Thank you for the reply!
I think, by 'gens' you mean genuine. These are not (which is the problem). I have been, basically, tossing them as they have failed over the years (actually not all that many, maybe 10). Seems a shame. I pick them up as I travel about (in Vietnam, and Cambodia, they are selling them cheaper than in China!). I sent one off to a guy in South Carolina who said he fixed them - never saw the watch again <sigh>.