I've only had one and have had the catch wear out but was able to fix it, I 
think with pliers or something, it was a while back and the watch is long 
since dead but I remember doing it.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: No speech on my watch!!! Was: RE: off topic


>I have several Braille watches and never have I had a catch wear
> out.  I believe that the latch piece in the lid works against
> something in the bottom portion of the case causing the latch effect.
> Pat, K9JAUAt 10:39 PM 2/11/2012, you wrote:
>>That is a valid consideration, but one disadvantage to today's Braille
>>watches is that you have to pry the lid open to read them which eventually
>>causes the catch to wear out which makes it useless even if the watch 
>>itself
>>is still good.  They used to make them where you could push the button in 
>>to
>>open and close them so that this wouldn't happen, or at least not as
>>quickly.  I don't think they make any Braille watches that you don't have 
>>to
>>pry open any more.
>>Harvey
>>----- Original Message -----
>>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
>>
>>
>> > Okay, I don't chime in much here, but feel kind of strongly about this.
>> >
>> > 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
>> > 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.
>> >
>> > Okay, pet peeve, whine over.
>> >
>> > 73 all
>> >
>> > Ron Miller
>> > N6MSAClearwater, Fl. USA
>> > SKYPE: arjay1