Life expectancy of a quartz watch

[Family Guy]

Hello all.

Any ideas how long a quartz watch should last?? Just wondering as my swatch i had as a present in 2004 has recently stopped working, only the second hand of the chronograph still works when it is started (battery has been checked and is ok). A little disappointed as it was bought for me by my daughters and i'd have thought it would have lasted more than 5 years.

Can quartz watches be fixed??

Cheers
FG

[sneijder]

Sounds a bit iffy to me, originally Swatches were designed to last 20 years.

Mods delete this if I'm taking the razz, but these :

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&...

are all mine and save one of them they are all 20+ years old and OK.

I've considered these in the past : http://www.swatchrepair.com/ but had no real need.

Swatches are supposed to be disposable, I would suggest if you really like your watch and don't want to offend the person who bought it for you then hunt down the same model on ebay. You'll probably find it for 20ish quid. Or have a trawl through http://www.squiggly.com/

When you take the battery out, if you gently place it back in without fully screwing down the cover does it work a bit ? That'd indicate a slightly faulty connection I've seen from time to time.

[andy tims]

I have an old Seiko quartz that's 30 years old & it still works fine.

[Family Guy]

sneijder said:

Sounds a bit iffy to me, originally Swatches were designed to last 20 years.

Mods delete this if I'm taking the razz, but these :

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&...

are all mine and save one of them they are all 20+ years old and OK.

I've considered these in the past : http://www.swatchrepair.com/ but had no real need.

Swatches are supposed to be disposable, I would suggest if you really like your watch and don't want to offend the person who bought it for you then hunt down the same model on ebay. You'll probably find it for 20ish quid. Or have a trawl through http://www.squiggly.com/

When you take the battery out, if you gently place it back in without fully screwing down the cover does it work a bit ? That'd indicate a slightly faulty connection I've seen from time to time.

sneijder - much appreciated. I have never heard of squiggly but they have the exact watch. Sounds stupid to get attached to a relatively disposable watch, but it means a lot being bought for me by my kids.

Will also try out the battery connection first.

Chears

FG

[Steve748]

My Quartz Pequignet is over 30 years old, been serviced once and batteries last about 3 years.

[NDA]

I'd imagine the movement could be replaced if it's knacked.

As previous posters have said, quartz should go on for many years, think of all those expensive Cartier, Chanel and Ebel watches (to name but a few), their owners will expect a lifetime out of them....