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odd watch band source?
My son had a Chinese watch with an unusal band. Normal watch bands have
a center portion the is held by a spring bar into "ears" sticking out of the watch. This one is an all plastic supposedly water proof one, where the band fits against the watch, and the connection is underneath. The band has a small tounge which fits into relatively wide ears and is held in place with a metal pin (no spring). It's sort of like this: plastic 3mm ear from watch 4mm tounge of band 10mm ear of watch 4mm plastic 3mm Or in a simpler drawing: pppEEEEtttttttttEEEEppp With the pin long enough that it is flush with the sides of the plastic. I've seen them before on cheap Chinese watches, but I think I threw them out when the battery died. I've looked all around eBay, and did a google, anyone have any idea where I can buy a band like this? I'd go as far as buying a small assortment of them. TIA, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 It's Spring here in Jerusalem!!! |
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On 03/08/2013 05:34 AM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
My son had a Chinese watch with an unusal band. Normal watch bands have a center portion the is held by a spring bar into "ears" sticking out of the watch. This one is an all plastic supposedly water proof one, where the band fits against the watch, and the connection is underneath. The band has a small tounge which fits into relatively wide ears and is held in place with a metal pin (no spring). It's sort of like this: plastic 3mm ear from watch 4mm tounge of band 10mm ear of watch 4mm plastic 3mm Or in a simpler drawing: pppEEEEtttttttttEEEEppp With the pin long enough that it is flush with the sides of the plastic. I've seen them before on cheap Chinese watches, but I think I threw them out when the battery died. I've looked all around eBay, and did a google, anyone have any idea where I can buy a band like this? I'd go as far as buying a small assortment of them. TIA, Geoff. Hello, and I'll assume that you posted to this ng because you have an "electronic" watch ;-) (even though your problem is mechanical) All of your "drawings" are just a bunch of letters in my Thunderbird e-mail client. A source (Picasa, Flickr, etc) for a photo(s) would be more beneficial. I did replace the resin band on an old Casio sport chronograph and getting the two watchband attachment pins on the watch case removed was a bear. I had to push them out with considerable effort. There are tools available for this but I didn't possess any at the time. I used the more conventional spring bars as replacements. I would say from my own experience if this is a $10 watch don't bother unless it somehow has some sentimental value. A more appropriate usenet ng for your query is alt.horology. Also check YouTube for any DIY videos. Sincerely, -- J. B. Wood e-mail: |
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"J.B. Wood" wrote in message ... On 03/08/2013 05:34 AM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: My son had a Chinese watch with an unusal band. Normal watch bands have a center portion the is held by a spring bar into "ears" sticking out of the watch. This one is an all plastic supposedly water proof one, where the band fits against the watch, and the connection is underneath. The band has a small tounge which fits into relatively wide ears and is held in place with a metal pin (no spring). It's sort of like this: plastic 3mm ear from watch 4mm tounge of band 10mm ear of watch 4mm plastic 3mm Or in a simpler drawing: pppEEEEtttttttttEEEEppp With the pin long enough that it is flush with the sides of the plastic. I've seen them before on cheap Chinese watches, but I think I threw them out when the battery died. I've looked all around eBay, and did a google, anyone have any idea where I can buy a band like this? I'd go as far as buying a small assortment of them. TIA, Geoff. Hello, and I'll assume that you posted to this ng because you have an "electronic" watch ;-) (even though your problem is mechanical) All of your "drawings" are just a bunch of letters in my Thunderbird e-mail client. A source (Picasa, Flickr, etc) for a photo(s) would be more beneficial. I did replace the resin band on an old Casio sport chronograph and getting the two watchband attachment pins on the watch case removed was a bear. I had to push them out with considerable effort. There are tools available for this but I didn't possess any at the time. I used the more conventional spring bars as replacements. I would say from my own experience if this is a $10 watch don't bother If he paid $10 for a cheap Chinese watch - they saw him coming a mile off. I did recently pay 15 GBP for a watch, but it picks up a time coded radio signal from the cesium clock at the National Physics Laboratory so its always accurate to less than a second per year - and it has industry standard strap pins. Anything more than 2 GBP that didn't do all that, and I' do a rude hand signal at the retailer and walk away. |
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Ian Field wrote:
I did recently pay 15 GBP for a watch, but it picks up a time coded radio signal from the cesium clock at the National Physics Laboratory so its always accurate to less than a second per year - and it has industry standard strap pins. Unfortunately, such a watch would be worthless here. There are no time signals. The cost of the watch does not matter, it's a working watch and I hate to throw it away. It probably cost $20 to $30, but that's what a cheap watch costs. Sorry, I just have to live with the prices. As for choosing this news group, my server does not get the alt groups, and over the many years I have been participating here, I find that this is the best place to ask any repair advice, even with the high number of trolls. There are some people on here who would rather fix something than toss it, just because it needs fixing. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 It's Spring here in Jerusalem!!! |
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It's not clear to me how the original band was attached to the watch
housing, but you may be able to see a way to attach a different type of material. Search 'paracord watch band' for methods of tying paracord to create a new band. -- Cheers, WB .............. "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote in message ... My son had a Chinese watch with an unusal band. Normal watch bands have a center portion the is held by a spring bar into "ears" sticking out of the watch. This one is an all plastic supposedly water proof one, where the band fits against the watch, and the connection is underneath. The band has a small tounge which fits into relatively wide ears and is held in place with a metal pin (no spring). It's sort of like this: plastic 3mm ear from watch 4mm tounge of band 10mm ear of watch 4mm plastic 3mm Or in a simpler drawing: pppEEEEtttttttttEEEEppp With the pin long enough that it is flush with the sides of the plastic. I've seen them before on cheap Chinese watches, but I think I threw them out when the battery died. I've looked all around eBay, and did a google, anyone have any idea where I can buy a band like this? I'd go as far as buying a small assortment of them. TIA, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 It's Spring here in Jerusalem!!! |
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"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote in message ... Ian Field wrote: I did recently pay 15 GBP for a watch, but it picks up a time coded radio signal from the cesium clock at the National Physics Laboratory so its always accurate to less than a second per year - and it has industry standard strap pins. Unfortunately, such a watch would be worthless here. There are no time signals. The cost of the watch does not matter, it's a working watch and I hate to throw it away. It probably cost $20 to $30, but that's what a cheap watch costs. Sorry, I just have to live with the prices. As for choosing this news group, my server does not get the alt groups, and over the many years I have been participating here, I find that this is the best place to ask any repair advice, even with the high number of trolls. There are some people on here who would rather fix something than toss it, just because it needs fixing. I've been known to repair things just for the fun of it - if I don't attribute much value to the item, I've even been known to give it away afterwards. Sometimes an item just isn't worth the effort - if you're really concerned about binning a working watch that you can't get strap pins for, make a bracket to mount it behind a magnifying glass on the mantlepiece. |
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