Hello Barry, I want to thank you for the tip on this Tissot Watch. I realize I misidentified you when talking about it on the Blindhandyman show we recorded in Houston.
I too really am coming to like this watch, I didn't get it at quite as good a price as you but nevertheless a fine piece of equipment. I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to inform me of it. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Levine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 3:00 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Source for Braille watch (with alarm) > > 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 > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.2/442 - Release Date: 8/09/2006 > >
