Meir & Co
I completely forgot to mention this in my latest set of weeknotes, but last week I bought this watch repair kit from Amazon (NOT an affiliate link):
EasyTime Watch Repair Kit (Amazon)
I have two watches that both died recently - I replaced their batteries at around the same time, so I'm not surprised they both stopped ticking. So that was the primary reason for getting this repair kit. Why pay a premium for a jewellery shop to pop the back off the watch and buy a battery at a higher price on top of that? I don't plan on doing more complicated watch repairs, but you never know.
The other reason was for my refurbishing of the watch I bought at the end of December from a thrift/antique store. I didn't notice it when I picked out the watch but the glass is very scratched. Otherwise it's in great condition. The strap is nothing special - a replacement Timex band.
So there are two stages to this refurb job: Replacing the strap, and replacing the glass. The former is easy, but the latter I will have to bring to a repair shop. But Saturday night I went ahead and replaced the strap with an olive-coloured nylon strap I had after replacing a strap on another watch a couple of years ago for my wedding.
The strap itself is a little large for the watch, but it still looks good in my opinion. It just made it slightly challenging to get the pins in place.
Here is the result!
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