Gary,
Mine was a gift and not sure where it came from, although I think it was
ordered through a local Jeweler. Over the years I've seen them sold at
the usual accessible product sites.
The leather band that it comes with is pretty crappy, and I had it
replaced very quickly.
73, Steve KW3A
On 8/31/2012 4:49 PM, Gary Lee wrote:
> Where are the seiko's purchased? Think I'll try one.
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> Thanks all for the help.
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> Gary Lee
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> On Aug 31, 2012, at 3:50 PM, Steve Forst wrote:
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>> I've also had good success with a Seiko since 2000. I'm a constant=20=
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>> time checker and haven't busted it yet.
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>> The latch has 2 small spring loaded pins on the crystal part. For=20=
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>> lack of a better description, one pin points to your wrist and the =
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>> one towards your elbow. When you snap it closed, these pins go into=20=
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>> little recesses in the main part of the watch.
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>> Of course, mine is a dozen years old, don't know if there has been any=20=
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>> change since then.
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>> 73, Steve KW3A
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>> On 8/31/2012 3:27 PM, Anthony Vece wrote:
>>> I don't think you'll do any better than a Seiko!
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>>> I've had one for about 10 years and never had any problems.
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>>> Sent from my Verizon iPhone!
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>>> On Aug 31, 2012, at 3:19 PM, Gary Lee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>>> I need some recommendations.
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>>>> I have several watches, all of which are now suffering from the same =
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>>>> problem. They won't stay closed. The catches appear to be a roleer =
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>>>> the crystal which kicks over a bump on the case. It appears that =
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>>>> bumps wear off.
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>>>> Does anyone have a recommendation for a braille watch with a more =
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>>>> Please, no talking watches. I don't like drawing attention to the =
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>>>> that I am checking time.
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>>>> Thanks for any assistance.
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>>>> Gary Lee
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