My Tissot–my daily for like 15 years–stopped Tissotting this weekend.
At first I was like, Duh, you didn’t set it for the time change.
Then I realized that its time was not changing.
Do we have a watchmaker in the house?
My Tissot–my daily for like 15 years–stopped Tissotting this weekend.
At first I was like, Duh, you didn’t set it for the time change.
Then I realized that its time was not changing.
Do we have a watchmaker in the house?
Free bump but I assume the "automatic" means self winding?
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That's beautiful...I wouldn't kick that off my wrist even if I was at risk of contracting rust 
I drug my 48 year old Seiko 6139 out of the drawer last week and de-uglified it with a new bracelet. Haven't worn it for several years. It runs perfectly.
Your choices are to have a watch maker service it, have an amateur service it, or have a go at it yourself. I have enough tools to open and do very basic services to most watches. It's a fun hobby.
In reply to Stampie :
Yup, self-winding. I really do like this watch: not too big, not too small. Plus the dial is dark blue, so a little different than the usual navy. And there’s a motorsports connection.
In reply to DasAuto :
I think I’ll find a pro. Not sure I want to learn watch repair on this one.
I do have a dead Seiko5, though....
I have several watches, though, and wore my Swatch for a few days.
Love the look but it is so loud! Were Swatches this loud back in the ’80s? So much ticking.
Thinking about putting this Swiss Army watch back into service.
I can’t remember when I bought it. Twenty years ago? More?
The pros: I like the look, easy to read.
The cons: I don’t like the leather strap, but it’s kinda messed up so currently looking at NATO straps.
Also, wow, does the photo make the bezel look rough. Really it doesn’t look that bad.
In reply to David S. Wallens :
I remember being in a class in the fall of 1985 and the teacher said something like "it's about as loud as a ticking watch".
A few kids had watches on and one girl said "I have a Swatch. Swatches tick really loud".
Swatches had only been in the US for about a year at that point.
After that, I noticed that I could hear my girlfriend's Swatch from across the room at times when we were trying to "be really quiet" in her parents' house.
So yeah...confirmed: Swatches were really loud back in the 80s.
In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :
I still have a Swatch from the ’80s, but it’s also very dead.
In reply to David S. Wallens :
Also... measure the lug width on that Swiss Army.
I have one that's 21mm, which makes it really hard to find a well fitting replacement strap for them.
My Swatch is so loud, in fact, that when not being worn it lives in a desk drawer.
I have a new in box 1985 Swatch. I'll throw a battery in it tomorrow and compare it to a new quartz Swatch that I bought last month.
In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :
I broke out the calipers: 22.01mm!
Woody (Forum Supportum) said:I have a new in box 1985 Swatch. I'll throw a battery in it tomorrow and compare it to a new quartz Swatch that I bought last month.
How is it holding up? When I pulled my college Swatch from the drawer, the band just crumbled.
My high school swatch is long gone, but I’d love to buy a replacement. I haven’t just because I’m worried how it will age.
Before ordering a new strap for the Swiss Army, I‘m going to see if holds time overnight. You know, just to make sure.
In reply to David S. Wallens :
I can't really say how it's holding up. It's NOS and I don't think I've ever worn it.
It was the Swatch that I wanted when I was a kid, but I think that they cost about $60 back then and nobody had that kind of money.
But the thing is that it's only 34 or 36 mm. I might have been able to pull that off back in the 80s, but now my fat man wrists demand at least a 40mm watch. I have a couple of 38mm field watches, but they look small on me.
In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :
Yeah, the original Swatches are a bit small. I’d say it’s as small as I’d want to go.
This is the Swatch that I had BITD. It’s from 1984. I just stole this photo from eBay.
This is the NOS Swatch that I found on eBay a few years ago. It wasn't one of the original twelve styles offered the first year, but I'm pretty sure that this was in the second series. I remember looking at the same one in the display case at G.Fox or Macy's back in the day but couldn't afford it.
I ended up buying a black quartz Ford Motorsport watch out of their catalog for about $40. Honestly, it was geeky but probably a better watch.
In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :
Nice. Come to think of it, I might have gotten my Swatch at Macy’s. By 1984 I had already been working at the bike shop for a few years. I’m guessing I treated myself.
I see some NOS ones out there. Maybe one day.
And is my college Swatch. (Sense a theme?)
It’s seen things. I bought a strap for a it, but a new battery didn’t get it going. 
David S. Wallens said:This is the Swatch that I had BITD. It’s from 1984. I just stole this photo from eBay.
Ha, I saw that listing, too.
It’s sold out, but I saw another one in good condition out there. Something to think about while heading off to sleep....
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