Wristwatches

I believe I'm one of only three people left on the plant who still wears a wristwatch regularly. For several years now I've been sporting a rather awesome Tissot T-Touch stainless steel watch. For anybody who is unaware of the T-Touch line (which I expect is most everybody) it's a wristwatch with a built in compas, chronometer, alarm, altimeter, barometer, and thermometer. Why do I need all of that in a watch? Because it's there!

Sadly the butterfly clasp on the band finally broke. As a guy who spends a great deal of time shooting I know the drill when something breaks; find out what broke, find out what part you need, search online for somebody who has the part, and finally have it shipped to your home. I'm learning that wristwatches are nothing like that. Due to the way the band attaches to the physical watch I can't just go to any jewelry store and get a new band (I've already tried that). Even the authorized Tissot dealer in my area couldn't repair it but instead gave me the number of the United States repair center for Tissot. It seems the only place on the planet to get wristwatch parts is from the manufacturers.

So it looks like my only option is to call the repair center and hope to Thor they will simply send me the part I need instead of making me send the watch in. As it sits right now I have no watch and thus am rather confused when somebody asks me what time it is. I wasn't aware of how much I depend on a wristwatch in my daily life until now.