The clock in my workshop is the watch (Casio) that I had as a student... bought when I was 22 and I'm 43 now... that battery has been going 20 years... chrisc > -----Original Message----- > From: modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Clif Walker > Sent: 17 September 2009 09:39 > To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [modeleng] Is this a record? > > HI All, > As it's a bit quite at the moment, a bid for a record. > > Somewhere about 15 years ago I won a small Transistor Radio in a > competition. It was the type where it has one battery for the Radio > Section and another watch type battery for a small digital clock. > > The upshot is that after initial use the radio got relegated and then > never used and the 9 volt radio battery removed to stop corrosion. > > The other day when looking for something else in the workshop, the radio > surfaced. To my amazement the clock was still going. The digital figures > are getting a bit feint but the time was still correct. > > So the watch battery must have been going for at least 15 years. > > Is this a record or can somebody beat it? > > Regards > > Clif > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachment, is confidential. If you have received it in error, do not use or disclose the information in any way, notify me immediately, and please delete it from your system. ________________________________________________________________________ MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.