Caveman's Watch Forum
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Registered: April 2005 Posts: A truckload |
- Timex Indiglo Digital Alarm model 834 H7
Most needed new batteries, the bracelet models had links to install,
and a few required minor repairs. I uncased the movements and cleaned
the dial/crystal on several. Before you take me to task for spending so
long changing a few batteries, check the before photo HERE.
One nice touch..
Looks great, feels great to the fingers, and is a joy to use. All functions are set via the crown, not a pushbutton in sight! Another nice touch..
I wish more manufacturers would do this...
model T3C197 Flyback Chronograph. 
It holds its own quite well, I think.
-signed strap which, while of OK quality and having plenty of life left was, of course, way too short for my wrist. 
However, a narrow strap on a hooded-lug watch is not a look I'm fond of. Indeed, I do my best to avoid it. Will go to great lengths to avoid it, in fact.
roots of 
But I'm talking very
close, and I actually wore the watch for a couple of hours to see if I
could hang with it. But no. While it didn't impede the circulation of
blood to me hand - not quite - it did, shall we say, "leave an
impression". 
Too tight.
Considered putting it back on nylon. But I am not one to give up
easily, and I wondered if swapping on a longer clasp shell might not do
the trick. Something of a long shot, but it's that close.
Long story short, the fates were smiling on me! I found a shell that was
the proper width and, more to the point, a full 4.5mm longer. Careful
measurement told me that, due to the location of the springbar holes, I
would actually gain only 1.5mm. But I'm pretty handy with a drill-press,
too. 
So I tracked down my trusty #60 drill bit, popped in a couple of holes, and..
It works! 
Anyway the fit is now spot-on perfect, so I pronounce the operation a success!
