Casio watch anomaly
Phil Pfeiffer
itself, after I took off my sweater and noticed that the watch read
12:00 midnight, Sunday, 1 January.
[I've owned this watch for four years, and I've seen it reset itself
"at random" at irregular intervals (mostly during the winter!) and even
scramble the "days of the week" display
(e.g., MU(nday), TE(sday), WH(sday), TR(sday), etc.) ].
Peace of mind at last.
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I finally discovered last month why my 50m Casio watch periodically "reset"
itself, after I took off my sweater and noticed that the watch read
12:00 midnight, Sunday, 1 January.
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I have had several digital watches that have done the same thing, so
I would be interested to know what the reason is -- you didn't say
so in your note. Can you enlighten us?
Phil Pfeiffer
>
>> I finally discovered last month why my 50m Casio watch periodically "reset"
>
> I have had several digital watches that have done the same thing, so
> I would be interested to know what the reason is -- you didn't say
> so in your note. Can you enlighten us?
I said why in the "keywords" part of the message: static!
Here's a followup message I received from another netter on this matter:
> You're lucky it hasn't ceased functioning. The electronics in the watch
> are contained on one chip, about 1/50 the size of your imagined pinky
> fingernail. It is also a CMOS device(complementary metal-oxide silicon)
> which is so prone static electricity that that most chips of that type
> must be handled by people who are connected by wires to the ground, lest
> they destroy the device with static.
> I moved from the northeast to the mid-west coast. My father bought a color
> TV that required a service call often due to static discharge built up by
> simply walking across the rug and turning it on. No such problem here.
> Oh well, change watches or sweaters.
Gregory Smith
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>>I finally discovered last month why my 50m Casio watch periodically "reset"
>>itself, after I took off my sweater and noticed that the watch read
>>12:00 midnight, Sunday, 1 January.
>
>I would be interested to know what the reason is -- you didn't say
>so in your note. Can you enlighten us?
Yes he did. 'Static' was also mentioned later in the article.
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Greg Smith University of Toronto ..!decvax!utzoo!utcsri!greg
Chap Flack
My Casio told me that its battery needed replacement by continuing
to keep perfect time but turning the days of the week into
Sonday, Muesday, Tednesday, Whursday, Triday, Faturday, Sunday
(respectively).
"It must be Whursday. I never could get the hang of Whursdays."
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Chap Flack ihnp4!stolaf!agnes!flackc
Carleton College ihnp4!stolaf!flackc
Northfield, MN 55057
MKR
>I finally discovered last month why my 50m Casio watch periodically "reset"
>itself, after I took off my sweater and noticed that the watch read
>12:00 midnight, Sunday, 1 January.
>
>[I've owned this watch for four years, and I've seen it reset itself
>"at random" at irregular intervals (mostly during the winter!) and even
>scramble the "days of the week" display
>(e.g., MU(nday), TE(sday), WH(sday), TR(sday), etc.) ].
>
>
I used to have a watch like that! I finally noticed that it had the greatest
tendency to act up on hot, muggy summer days (when I'd sweat a lot).
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--MKR
If Man were meant to use the metric system, Jesus would have had
10 disciples.