On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 14:28:32 +0100, John Laird
wrote:

This stops the hands moving on all of them, and while it may not actually
cut the supply to the electronics(*), presumably not having to turn the
mechanism may prolong the battery life ?

Maybe putting the watch in the freezer would cool the battery so much
it would stop, and so last longer?

Thomas Prufer