They are hard to find and no longer made. So, your best bet is to keep
looking at eBay or some of the blindness-related buy/sell lists.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin Mann" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: No speech on my watch!!! Was: RE: off topic
> Speaking of having good tactile watches, does anybody know where you can
> find the watches made by Tissot that vibrate? I used to have one, and
> then i finally wore the thing out. I think it was called the Silent-t
> watch? I've heard they are hard to find. Thanks
> Justin
>
> On Feb 11, 2012, at 11:58 PM, Anthony Vece wrote:
>
>> Their is nothing better than a Braille watch!
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Verizon iPhone!
>>
>> On Feb 11, 2012, at 11:39 PM, Harvey Heagy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> That is a valid consideration, but one disadvantage to today's
>>> Braille=20
>>> watches is that you have to pry the lid open to read them which
>>> eventually=
>> =20
>>> causes the catch to wear out which makes it useless even if the watch
>>> itse=
>> lf=20
>>> is still good. They used to make them where you could push the button
>>> in t=
>> o=20
>>> open and close them so that this wouldn't happen, or at least not as=20
>>> quickly. I don't think they make any Braille watches that you don't
>>> have t=
>> o=20
>>> pry open any more.
>>> Harvey
>>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>>> From: "Ron Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 11:22 PM
>>> Subject: No speech on my watch!!! Was: RE: off topic
>>> =20
>>> =20
>>>> Okay, I don't chime in much here, but feel kind of strongly about this.
>>>> =20
>>>> I really, really, really prefer using a tactile watch in any kind of a
>>>> business or social setting. It's quiet, announces nothing and lets me
>>>> discretely check the time. With the exception of clocks in my own home,
>>>> where I and my family can decide what's disruptive and what is not,
>>>> and=20=
>>
>>>> when
>>>> speech will occur, I'm bugged if the clock bongs, dings, doings, barks,
>>>> crows or makes some other sound when I'm in a setting where it is
>>>> disruptive.
>>>> =20
>>>> Okay, pet peeve, whine over.
>>>> =20
>>>> 73 all
>>>> =20
>>>> Ron Miller
>>>> N6MSAClearwater, Fl. USA
>>>> SKYPE: arjay1=20
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