Hi Phil,
My, you ARE a very enterprising fellow, with the watch tinkering, eh? I like to do the same, although probably/obviously not to the great extent, that you do...polishing lenses, cleaning contacts, etc., yes, certainly...but, usually, whenever I've tried to do something like replacing a pushbutton, etc., I just usually mess things up, to where they're even worse than before
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Anyway, as to these Benrus "Galaxy" watches, I've had quite a few of these, and I really have a fondness for them...in fact, I've still got FOUR of them in my collection, and all four of them still retain their original bracelets, etc. However, not quite ALL is well, with ANY them:
1) One, works and keeps really good time, BUT, it has one single missing segment...just one...in the very last digit, which is somewhat annoying, but least it's still quite useable and wearable, and looks great!
2) Then, another one also works, but it runs a bit fast. I haven't gotten around to timing it in a while, but, I'd say maybe about a half-minute, per day? A few months ago I sent it off to a friend to see if he could adjust it, but, he had no such luck. Still, I guess it could still be worn okay, and just readjust the time, every few days...?
3) The third one does work, too, but has a rather annoying issue...whenever you enter the setting modes to try and set it, the darned thing then won't let you EXIT the setting modes, once you're done, and I have yet to figure out why that is.
4) As for the fourth watch, well, it doesn't work at all, PLUS, some previous owner managed to crack and break the lens, exactly in the middle, so that it's now in two pieces, AND has a small chip on one edge, as well. The broken lens was obviously caused by someone trying to press the caseback onto the watch case, without the use of a really large, concave die on their watch press, so as to not put any pressure on the lens itself. Ahh, well..
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Well, anyway, that's about it, for now, but I wanted to reply to your latest post, and let you know that I DID look at all of your pictures and read your post, and I can tell that you really have a fondness for your Benrus, just as I do, for the darned quirky things...LOL.
Cheers,
Charles