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RED LED MEN'S FASHION WATCH
Luxury Men's Fashion LED Digital Wristwatch, retail $8.99
Manufactured by (Unknown)
Last updated 10-10-21
I've only reviewed approx. a dozen LED wristwatches prior to this, so please bear with me here.
You might remember LED wristwatches from the 1970s, heck, you might still have one.
The Luxury Men's Fashion LED Digital Wristwatch (hereinafter, probably called simply an, "LED watch" or an, "LED wristwatch") is an LED watch that features a large display comprised of seven-segment LED "readouts".
It is CONSIDERABLY brighter than other LED watches that I've seen over the last 20 or so years.
It can display the time & date like other digital watches, it also displays seconds if you require that feature, and it has a plastic band.
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The LED wristwatch comes ready to use right out of the bag. You may need to set the time & date - but is otherwise ready to go right away.
To read the time, press & release the button on the the upper right of the watch's face. The time will be displayed for three seconds, and then the LEDs will automatically extinguish.
To read the date, press & release the button on the the upper right of the watch's face twice in fairly quick succession. The date will be displayed for 3 seconds, and then the LEDs will automatically extinguish.
To read the seconds, press & release the button on the the upper right of the watch's face. The seconds will be displayed for 3 seconds, and then the LEDs will automatically extinguish.
I'm uncertain as to exactly HOW to change the battery yet; please stay tuned to this Bat Channel.
I got as far as removing the back and removing the watch module, but the "secret" to removing the battery still eludes me.
Because this is a watch and not a flashlight, I won't try to flush it down the poddy, stomp on it with old or used golf shoes, viciously throw it into one of those wall-mounted porcelain uranators to see if it becomes broken (the uranator, not the wristwatch), smack it against a steel rod, run over it with my Quickie motorised wheelchair, or perform other potentially destructive tests on it that might be performed on a flashlight.
This watch is supposed to be waterproof, but it's not.
See the video below to see the watch flunking The Toliet Test.
These comprise the three main parts of the watch (the bezel & band assembly, the watch module itself, and the back), drying out after that travesty of a Toliet Test.
No environmental protection (such gaskets or O-rings) are present between the case and the back.
As a wristwatch, I think it's quite nice. And to see real live LEDs in it, that's even better. I love LEDs and things made with them, and this watch is no exception.
This wristwatch uses PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) of its LED display to help prolong the life of its battery.
That is to say, the segments of its display are rapidly turned on and off; the speed at which this occurs is high enough though that the display appears to be lit continuously to the human eye.
The display is actually considerably brighter than expected; you may very well get away with successfully reading this watch outdoors even if others aren't very bright; if you work outdoors and prefer LED wristwatches to analogue or LCD watches, this may indeed just what the doctor ordered!!!
Photograph of the wristwatch in its natural habitat -- on my wrist of course.
Spectrographic analysis of the LEDs in this watch.
Spectrographic analysis of the LEDs in this watch; spectrometer's response narrowed to a band between 605nm and 625nm to pinpoint peak wavelength, which is 627.010nm.
The raw spectrometer data (tab-delimited that can be loaded into Excel) is at 899red2.txt
Brief video showing the Luxury Men's Fashion LED Digital Wristwatch FLUNKING The Toliet Test.
Not only did the watch cease functioning when I removed it from the cistern after flushing, when I removed the back after the test was complete, there was water everywhere -- and I do mean EVERYWHERE!!! :-(
TEST NOTES:
Test unit was purchased on Ebay on 10-01-21; and was received on the early-afternoon of 10-04-21.
UPDATE: 10-07-21
This watch has been horrendously slow (losing about 30 seconds an hour!!!) following that EPIC FAIL of a Toliet Test.
So I'm going to disassemble it again and let it alone for a couple of days before I reassemble and attempt to use it again.
UPDATE: 10-09-21
After just a day and a half of sitting with the back off, the watch has turned from being horribly slow to WAAAAAAAYYYYY too fast!!!
The time shown on my computer was 9:07pm while the time displayed by the watch was 9:38pm!!!
UPDATE: 10-10-21
Guess what?
It's running slow again...it's now eight minutes behind what it was approx. 12 hours ago.
PROS:
Brighter-than-expected display
The price is most definitely RIGHT!
NEUTRAL:
CONS:
Not even SLIGHTLY water-resistance
MANUFACTURER: Unknown
PRODUCT TYPE: Inexpensive wristwatch w/ red LED display
LAMP TYPE: LED
No. OF LAMPS: 26
BEAM TYPE: N/A
REFLECTOR TYPE: N/A
SWITCH TYPE: Pushbutton momentary switches around the watch's bezel
CASE MATERIAL: Plastic
BEZEL: Plastic and metal, rubber watchband; LEDs protected by tinted plastic window
BATTERY: 1x CR2032 lithium coin cell
CURRENT CONSUMPTION: Unknown/unable to measure
WATER- AND URANATION-RESISTANT: No
SUBMERSIBLE: ¡¡¡LA GRAN CALABAZA CAGANDO GRANDE GORDO EN PORCHE DE ALGÚN POBRE CABRÓN LUZ, NO!!!
ACCESSORIES: Battery
SIZE: 39.3mm T x 40.9mm W x 12.8mm D (not incl. band)
WEIGHT: 63.0 (2.22 oz.) incl. battery
COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE: Unknown; though probably China
WARRANTY: Unknown/not stated
PRODUCT RATING:
Luxury Men's Fashion LED Digital Wristwatch *
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These comprise the three main parts of the watch (the bezel & band assembly, the watch module itself, and the back), drying out after that travesty of a Toliet Test.
I love LEDs and things made with them, and this watch is no exception.
