My father always bought cheap Timex’ because he would break them. Mom bought him a nice watch for his birthday one year. It lasted three weeks, smashed it changing the tires on the van.
$10 Timex lasted a couple of decades – had to replace the band several times. $60 watch – a good one 50 years ago (forgot brand, not Timex), lasted 6 months. I go for cheap, now. They last MUCH longer for me.
quit wearing them after I broke too many. Being beside aircraft radar tube with huge magnet, the moving spring in watch would vaporize. (wire moving in magnetic field = electric current. poof!) I still have a talking clock I bought about 40 years ago, replace batteries every few years.
A 60-year-old Timex still working? I doubt that seriously unless it was stored all that time in a hermetically sealed container. But the self-winding Bulova I bought about 60 years ago and wore every day for about ten years back then still works perfectly…. with the original band.
When we vacationed in Branson and had to keep track of show times, my 94 year old grandmother became the acknowledged expert. While the rest of us had to dig for our phones to find out what time it was, she had a little clock attached to her arm and could tell us what it said in about 1 second flat. Really great invention, someone should have thought of it sooner.
I bought a Seiko once and it didn’t work. Skeie’s wouldn’t take it back because “it was on sale”. What good is it if it doesn’t work?! Then I bought a Timex and they wouldn’t change the battery “on THOSE watches”. (snooty snooty) I told them it worked a whole lot better than the Seiko they’d sold me!
I’ve done the reverse, got a real good band, and moved it from watch to watch. Lasted at least 3 watches. Then I bought a Timex with a good expansion band. A few years ago, I got an iPhone, and quit wearing the watch. I had worn one since my father died when I was 10. I’m 76 now.
Templo S.U.D. over 5 years ago
impressive
Ontman over 5 years ago
I thought I was the only one still using a wristwatch.
david_42 over 5 years ago
My father always bought cheap Timex’ because he would break them. Mom bought him a nice watch for his birthday one year. It lasted three weeks, smashed it changing the tires on the van.
contralto2b over 5 years ago
$10 Timex lasted a couple of decades – had to replace the band several times. $60 watch – a good one 50 years ago (forgot brand, not Timex), lasted 6 months. I go for cheap, now. They last MUCH longer for me.
wndflower1 over 5 years ago
remember john cameron swazee (sp) and the timex on the outboard motor propeller???
Flatlander, purveyor of fine covfefe over 5 years ago
quit wearing them after I broke too many. Being beside aircraft radar tube with huge magnet, the moving spring in watch would vaporize. (wire moving in magnetic field = electric current. poof!) I still have a talking clock I bought about 40 years ago, replace batteries every few years.
Bill D. Kat Premium Member over 5 years ago
A 60-year-old Timex still working? I doubt that seriously unless it was stored all that time in a hermetically sealed container. But the self-winding Bulova I bought about 60 years ago and wore every day for about ten years back then still works perfectly…. with the original band.
Diane Lee Premium Member over 5 years ago
When we vacationed in Branson and had to keep track of show times, my 94 year old grandmother became the acknowledged expert. While the rest of us had to dig for our phones to find out what time it was, she had a little clock attached to her arm and could tell us what it said in about 1 second flat. Really great invention, someone should have thought of it sooner.
Perkycat over 5 years ago
I retired mine when I retired.
wirepunchr over 5 years ago
I got used to not wearing a wristwatch when I was started working around a food factory in 1989. No wristwatch or jewelry.
kaycstamper over 5 years ago
I bought a Seiko once and it didn’t work. Skeie’s wouldn’t take it back because “it was on sale”. What good is it if it doesn’t work?! Then I bought a Timex and they wouldn’t change the battery “on THOSE watches”. (snooty snooty) I told them it worked a whole lot better than the Seiko they’d sold me!
cknoblo Premium Member over 5 years ago
I’ve done the reverse, got a real good band, and moved it from watch to watch. Lasted at least 3 watches. Then I bought a Timex with a good expansion band. A few years ago, I got an iPhone, and quit wearing the watch. I had worn one since my father died when I was 10. I’m 76 now.