i was given a fossil watch as a christmas gift. it started losing time a year after i got it, i replaced the battery and it still lost time. i replaced it again and stopped wearing it... it kept time for almost a year. i put the watch back on last night and it lost 20 minutes in a 12 hour period. i can't seem to find an explanation as to why it only loses time when i wear it. i do not know if any other watches will do this on me.. i have not tried.
2006-08-16 04:11:24 · 8 answers · asked by nomad 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
many possible explanations:
1) poorly made watch
2) you wear synthetic clothes (static electricity)
3) you go into a time distortion each time you walk out the door.
4) you work right next to a high voltage line or less than 5 meters away from a cellphone relay station (electromagnetic field)
5) you're getting mad
out of the 5 I just mentioned 1 is completely absurd. Which one?
of course, there are many more possible explanations.
2006-08-16 04:17:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it has anything to do with where you live as some others have suggested. If it did then it would always lose time, not just when you wear it. Maybe you have an abundance of some metalic element in your blood system that is causing this. I really have no idea - quite interesting if you ask me.
2006-08-16 11:27:11 · answer #2 · answered by BeC 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely the watch gets warm when you wear it and the time keeping mechanism changes. This happens with all watches, except yours is an extreme case and needs to be fixed.
2006-08-16 12:05:50 · answer #3 · answered by rscanner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh dear, this sounds like a typical example of murphy's law. If something can go wrong, it will, and most likely on the day after the manufacturers one-year guarantee expires.
2006-08-16 11:40:11 · answer #4 · answered by waif 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a bad watch..
Tape a little photo of your avatar on the back of your watch..
If your watch is a male, it will run faster...
2006-08-16 11:20:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
maybe you live near some magnetic field, or got metal in your head. bring it to a repair shop!
2006-08-16 11:17:54 · answer #6 · answered by towelboy70 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Awesome picture!
2006-08-16 11:16:51 · answer #7 · answered by Who's Barry Badarnath? 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋