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$66.05 Canadian is $48.95 US. From the Swiss army knife people a very nice watch including a sapphire coated element and a slim 8mm profile with curved back that makes its 43mm wearable even on my slim 6-3/4" wrist. Weaknesses: the movement could gain up to 20 seconds a month, the lume on the hands is good but there are no luminescent indexes on the dial, the crown is smallish and the date is small despite the 43mm face.
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30 meter water resistence is a non-starter for any even semi-active person.
That is 'wash your hands' territory......
I'd start at 100 meter which at least is good in a swimming pool or shower.....Maybe down to 20 meters.
The most common dive watch is 'rated' to 200 meters, by which time you get such features as a screw-down crown and certainly OK for light recreational scuba......
Too much is never enough
I wear a Timex Expedition on the bicycle.
Perfect. And inexpensive.
I have a NIKE watch from a decade and change ago which I just rescued from a drawer. New battery took me 10 minutes to install...and I lubed the seal with a silicon hi-vacuum grease. I've worn while hiking / walking and so far.....sweat intrustion has not happened. I may have gotten away with it....
It is the TRIAX C3 model....bottom of the line.....On the back....it says 'IPX8' which is a waterproof rating of 1.5 meters for 30 minutes. Should be OK in light rain or for handwashing.....
Keeps good time and the stopwatch function comes in handy.....
I had a Timex Triathlon many years ago....and long enough to wear out the buttons....IT ended its days strapped to the handlebars of my bike.......
Too much is never enough
I really enjoyed this post by Reelsmith
Do you have an opinion concerning the Grand Seiko line? Expensive, but worth it?
Too much is never enough
Although I can't believe that he didn't design his watch after a fly reel!
Although Wenger is owned by Victorinox, they are separate brands, kind of like Chevrolet and Cadillac are both owned by GM. Victorinox brand watches are considerably more expensive than $49 US.
Just for fun, here's a pic of a SmartCar parked at the Victorinox factory store in Ibach.
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Man, I thought these were sanctioned now, but Amazon is still selling them.
Of course, I'm sure customs put in a tracker - but since I've already been vaccinated, I'm no worse off! ;-)
Whatever, looks nice. Another good alternative to Timex.
Just get a new one.
Perfect for you!
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That watch is for Scumlenski! (Notice how I changed Nazilensky's nickame? Just for you I did this!)
The rest could come from other places.But why be obsessed with Swiss? There are interesting watches made in other places. Today with proliferation of inexpensive CNC and 3D machines it becomes shooting fish in a barrel.
30 years ago I was given a nice Swiss watch made by Auguste Reymond - it was very well made and quite inexpensive by 1995 standards - I think it was about $150 then. I liked it but it was too small for my wrist, even its strap too short.
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But the movement is Swiss and the strap is real leather so I can't complain.
In traditional style watches I prefer thin titanium cases with titanium band along with a simple face and sapphire crystal and quartz crystal (electronic) time base. These are very light and the sapphire crystal seems less prone to scratching vs mineral glass or hardex thermoplastic.
Next step up for me would be my favorite line of watches from Citizen. The EcoDrive radio controlled watches require no batteries and are always accurate as they are sync'd to a time signal transmitted over the air out of Fort Collins Colorado (which is sync'd to an atomic clock in Boulder Colorado).
The one below: it was crap. I've always been very averse to watches (among other items) whose value is largely driven by snobbery. But I got tired of my Timex digital Expeditions and set out in search of an inexpensive alternative.
Never had a problem with my Citizen EcoDrive watches, the two Radio Controlled versions are shown below. My wife owns a couple Citizen watches too. They're not exactly high-end watches. My most problematic watches have always been Tissot. I like their styling but I stopped buying them.The only possibly snob appeal watch I have is the Tag Heuer that was given to me by my company in 1995. It's probably one of their entry models. It crapped out 15 years ago but I had the internals completely replaced a couple years ago.
The last time we went on a Caribbean cruise trip I bought a cheapie $10 "waterproof" Timex for me and a similar one for my wife. No sense in bringing a good watch and scuffing it up on shore excursions and water activities. My Timex lasted about a year before it went in the trash bin.
Notice the top row watches all show precisely the EXACT same time . These are either
radio controlled and sync'd to WWV/WWVH radio transmissions or get accurate time over Wifi.
None of these are what I would consider snob appeal watches.Interesting fact: I can barely read the huge red character digital clock in the bedroom at night. My Apple Watch on my writs is legible in the dark w/o my glasses and it also tracks the quality of my sleep along with resting heart rate. The gentle silent alarm that vibrates my wrist will wake me w/o waking my wife.
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It strikes me that it is very typical of the watch market that not all watches agree on the time and most need to be manually set - after all the technology is hardly new. I'm really something of an anti-enthusiast - although I admire the historical achievements of purely mechanical clockworks.
To have even a chance at 'seconds accuracy' you need a watch with the 'hacking' function.
I wait until the second hand is 1 second after the minute. Pull out stem and watch STOPS.
Adjust minutes to suit than, using my CellPhone, push the stem back IN when it clicks the minute.
Good for 6 months or longer......
Those WWV adjustible are a neat addition. My aspirational watch has a built-in perpetual calendar which NEVER needs adjustment....
Too much is never enough
The one I bought and the new one they sent me. The new one keeps better time, but it is losing some seconds. I almost prefer the first one. A 25 second gain just means I need to set it at 7 A.M. and setting it to my cell phone takes about a 25 second pause. With the hacking the setting is exact out of the gate. And then I know it gains 1 second per hour, so I really know the exact time at a glance.
Can you 'self regulate'?
PLace watch on stem.....or flat on back or whatever.....
Some instructions I've seen IF timepiece is a little fast or slow consistently....
Too much is never enough
Either crown up or crown down. I've only had the new watch for 36 hours, but it does look like face up may speed it up a little. But as I intimated I find a watch that loses even a little time very problematic. I need to redouble my efforts to find a watchmaker to regulate one or both.
I would leave 'in the position' for at least 18-> 24 hours......
than wear 'normally' for a few hours before checking.....
Keep good records so a non-obvious pattern may emerge.
Too much is never enough
They have it in to take a look. I'm still persisting with face up with the brand new -11 watch.
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