Oops.

[cjsmith]

Broken Watch

This was not what I wanted to see this morning when I went to get a cup of tea. It was fine when I put it on after my shower!

You know what this means, right? It means I have to go to... (cue ominous music)... THE MALL. That's where the repair shop is.

Comments

[dizzdvl.livejournal.com]

But will they repair it? If it's a Movado won't they ship it off to them?

That's one reason I quit wearing a watch. My stupid Swiss watch needed a battery and it was such a pain getting it changed.

(Nice watch btw!)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

It's a Movado-only authorized sales and repair shop. I wouldn't set foot in the mall for any less desperate reason!

(PS: thanks! I visited that thing in the store for over a year before I finally took the plunge and bought it. I love it.)

Oddly, it's still keeping time just fine.

[dizzdvl.livejournal.com]

It's nifty spiff. I sold Movados for awhile and I love the style, but I am a doof and I need my numbers or at least ticks to read it.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I loved the sleek no-ticks design of this one, but yeah, it takes some getting used to, doesn't it? I sure hope the face can be replaced.

[wooddragon.livejournal.com]

What in the HELL did you do to your beautiful watch???

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Um... wore it? Seriously, I don't remember so much as tapping my wrist against anything, nor any sudden temperature changes. It's very odd.

[tiger-spot.livejournal.com]

Eek!

(This is why I buy cheap watches. None of this pesky fixing business. Yours is pretty, though.)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yep, for years I had cheap watches, until I foolishly, romantically, and irresponsibly fell in love with this one. OH WELL!! :-) I've worn it without mishap for years now, probably more than ten of them, so I don't feel too terribly awful about having to do an errand after all this time.

[shoutingboy.livejournal.com]

If you have Friday off from work, you can just go to the mall then.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA you are a funny guy!!

[shoutingboy.livejournal.com]

I am indeed given to quiet irony.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Tell ya what. If you'll give me a piggyback ride... ;-)

[shoutingboy.livejournal.com]

Heck, I'll do that any time you like!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Then we'd make a perfect mall-going team! You provide the feet, and I provide the shopaholism! ;-)

[layer.livejournal.com]

the battery in mine died on my last day of work at palm (my previous one died the day after my checkride, they're funny like that). i love the watch but replacing batteries is such a pain i tend to just stop wearing one until i eventually buy a new one.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Replacing batteries in waterproof ones is especially annoying, because a basic place like Long's won't get the pressure seal right. It needs a real watch shop.

When I bought this watch I really didn't consider the future errands. That's unlike me. I'm the kind of person who refuses to buy dry-clean-only clothing and who for years wouldn't cut my hair because I would then have to keep cutting it over and over again.

Oh, really? Hm.

[allanh.livejournal.com]

Which mall has the watch repair shop? Valley Fair? What's left of Valco? (IS anything left of Valco? I haven't been over there in years.)

I have become totally mall-o-phobic over the past few years. If I can't buy it in a single store or over the internet, I won't buy it at all.

If I'm going to a mall with a Sears or Target ... I go into the Sears or Target, and leave without going into the mall.

I'm fine with large numbers of people - I have no problem walking through downtown Chicago or San Francisco during Rush Hour - but I find the majority of people at the mall ... well, annoying.

Of course, I'm the type of geek who doesn't go shopping until something highly specific is needed.

Re: Oh, really? Hm.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Valley Fair.

As you might imagine, I'm mall-phobic too. Heck, I was mall-phobic when I could walk that kind of distance. People in malls move slowly and erratically and are never looking where they're going. If I have someplace I want to be, and I'm making a good faith effort to get there, the vast mass of human speed bumps can really tip me over the edge.

Re: Oh, really? Hm.

[allanh.livejournal.com]

I have this vision of you and I stalking the halls of Valley Fair; you on your scooter, and me standing shotgun with a marshmallow shooting rifle.