[access-uk] Re: TISSOT WATCH QUERY
- From: "Sunil" <bosley20@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 10:33:31 +0100
Ribbed are better than stawberry and lime btw
----- Original Message -----
From: "Catherine Turner" <catherineturner2000@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 10:31 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: TISSOT WATCH QUERY
> Oh well, thanks for the tip - I'll give that a go. New use for the
> condoms!
>
> Catherine
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
>> Of Mark Threadgold
>> Sent: 31 March 2005 10:14
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TISSOT WATCH QUERY
>>
>>
>> Catherine,
>>
>> I am one of the scuba diving nuts ian spoke of.
>>
>> The only way I have found to do underwater timing is to put a watch with
>> stopwatch into a condom and tie it up. Then drop that into
>> another one and
>> tie that up. It works for me diving. Tip is to unroll the
>> condom and wash
>> it in soapy water and then dry them off before putting the watch inside.
>> This stops it slipping about and allows you to get to the buttons to
>> press
>> them.
>>
>> I use a watch the rnib have recently started selling again which
>> has a large
>> button on the face of the watch for announcing the time. This also
>> announces the stopwatch time when in that mode and makes it far easier to
>> use when wrapped up in this way, even with gloves on.
>>
>> I agree, it is not the poshest method of achieving your aim, but
>> as I said,
>> it works for me for scuba use.
>> hth,
>>
>> Mark Threadgold
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
>> Of
>> Ian Macrae
>> Sent: 31 March 2005 09:16
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TISSOT WATCH QUERY
>>
>>
>> Hi Catherine,
>> From everything I know, I'm afraid that the search for a
>> waterproof talking
>> watch is our equivalent of the search for the holy grail. It may be
>> that
>> some people who've been involved in SCUBA activity have come up with a
>> solution, and I think there are some of those on this list.
>>
>> Cheers now.
>>
>> Ian
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of
>> Catherine Turner
>> Sent: 30 March 2005 17:44
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TISSOT WATCH QUERY
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks for the links.
>>
>> It looks interesting, but at the moment (and I think I'd have to think
>> carefully about it at any time) I can't justify £242 on a watch.
>>
>> Now, coming back to Ian's original question of whether anyone had been
>> swimming while wearing one...what I really am looking for is a means of
>> timing my own swimming. I thought about having my Nokia
>> Communicator at the
>> end of the lane and using a stopwatch on it but a) it doesn't have a
>> stopwatch, although I could probably find one for it, but b) it's far too
>> precious to me to leave it at the side of a pool where it could
>> get stolen,
>> trodden on or drowned. From looking at it the Tissot wouldn't actually
>> be
>> able to do it either since it doesn't mention a second hand. Has
>> anyone got
>> any ideas how I could do it?
>>
>> Ideally I would like to wear a watch rather than put a clock at the end,
>> because I need as an accurate timing as possible and it would lose time
>> me
>> finding the clock to stop it.
>>
>> None of the talking watches on the RNIB site mention being water
>> resistant
>> but then again neither does the Tissot (oh how efficient, RNIB) so I
>> might
>> e-mail and ask them but just wondered if anyone had any thoughts...
>>
>> Catherine
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
>> Of
>> Sunil
>> Sent: 30 March 2005 16:32
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TISSOT WATCH QUERY
>>
>>
>> Try the links below for info and to the watch itself in the RNIB shop
>>
>> http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsit
>> e/public_w
>> el1004watch.hcsp
>>
>> http://onlineshop.rnib.org.uk/display_item.asp?n=11&c=5&sc=16&id=2
>> 488&it=1&l
>> =3&d=0
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Catherine Turner
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 3:19 PM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TISSOT WATCH QUERY
>>
>>
>> Hi Ian,
>>
>> I get page not found when I go to that link. I searched RNIB for
>> tissot and
>> find nothing...it's not in the vibrating watches section of the RNIB
>> site...do you know which section of the RNIB site it's in?
>>
>> Catherine
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
>> Of
>> Ian Macrae
>> Sent: 30 March 2005 14:32
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TISSOT WATCH QUERY
>>
>>
>> Hi Catherine,
>>
>> As George indicated, it's available from RNIB. You can find out more by
>> going to
>>
>> www.bbc.co.uk/rad.../intouch_factsheet_20041019.shtml
>>
>> Hope that's helpful.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of
>> Catherine Turner
>> Sent: 30 March 2005 13:59
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TISSOT WATCH QUERY
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Sorry I can't answer your question but just wondered who sells this
>> watch?
>>
>> Catherine
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
>> Of
>> Ian Macrae
>> Sent: 29 March 2005 16:26
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] TISSOT WATCH QUERY
>>
>>
>> I'm aware that the Tissot vibrating watch is said to be water
>> resistant to a
>> depth of three hundred metres. But I wondered whether anyone had
>> actually
>> been swimming while wearing one.
>>
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