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Thread ID: 74888	2006-12-08 23:28:00	weird mystery	Thomas01 (317)	PC World Chat

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505249	2006-12-08 23:28:00	My wife has just bought this in a mixture of Garage Sale stuff. It looks like a watch - but there are no fingers. The winder is false and does nothing (its solid). On the back is CE. It could be a toy but even toys have fingers. The strap is a reasoble quality genuine leather. Any ideas? Tom imagef1.net.nz	Thomas01 (317)
505250	2006-12-08 23:34:00	Costume jewellry for a blind person? Just don't speak into saying "Beam me up Scotty" you might get a hell of a shock.... Byeeeeeeeeee. PJ	Poppa John (284)
505251	2006-12-08 23:57:00	Looks like a digital watch. Using LCD for the hands. Might need a new battery to see if it works. :2cents: Seems to be a mix of old and new technology.	bob_doe_nz (92)
505252	2006-12-09 02:19:00	the centre bit certainly looks like a lcd screen.	tweak'e (69)
505253	2006-12-09 03:09:00	the centre bit certainly looks like a lcd screen. Nope - I see no evidence of any LCD screen - besides even if it was, then some sort of usable controls would be needed. It just appears to be a completely dead, unusable pointless device, with a good quality strap. It has got me beat. Tom	Thomas01 (317)
505254	2006-12-09 04:39:00	Yep, it's a digital watch... el cheapo though (orig cost around $20.00). I saw similar maybe 10 years ago and from memory the winder actually has a button in the center that you press (using a ballpoint pen or something else sharp) to adjust the 'hands'. The LCD face in the circle inside the roman numeral dial is a 'moonphase' which doesn't actually do anything, but if you put a new battery in there will be little flashing LCD hands in the circle (assuming that it still works). A jeweller will probabbly stick a battery in for you for $15-20, or it's pretty easy to lever the back off with a knife, flip the battery out and get a new one from the camera shop for maybe $5.00. HTH PS- those LCDs used to 'bleed' when they were stuffed... like an inky splotch over the circle... so it could still be ok.	Shortcircuit (1666)
505255	2006-12-09 08:07:00	Yeah it is a digital watch, had one exactly like that a few years ago, although it was broken too, left it with no batteries for a few year...so... yeah. Although if it does work, once there is batteries in there, the 'hand' will show up on the watch.	CCF (6760)
505256	2006-12-09 21:41:00	Well the mystery is solved. There is no small button in the centre of the "winder" which is actually solid and does nothing - but there is one of those devices actuated by a ball point pen in the side of the case. I thought it was some sort of lock to hold the case together but I managed to split the case and found the "actuator" was connected to the workings and as you have stated probably alters the timing. And yes having split the case there is no doubt that it is a digital watch with a duff battery. I don't know if I want to bother buying a new battery - I might! It is obviously out dated and I have just bought a new digital which came with 2 DVDs of wildlife for $6 total - the watch being the easiest to read I have ever had. Some of those early watches were fascinating - I had one of the very early metal chrome cased ones which just about everybody seemed to be wearing. My wife felt that I should have something better then this cheapy and so I asked a local jeweller for a decent watch - but I wanted one that was as accurate as the cheap digital. He was honest with me - the cheapy was well known in the trade as apparently the most accurate watch on sale - he could offer me watches up to over $1000 but had nothing in his shop that could compare with the $5 digital if I wanted accuracy. I never remember having to change its time keeping the several years I had it. Blowed if I can remember what happened to it. Tom	Thomas01 (317)
505257	2006-12-09 23:19:00	Well the ... ... I never remember having to change its time keeping the several years I had it. Blowed if I can remember what happened to it. Tom Possibly ended it's career by suicide when daylight saving arrived? My second digital watch had no external controls, a magnet held alongside in varying orientations activated reed switches inside. Putting the left arm near the ignition system of a running car engine caused "interesting" displays. I had to get rid of it when magnetic stripe cards came into vogue. A wallet with on-board watch-setting magnet was not swipe card friendly.	R2x1 (4628)
505258	2006-12-09 23:20:00	Digital watches have no moving parts, so are generally accurate and reliable... they either go, or don't. If you want a step up get a ten dollar Tag Heuer knock-off from Thailand, probably as good as the real thing and a few grand cheaper :)	Shortcircuit (1666)
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