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Was talking with some friends about what the perfect bush watch would be like, and what comes close to it in the current day market.
We came up with:
Digital Compass
Thermometer
Accurate time keeping of course
GPS
Shock proof/ scratch proof
Waterproof
Robust strap
Lights up
preferablly digital (Very debatable However)
The best i've seen are the Suunto and G-Shocks
http://www.suunto.com/suunto/main/index.jsp
http://www.gshock.com/
anybody got any more ideas?
oh of course price contraints!!! is another factor, however after looking at some of the suunto watches, we kinda just began saying "well if i was rich/ had the money" etc.... lol
Bogman10
10-01-2009, 03:03
I don't have all the bells and whistles, but Solar G-shock MT-G is great for all l my fishing ,hunting, hiking, Bush whacking needs! Tough as nails ( like my wife's Steak....please don't tell her I said that! )
Squidders
10-01-2009, 10:40
My perfect watch tells the time only... I would worry about all my eggs in one basket if my watch did everything and then broke or was lost.
plus things that do one job seem to do that job better... things that do loads of things can often do them all badly... though I hear suunnto are alright.
I'd love a watch with a big analogue face but thin. Preferably black numbers on white with a brown leather strap.
w00dsmoke
10-01-2009, 13:50
The perfect bush watch is the intimate awareness and relationship that you have with the natural rhythms and cycles of your space in the world.
Unfortunatley this is difficult to achieve unless you spend alot of time consistently out of doors as this process is as dynamic as the earths cycles; it's something that cannot be learnt or taken away and revisited for use later and can only be achieved by doing and having an awareness while doing it.
kiltedpict
10-01-2009, 13:53
Hi all.
Until recently, the watch NEVER off my wrist was a Seiko Black Monster- absolutely amazing- totally robust, but lacks the features you mention.
http://zibet.net/black_monster.html
Recently though I got, as part of an engagement present, I became the very proud owner of a Tissot T-Touch Expert Titanium. (I also got a nice air of Bino's too!! How lucky am I!!)
I have not had a chance to use the watch's features in the wilds yet, but heading up to the Cairngorms next month so will find out how well it performs...
http://www.watchshopuk.com/index.php?target=products&product_id=99928413
atb,
KP
Much rather leave my watch in the house when i am out in the woods, spend enough of my time looking at it during the week for work.
BushTucker
10-01-2009, 13:58
That suunto x10 watch looks good but alas, no prices.
John Fenna
10-01-2009, 13:58
The perfect bush watch is the intimate awareness and relationship that you have with the natural rhythms and cycles of your space in the world.
Unfortunatley this is difficult to achieve unless you spend alot of time consistently out of doors as this process is as dynamic as the earths cycles; it's something that cannot be learnt or taken away and revisited for use later and can only be achieved by doing and having an awareness while doing it.
What he said - I do not let a timepiece interfere with my enjoyment of being "out there".
I eat when hungry, sleep when tired, wake when I have slept enough (or when the pressure of used alcohol tells me to wake (hopefully in time!)).
However - if I have to catch a train/bus/plane at the end of a bushy trip I find that myTimex digital £17 cheapo stands up to everything quite nicely, tells the time, has an alarm and is waterproof to beyond the depth that my body is....:rolleyes:
It is all I have needed (that and a Casio of similar spec that I lost) in the past20 years of expeditioning, bushyness, backpacking ,canoeing etc.....:cool:
I always have been a cheapskate!
HillBill
10-01-2009, 14:27
I have a Timex E compass. Simple, accurate enough.It has time, date and compass with a backlight.
http://www.timex.co.uk/product_description.aspx?pid=2 26&id=65
Jedadiah
10-01-2009, 14:56
Got two Suunto's, a Vector which i use for Bushcrafting and a Core black lite which i love but only use it for casual. When the Vector dies, it'll be rotated into Bushcraft use and a replacement will be sought and i have no doubt it will be another Suunto.
imho if you want a GPS get a GPS not a shadow of the real thing. same goes for camera phones, if you want a good quality camera dont get a camera phone!
also a thermometer on a watch would be wildly inaccurate because of interfearance from your body heat
pete
Minotaur
10-01-2009, 15:23
Use to have a thermometer watch, it is like a lot of those things.
Played with it for a while and then used it for its purpose i.e. a watch.
I really like the look of one of the Timex experdition range. A real watch, but with a digital bit, and often a compass as well.
If you are buying these things to do these uses they are back up at most.
That said, some of the phones can do stuff surprisingly well.
SkogKniv
10-01-2009, 17:06
I have a G-Shock dress watch with solar panel face and atomic time. All this is great of course but for the life of me I can't remember a time I ever had a watch on me when I was in the forest. I don't knock anyone for bringing one of course. I just don't feel it is needed when you have a compass or some general knowledge on judging time by using nature.
Squidders
10-01-2009, 17:45
The perfect bush watch is the intimate awareness and relationship that you have with the natural rhythms and cycles of your space in the world.
Unfortunatley this is difficult to achieve unless you spend alot of time consistently out of doors as this process is as dynamic as the earths cycles; it's something that cannot be learnt or taken away and revisited for use later and can only be achieved by doing and having an awareness while doing it.
What on earth have you been smoking?!?!?!
HillBill
10-01-2009, 17:56
I have a G-Shock dress watch with solar panel face and atomic time. All this is great of course but for the life of me I can't remember a time I ever had a watch on me when I was in the forest. I don't knock anyone for bringing one of course. I just don't feel it is needed when you have a compass or some general knowledge on judging time by using nature.
People are outdoors for various reasons. I sometimes have a watch on, sometimes don't. When i'm out with the cadets i always wear one. When i'm on my own i generally have my phone with me anyway.
With regards to a compass on a watch. I use mine as a back up when i have my compass. I use it most around towns and cities where it can be difficult to judge your bearings athough i think thats more me just 'playing' than anything.
Its definately worth having a compass on a watch if it works properly. No extra space needed. Mine just has a fourth hand that points north at the push of a button.
SkogKniv
10-01-2009, 18:05
People are outdoors for various reasons. I sometimes have a watch on, sometimes don't. When i'm out with the cadets i always wear one. When i'm on my own i generally have my phone with me anyway.
With regards to a compass on a watch. I use mine as a back up when i have my compass. I use it most around towns and cities where it can be difficult to judge your bearings athough i think thats more me just 'playing' than anything.
Its definately worth having a compass on a watch if it works properly. No extra space needed. Mine just has a fourth hand that points north at the push of a button.
CELLPHONE!!! Oh my...time to unplug mate haha. haha of course its a good idea with cadets which I take to mean kids.
There is no place I hike where my cellphone works. Over the years I have just become accustomed to not having it with me.
HillBill
10-01-2009, 18:38
CELLPHONE!!! Oh my...time to unplug mate haha. haha of course its a good idea with cadets which I take to mean kids.
There is no place I hike where my cellphone works. Over the years I have just become accustomed to not having it with me.
:) Unfortunately i get little chance to be without a phone. It's a habit (bad one maybe) that i always have it in my pocket.
Yes cadets are kids(ish) aged 13 to 18. (Air cadets)
Squidders
10-01-2009, 19:13
you're hard pushed in the UK to find somewhere with absolutely no signal on a phone... as for "unplugging" it's all well and good until some sort of emergency then you're screaming at the sky for some sort of communication.
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/9166/img3136sz5.jpg
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/6687/img3137db6.jpg
My Ultimate bushcraft watch hanging by a thread...
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/6906/img3142ig7.jpg
PSK to the rescue...
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/2439/img3143oc6.jpg
Good as new.
At least the knife is Swiss.
Mac
SkogKniv
10-01-2009, 20:06
you're hard pushed in the UK to find somewhere with absolutely no signal on a phone... as for "unplugging" it's all well and good until some sort of emergency then you're screaming at the sky for some sort of communication.
Yes they could be handy, but I have to do without. I guess I like knowing that if my wits aren't about then I can find myself in a spot of bother. Forces one to be constantly aware at all times. I've fractured both ankles, so every step I take now is thought out and placed with care haha. I can make a crutch in record time no problem haha.
Dougster
10-01-2009, 20:17
The right one here was a gift
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showpost.php?p=874886&postcount=1
I love the big fat easy to read face.
I'm wearing either this or the other Seiko kinetic diver which is also nig and easy to read.
Quote:
Originally Posted by w00dsmoke
[The perfect bush watch is the intimate awareness and relationship that you have with the natural rhythms and cycles of your space in the world.
Unfortunatley this is difficult to achieve unless you spend alot of time consistently out of doors as this process is as dynamic as the earths cycles; it's something that cannot be learnt or taken away and revisited for use later and can only be achieved by doing and having an awareness while doing it.] unquote
What on earth have you been smoking?!?!?!
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Thats what I was thinkin' http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/images/icons/icon7.gif
I have a few watches, decent ones and some cheap ones, at the airport in September, my g/daughter harrassed me to buy this for myself, its cheap and an okay watch, I swam with it on....maybe in the hope I could sling it if it stopped workin' http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/images/icons/icon7.gif but its a strong watch I can recommend if yer want a cheap outdoor watch.
http://www.sekonda.co.uk/index.php?fuseaction=Range.vie w&ID=5&ModelID=321
ah pict, the timeless casio watch, i use to bash about the bush with my £10 casio from Argos, have to say they are as robust as a G-Shock, currently i have a G-Shock mod 3063 got solar panels wave ceptor etc... and it serves me good.
Has anyone seen the pro-trek casio watches? imho i beleive they are just inferior Suunto watches.
w00dsmoke
10-01-2009, 21:37
you're hard pushed in the UK to find somewhere with absolutely no signal on a phone... as for "unplugging" it's all well and good until some sort of emergency then you're screaming at the sky for some sort of communication.
You don't need to be remote at all to get no signal. Last year I was at Loch chon with a breakdown and absolutley no signal on my phone (Vodaphone), I had to walk a few miles down to Loch Ard to get a telephone box and I still waited 11 and half hours on the AA coming out! And several months ago I was only 20 minutes north of Glasgow at Carron Reservoir and had no mobile reception when my work vehicle broke down!
Loch Chon is an hour north of Glasgow, Carron Reservoir is 30mins, neither can by anyones description be called remote.
And what have I been smoking? Tut tut young man what do you infer?,just a reader of Aldous Huxley...among many other visionaries....:240:
I've been using a G-Shock for the last year. It is still looking good and working well. Great value for money and it's as tough as they say.
http://forums.watchuseek.com/showthread.php?t=57302
Even if I do eventually manage to smash it to pieces I'll have got my money's worth out of it.
I've used it felling trees, clearing shrub, fixing cars, putting my arm in filthy water, slashing brush, etc, etc. It's my only watch and I wear it all the time so it gets a lot of wear and tear.
I like analogue hands on my watch so its a plus for me that there are quite a few in the range to chose from.
I'm not keen on the idea of having all in one watches. I prefer to have separate instruments for things like GPS, thermometer, compass, etc as the watch ones tend to be a bit gimmicky and fiddly to use IMO. Also the cost is more than the individual items sold separately. For example a Suunto X10 is around 350GBP; separately I can get a G-Shock (or other watch), equivalent spec GPS, Compass and Barometer (my GPS has a compass and barometer built in anyway) and still have money in my pocket.
I like those Traser watches :D
http://www.traserh3watches.com
Though in daily life I seldom wear a watch, let alone when I'm out in the woods ... :rolleyes:
ah pict, the timeless casio watch, i use to bash about the bush with my £10 casio from Argos, have to say they are as robust as a G-Shock, currently i have a G-Shock mod 3063 got solar panels wave ceptor etc... and it serves me good.
Has anyone seen the pro-trek casio watches? imho i beleive they are just inferior Suunto watches.
I bought that one up in Alaska because I had forgotten to pack my watch, $15, it tells time, and I can get the mud and blood out of it.
Don't get me wrong. I'd love to have any of the watches mentioned in this thread and more power to you all. Sometimes simple, that keeps time, is good. I'm just happy I had the experience of sewing it back together at 6:30 AM in a cave 4500 feet up a mountain. Days like that are too few and far between. Mac
10 year battery life, full face blue backlight, less that £15
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/2544502/Trail/searchtext%3ETIMEX.htm
G-Shock.
Needed a watch that could take a battering, had many expensive "outdoors" type before which lasted a week and this one has taken a right hammering.
http://www.lovelywatches.com/ViewProducts.asp?idProduct=453 057469
About £90 when i bought it, never failed me in the 18 months i've had it.
Bells and whistles are just that - fancy crock that will break.
John Fenna
11-01-2009, 10:59
you're hard pushed in the UK to find somewhere with absolutely no signal on a phone... as for "unplugging" it's all well and good until some sort of emergency then you're screaming at the sky for some sort of communication.
I wish you were right Squidders - I dont even get a signal in my own home!
A large part of the country near where I live - not to mention a large part of our nearest town and most of the valleys around...
It is not as if Vodaphone is a small company with poor general coverage either!
Screaming at the sky is one of the best communication options around here.:rolleyes:
A question for the analogoue face watch users, why analgoue??? To me it;d all about Big digital faces that light up at night and serve as a handy tourch in the tent, also it just makes things much easier being about to just read digits, and adjuct times without a fiddle, will with analgou g-shocks especailly, simple tasks like setting a stop watch can get rather confusing....
ScarletPimpernel
11-01-2009, 15:21
I have a Suunto Core, which is fantastic. The display is the best part for me - easy to read, and the illumination is nice and discreet. So far I've only played with the altimeter when flying. The compass works, too, and the whole thing is really light. The strap is worth a mention; it's incredibly comfortable, and the way it mounts to the body means it can move with the wearer.
I bought the Core because I thought I was likely to be sent to a sandy place, and I didn't want to risk any of my automatic watches - Panerai Luminor Marina and Oris TT Diver.
When out in the woods My wife knows what time to pick me up and where so I don't normally take a watch.
I wish you were right Squidders - I dont even get a signal in my own home!
A large part of the country near where I live - not to mention a large part of our nearest town and most of the valleys around...
It is not as if Vodaphone is a small company with poor general coverage either!
Screaming at the sky is one of the best communication options around here.:rolleyes:
O2 has the best coverage and their network is used by other providers EXCEPT Vodaphone who have their own. At the bushmoot Luke could not get a signal on his (Vodaphone) mobile but I did on my O2
John Fenna
11-01-2009, 17:57
Round here even 02 suffer!
Imo the time for a watch is over. One or two more years and we can buy a little electronic GPS/watch/communication-unit. The only reason to have a watch is for navigation. As a replacement for GPS. But then it should be absolutely non-electronic (otherwise you are not really independent) and very, very accurate (which is expensive). One second makes quite a difference in distance.
A question for the analogoue face watch users, why analgoue??? To me it;d all about Big digital faces that light up at night and serve as a handy tourch in the tent, also it just makes things much easier being about to just read digits, and adjuct times without a fiddle, will with analgou g-shocks especailly, simple tasks like setting a stop watch can get rather confusing....
I like to see analogue hands because they show the time in a more visual way that gives you an overview of what the time is in relation to the entire day. You more easily visualize how long it is until your appointment (or whatever) for example.
Digital is fine and I have a watch with both analogue and digital but digital tells me what the time is now and doesn't relate it to anything. It is therefore up to me to work out what the numbers mean and how they relate to the rest of the day. So it is no longer "quarter to two" where I can see the hands position but "1:45PM " with no other reference.
You'll notice that most cars still use analogue displays for speedometers and rev counters. Aeroplanes also use analogue.
My analogue watch face lights up just as bright as any digital one, in fact it has an LED light and could be used as torch in a bind. It is also luminous so I can read the analogue display in the dark without lighting it up.
Yes twice a year I do have to fiddle with the hands because of daylight savings but it's no big deal.
I like to see analogue hands because they show the time in a more visual way that gives you an overview of what the time is in relation to the entire day. You more easily visualize how long it is until your appointment (or whatever) for example.
Digital is fine and I have a watch with both analogue and digital but digital tells me what the time is now and doesn't relate it to anything. It is therefore up to me to work out what the numbers mean and how they relate to the rest of the day. So it is no longer "quarter to two" where I can see the hands position but "1:45PM " with no other reference.
You'll notice that most cars still use analogue displays for speedometers and rev counters. Aeroplanes also use analogue.
My analogue watch face lights up just as bright as any digital one, in fact it has an LED light and could be used as torch in a bind. It is also luminous so I can read the analogue display in the dark without lighting it up.
Yes twice a year I do have to fiddle with the hands because of daylight savings but it's no big deal.
Great points there, i never really thought about how the hands on the watch could place the day in a "relative" perspective. But i can see nad agree form where your coming from.
Like to see someone find north with a digital watch.LOL
The blue backlight on the timex I linked to is really about the best backlight I've seen. I also need a watch when camping to make sure I don't miss the news or Book at Bedtime on BBC Radio Four
Like to see someone find north with a digital watch.LOL
even after all the books i read i cudn't find north with an analogue watch. I'm better equipped with a digital with a digital compass lol.
British Red
12-01-2009, 00:24
A question for the analogoue face watch users, why analgoue??? .
Because it doesn't need batteries or winding up. Its hands and number points are luminous so I can tell the time without ruining my night vision with one of those "blackpool illumination" monstrosities.
It tells the time, never runs out of juice, I can read it at a glance and thats all I need or want it to do.
Red
And of course: with an analogue watch (and the sun) you find north.
Minotaur
12-01-2009, 02:53
I wish you were right Squidders - I dont even get a signal in my own home!
A large part of the country near where I live - not to mention a large part of our nearest town and most of the valleys around...
It is not as if Vodaphone is a small company with poor general coverage either!
Screaming at the sky is one of the best communication options around here.:rolleyes:
O2 has the best coverage and their network is used by other providers EXCEPT Vodaphone who have their own. At the bushmoot Luke could not get a signal on his (Vodaphone) mobile but I did on my O2
In Wales, you want Orange apprently, but have found O2 to be better than Vodaphone. Would be interesting to know what the Mid to highlands, or lakes are like?
Have had some weird connection experiences outdoors. No network take a step in one direction, and full connection.
Anything is better than Vodaphone in my experience or that of family members anyway. I've no experience of Orange, but todate I've honestly had no problems with O2, that said I don't use the phone much so I may have been in 'blind spots'
Interesting article in the Guardian a week or so ago, it was saying that 2009/10 will see GPS fitted to more lower end phones, something else to drain your battery:rolleyes:
Walks with dogs
12-01-2009, 12:27
G shock for me .Can be had for about £40, tough as boots and last for years. The only problem I've had with mine was the pin to the strap breaking once, I think it cost me 50p to get sorted.
I had a timex expedition watch with a built in compass prior to the Gshock but the compass was pretty much useless as I recall, I was better at knowing where north was than the watch!
HillBill
12-01-2009, 13:13
The compass on a timex needs calibrating to the area your in. Easy to do, and imo is pretty accurate. It won't replace my Silva, but i know its there if i need it.
Grooveski
12-01-2009, 13:43
I like to see analogue hands because they show the time in a more visual way that gives you an overview of what the time is in relation to the entire day. You more easily visualize how long it is until your appointment (or whatever) for example.
Digital is fine and I have a watch with both analogue and digital but digital tells me what the time is now and doesn't relate it to anything. It is therefore up to me to work out what the numbers mean and how they relate to the rest of the day. So it is no longer "quarter to two" where I can see the hands position but "1:45PM " with no other reference.
"Digital clocks are symptomatic of our ambivalent age, they provide the precise time to the nanosecond, but no greater context, an infinite succession of "you are here" arrows, but nary a map"
Stephen Lawhead
lostagain
12-01-2009, 14:48
Like to see someone find north with a digital watch.LOL
Sapper, I'm lucky enough to have a Suunto X6 HR M, built in compass. So you could say I can find North with my digital watch but its only used as a gimmick, you can't beat a real compass (no batteries to run out)(although my analogue watch has batteries too so thats not completely reliable).
Would recommend the X6, heart rate, altimeter, barometer, compass and it tells the time too! Can download the watch when i get back from a trip and compare the height chart with heart rate to see how fast my poor old ticker was working carrying my belly up the hills!! :D
Survival Bill
12-01-2009, 17:20
I use self winding watch I don't much like ones with battteries that seem to die the day I have an importent meeting....
Walks with dogs
12-01-2009, 18:30
The compass on a timex needs calibrating to the area your in. Easy to do, and imo is pretty accurate. It won't replace my Silva, but i know its there if i need it.
I found mine needed calibrating every couple of days, but then technology and me have had a few running battles. The technology wins till I resort to the cricket bat.
HillBill
12-01-2009, 19:20
I found mine needed calibrating every couple of days, but then technology and me have had a few running battles. The technology wins till I resort to the cricket bat.
:lmao: The only problem with them is they are prone to interference from a lot of common objects such as laptops or anything with an elctromagnetic field. Don't calibrate them near these objects and the readings they may give can be a little out if near this type of interference.
Because it doesn't need batteries or winding up. Its hands and number points are luminous so I can tell the time without ruining my night vision with one of those "blackpool illumination" monstrosities.
It tells the time, never runs out of juice, I can read it at a glance and thats all I need or want it to do.
Red
good point with the bcklight's effect on your night vision, however about the batteries, alot of outdoorsy digital watches come with tough solar tech, which needs only a few hours recharge which you can get from a walk in the morning and such to allow full functionality.
Sapper, I'm lucky enough to have a Suunto X6 HR M, built in compass. So you could say I can find North with my digital watch but its only used as a gimmick, you can't beat a real compass (no batteries to run out)(although my analogue watch has batteries too so thats not completely reliable).
Would recommend the X6, heart rate, altimeter, barometer, compass and it tells the time too! Can download the watch when i get back from a trip and compare the height chart with heart rate to see how fast my poor old ticker was working carrying my belly up the hills!! :D
wow, that's quite a watch.
Luminox series 3000/3900 for me
http://www.luminoxwatchshop.co.uk/p/1963/Luminox-3000-Watch-Series/Luminox-Watch-3905-Series-Original-Navy-Seals-Dive.htm
or my trusty Sieko Divers TS26-0020
Mark
Dont wear a watch myself, haven't done for a few years now. Don't miss it at all. I'm surrounded by clocks for most of the time, and when I'm out it's time to not worry about ... time.
British Red
12-01-2009, 22:25
good point with the bcklight's effect on your night vision, however about the batteries, alot of outdoorsy digital watches come with tough solar tech, which needs only a few hours recharge which you can get from a walk in the morning and such to allow full functionality.
But my Seiko kinetic will operate in the dark for days on end (handy when your watch is under your sleeve in the cold) or indeed in a drawer for three months with no light and no battery :)
Its a watch. It tells the time. It never needs batteries (or sunlight). Its never gone wrong. It doesn't need a backlight or any other "more to go wrong" stuff.
Why would I change it? :)
Red
I have an ancient (20 years ?) G shock which has got an altimeter, thermometer etc built in.
The watch itself is bombproof, been used and abuseed in caves, up hills, in dirt and grime, cleans up and no damage.
The altimeter is a very useful tool in the mountains as long as you remember its limitations and recalibrate regularly.
There are a load of other functions which I have never learnt to use- could not see the need.
I cannot but help admire how tough the watch is- tight fistedness stops me buying a nice Timex or similar as long as this keeps going !
John Fenna
13-01-2009, 10:12
But my Seiko kinetic will operate in the dark for days on end (handy when your watch is under your sleeve in the cold) or indeed in a drawer for three months with no light and no battery :)
Its a watch. It tells the time. It never needs batteries (or sunlight). Its never gone wrong. It doesn't need a backlight or any other "more to go wrong" stuff.
Why would I change it? :)
Red
I like the sound of that - do they still make them?
My "back up watch" (that I wear when my digital one is needing new batteries) is an old fashioned wind up...with a cracked crystal... which was my main watch for years before I went digital. It too never needs batteries or sunlight - but I dont trust it for watersports anymore.
Walks with dogs
13-01-2009, 12:43
As a kid I remember the first wave of digital watches. One lad was really pleased with the light and pointed out my analogue watch didn't have one. My answer was simple , when it gets too dark to see the watch, that is nature's way of saying it is time to go to sleep. Life was simple when I was ten.
Armleywhite
13-01-2009, 13:54
This is the watch I had in the army and it's still going strong.. Never needed owt else as I don't bother with thermometers and for direction I use seperate map / compass etc.
http://www.mwcwatches.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=34&products_id=97
But my Seiko kinetic will operate in the dark for days on end (handy when your watch is under your sleeve in the cold) or indeed in a drawer for three months with no light and no battery :)
Its a watch. It tells the time. It never needs batteries (or sunlight). Its never gone wrong. It doesn't need a backlight or any other "more to go wrong" stuff.
Why would I change it? :)
Red
good arguement, i suppose it's down to the person at the end of the day, i guess u hav the action man type who loves the gadgets and then the ones who just wants to keeo things simply. very admirable
"Digital clocks are symptomatic of our ambivalent age, they provide the precise time to the nanosecond, but no greater context, an infinite succession of "you are here" arrows, but nary a map"
Stephen Lawhead
I like that quote. :)
as far as i'm concerned a watch should be as slim as possible to avoid getting caught on pockets, straps, branches etc, have a time and date, luminous hands and be accurate and hardwearing.
yet to find an ideal on yet but many come close for decent money
I like analogue because it is usually faster to read and you have an up and a down, telling what part of the day you're in. Just getting used to wearing watch again after a few years (like 10) without. Still looking for the right one. I did use to carry a pocket watch but the newer ones are basically tat and I can't afford a good, old one.
swampy99
14-01-2009, 04:24
I have a British army standard G10 dated 1990. still going fine and all I have done is changed the strap to a leather one ( the nylon ones tend to stink after a while). I have looked at all the g shocks and your suntos and you thingy bobs that do everything but wash up and thought that in the end all I need to do is tell the time. I have added a silva watch strap compass when I go out in the field to give me a ruff idea of direction but other than that it tells the time and is bomb proff.
Mine is made by CWC but MWC also do good G10's they are just the same in my eyes.