ladysprite: (steampunk)
ladysprite ([personal profile] ladysprite) wrote2014-04-27 04:53 pm

Solutions

Problem:
My watch broke. In particular, the crystal on the face shattered somehow overnight while it was sitting peacefully in my jewelry box. (Admittedly, said watch is over ten years old.) And I need a watch for work, so I need to replace it before 9am tomorrow.

Complication:
My new watch needs to be sturdy enough to withstand repeated hand-washing and being gnawed on by patients, impervious to blood and pet hair, and not particularly expensive (because it will be subjected to gnawing and bodily fluids).

Further complications:
Because I have tiny little bony doll wrists, NONE of the watches available at most stores fit me. Stretchy-band watches fall off my hands. Clasped watches need multiple links removed, which they apparently can't do at the store. (And leather/synthetic/etc bands are right out; they either stay wet or hold water against my wrist and feel gross.) Also, I need something with a small face, to avoid looking like Flavor Flav. None of these features are available for less than $100.

Solution:
Lego Store. In particular, the Lego Star Wars Yoda watch. It's washable, it's small, it's adjustable, and it cost about half as much as anything else I could find.

Of course, then I walked past the mall kiosk that told me they could fix my broken crystal in half an hour, for about $30.... so once I finally get another chance to get that taken care of, I'll just have to hand the Yoda watch on to someone else. But still, it amuses me that the only way I can find a work-appropriate watch is to go to a toy store....

[identity profile] starcat-jewel.livejournal.com 2014-04-27 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
There's no rule that says you're only allowed one watch. Keep the Star Wars watch for work (and cons!), and use the other one for more formal occasions.

[identity profile] ladysprite.livejournal.com 2014-04-28 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
The watch I'm fixing isn't a "formal" one; for formal occasions I tend not to wear a watch. I just *like* it. And, while the Yoda watch is cute and funny, I don't feel the need to keep it once I have my real watch back....

[identity profile] deguspice.livejournal.com 2014-04-28 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
Is this what you got?

[identity profile] ladysprite.livejournal.com 2014-04-28 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Yep, that'd be it exactly. :)

[identity profile] deguspice.livejournal.com 2014-04-28 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
That's a cool watch, plus you get the minifig.

Watch it!

[identity profile] whiffert.livejournal.com 2014-04-28 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
You can have my Jar Jar Binks watch ...
(edit) I know you don't do large animals, but this watch would look great thrust up the back end of a cow (just sayin')
Edited 2014-04-28 02:48 (UTC)

[identity profile] serakit.livejournal.com 2014-04-28 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
My answer to this sort of problem is going to be to acquire one of the necklace-watches they sell at cons, but I imagine you don't want anything around your neck while you're dealing with large patients.

[identity profile] ladysprite.livejournal.com 2014-04-28 11:41 am (UTC)(link)
I have a watch pendant, but it's not feasible for work - less a matter of not wanting something around my neck and more a matter of ergonomics - I need to be able to look at the second-hand to time pulses and respiration while using both hands to hold an animal.

Also, it's hard to unobtrusively check a necklace to see if an appointment is running over... :)