Radio & Watches

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I have not had this issue. In the early 80's I bought a couple of very cheap LCD watches and gave one to a friend. His would blank out and stop running in direct sun light. Pissed him off because he wanted to time his run. Mine just kind of stopped working after 2 days.
Later on I would go for the dual display, LCD and analog. Set the LCD to 24 display. First one I had of this type lost the finish on the little knob and caused it to start eating into my skin.

I've always preferred the analog dial. In recent years to the point of going for the faces with multiple dials on the main dial.

Sad story. My newest watch, the big silver Pulsar, fell off my wrist while riding motorcycle. I remember when I last saw it, that is, after I arrived at my 2nd destination. First destination was to look at new helmets. I walked out of there without a new helmet (went back there the following Monday) put my gloves on and had my watch on. Got 2 miles down the road in rush hour traffic and stopped at my vape place. Got all the way inside before I noticed that my watch wasn't round and round my wrist. I knew I didn't take it off but checked all my pockets and storage spaces anyway. I knew it had to have fallen off somehow but nothing indicated that anything was wrong or weak with the band at any time. Big chunky steel band that was an extra 35 $$$ when I got the watch.
I went all the way back to the helmet place and it was 100 feet past it, in the road. I pulled off in a close parking lot and retrieved it from the road in 5 pm rush hour traffic. The crystal (glass) was broken but not all the way through. Half the band was gone. Not a single scratch on the back of the watch and it was still ticking.
Probably going to get that one fixed. The claimed retail price on that watch is $175, I paid $70 on Amazon. 44mm diameter may be a bit costly but (we'll) see.
Currently I'm sporting my old Timex, cockpit dash plate theme. I let the battery get to low on that one and it sporked the date display on the perpetual calendar dooflatchy. Now it shows the day of the month, between days, if you understand the nomenclature.

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I have not had this issue. In the early 80's I bought a couple of very cheap LCD watches and gave one to a friend. His would blank out and stop running in direct sun light. Pissed him off because he wanted to time his run. Mine just kind of stopped working after 2 days.
Later on I would go for the dual display, LCD and analog. Set the LCD to 24 display. First one I had of this type lost the finish on the little knob and caused it to start eating into my skin.

I've always preferred the analog dial. In recent years to the point of going for the faces with multiple dials on the main dial.

Sad story. My newest watch, the big silver Pulsar, fell off my wrist while riding motorcycle. I remember when I last saw it, that is, after I arrived at my 2nd destination. First destination was to look at new helmets. I walked out of there without a new helmet (went back there the following Monday) put my gloves on and had my watch on. Got 2 miles down the road in rush hour traffic and stopped at my vape place. Got all the way inside before I noticed that my watch wasn't round and round my wrist. I knew I didn't take it off but checked all my pockets and storage spaces anyway. I knew it had to have fallen off somehow but nothing indicated that anything was wrong or weak with the band at any time. Big chunky steel band that was an extra 35 $$$ when I got the watch.
I went all the way back to the helmet place and it was 100 feet past it, in the road. I pulled off in a close parking lot and retrieved it from the road in 5 pm rush hour traffic. The crystal (glass) was broken but not all the way through. Half the band was gone. Not a single scratch on the back of the watch and it was still ticking.
Probably going to get that one fixed. The claimed retail price on that watch is $175, I paid $70 on Amazon. 44mm diameter may be a bit costly but (we'll) see.
Currently I'm sporting my old Timex, cockpit dash plate theme. I let the battery get to low on that one and it sporked the date display on the perpetual calendar dooflatchy. Now it shows the day of the month, between days, if you understand the nomenclature.

You get used to these like old friends. I accidently smashed my previous Lorus with a club hammer, I have a Casio digital but keep catching or pressing knobs, generally setting the alarm for 5 in the morning is the worst aspect. The Lorus keeps time to within 2 seconds a month, usually better.