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		derekerdmann 14 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Removable batteries in smartphones will be mandato... I once had a cheap Timex watch die from water ingress after running a track workout during a torrential downpour. At the time I joked that it only failed because we ran farther than the 100m rating

catlikesshrimp 14 days ago [–]

Is there any chance it was counterfeit (Timexx or so)

derekerdmann 14 days ago | [–]

No. Bought in person at a Walmart in like, 2005

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