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Article #311Re: Amusing failure in Omega analogue watch
From: geoff
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:51
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:51
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rebel wrote: > On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:51:34 +1000, Don McKenzie <5V@2.5A> wrote: > >> geoff wrote: >> >>> Have you thought of maybe changing the battery ? >>> >>> geoff >> >> My Omega costs $35 a battery change. >> They give you a 2 year warranty, and they always run out in 26 >> months. >> >> Have seriously though of getting a $19.95 throw away watch, and >> flogging my engraved gold retirement Omega. > > I have an Omega *real* analog auto-wind (no battery) from the early > sixties that still runs like a swiss clock (cough!). I have a real Omega analogue mechanical watch that I need to wind every day by hand. But I use my electronic one because it runs just fine for over 2 years at a time without needing to wind anything. geoff
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