I am going to have to get one of those nice seiko braille watches then   are there multiple models or just one I need to look for and how much do they run?

On Feb 19, 2012, at 9:11 PM, Pat Byrne wrote:

> No, an analog watch.  We had a talking Seico at one time and I was 
> unimpressed with the speech quality.  It was a gift to my wife but 
> she never got in to the talking watch scene.  I did for a couple of 
> years then moved back to analog. At 07:28 PM 2/19/2012, you wrote:
>> Hi Pat,
>> 
>> Ah, those old Siecos--I experienced several of them years ago, but never got
>> around to buying one for one reason or another.  I think they used to run
>> around 100 dollars back in the day.  I sure wish I had one today.  Everyone
>> I knew who had one loved them.  How did it handle the Spanish or French or
>> other languages it spoke in?  Or aren't you talking about the talking
>> version?
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 7:46 PM
>> Subject: Re: No speech on my watch!!! Was: RE: off topic
>> 
>> 
>> I shouldn't say this but I have a 25 year old Seico running on its
>> second battery and never cleaned.  It doesn't get much better than that.
>> Pat, K9JAUAt 05:06 PM 2/19/2012, you wrote:
>>> Hi Richard;
>>> 
>>> I also have a Seiko.
>>> And, when I want talking time, I get it from my iPhone.
>>> 
>>> 73 de Anthony w2ajv
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my Verizon iPhone!
>>> 
>>> On Feb 19, 2012, at 5:44 PM, richard fiorello <[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrot=
>>> e:
>>> 
>>>> Hi;
>>>> The atomic watch that I am familiar has speech only.  My problem
>>> was that t=
>>> here were hands but the cover didn't open.  Although the watch reset
>>> verball=
>>> y with the clock, this didn't change the hands.  People kept saying why is
>>> y=
>>> our watch 6 hours off?
>>>> I have also owned a very nice watch that was both speech and braille but
>>>> i=
>>> t just isn't durable and when the batteries die its history.
>>>> The best braille watch I have used in recent times is made by seco.
>>>> Richard
>>>> =20
>>>> =20
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Michael Thurman <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To:  [log in to unmask]
>>>> Date: Sunday, Feb 19, 2012 03:15:02 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: No speech on my watch!!! Was: RE: off topic
>>>> =20
>>>>> =20
>>>>> =20
>>>>> i have skipped alot of these messages, is this an autosetting  aka =3D
>>>>> "atomic" watch with analog hands?  sounds nice and expensive  I
>>> love a =3D=
>>> 
>>>>> braille watch, but they are rediculously expensive and the one I had
>>>>> =3D
>>>>> died way too early, the jewler said it was not worth fixing  and the
>>>>> =3D
>>>>> only problem was it would randomly stick. incredibly frustrating
>>> after =3D=
>>> 
>>>>> spending 70 for it a year and a half earlier, and taking
>>> maticulous care =3D=
>>> 
>>>>> of it
>>>>> can you get a decent reasonably priced braille watch?, or get tht one
>>>>> =3D=
>>> 
>>>>> like the stainless steel watch radio shack used to sell?
>>>>> i suspect that the atomic ones would not work well out here in
>>> Raleigh =3D=
>>> 
>>>>> NC we are quite a distance from colorado
>>>>> =20
>>>>> On Feb 17, 2012, at 3:17 PM, Justin Mann wrote:
>>>>> =20
>>>>>> Well, i fggured out how to reset the thing.  Now I have to get
>>> my wife =3D=
>>> 
>>>>> to help me get the hands synchronized. =3D20
>>>>>> On Feb 17, 2012, at 3:07 AM, Howard Kaufman wrote:
>>>>>> =3D20
>>>>>>> Justin, wait 3 weeks, and the time will change.  You shouldn't have
>>>>>>> =3D=
>>> 
>>>>> to do a=3D20
>>>>>>> thing!!