Casio Watch Straps always breaking?

pm606

Roddydogs:
I'm a Mechanical Engineer and I'm currently investigating a similar case of lugs breaking on watches. Just stumbled across this thread accidently

Has this happened to Metal body watches? Also, do you recall ever knocking them on something or scratching the outside of the lug on something a little while before it broke?

I only ask because it only takes a small crack to form from a scratch to eventually break off something like a lug from a watch

Cheers

roddydogs

Update............the watch Argos replaced for me has just broken, yes the "lug" Broke!
Just to make it clear, the case is resin, but looks like metal (post 7) yes i know its only £20 (or £10 on E-bay) but still annoying.

missile

After five broken watches, I think I would be buying a different make. I usually buy swatch watch for everyday use.

Hardly worth the hassle, but the shop is responsible for repair / replacement of any item not fit for purpose. A watch which breaks, under normal use, after six months is IMHO not fit for purpose.

giraffe69

Its not the "spring Bar" that breaks, its the actual "Lug" which the spring bar fits in that breaks, rendering the watch unwearable. Thanks anyway.

Exactly what happened to mine. Only at this point did I realise that the metal looking bit was actually plastic. 3 jewellers said it was not repairable. My next watch was not a Casio.

Squire_Fulwood

I have owned quite a few digital watches over the years. A couple were Casio but not all. Mostly I now go for the radio controlled ones. All of them were discarded for bracelet related issues but not broken lugs. Mine usually last for about five years by which time I don't mind buying a replacement.

And now accounts of a couple of visits to jewellers which was more common when the batteries only lasted about a year.

I arrived at a branch of a well known jeweller to have the battery changed. The watch had a round removable cap screwed into the back. The one assistant present got a woodworkers cabinet screwdriver and proceeded to attack the watch. After a few seconds the assistant did an Alf Ipittitimus (sort of Wehey) and bits went everywhere. He collected the bits and asked me if I had opened it before visiting the shop. I had, and told him so. He said he had asked because there was no battery in it.

I was surprised and told him that is was working when I brought it in and so he started another search. The battery was found on the floor under the counter. A new one was fitted and the watch and I survived.

Another time I took a different watch into another branch of the same jeweller. It was taken into the back room to the woman who knows. The woman came out and said that she had changed the battery and the watch doesn't work. She tried to say it was broke when it came in so she would like to charge me £18 to send it away for a service. I maintained that it was working when I came in. A bit of a stand off.

I told her to put the watch back as it was and we would call it a day. I found a new battery elsewhere and bought it. I opened the watch and discovered that the spring lug which was supposed to make contact with the battery had been bent out of the way. I straightened it, put in the new battery and it worked.

My advice would be to just buy a replacement watch and only go near a jeweller's if you know them and trust them.

roddydogs

missile wrote: »

After five broken watches, I think I would be buying a different make. I usually buy swatch watch for everyday use.

Hardly worth the hassle, but the shop is responsible for repair / replacement of any item not fit for purpose. A watch which breaks, under normal use, after six months is IMHO not fit for purpose.

Yes, but theirs not any other which has the retro good looks, 7 yr battery life, and is as cheap (£20 Argos or £10 E-bay(import).

mikey72

All my casio straps have broken very quickly, and the last watch won't hold the pin in the body anymore. It's not broken as such, but the hole has lost the sharp edge, so the pin slides up and out now.
I don't buy Casio anymore.

roddydogs

mikey72 wrote: »

All my casio straps have broken very quickly, and the last watch won't hold the pin in the body anymore. It's not broken as such, but the hole has lost the sharp edge, so the pin slides up and out now.
I don't buy Casio anymore.

So im not the only one!

darloned

Yet anither casio strap broken after 17 months. Thought i was ok with the 2 year warranty so sent it off. Got a letter saying it would cost me £13.50 for a new strap.(which would be rather stupid as watch is now only £12 from amazon with free delivery!). Point is they told me the 2 year warranty does not cover the strap or case ....the only parts of the watch that fail! So i will stick it in the drawer with the other 5 casios all still working and all with broken straps. Maybe someone from casio could explain what is the point of a 5 year battery with only an 18 month strap!

roddydogs

The point is obviously that they get more sales.