The best KIND of wristwatch ever made.
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This isn't an advert for any brand of watch, more an advert for a KIND of watch.
I have used them for about 15 years now and the 3 watches I have had in that time have never gone wrong.
"Ahhhh", I hear you say, "So if they haven't broke, why have you had 3?"
It's a fair question and the answer is that the early type had a kind of rubberised strap with a buckle and, over time, the strap splits across where it goes through the buckle part. It never actually split apart on me but why take the risk of it going so far.
The snag with that is that it is nearly as cheap to buy a new watch on eBay of the same type as it is to get a new strap fitted.
The watches I'm banging on about are the talking watches for the blind and poor sighted folk.
You just press a button on the side of the watch and you get a voice that clearly says what time it is. Press another button and you get the day, date and year told to you.
You can get them in all kinds of prices, brand new, from £6.99 to £35 or even higher. The one I have now has a large, bright white face, 4 buttons and the time is kept correct by connecting automatically to the Atomic Clock in Greenwich, UK. I paid an extra £10 to have a bi-metal expanding bracelet fitted and it really looks well.
The big question is ..... WHY is it such a good watch?
It ain't waterproof and it doesn't incorporate a TV screen.
Nothing like that.
The biggest reason for having one of these watches, and they come in many brands, is that on a cold January morning when you are snuggled up in your bed with the duvet or blankets right over your head, there is no need to lift your head out of the warmth to look at the clock on the bedside table. You just stay nice and warm and press the button.
Fan-dabby-tastic.
I have used them for about 15 years now and the 3 watches I have had in that time have never gone wrong.
"Ahhhh", I hear you say, "So if they haven't broke, why have you had 3?"
It's a fair question and the answer is that the early type had a kind of rubberised strap with a buckle and, over time, the strap splits across where it goes through the buckle part. It never actually split apart on me but why take the risk of it going so far.
The snag with that is that it is nearly as cheap to buy a new watch on eBay of the same type as it is to get a new strap fitted.
The watches I'm banging on about are the talking watches for the blind and poor sighted folk.
You just press a button on the side of the watch and you get a voice that clearly says what time it is. Press another button and you get the day, date and year told to you.
You can get them in all kinds of prices, brand new, from £6.99 to £35 or even higher. The one I have now has a large, bright white face, 4 buttons and the time is kept correct by connecting automatically to the Atomic Clock in Greenwich, UK. I paid an extra £10 to have a bi-metal expanding bracelet fitted and it really looks well.
The big question is ..... WHY is it such a good watch?
It ain't waterproof and it doesn't incorporate a TV screen.
Nothing like that.
The biggest reason for having one of these watches, and they come in many brands, is that on a cold January morning when you are snuggled up in your bed with the duvet or blankets right over your head, there is no need to lift your head out of the warmth to look at the clock on the bedside table. You just stay nice and warm and press the button.
Fan-dabby-tastic.
To be fair, you could wear a watch with a good lume to bed, and you still wouldn't have to take your head out the covers 
Yer sooper dooper watch would be useless to me, 'cause not only would I have to poke my head out the covers, but I'd have to stick my hearing aid in to hear the damn thing - by which time I'd be wide awake!
Yer sooper dooper watch would be useless to me, 'cause not only would I have to poke my head out the covers, but I'd have to stick my hearing aid in to hear the damn thing - by which time I'd be wide awake!
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