What with the all the weird timings and procedures and being all over the place with school at the moment due to Covid measures, I've really needed to be wearing a watch.
I recently found my Swatch watch which I believe I was bought when I was about 10 or 11- I'd wanted one really badly as a child and one year, my Mum agreed to buy me one for my birthday. We went to the Swatch store on Oxford Street. I'd really wanted this Parrot one I saw someone had but they didn't have it. I liked this one however with its cats chasing dogs chasing cats chasing dogs and the MEOW strap!
I took it to the local jeweller's on Saturday and asked if it was possible to have a new battery in it, explaining I hadn't probably used it for at least 20 years.
He came out a few minutes later, having cleaned some corrosion around the batteries, he put a battery in and it seemed to work!
It's been really nice to use it again- so easy to put it on with its stretchy strap and a few 'children of the 80's' have looked delightedly at it!