I've also had good success with a  Seiko since 2000.  I'm a constant 
time checker and haven't busted it yet.

The latch has 2 small spring loaded pins on the crystal  part.   For 
lack of a better description, one pin points to your wrist and the other 
one towards your elbow.   When you snap it closed, these pins  go into 
little recesses in the main part of the watch.

Of course, mine is a dozen years old, don't know if there has been any 
change since then.

73, Steve  KW3A

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 =
>> problem.  They won't stay closed.  The catches appear to be a roleer on =
>> the crystal which kicks over a bump on the case.  It appears that these =
>> bumps wear off.
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>> Does anyone have a recommendation for a braille watch with a more rugged =
>> catch system?  At this point, price isn't nearly the object it used to =
>> be.
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>> Please, no talking watches.  I don't like drawing attention to the fact =
>> that I am checking time.
>>
>> Thanks for any assistance.
>>
>> Gary Lee
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