Pool noodle watch holder

[mklotz]

My watch has no battery. Instead it recharges using a solar cell incorporated into the dial.

During our bitter winter here in LA we often wear long-sleeved sweaters and jackets. These prevent the watch from seeing the sun so occasionally I have to put the watch out on the patio table to soak up a few rays. This means holding it so that it faces up into the sky with its face perpendicular to the incident light. Doing thus reduces the recharge time.

I discovered that, by happy coincidence, a pool noodle has almost the same circumference as my wrist. Two bamboo skewers hold the watch and noodle at the correct angle so the solar cell sees incident light.

[Toolmaker51]

"bitter winter" lol. I was there just weeks ago at 32° and the whole shop acted like we'd moved to Antarctica.
Meanwhile, we're somewhat better at bitter, and winter has barely started.
just 6 days ago
today. So cold even the opossums are playing

[bruce.desertrat]

That photo makes it look disturbingly flesh-like...but it's a neat idea!

[DIYer]

Thanks mklotz! We've added your Watch Holder to our Miscellaneous category,
as well as to your builder page: mklotz's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Watch Holder by mklotz

tags: holder, solar

[mklotz]

Things are different in California...

"cold" means air temperatures below skin temperature

"formal dress" means no cuss words on your T-shirt

"clean air" means air you can no longer taste

There are four seasons...

almost summer
summer
still summer
gonna be summer soon

[wizard69]

During our bitter winter here in LA we often wear long-sleeved sweaters …

Me smells a rat here or a joker giving us that really have a bitter winter a play. Any pool noodle around here would never sink right now because the water is a bit hard on top of the lakes. That is bitter cold.