Dale, I bought a Tissot watch (pronounced Teeso) a couple of years ago, and absolutely love it. It is not a Braille watch, nor a talking watch. It is tactile. Vibrations around the edge of the crystal indicate the time. The crystal doesn't need to hinge or latch, and is sealed.
I have found this watch to be accurate, able to take a hit, and is good-looking... Or, so I'm told. It does have an alarm feature. The alarm is also vibratory... Therefore, silent. It's a great watch, and of much higher quality than we're used to in our talking or Braille watches. It's a Swiss watch. It is, however, pricey... Coming in at approximately $369.00, in U.S. dollars. You can go to the Beyond Sight website to get more information on it. I believe that's where I bought it... But, can't remember at the moment. http://www.beyondsight.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=7 They do send a text CD to explain the operations of the watch. It comes in a beautiful case, as well. --Barry -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 10:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Source for Braille watch (with alarm) I have been cruising the Web looking for a braille watch, preferably with alarm. I had one from the CNIB several years ago which failed early on, a Seiko. While on holiday my watch quit so I bought a new one in Calgary, has a sort of pin type roller to hold the lid shut but it doesn't. Every time I tear off a sheet of paper towel it flips open, every fast movement flips it open and I seem to be swinging my left arm around a lot, certainly a lot more than ever I realized. At the time I bought it I noticed that the lid rattled and I remarked on it, the woman in the Calgary store brought out another which rattled too so I decided it to be a feature rather than a deficiency in design. It may be that there is no longer an alarm watch in braille, certainly CNIB doesn't sell any. A google search delivers several results but they all seem to offer talking watches. This is not really a "fixit" question however there are a couple of hundred blind people on this list which spreads the net fairly wide. Thanks for your indulgence. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
