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View Poll Results: Do you wear a watch?
Yes 10 43.48%
No 9 39.13%
I wear two 0 0%
I have several and wear none 1 4.35%
Sometimes 3 13.04%
Beebly (not gonna answer. Nuh uh!) 0 0%
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Old 11-07-2014, 11:58 AM   #31
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I only gave $6 for the watch, iirc. I think, if you buy your battery at Wal-Mart they change it for you for free.
Oh yeah....I forgot about that. The lady told me that when she was going to charge me $7 to change the battery on a $5 watch I bought at Target. Hehe....anyways, I decided to toss that watch, since it's old anyways, and bought another $5 watch at Wal-mart and get free of charge battery change in the future. However, I forgot about it and when the stupid watch ran out of battery after half a year or so later, I tossed it. Nothing goes for $5 anymore. I put out $20 for something nicer, so I won't mind putting out $7 for battery in the future. By the way, it's one of those digital watch usually worn for sports.
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Old 11-08-2014, 10:07 AM   #32
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The batteries they have at jewelry counters in places like Walmart, Sears, Penny's...etc. are usually new old stock with much of their shelf life gone. That's why they guaranty the batteries they change for only one year. The battery expiration date may be just shortly after that. It makes you go back every year for another battery change.

I bought a watch case opener (like this one) for about $6 to change the battery myself. If the jewelry counter salesperson can do it, you can do it. It takes even less time to do it yourself than to go to the store and wait for someone else to do it for you. I buy fresh batteries from someplace with a high turnover rate (like Walgreens), so they haven't lost much of their storage life and won't reach their expiration date (printed on the battery package) for another 4 years. I change the batteries only once every 3 years and never have a watch stop because the battery went dead.
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Old 11-08-2014, 10:55 AM   #33
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Never? You change the battery when it isn't dead yet?
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Old 11-08-2014, 11:19 AM   #34
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My watches last for decades; so, I already know how long they'll operate on a fresh battery. Replacing the battery every 3 years gets it done both before it reaches its expiration and before watch operation drains it completely. Additionally, I get to do it at my convenience without being inconvenienced by a stopped watch. The cost of a battery (<$8) defrayed over 3 years just isn't a deterrent. Why go coach when for a nickel more you can go first class.
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Old 11-10-2014, 08:26 PM   #35
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My watches run a long time. I have a friend who can change the battery for me. I asks him to change the batteries to my expensive watches and the inexpensive one, I go to a store. It lasts like 5 years or so more, so it does't bother me to pay a little for it.
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Old 11-12-2014, 04:21 AM   #36
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The Henry Graves Supercomplication watch ...
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Old 11-12-2014, 11:42 AM   #37
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I have several but I wear none.
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Old 11-12-2014, 11:48 AM   #38
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Not a wristwatch, but I guess that wasn't specified.

For several years as a teen I 'wore' a pocket watch, I sewed special loops on my jeans for the chain. I bought the watches from a jeweler, but they only lasted 18 months or so, I got through several.
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Old 11-12-2014, 12:32 PM   #39
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Why only 18 months, because they were cheap watches or because you beat them up?
You know, like twirling them on a chain to win the heart of fair maiden monster.
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