Pardon me, but do you have the time?

HecticArt said:
I may get a nicer watch repair kit.
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That is cool looking, especially in the profile pic.

The normal watch tool looks like a tool, it has prongs that stick into the screwdown slots to open it. The way cooler one, albeit less effective, is the one that is a ball that somehow grips the back to open it. I like that thing.

I have no tools eiter, I've thought about getting a kit too. They are pretty cheap on Amazon.

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HecticArt said:
I bought this watch back in 2015. I think I had posted about it, but didn't see anything when I skimmed the thread.
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It's 46mm, is crazy slim on the wrist, and looks like it floats above the strap.
I think I paid about $425 or so when I had it shipped from Denmark.
It was designed be famous Danish architect Arne Jacobsen.
You'll see his furniture in a bunch of movies. (Austin Powers, MIB, Zoolander, etc.)
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Anyway, after 5 years, it was the first time I needed to change the battery.
It's got a screw back and I tried to open it with the watch back tools that I have, but I couldn't get the thing apart. I actually loosened the face on accident.
I had to take it to a jewelry store to have them fix it.

It wound up costing me $50. Hopefully the back comes off easier next time the battery needs to be changed. I may get a nicer watch repair kit.
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That's a cool watch. Very architect-like.
 
I had gotten this kit from Amazon.
Amazon product ASIN B0188BQO7K
I had one watch that I had a tough time getting the back back on, so I got one of these.
Amazon product ASIN B06X9M51HQ
I need a better back wrench, and a better way to hold hold the case so it doesn't rotate. All of the case opener/holders are for cases that have strap lugs (or whatever they are called) to keep the cases from twisting. Mine doesn't have those since it's round. It does have two spots in the case that look like they are for pins for some sort of tool used to grip it, but so far I haven't spotted a tool that will do that. Hopefully I remember to keep shopping for one before it's time to change the battery again.
 
That second tool you posted is a crystal tool only. In my watch world you need at least a screw down caseback, screw in is the only way if you want a true diver's.

But that's all different with my Garmin. It's not quite a smartwatch (I can't write on it or record on it which make it suitable for me to wear at work) but nonetheless it's the closest thing I have to one. I can read my texts on it. It has some sort of weird plastic caseback that reads my pulse with fancy lights along with all the casio ABC features and GPS.

We live in the future.
 
It's a watch back press.

There's no danger of me becoming a diver, so I don't have to worry about my watches meeting that criteria. If I find myself under water that I can't stand up in, I'll have much bigger problems than what happens to my watch.

Snap backs are usually easier to change batteries, and screw backs are great, but this one threw me for a loop. I'm hoping that when the jeweler took it apart, he freed it up and it will be easier the next time.

Spending a few more bucks to supplement a $20 kit is a no-brainer. It'll pay for itself after a couple of battery changes.
 
One of these days.
That one isn't available in an automatic.
I've got a couple of winders that don't need batteries.
 
HecticArt said:
One of these days.
That one isn't available in an automatic.
I've got a couple of winders that don't need batteries.
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When I had just one auto watch, I used a winder. But eventually, it doesn't matter. If you wear the watch on consecutive days, it's still set. But if you pick up a different one, you just set it and go. In the old days, we relied on a watch to be a time reference, but now that's your cell phone.

I do understand that you might like a watch that is quartz, and there's nothing you can do about that. About half my watches are quartz, so every 2 years or so, one of them will need a battery. But I have summer watches and winter watches, so I don't need to replace all my batteries at one time (assuming they stopped at the same time).
 
By winders, I meant watches I have to manually wind. Not the cool boxes for automatic watches.

I've got 20 or so watches and probably wear 14 or 15 regularly. It just depends on what catches my eye for the day.

There was a while when I found that i was changing batteries on several watches all at the same time. Different watches, usually less than a year apart. I started to wonder if watches that were touching each other metal to metal were draining each other. (Minds out of the gutter sickos!) I started putting them in the case so they don't touch, and the batter life improved a lot. Most of them seem to get more than 2 years on a fresh battery.
 
HecticArt said:
By winders, I meant watches I have to manually wind. Not the cool boxes for automatic watches.
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Yeah I didn't pick up on that.
HecticArt said:
I started to wonder if watches that were touching each other metal to metal were draining each other. (Minds out of the gutter sickos!) I started putting them in the case so they don't touch, and the batter life improved a lot.
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It's not something I was aware of, but it does make some sense.
 
scotchandcigar said:
Yeah I didn't pick up on that.
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My bad. Poor choice of words since “winder” is a proper watch term.
scotchandcigar said:
It's not something I was aware of, but it does make some sense.
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I wasn’t either. It might not be a real thing, but it seems to have positive results. As scientific method goes, it doesn’t seem like there is much that I could influence to change the outcome after separating metal from metal. They still sit in the same case, and I still get the same batteries.

I suppose I could take a couple I don’t wear often, change the batteries, and let em touch each other for a few months.

I could probably google it too.......
 
Before everything went down and I got laid off the last watch I bought was the Garmin Instinct. Since March this has been my everyday watch. I like how it looks like a G-Shock but has way more features than even my most expensive GPS G-Shock. This one has stand alone GPS along with a whole host of activity trackers. One of which is walking so I use it on my daily 2 walks. It's fun to see my pace, mileage, time spent walking, steps and heart rate while I'm out and about. It also draws a map on the watch and it's neat to see that too. The watch itself doesn't show a street map but just outlines the path I took. It connects with the phone for a true street map. I know there is a feature where it will just track you, not for a specific activity and I have to figure out how that works cause it will be neat in Disney. Another feature is that it will guide you back to your starting point if you get lost on a hike or whatever. I really don't use a lot of the features this thing has. I need to thoroughly read the manual. It has a sleep tracking feature too which is kinda cool. I usually don't like wearing a watch to bed but I get a kick out of checking the app in the morning to see what it says about my sleepytime.

It is a smart watch light. I can read texts from the watch and reply with preloaded responses and also it shows incoming calls. It also links to the phone for weather. It is a negative display but the most clear negative display I've ever seen...and you can change it to a positive display if wanted. There are a ton of different configurations to the home face. I like it negative with steps (in a positive sub display on the top right of the face), barometer, date and battery.

With using the GPS on my walks for about 100 minutes per day (there are multiple GPS settings where it will be constantly reading or just take a reading ever 15 seconds or so, which is the one I use) the battery lasts about 10-11 days without needing a charge. With no GPS use it will last about 16 days. They just released a solar version of this same watch but it's super expensive and to me not worth the price just for solar...and it still needs to be charged, only less often.

It came with a strap that matches the black watch casing and I just got this off white strap today. I think it looks good and gives it a nice contrast and will still match with pretty much anything. And as far as I can tell it's almost identical to the OEM strap in look and feel (besides the color) which is nice since the strap that came with it is super soft and breathable.



If you zoom in to the circle sub display on the top right you'll see I'm at 13,000+ steps on the day. Did a little over 5 miles today instead of my usual 4. I was feeling it on my evening walk.

Say hello to Athena again everyone!
 
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That's nice, I like it with that strap. Those are some useful functions. My watches only tell time, so I only wear one when I go out for a fancy dinner, which is once every week or two.
 
scotchandcigar said:
Athena has a nice, thick coat.
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Yea, I bet her pelt would make for some really cozy mittens or maybe a small scarf. Oh and Athena is the one wearing the watch. That thing in the background is just my hairy arm. The growth has really gotten out of control these days.

She has a bald spot on her belly that I like to pet and say to her, "cat belly, the best part of the cat!"
 
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Check this out:

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I first noticed the app wasn't working after my morning walk yesterday and it's still not back. Most of my Instinct features work without being tethered to a phone so I can still track my walks which is nice but I'll be happy when the app is back.
 
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