Watch Recommendations

[JRJ]

I really like some of those swiss army watches but man I have a hard time spending over a 200 bucks on a watch.

I couldn't live with myself if I destroyed a $500+ watch. I always end up scratching the face bad or shattering them.

I stick with timex, unless someone could point me to a watch of comparable price/quality/style? I'm not into digital time display or metal bands.

-JRJ

[Tony uk]

Casio Shock is my watch of choice, Been with my for sometime now and ive never had a problem with it

[marberry]

you can get a navy seal dive watch from cabelas for 200-500 , there built to take punishment.

[Rick]

How about a cheap, wind up watch? Buy several. If you break one, use another. You'll still have less money invested and no batteries to go dead in the field.

http://www.schooluniforms.com/4228.html

[awfoxden]

i stick by the casio g-shock. i've had 4 up to now over the last 13 years. the fist two worked great and survived several dives down to a max depth of 113' and loged my 100th dive with it on, the only failure was the pins striping on the watch band. my last i still have and use on ocasion. it has a wrap around fabric band with velcro and a buckle. the buckle and velcro are worn and come loose on ocasion. i could probably send to casio and get a new band put on it but havn't got around to it yet. my newest was a chrismas gift from the wife and is one of the new atomic that they claim will never need a new battery. it also has a cloth wrap band and velcro. this configuration seems to hold a bit better than the buckle on my last watch did.

these watches seem nearly indistructable and i swear by them.

i had a lacross that was a gift last year. i think my wife got it from cabelas for around $75. i sent it back in first 3 weeks because it stoped working. they sent a new one and told me that the article states water resistant not water proof and you cant take it in water. i went swimming with it once. they replaced it but warned that they would only replace once due to moisture. it is also one that has altimiter, barameter, compas, and temp. didn't work so hot. glad to be back to my g-shock. if you want a compas, just buy on of thos little ones that slide onto a watch band and your good to go.

[canid]

the ironman triathlon dress watch i got as a gift a while back has held up great. it's darn near indestructable.

i wouldn't say i'm brand loyal to timex but i do see it being the only watch i'll need for pretty much ever short of its being run over by a particularly large truck.

[Stony]

Timex, have mine for over 10 years.
forget the compass on a watch, spend $ 60 on a good Silva compass and you are set.

[sgtdraino]

I am in the market for a new watch, and this time I think I want one that does some hiking tricks. I'm thinking about either a digital compass watch, a pedometer watch, or perhaps even a gps watch. The gps watches are pretty expensive, if I decide I need to go cheaper, ideally I'd want a watch with both a compass and pedometer on it. Seems obvious to me, being able to keep track of both direction and distance. However, seems like there are loads of compass watches, and loads of pedometer watches, but I can't find anything that has both features.

Are there any watches you guys think I should look at? Are there any features you guys would recommend, or discourage? For example, are the digital compass watches sensitive enough to really navigate with? Are the gps watches accurate enough to use? Do they eat batteries?

Interested in your responses.

[chiye tanka]

Casio has a couple that are geared toward hiking/backpacking. One is solar powered, and if I remember right, they both have compasses.

[crashdive123]

I've looked at (didn't get) the Casio Pathfinder series and the Tissot T-Touch series. Decided to stick with my old Seiko Automatic that I got in 1975 (used).

[Gray Wolf]

I am in the market for a new watch, and this time I think I want one that does some hiking tricks.

This link might help you.
http://www.watchreport.com/hikingoutdoors/index.html

[crashdive123]

Nice link.

[sgtdraino]

Excellent link, GW. That was exactly the information I needed. Wow, that T-Touch is totally James Bond! Can't afford it, though. Think I will go with one of the Casio Pathfinders.

[Deer Sniper]

I wear a Seiko diver quartz with sapphlex crystal. had it for 8 years and bounced it off of lots o stuff including pavement but no scratches on the lens yet. Keeps good time.

[Runs With Beer]

What do you need a watch for , Its light or dark.

[Rick]

Some of us live in a cave. It's dark..... or it's dark.

[crashdive123]

......or a submarine.

[sgtdraino]

Just an update to let you guys know I settled on the Casio Pathfinder PAG50T-7V:

http://www.casio.com/products/Timepi...duct/PAG50T-7V

It's one of the older models. I picked it for several reasons:

1. It has the superimposed large compass hands, which I like better than the newer models' tiny compass indicators.

2. It is one of the smaller models (though still big compared to other watches), necessary because I have small wrists.

3. It is less expensive, which allowed me to get the titanium version. I wanted the titanium version because it came with a metal watch band. I am sometimes allergic to the plastic/resin bands. Also the resin bands eventually wear out, and these watches do not take standard off-the-rack watch bands.

The only downsides to the PAG50 is that it doesn't have atomic accuracy (which I don't much care about, I don't mind setting my own watch from time-to-time, and such clocks often don't get good signal strength over here on the east coast), and also that (oddly) the PAG50 is not equipped with a stopwatch. That does bug me a bit, as I do occasionally find a use for a stopwatch, but I figure I can just take a little effort and do the math, or if it's that important, simply carry a stopwatch in addition.

Thoughts?

[Rick]

As Crash would say, if it works for you, it works for me.

[crashdive123]

Yep.........