Watch out

My mom gave me this watch when I left for Singapore four five years ago. It is a very cheap Tissot. I love it because it is not yellow (I am really not into yellow jewelry thankyouverymuch) but also because my mother bought it in the airport as she was leaving for a business trip and she spent all her per diem (for the entire trip) to buy it.


Five years later and the watch ran out of battery. Being the good girl that I am, I decided to go the official Customer Office on Orchard Road, in the heart of the city, to change the battery. After waiting for a total of 1h:20 mins (40 mins in queue and 40 mins to get a specialist to look at it), the people there showed me the battery and said, "Sorry m'am, your battery has leaked, here's the proof [show battery - no signs of leakage] it's gonna cost you 190 dollars to get all the parts replaced". I swear I was willing to pay 190 dollars (95 euros) for it. But then she said: "it's gonna take 3 months to get it back." And then I ask why.

And then she says because we have to get the parts from the home office, and the home office caters for many shops, 100 SHOPS! and they don't have time for us. And the watch has scratches (do you wear it everyday?!) Plus, it's water resistance has spoiled! [my watch is water resistant to 30 meters, which actually means that if i cry and wipe my tears with my left wrist then that is it] And these are the parts that need changing [and shows me the scribble from the specialist]: dial, smth, smth, hend. The dial?! The hend?! (I suppose the hand?) ?

190 dollars I can take. 3 months I can't take, not with these really really stupid explanations. And typos!

So I took the watch and went to Clementi, where I changed the battery for 6 dollars. The uncle there didn't say anything about a leak, and even if he did I would not have understood him. Ha!