I just ran my watch through the wash. Well, that one didn't last long.
I probably should support my own watch habit rather than encourage people to give me things that, going by my history, I can expect to kill pretty quickly.
Part of it's that I type a lot and I used to play the drums. Both activities are hindered by wrist weights, even if those weights are only a few ounces.
The other part of it's that I, too, was a destroyer of watches. I used to go through about one every other month. Unless it was a really good watch. Then, I'd wreck it in a week or two.
Now, I have a pocketwatch for formal occasions (though I think it needs a new battery) and the rest of the time, I rely on one of my electric doodads or companions to tell me what time it is.
Maybe you -should- encourage people to buy you watches with the understanding that you'll burn through them quickly.
My father has a fun problem: he can only wear purely mechanical watches. If he wears an electric watch, it'll stop working after a few hours. He mentioned it to a doctor once. The doctor hooked him up to a galvanometer and a few other medical toys (No charge! I think the doctor was hoping for a research paper.) and eventually decided that my father was an excellent conductor and was probably killing the watches when he picked up static electrical charges.
I don't know if this class of solution would work, but: someone I know has a *ring* with a tiny little clock face. It doesn't have frills like an alarm, calendar, etc, but it fits on a ring. I don't know where she got it or if they can be gotten in "non-girly" styles, but if you find a source I'd bet that the answer to the latter would be "yes".
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Date: 2002-02-21 08:14 pm (UTC)But yeah, I sympathize. That's why I tell people not to give me expensive jewelry; I'm so very good at losing or breaking it.
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Date: 2002-02-21 10:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2002-02-22 06:40 am (UTC)Part of it's that I type a lot and I used to play the drums. Both activities are hindered by wrist weights, even if those weights are only a few ounces.
The other part of it's that I, too, was a destroyer of watches. I used to go through about one every other month. Unless it was a really good watch. Then, I'd wreck it in a week or two.
Now, I have a pocketwatch for formal occasions (though I think it needs a new battery) and the rest of the time, I rely on one of my electric doodads or companions to tell me what time it is.
Maybe you -should- encourage people to buy you watches with the understanding that you'll burn through them quickly.
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Date: 2002-02-22 06:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-02-22 11:29 am (UTC)I don't know if this class of solution would work, but: someone I know has a *ring* with a tiny little clock face. It doesn't have frills like an alarm, calendar, etc, but it fits on a ring. I don't know where she got it or if they can be gotten in "non-girly" styles, but if you find a source I'd bet that the answer to the latter would be "yes".