherited Rolex. No batteries.

Harry doesn't move enough to keep a Rolex running.

Lol.

After a couple of years...
 

On 10/9/13 10:33 PM, Califbill wrote:
Earl wrote:
F.O.A.D. wrote:
...the battery in my diver's watch died, so I took it to the watch guy
I trust and he told me I'd have to send it off because of the way it
was sealed, the special gaskets, and some kind of vacuum tool needed to reseal it.

Sheesh.

So I sent it off to the manufacturer's repair shop in Rhode Island,
and the estimate came back for close to $100. To replace a watch
battery. That probably wholesaled for $3.00. The actual price turned
out to be $96 and it took a month.

http://tinyurl.com/ma8t2ju
My Tag Heuer battery was $15 with a pressure test. I would never pay 1/2
the price of an old watch for a battery replacement.

I have an inherited Rolex. No batteries.


I have a Rolex Submariner - stainless case - black face - I used to
wear, a nice old mechanical self-winder. It's been in a drawer somewhere
for about 25 years. My first decent Japanese electronic watch, base
metal case, goldtone finish, blew away the Rolex in accuracy, and that
sort of "did it" for me.

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On 10/10/2013 7:49 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 10/9/13 10:33 PM, Califbill wrote:
Earl wrote:
F.O.A.D. wrote:
...the battery in my diver's watch died, so I took it to the watch
guy
I trust and he told me I'd have to send it off because of the way it
was sealed, the special gaskets, and some kind of vacuum tool needed
to reseal it.

Sheesh.

So I sent it off to the manufacturer's repair shop in Rhode Island,
and the estimate came back for close to $100. To replace a watch
battery. That probably wholesaled for $3.00. The actual price turned
out to be $96 and it took a month.

http://tinyurl.com/ma8t2ju
My Tag Heuer battery was $15 with a pressure test. I would never pay
1/2
the price of an old watch for a battery replacement.

I have an inherited Rolex. No batteries.


I have a Rolex Submariner - stainless case - black face - I used to
wear, a nice old mechanical self-winder. It's been in a drawer somewhere
for about 25 years. My first decent Japanese electronic watch, base
metal case, goldtone finish, blew away the Rolex in accuracy, and that
sort of "did it" for me.

Truth time Harry. Moving your hands around the keyboard isn't enough
movement to wind the Rolex.

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wrote:
On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 07:49:06 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:



I have a Rolex Submariner - stainless case - black face - I used to
wear, a nice old mechanical self-winder. It's been in a drawer somewhere
for about 25 years. My first decent Japanese electronic watch, base
metal case, goldtone finish, blew away the Rolex in accuracy, and that
sort of "did it" for me.


The last time I wore a watch it was a stainless digital LED. When the
battery died they wanted $40 to replace it (that was before they sold
them at the drug store)
I put the watch away and never wore another one.
If I was at work I could walk up to any console, type DT and get the
time. If I wasn't at work, I didn't care what time it was.
I am not even interested in what day it is now.

I seem to wear a watch these days only when traveling. Need to know how
long before a flight, etc. at home, I either look at the truck clock if
driving, or the phone, if I need to know the time. Have to keep track of
some of the days, as we have ROMEO breakfast last Friday of month. For
the knowledge lacking: retired old men eating out.

After a couple of years...
 

wrote:
On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:59:52 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

wrote:

The last time I wore a watch it was a stainless digital LED. When the
battery died they wanted $40 to replace it (that was before they sold
them at the drug store)
I put the watch away and never wore another one.
If I was at work I could walk up to any console, type DT and get the
time. If I wasn't at work, I didn't care what time it was.
I am not even interested in what day it is now.

I seem to wear a watch these days only when traveling. Need to know how
long before a flight, etc. at home, I either look at the truck clock if
driving, or the phone, if I need to know the time. Have to keep track of
some of the days, as we have ROMEO breakfast last Friday of month. For
the knowledge lacking: retired old men eating out.

If I am actually traveling (airplane), I have my phone in my pocket
and that gives me the time. I have had a decent clock in my car since
I got rid of my watch.
I came up with a great retrofit for the old, bad GM mechanical clock
using the MA1003 module. I probably made a dozen or more of them for
myself and friends.
I still think that may have been the best clock module ever made rip
http://www.seekic.com/circuit_diagra...UTO_CLOCK.html

I really have a no metal policy anyway since I saw a guy damned near
cook a finger off because his ring got across a 1.5v power supply (at
about 100a).
It got red hot in a fraction of second before the breaker tripped
If we were not allowed to have coffee in the computer room, he may
have lost the finger. Three guys threw their coffee on it immediately.
They cut the ring off in the ER.

I wear no jewelry and my glasses are plastic.

We do quite a bit of international traveling, and at roaming cell costs, I
turn the phone off. Mine was supposed to be unlockable but Verizon says my
Droid phone can not be unlocked. Missing hardware. I used to put my ring
on keychain when working on airplanes. USAF knew rings were bad.