Bryan,

  Any real jeweler of watchmaker should be able to fix it but failing that, get a Dr. Beat.

S

Bryan,

As Stephen suggests, a jeweler should be able to repair.  I dropped mine a few years ago and broke the spring (or something) inside.  My local jewelry shop was able to fix it.  By the way, I have a "Dr. Beat" also.  It is a cool metronome, but it does not replace the tempo watch.

 

Bruce

Hi Bryan,

 

I have one also and I thought mine was broken a few years ago. Every now and then you have to turn the button at the top about half a turn, clockwise several times to put tension back in the spring (like winding up an old wrist watch.)

 

That should fix it!

 

Dennis Malfatti

University of Evansville

Dennis - 

 

Thank you!  That did the trick!

I don't know about today's version of the Tempowatch, but when Cecil Effinger invented it, he simply took a commercial stopwatch and recalibrated the dial.  That is why any jeweler should be able to repair it.  Under the dial it is like any other stopwatch.

Since there are tons of $25 electronic metronomes out there that allow you to find a tempo by tapping, why would one want to have a super-expensive Tempo Watch? I have wondered this for a long time now.

 

Bill Paisner

The reason a tempowatch is desirable over a tap-screen application or such is that the tap screen itself is a faulty interface.  The response time of when you tap the screen and when it is detected is not reliable. Therefore you are guessing within a range of tempi regardless of how accurate you are in tapping. I think those apps are toys compared to a tempowatch which is truly accurate if used properly.  When I have 150 people in front of me in the heat of rehearsing and I wish to check a tempo I don't want a toy.  I want a professional tool that is reliable and precise.