I miss having a wind-up watch!

I don't even miss having a watch! I use my cell phone to tell time mostly and I only need a watch when I am on someone else's time, which is rare. I bought a watch when I was teaching 4 classes a day and I accidentally laundered it!

The thing that gets me is how much it costs when you have to replace the battery by taking it to a jeweler because you can't figure out how to do it yourself!

Now that you mention this I also miss the wind-up watch. I hate it when the battery runs out, in fact it is so much trouble to get a new one that I have often brought a new watch.

Hi Karen...I know what you mean. I can not wear the watches that have the batteries in them for some reason my system makes them stop as soon as I put them on and they touch my skin. I have tries to put nail polish and some other things on the back to coat it but nothing helps the battery just stops for some reason. I know you can still buy windup watches but from what I have seen they are pretty expensive. I guess the companies decided they weren;t making enough money with just selling watches they had to make them need a battery every so often so they could make more money from the consumer. flutterby

i do miss my wind up watch too. seems it is very expensive nowadays. what is in fad now is the battery operated ones which doesnt last for two years. sometimes after changing the batteries, it doesnt work anymore. lol ann

i don't have a watch anymore - mainly because of the pain of replacing batteries. i think i'd use a wind-up one though, if i could find another cheap one (haven't had one since i was a child)