Though I don't want another watch that uses batteries...changing them gets expensive.
soupcxan
Senior Member - 1K
posted: Feb. 14, 2008 @ 12:49p
You can get a new watch battery at Wal-Mart for <$5 including installation. In my experience, batteries last at least 3 years. Spending $5 every 3 years is too expensive for you? I am amazed you have internet access then, since that costs a whopping $20/month (if not more).
lray said: This is an excellent price for the watch in blue.
Though I don't want another watch that uses batteries...changing them gets expensive.
Opening a watch you use for diving isn't smart, it breaks the seal. After you change the batter you should pressure test it, which WalMart doesn't do.
Also buying battery powered items is not environmentally friendly, and should be shunned. You can't recharge a standard watch battery...
soupcxan said: You can get a new watch battery at Wal-Mart for <$5 including installation. In my experience, batteries last at least 3 years. Spending $5 every 3 years is too expensive for you? I am amazed you have internet access then, since that costs a whopping $20/month (if not more).
lray said: This is an excellent price for the watch in blue.
Though I don't want another watch that uses batteries...changing them gets expensive.
hopper64
New Member
posted: Feb. 14, 2008 @ 1:44p
I have one of these, Pulsar but the same. I really like it but it's rather heavy, but I like that.
G35
Member
posted: Feb. 14, 2008 @ 2:06p
Good deal.. I am still waiting for the Seiko Monster deal to come back. I think it was $125-ish not too long ago. I can't believe I slept on that one.
bpydimer said: lray said: ...Also buying battery powered items is not environmentally friendly, and should be shunned. You can't recharge a standard watch battery...
Are you checking fatwallet from a tree in berkeley? <curious> What's wrong in his comment? A good automatic watch runs for a life time, even longer may be. A quartz loose it's steam every 2-5 years. Changing battery costs $10 at the very least. A decent automatic is the right investment when it comes to watch, only problem is due the very of nature of these watch, they tend be bigger/heavier.
I have one of these, but for everyday use I prefer my solar-powered Pulsar.
Good price though, I think I paid about $15 more for mine.
LOOPHOLE
Senior Member
posted: Feb. 21, 2008 @ 3:27p
soupcxan said: You can get a new watch battery at Wal-Mart for <$5 including installation. In my experience, batteries last at least 3 years. Spending $5 every 3 years is too expensive for you? I am amazed you have internet access then, since that costs a whopping $20/month (if not more).
lray said: This is an excellent price for the watch in blue.
Though I don't want another watch that uses batteries...changing them gets expensive.
LMAO...........Good luck with the Wallyworld people playing with your watch, high risk of them effing it up. I only bring my watches to a real jeweler, and not the mall ones either, and I only pay $10 for someone with all the right tools, no distractions, who does the whole process right, headlamp, magnifier, a pro. They even know which type of batteries are more prone to leakage failure etc.
Absolutely amazes me the level of cheapness here for certain things.
soupcxan
Senior Member - 1K
posted: Feb. 21, 2008 @ 4:05p
I wouldn't bring my patek philippe to Wal-Mart or Sears, but for a seiko or casio they are definitely capable of changing a battery. It's not rocket science, you take the back off, pop out the old battery, and pop a new one in. Taking a cheap watch to a fancy jeweler is like putting premium gas in your kia (which you probably also do).
LOOPHOLE said: soupcxan said: You can get a new watch battery at Wal-Mart for <$5 including installation. In my experience, batteries last at least 3 years. Spending $5 every 3 years is too expensive for you? I am amazed you have internet access then, since that costs a whopping $20/month (if not more).
lray said: This is an excellent price for the watch in blue.
Though I don't want another watch that uses batteries...changing them gets expensive.
LMAO...........Good luck with the Wallyworld people playing with your watch, high risk of them effing it up. I only bring my watches to a real jeweler, and not the mall ones either, and I only pay $10 for someone with all the right tools, no distractions, who does the whole process right, headlamp, magnifier, a pro. They even know which type of batteries are more prone to leakage failure etc.
Absolutely amazes me the level of cheapness here for certain things.
Shrug. I picked up a seiko kinetic arctura a while ago. Great watch, nice build quality, not bulky or weighty, and I never have to replace the battery. It was $125 at one of those daily deal sites (shnoop? woot? I forget which.)
vipersky
Member
posted: Feb. 22, 2008 @ 11:12p
Picked up one. Watch looks great, but noticed that the bottom small dial is slightly off so the default elapsed time on the chronograph is -1 minute (and therefore goes to "0 minute" after 1 minute of stopwatch). Anyone else experience this?
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