odd watch band source?

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

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.


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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379
It's Spring here in Jerusalem!!!

[J.B. Wood]

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,

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J. B. Wood e-mail: arl_1...@hotmail.com

[Ian Field]

"J.B. Wood" <john...@nrl.navy.mil> wrote in message
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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.

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

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.

[Wild_Bill]

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.

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Cheers,
WB
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[Ian Field]

"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <g...@mendelson.com> wrote in message

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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.

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.