Watch thread

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Simple analog. I was thinking about dyeing the straps black since the green has faded.

>>950039
Analog watch, NATO strap. A rotating bezel is all the stopwatch I need for /out/ stuff.

>>950051
>>950056

This model of citizen has been my favorite watch I have ever owned, but the fact that it doesn't have a rotating bezel rustles me to my core.

>>950039
I like a hybrid analog digital watch. I prefer the aesthetics of the analog and the ability to tell direction (you can do this with digital too) in an emergency. The only feature I really like on digital watches is an alarm. I tend to sleep in when camping & that limits what I can do in the day. Also I can set the alarm for legal hunting hours. I wish analog watches came with an alarm. If they did that's what I'd wear.

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>>950039

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only correct answer

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>>950039
I like the look, how does it move ?

>>950039
It's called using the sun you stupid spastic... Or are you too stupid to even know how to do that.
Oh yes, by all means, use a lazy technological method, destroying the environment. You might as well stay at home, silly spastic.

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Love this watch so much. Don't know why but I'm kinda looking for something "better" no rational reason.

Maybe the gaming tactic line? Anyone have en experience with that? Or the suunto?

>>950147
>gaming tactic line
Garmin Tactix line

>>950141
yeah good thing the sun never goes down and clouds aren't real

>>950039
I don't wear jewelry

>>950149
Oh yeah, cos we live in crazy la la cloud land where the sun never comes out. Of course, yeah, never knew that. Idiot.

>>950135
Quartz. If you are interested it was only about $90 on Amazon.

>>950151
You must not live in the UK

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>>950166
Everything is stupidly expense where I live

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do you wear your watch while sleeping?
when out i sleep with it on, except if im in my hammock cause it tends to just slightly hook unto the edge adn the resitance wakes me up.

but if im on the ground under my tarp or in a tent i sleep with it on when /out/ so when i wake up i can check the time

but when im home it is just so irritating to sleep with on? what makes this difference? why do i not feel it at all when sleeping /out/ is it just because ive already rationalized its utility but at home its just easier to look at my wall clokc from bed instead of squinting to read my watch?

>>950187
>is it just because ive already rationalized its utility but at home its just easier to look at my wall clokc from bed instead of squinting to read my watch?

Thats how it works for me. Always on the wrist when innawoods. Pretty much take it off the second I get home.

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Always analog for out. Can be used to find north along with the sun.

Only time I'm wearing a digital is when running or during other workouts where I might need a stop watch.

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>>950301
>implying digital can't

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GWS G10 Pro Diver
tritium gas tube illumination
Sapphire crystal glass and rated to 200m water resistance due to the Screw down crown.

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General Purpose Timer : GPT - 2

Case: 316L stainless steel case, cut from a solid block.
Dial: With super luminova C3 color
Hands: Super luminova C3. Matte finish ( Triple Applied C3 )
Second Hand : ( International Orange Pantone : O21C )
Movement: Miyota 9015 Automatic / Self Winding
24 Jewel movement ( 28,800 Vibrations Per Hour )
Water resistant: 10 ATM
Crown: Screw crown ( Conventional Style )
Shoulderless Spring Bar
Case back: Solid Stainless
Sapphire crystal domed ( Anti Reflective )
Bronze movement retainer
Hacking movement

>>950187
I sleep with mine on at home but I don't have a wall clock and it's easier to look at my wrist than flail around in the dark trying to find where my phone fell when I fell asleep while reading my ebook.

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>>950070
>>950147
Love mine too.

Gw5000 jdm that I added bull bars to.

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>>950435
>>950440
sterile dial field watches my favorite
people look and think you have a Timex
or something cheap.

good watch check list:
steel case (no coatings,black,gold etc)
sapphire crystal
screw down case back
screw down crown
100 meter water resistance or better
swi$$ or japan made

less GI Joe looking watch to consider is railroad approved watches much more gentleman looking and good for out

g-shock owners need adapters for nato band they like 12 bucks i just cant be having hard plastic band like comes with gshocks.

>>950899
Still rocking my stock g shock band. Comfy af after 2 years.

I hear them Nato bands can last upwards of 6 months under ideal conditions.

>>950039
I don't want to risk breaking any of my swiss watches, and all of my cheap ones are already broken. Who the fuck needs to know what time it is anyway? Sun's on the horizon, good time to fish; sun's not on the horizon, good time to forage.

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>>950039

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>>951274
Wish you were there when I was three tabs deep trying to figure out who/what asshole created time and why it was such a constraint.

Someone should have just taken my watch away from me.

Needless to say I did not find my answers during that trip.

>>951277
we created time because of farming, dipshit

>>951281
Because grains can only be planted between 5:24AM and 7:32AM?

A calendar and a clock aren't the same thing.

>>951277
I'm a full-time philosopher. It doesn't pay very well, but I enjoy what I do.

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>>950039
I'd like to share my views as a seafarer. I spent 2 years at sea and relied on my watch as a tool.

My watch needed to be reliable. It had to be waterproof because sometimes watches end up inside a washing machine or in the rain if I'm on shore leave and I can't replace it easily.

Because we kept moving through time zones, when the ship's slave clocks were being adjusted, sometimes there would be errors. So I needed a watch to use as a reference point. Quartz watches are better for this.

I also like having dual time, not just for calling home, but also for roughly estimating my longitude and thus location for tuning into shortwave radio stations in my free time.

For these reasons I favoured digital watches, specifically the Casio W-71. Rubber straps tend to disintegrate, so I prefer metal straps.

However some seafarers who spend years at sea, much longer than me, tend to prefer automatic watches, because they never have to worry about batteries. Getting batteries or watches replaced when you are at sea can be hard.

>>950150
>I don't wear jewerly
Then how the fuck do you know what time it is while you are /out/?
>INB4 I just look at the sun

>>950039
If you use a standard watch you can us it as a compas so id say that over a digital.

>>950147
>>950886
>>950070
Yeah, the 5600 is based. Mine has lasted 4 years + of infantry abuse and is still going.

I find the backlight is essential, no luminous hands or anything like that I've ever seen is so quick and easy to read. Some condensation seems to be getting into mine of cold days, I can't really fault it after it's taken so much abuse for years, it was not an expensive watch. I'll get another one soon.

>>951693
How?

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>>952044
It took me 2 other gshock's to figure out this was the perfect face display.

Easy to read day, date, and time on top of being a multi band 6 solar. Simple and accurate perfection.

I gifted the other two away.

But also this >>952978

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>>952978
>>952996

http://wilsonwatchco.com/what-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-watches/

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This is my daily /out/ watch. Water resistant enough to hold up in the rain and has a light. I don't know how you analog guys manage without a light.

>>954230
Timex has arguably the best backlight of any watch made and make a ton of decent analog watches.

I think they've got a really good patent on the indiglo backlighting otherwise someone surely by now would have copied it. Someone on an /fa/ watch thread said it was because it requires a larger 3v battery instead of a normal 1.5v battery. I call bullshit because if timex can do it, other companies can do it too.

>>953988
analog is better for this specific reason

>>950069
>not using 24h
fucking pleb desu

>>954234
You can do that with anything as long as you know the right time so a digital will work too,

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I fell for the ABC and (T) meme. I got a Casio PRW 3500 on eBay for $140 shipped and it's a retarded watch. I live in Colorado so the barometer and altimeter are completely fucking useless.

I want to sell, but I'll take a hit after eBay/paypal fees and shipping. I've only worn the dumb thing once to work in the office.

I also have a G Shock 5600 which is really nice. I want the atomic version, but $100 is just too much for.

>>954260
You realize you have to set the altimeter every once and awhile, right?

>>954272
Yes and that when the pressure changes so does the altitude. It's not a very useful device if i need to carry my GPS with me to calibrate the altimeter to get an accurate barometer reading.

This dumb watch is essentially the same price as a foretrex 401. The 401 will give you altitude and compass while also doing shit like recording your track and saving waypoints. The Protrek is a gimmick.

>>954275
I've had nothing but a good time with my PRG-270. The compass is accurate and easy to set, the barometer is useful for warning you of sudden rain, the altimeter is accurate as long as you keep it zeroed, the water resistance is good, and I never have to charge it.

>>954279
The compass is nice on it, the atomic time keeping is nice, solar charging is nice. The altimeter and barometer are garbage because unless I'm standing in one place, my pressure is always changing because I'm hiking in the rocky mountains.

My Garmin 62s has a compass and an altimeter that works. I was hoping I could start leaving that at home.

>>950039
I used to have a timex ironman. When I went surfing in hawaii it got salt in there and the LCD was fucked up. So I went to a drug store and bought the cheapest casio digital watch for like $10. We're a good 5 years later and it's still working fine. I meant to replace it when it broke. I fish constantly as well so it sees some action. I have gotten some shit during job interviews over it and at any expensive store they immediately disregard me as a potential customer when they see it but it has earned its place.

Got a speedmaster professional, and a casio g shcok. Think it's pretty obvious what I use for /out/

>>952978
or you can carry a flipping compass or three.
Even a cheap compass on a watch band is better.

>>954284
Barometer on a watch is good for me when I sail. It's clued me in to trouble coming a few times.

>>954542
I'm sure it's great because your altitude never changes.

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NATO finally came through :)

>>950039
>>950051
>solar watch
you know the non user replaceable battery dies after 10 years right?

>>954702
Are you fuckin serious? I was looking into solar watches because they seem better for me than automatics that die after a couple days. But holy shit I can't buy a watch that is a brick after 10 years.

>>954703
best bet for long term is regular watches and stock up on batteries - diver watches are made to last

>>954702
I am aware of that.

>>954708
Batteries don't last forever, and if its not user replaceable, then I assume you have to take it to a watchmaker to do it.

i just use a g-shock i got as a gift desu

>>951275
Same watch. Kind of cool little thing. For $15, it's a nice bit of nostalgia.

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>>950039

This is my outdoor watch.

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After one year of wearing it in the sand, sea, snow - the watch is super duper water tight and the compass really amazes me. Payed 45$, I'll only have to replace the battery soon because I use it every day for the alarm, the stopwatch, the timer and more times during the day for the thermometer and sometimes for the compass.

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>>950039
>>950070
>>950147

I can vouch for the DW5600e. Mine has been in the mud, skiing, and swimming in the gulf. At $47 dollars you don't really care if you lose the thing.

Its got an alarm, timer, stopwatch and backlight. If you don't use the light or alarm very often the batter will last a very long time.

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Pic related on a Zulu band.