Watches never work when I wear them?

Are they battery operated or automatic watches?

Were they cheap watches? Were they new? Were they all the same kind? Did they all fail around the same time? Were they battery-powered, or spring-driven? Waterproof?

Do you sweat a lot? Do you tend to scuff your wrist on things? How is your cell phone holding up? Do you find yourself discharging static electricity fairly often?

I have a girlfriend who swears her cell phone, computer, and watches die sooner than they should. She is sure her body does something bazaar to batteries.

It is pure coincidence.

I have a b.s. degree in physics.

My sister an I were like this, but it’s usually not as fast as 24 hours and it used to lead to endless discussions about our magic electromagnetic auras.. LOL we were young. I think it has more to do with the quality of watches we were buying, because once I got a decent one as a present, the batteries started lasting years.

You can learn about how batteries work from here: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/battery.htm

1: Buy a new watch or get the batteries replaced in a non-working watch.

2: Wait 24 hours.

3: Observe that the watch still works.

@SuppRatings I have a B.A. in b.s. We tend to assume that the other jellies know what they’re talking about without necessarily alluding to their academic backgrounds.

Thanks for the responses but none are fitting yet. I think the watches were all battery operated. It has nothing to do with the price of the watch as it didn’t matter if they were cheap or expensive. Someone asked about static electricity. Certainly happens to me some but not a lot.

Forget the speculation and buy an old-fashioned wind-up watch. Here

or Here

I own a little gold wind-up watch that I received as a gift in 1956; it is running perfectly.

Uri Geller might be able to help you.

@Nullo I don’t see what is wrong with mentioning a degree? Our doctors let us know they are MD’s.

@JLeslie Oh, nothing wrong with it; it just smacks a bit of Argument From Authority. I encourage people to let their words do the talking. After all, this is the Internet; I could say that I have a j.d. and until my general ignorance of law demonstrated otherwise, you would be none the wiser. Showing your work is a good habit to form.

@Nullo I laughed, agreed, and am quoting you shamelessly in my blog now…