obstinate refusal

Something things in life you just can’t let go off. For different reasons, we hold onto things. For this watch and me it boils down to pure will. I am damned if I am going to buy a new watch when  this one still keeps the time just fine. Recently it has gone through some low-grade DIY solutions.

While cutting the grass my watch fell of unbeknown to me and then I proceeded to unintentionally try the lawn mower test on it (a kindred spirit of the will it blend test). Surprisingly after I found it, it wasn’t in too bad of shape. Here are the solutions in pictorial form:

There was a plastic piece that went around the edge, it took most of the violence from what I could tell. I didn’t think about gluing it back on, it just now; to bad I threw that piece away. It gives the watch a little edge though.

There used to be a plastic connector here. The failure of said part called all this to happen. I used some p-cord I had, burning to ends together to create the bond. Thanks to the wife with that help, definitely a four hand job.

Notice the bright orange string. This was actually from a separate incident. The string had been slowly coming apart for a while, but after a frantic action by my dog it was busted & requiring resewing.

Sadly I missed an opportunity to replace the battery with all this work. It works fine until you try the light, then the whole display goes out. With my bad eyes my watch is the only way to see the time in the middle of the night.

I’ll see how many more years I can go like this; I haven’t even resorted to the duct tape yet.