It Lives!

I'm sure you know that I'm not a running gadget type of guy.  No GPS.  No iPod.  No heart rate monitor.  But, I do use one gadget—my trusty running watch.  Well, many running watches, actually.  I tend to go through them quickly.  I don't know why.  I just do.

I prefer Timex watches.  I've always had the Timex Ironman Triathlon watches—even back when I confused Ironman with Iditarod.  They do what I need them to do, and they look decent enough to use as my everyday watch.

Two weeks ago, the indiglo light died.  When would press the indiglo button, the screen would go completely dark.  I found this ironic.  On Monday, the whole watch died.  I wept.  Uncontrollably.  For days.

Then I took it apart.  While a Timex isn't a Rolex, it isn't cheap.  So, I wanted to see if I could convince some poor schlub to buy my dead watch on eBay replace the battery.  Here's the result:

Hooray!  I did it!  And I didn't lose any of the world's tiniest screws in the process!