my wife

[mnko]

Hi My wife has an alergy to nickel, she cant wear watches that have a metal back unless its sterling silver or gold. she like cuff watches but i cant find any anywhere. also the same alergy effects belts she wears. does anyone know of any shops/websites that sell nickel free watches and belts?
TIA

[MrBen5]

Hmmm, i hear pinkfizz has a belt she doesnt want, and its brand new.
I remember a girl at work with a similar problem to this mnko, when she comes back next week, i will ask her where she shops. I know there was a shop in manchester that she always went to for these items, but havent got a clue what or where it is...

[B00]

My mum has this problem....and solved it by wearing leather strapped watches and putting clear nail varnish on the back of the actual watch face.

[andy-hughes]

Most Swatch watches have plastic cases, and i am almost certain they contain no nickel, so that would solve the watch problem.

[crete]

i also have a nickel alergy, but enough of that . how are you mnko ?

[joby1]

http://www.allergymatters.com/acatalog/Ladies_ Watches.html

[badgerchops]

Me too. i have this and its a pain in the @rse cos everything has nickel in it ! Back of jeans studs, watches, wire in some bras. pain pain pain

Anyway i also have a cuff watch already. the trick is basically to just go into a jewellers and be a pain and get them to let you look at every one of them. thats what i did. As they are cuff watches the leather strap is underneath the nickel part of the stainless steel watch. Some of them have the catch/clasp exposed which would be an itchy no-no for her. But find one where the leather goes under the clasp aswell and so it doesnt touch the skin. mine doesnt touch the skin so thats cool. mine is a fossil make

thanks

[muppeteer]

dont know about belts, but as andy-hughes says the swatch skin is made of all plastic.

[philandlil]

I have the same problem, I used to stick a round plaster on the back of the face of them. This Oasis watch at argos has a strap that goes behind the face.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumb er/2773380/Trail/C%24cip%3D42649.Jewellery%2Ba nd%2Bwatches%3EC%24cip%3D42738.Ladies%26%2339% 3B%2Bwatches%3EC%24Brand%3DOasis.Oasis.htm