gjlelec wrote:I've never attempted to (nor probably ever will) pull apart a Synchronar but it has batteries, timescreen, reed switches, bracelet, quartz oscillator- all parts that could be replaced with non original components- its not 99.5% original then.
Timescreen(external) is part of case...good luck on molding a new one. Internal(LEDS) - most people can't even fix the bone dry ones that are easy to get to..and you think .001 diamter wires can be fixed thru a bed of snot!?
Reed switches and quartz - replaceable, but they are only comprise about .2% of the total electrical components...an IC is only a minuturization of known components...this particular one(which can not be taken off the board) contains a few thousand discrete componenets. My percentage still is close to reality.
Bracelet - has to be an exact fix,width and thickness, since it holds the module in....good luck on that one.
Finally, you are talking
theoretically it wouldn't be 99.5% original - however, since nobody claims to have done ANYTHING other than change batteries on a Synchronar, post-factory,, this is little more than speculation.