After many years I need a new watch. My watches take a considerable beating and are exposed to the elements constantly. I don't mind spending good money for one as long as it does the job. What do you fellows wear in the way of a watch outside?

Sinn EZM2 for about the last 7 years. Nothing in the world compares to a Sinn EZM/Hydro.

You can buy a lot of Casio G-Shocks for the money though.

Well, it depends on how much ego you've got wrapped up in your watch. I love the Timex indiglos which, with a push of the stem button, light up in the dark. They run between $15 and about $75 at Walmart. A good looking goldish Timex Indiglo Rolex-style imitation is about $50, keeps time as good as watches costing thousands more. Supposedly the batteries are good for 10 years, since I've never had one last 10 years I think that's long enough. For the money, hard to beat.

BTW I've got Rolexes and Royal Oaks, among others, but I'm way too cheap to beat them to death working on a ranch. Or, at least I used to work on a ranch, mostly these days, I think about it and it makes me tired.

OTOH if money is no object and you like understated elegance, I can recommend a Platinum Rolex President. You'll know, but 99% of the people who see it won't.

I became a big fan of the LumiNox U.S. Navy Seal watch after spending a few nights in a Leopard blind. Bought my first one in 2001 and a dressier model a few years later. No buttons to push as the dial and hands glow in the dark without any kind of charging. Very cool for any night work and they are built combat tough. The basic (original) SEAL watch is not expensive - a couple hundred bucks. I own a Rolex Sub-Mariner and other more expensive watches, but the LumiNox is worn daily.

LionHunter,
I was a my jewelry store the other day, and he showed me a Day/Date Lumi-Nox I thought looked good and tough. He said they were well thought of. I did'nt know anything about them. Its good to hear you like them. I'm not much into the military look so the Day/Date model appealed to me. I thought about a Rolex Explorer, seems like a lot of money.

Casio G-SHOCK GW500A-1V $67.99 at overstock.com

Wear it almost 24/7 for I'm not sure how long. About to be on it's third band...dry rot from sun and pool...except the light doesn't work well anymore...turns on then immediately off, before I can read the time.

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...turns on then immediately off, before I can read the time.

Battery swap will help but G-Shock lumi material has a finite life. Every time you push the button it gets "stimulated" and eventually no amount of battery will make it glow. The contrast on the glow digits goes away too.

I'm not a fan of all that tough/diver look etc and I rarely even wear a watch nowadays but when I do, I want a tough watch that doesn't look that way and I also lespecially ike the 'always glow in the dark' function of the tritium watches.

There are a few companies that make good versions. My current one is from the Military Watch Company but other very good versions are made by Invicta, Smith & Wesson and a few others.

Just do a Google on tritium watch and you'll get plenty of options.

Can you even see whether you're wearing a watch without your monocle, Steve ...?? Figured you more for the sundial type.

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Can you even see whether you're wearing a watch without your monocle, Steve ...?? Figured you more for the sundial type.

Dragging that stone sundial around on my wrist was a right bastard so I decided to modernise and went for the tritium...... but y'know, despite looking everywhere, I couldn't find a single wristwatch that chimes!

Steve<
I don't know why you don't carry the sun dial you first learned to write on a stone tablet???

Casio G-Shock is a great rugged,long lasting watch.

Been using my cell phone for a few years.

I wear a breitling superocean. Cost a bit but tough watch.

I've used a Citizen Eco Drive watch for many years. They use a capacitor to store electricity generated from exposure to light. No need to regularly replace a battery and by the time the capacitor ceases to function the watch is pretty well worn out.

I no longer wear a wrist watch. I cary a very high tech pocket watch....

Iphone

Time pieces are one of the most sterling examples of diminishing returns. Once you get past a Timex Indiglo, you are paying for prestige and bragging rights.

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Originally posted by Macifej:
Can you even see whether you're wearing a watch without your monocle, Steve ...?? Figured you more for the sundial type.

Dragging that stone sundial around on my wrist was a right bastard so I decided to modernise and went for the tritium...... but y'know, despite looking everywhere, I couldn't find a single wristwatch that chimes!

Have you considered wearing an alarm clock around your neck like those Hip-Hop Cats here in LA ...??

I look for certain features that I want, which has changed over the years. One of my biggest requirements nowadays is I need a day window to see what the day is, otherwise I find myself needing to make a bunch of phone calls and it is Saturday or something. Also, I want it to be a window so I don't hit a button and the day disappears and i its place is the local time for Paris and I have to find the manual to change it back. I like the indiglo feature but it broke on my current "working outside" watch and I think I'll probably replace it with a citizen ecodrive, I have had a few citizen watches and one if them is close to 18 years old and still glows well.

I'm thinking this one:


Of course, being cheap my current one has to absolutely fall apart before I get something new....

Ulysse Nardin.......

Lumi-nox, I ended up with a titanium model because it was all that was in stock in Raton when I had to have a good watch--but its been a good one.

SSR

I bought the Lumi Nox watch I looked at the other day. I hope it lasts as long as my last watch. I brought it home, took this photo of it and put it on. We'll see.
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I'm kind of a watch snob. One of the best watches for the money is a Oris TT1 Ti diver-- great watch tough as nails and keeps awesome time for a automatic. between $950-$1700

http://www.certifiedwatchstore...atic-Movement-p.html

On of the best watch brands for the money is a Ball. They make great outdoor watchs. They have tritium inserts for the number markers--and boy do they glow bright--it will match your trijicon scope! For style I'd get the hydrocarbon--I have the hydrocarbon "mad cow" I love this watch brand! Between $1600-$2500

http://www.ballwatchusa.com/co...ateGMTCOSCSCAJBK.asp

I have both and love them, you get the quality of a Rolex, or a Panerai, without spending 4K or more.

Regardless of my economical stature, if I were to spend $900-$2500 for a watch so's I could tell time, my scottish/jewish forbears would rise up from their graves and beat me with a switch..
I did on "how its made" see a outfit in switzerland that made watches that cost "in the six figures range".
P.T. Barnum was right.

I wear a Hamilton Viewmatic because I love automatic watches, not so sure they would be a great choice for hard, outside usage though.

Another vote for the old cheapie, the Timex Indiglo. Mine keeps perfect time & has for several years.

At one time I lusted after Rolexes but got over it; the difference in price between a Timex and a Rolex can be expressed in many ways: the better part of a first class ticket to Africa, trophy fees for a couple of buffalo, a ten day or better plains game hunt in RSA--and so on.

Casio Waveceptor. Time is set by atomic clock in the town where I live, never needs batteries can be charged by sunlight or artificial light.
Nice easy to read dial for my presbiopia.
$158 delivered to my door.

Timex Ironman, Indiglo, since the 80's is my go to. A nice watch would be destroyed.

GWB

My everyday work watch around the place is none other than a $38 dollar Timex Expedition. It will light up in the day or dark better with a push of the button. It does have large numerals on the dial so I can see them plainly now that my eyes have gone south. It also has a day window etc.

I do have a gold and diamond watch by Longines but hell I can't begin to work all those little dials and such and it is far to small for me to read.......expensive yes but for dress only.

Then I have a Sako with is similar without the jewels and it too is semi-dress with stop watch and various time zones. I mostly wear the cheap Timex.........It takes a licking and keeps on ticking!!!

Traser tritium titanium watch.

The watch I have had for the last 7 years is the Casio Triple Sensor. I would recommend these watches TO ANYONE who is looking for a rugged and durable watch.

It has a compass, barometer, altimeter and thermometer built into it. The light can be set to come on automatically when you twist your wrist through a cfertain degree, and of course only comes on at night.

Has a countdown, stopwatch, usual features and 5 alarms.

It has a rechargeable battery with a solar cell built into the face of the watch. In the 7 years that i have owned this watch, I HAVE NEVER HAD TO CHANGE THE BATTERY ONCE!

The Compass has gotten me out of a couple sticky situations while out hunting in the NZ bush.

Hope this helps,

Michael.

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Traser tritium titanium watch.

My first Traser was great until I broke it and my second was fine until I had the battery changed and after that, it was nothing but trouble.

I have a Tag Professional that my wife bought for me as a anniversary gift. I would never spend that much on a watch, but I must say it has been a good one. I have had it for 12 years and it has taken a considerable beating and is still going strong. Its on it third battery, so battery life is about 5 years.

My watch is a Casio G-Shock that receives the atomic radio signal, has a solar battery. I really like it, I have several other watches but its the only one I wear. My "dream watch" is an Omega Speedmaster like the astronauts wore to the moon, one of these days....

Timex Indiglo it takes a lickin and keeps on tickin.

BigB

I'm retired. Don't give a shit what time it is.......

I have a Rolex Explorer I and wore it everyday for 25 years and only serviced it once in that time.
A nice watch suitable for a smaller wrist but it has no date and is a self-winder of course. Accuracy was ok I suppose, probably +/-30secs a day.
I recently purchased a Longines Hydro Conquest electronic watch with a date window as a birthday presnt to myself and retired the Rolex even though it was still perfectly functional.
A very nice and solid piece and great value for money.

Stainless Rolex GMT....everyday, all the time, no matter what I'm doing....spreading mulch, pulling weeds, cutting cedar or just sitting at my desk shuffling papers. 40th Bday present from the wife and 5 yrs later just polish the bracelet and it looks as good as the day it came out of the box.

Tough to justify a $4k+ watch but at least Rolex does a good job of managing its market. Last I checked it was worth only slightly less than what I paid for it but regardless my kids will inherit my watches and that's all that really matters to me.

Regards,
Scott

I like Timex Iron man watchs The last one I had went 9 years with out battery change finaly the stop watch botton stopped working. I now have one thats 5 years old battery change at 3 years still going strong.

How about the ones I don't wear? Neither my Rolex nor my Omega.

My vote is for any name brand economy electric watch under $70. If I wanted a higher priced model so I can actually know what time it is, I'd get one of the cheapest of the electric watches which updates itself at least daily gainst the U.S. atomic clock.

I learned that the hard way.

My other two watches of the moment are an 18k Rolex GMT Master which was actually made in Switzerland (unlike the 14k and 10k versions) and a custom Omega. Neither keeps time worth a tinker's damn.

I have had that Rolex in for TWO $1,000-each rebuilds at the U.S. major repair centre for Rolexes, and it STILL loses about 5 minutes per day. It is great jewelry, but if I want to know what time it is, it sucks.

More or less the same thing with the Omega. It has a magnificent sterling silver and turquoise case & band, but doesn't keep time within a couple of minutes per day either.

My first Rolex, a stainless steel GMT Master, gained about 5 minutes per week despite several "re-tunes" by Rolex. So I sold it.

Now I am wearing a $40 (on special at Bi-Mart) electric Casio for everyday use. It keeps time very well by comparison....gains about a minute or less a year.

And, am gonna have to send the Rolex in yet again...now the automatic wind mechanism is not fuctioning right either.

Am starting to like SOME modern electric mass-produced things. Watches is one of them.