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[woodelf]

Before I start to trawl through Amazon, Argos et al, does anyone know if windy-up ladies' (lady's') wristwatches are still out there or are they all battery?...the cheaper the better and I hope I haven't used a misplaced apostrophe! Ta Muchly and Keep Well.

[rowanwitch]

My sister bought me a kinetic watch, everyday wrist movements keep it wound rather than a separate winder. Can't be overwound they say but that is so men can get them too.
She bought it from the Jewellery channel. It's silver but I would think they do normal ones.

[woodelf]

Ta for that Rowan, but I think I'll wait a bit longer...hope you've still got the birds out there!

[rowanwitch]

Just the usual suspects today apart from a hobby which has been around a few days now.

[wolf63]

rowan has a bird in a cage too, woodelf. I think that is one of the chatty ones.

[woodelf]

Lucky for you with the Hobby!

[gingejbee]

Mechanical watches (ie not quartz and therefore not battery) tend to be "automatic" now...they have a self-winding mechanism, worked by the movement of your wrist. And you'll find that if low cost is important, quartz (battery) watches will be cheaper.
Personally, I'd be suspicious of any inexpensive mechanical watch!

[rowanwitch]

Nah, the canary is one of the Sing y ones

[sanmac]

Woodelf, I completely agree with gingejbee. There is absolutely no sense in buying a cheap mechanical watch; buy yourself a quartz watch. Rownwitch, it's sort of a myth that a mechanical watch, or clock, will not work because it's "over wound". The spring which is wound up provides the power to the mechanism, and if the clock/watch doesn't run there is something amiss amongst all those moving parts within the mechanism.

[Jackdaw33]

Forgive me for asking, sanmac, but you're not Stewey, are you? He's from Ontario and into clocks.

[sanmac]

JD, I also live in Ontario and am interested in timepieces. I'm also a member of the National Association Of Watch And Clock Collectors. There is a chapter of this organization in Toronto, and it's quite possible that I have met this "Stewey".

[Jackdaw33]

He used to talk about going over the fields to the pub for his 'wobbly pops'.

[sanmac]

Well, JD, I certainly hope that after going home from the pub he didn't decide to sit at his work-bench and dismantle an 8-day time/strike/chime clock movement. Each of those three large springs in the clock have enough power to render major damage to unwary, and drunken, fingers!...Anyway, goodnight as my favourite TV programme is coming on shortly...Columbo.

[woodelf]

Many Thanks for that useful info Ginge - I'll leave the other two to talk about their "movements"!...wonder if one of them is Jackson Lamb in disguise, an expert on movements to be sure!

[Tilly2]

Wood Elf, perhaps you could look at solar powered watches. I have two Citizen solar watches and they are no trouble at all.

Just look up Citizen Eco drive watches.

[Tilly2]

These are at the cheaper end...


https://www.citizenwatch.co.uk/ladies.html?filter_features=Eco-Drive&product_list_order=price

[woodelf]

What happens when the sun don't shine Tilly?...are you in a state of limbo until it does!

[Gill1941]

I agree tilly.
Had solar powered for years now. I keep mine on the windowsill when not wearing and no trouble at all.
Wouldn't have any other now.

[Gill1941]

Doesn't have to be sunny, woodelf. Just light keeps it charged.

[woodelf]

Ta, Gill.

[Tilly2]

Mine keep going through the dark days of winter. Like Gill, I leave mine on the windowsill. Mind you, I rarely take my watch off.
My 'best' one just sits on top of my jewellery box.