[LINK] Re: The watch without batteries [was RE: incand lamps debate]

[Jan Whitaker]

At 05:10 PM 23/02/2007, Karl Auer wrote:
>Are you guys taking the mickey?

not at all. My dad had one that didn't take a battery and didn't need 
winding. See post about Seikos. The downside was if you took one off 
for a long time. The owner of the move-winding watch might like to comment.

>Before batteries, there were wind-up watches... and the good ones kept
>*excellent* time.

Yeah, but there are alternatives.


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