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Post by coppice on Jul 7, 2015 23:59:11 GMT
When my old trusty 60's era Timex wrist-watch finally wore out i replaced it with a series of quartz watches. Some were wrist watches, others were pocket watches. Each and every subsequent quartz watch promptly died, in a week or less. The record holder died within the first hour post purchase.
Briefly Chinese mechanical pocket watches were on offer here in the early ninties. They didn't keep very good time and wore out in a year or less. Supply of those too dried up by '92 or 3.
Since then nothin'. Last week on another garden forum a writer noted that soviet block mechanical watched were on offer, and affordable. I took the dive and bought one. it arrived today.
Just a plain-jane stainless clam-shell. Its got none of 19th century's pocket watches attention to detail. But its a wind-up. and was a long time between offers.
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 8, 2015 7:52:42 GMT
Made me smile coppice, - bet it's annoying for you and you have spent a load of money on new watches...least it isn't life threatening... Makes me wonder who else has peculiar/weird allergies then.. Tig, Ladygardener, andy, Jilly, Auricula, Jasmine, theinsidegardener, isabella, maggy, Amber, owdboggy, Ron,@jimle, Jasmine, farmersboy, bagpuss, Chuckles |
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Post by Ron on Jul 8, 2015 8:19:14 GMT
I can't wear a watch. Strangely, I am allergic to metals. Even if the strap isn't metal, the back of the watch and the metal connecters will cause a skin rash. It gets extremely irritating and eventuall painful. Can't even wear a ring unless it's gold. Metal compounds affect me too. There's zinc in pink plasters so I react to them. The first thing I ever reacted to was zinc and castor oil cream when I was a baby!
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Post by Auricula on Jul 8, 2015 9:34:32 GMT
I have never had any previous problems with materials, until OH bought me a watch for Xmas 2013. It was lovely ( pink  ) but the composite strap brought my wrist out in blisters  . now I have a boring leather strapped watch ( white strap, glittery silver watch  ) which is ok. I can wear any metal or plastic usually - the things I stick in my ears and on my fingers are testament to the fact I am not a delicate flower  so goodness knows what the original watchstrap was made of?? |
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Post by coppice on Jul 8, 2015 11:25:00 GMT
I didn't and don't break into any kind of rash. It must be the forse of (snicker) my personality. I wear them and they die.
After eight or ten tries, I quit trying.
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 8, 2015 12:17:54 GMT
I didn't and don't break into any kind of rash. It must be the forse of (snicker) my personality. I wear them and they die. After eight or ten tries, I quit trying. You don't crackle or spark, do you coppice, - hahahahaha!! |
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Post by Ron on Jul 8, 2015 22:49:20 GMT
but the composite strap brought my wrist out in blisters That's what happens to me, Auricula, and it's always worse when it's zinc. It's likely that the composite contained the thing you are allergic to which you haven't come into contact with before. The most common kind contain nylon and PVC, but they add a plasticizer (Phthalate - no idea how it's pronounced!) to make it flexible. That may be it. |
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Post by Barbara on Jul 9, 2015 6:23:12 GMT
My Mother couldn't wear a watch, they stopped dead. and she was allergic to any metal other than gold, or she would come out in the most awful rash.
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Post by Ron on Jul 9, 2015 18:33:01 GMT
My Mother couldn't wear a watch, they stopped dead. and she was allergic to any metal other than gold, or she would come out in the most awful rash. That is precisely what happens to me, Barbara. Have to save up for a gold watch! |
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