I have immersed braille watches from time-to-time, opened the lids and turned them down side up to drain and you often do get away with it but not always. I suppose a lot depends on what the water brings in with it, sand, dirt, fishes, crabs.
----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Fowle To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 3:00 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] watches Jennifer, I've worn braille watches while sailing and got them briefly splashed, they survived O.K. but I wouldn't bet on it. I'm pretty sure that actual emersion would be fatal. It's just not possible to properly seal the lid. tom Fowle On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 11:10:35AM -0600, Jennifer Jackson wrote: > How do the braille watches do with getting wet? My thought is that once dried out everything should go back to working fine, but I do not know. > > > Can you still buy the old wind up alarm clocks with Braille? I have not come across one, but I have not been searching for one either. It seems like such a practical thing to have. > > > Jennifer > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: jim > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 11:08 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] watches > > > > hi Jennifer > i too love the talking watches but i do wood work and love to fish allot so i am killing them constantly. > i got an old Braille watch from ebay and it has been working good for 2 years now. > and i like it because it is quiet. > but on the other hand the talking ones have the date and account down or up timer. > > as for your question on why they say the time is, well there made by sighted persons that think they are a novelty item and don't care how they really get used. > > Jim > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
