I was looking at some (analogue) watches today. On around 90% of them I found it very difficult to actually tell the time despite them being in a well lit display. White hands on white backgrounds (substitute any two close colours), thin hands or multiple of small dials camouflaging the watch face. In most cases "designer style" over practicality.
I bought a Casio last year. White hands and numbers against a dark blue dial. Vey easy to read.
I'm using my "emergency" watch at the moment because my beloved 30 y/o Seiko diver's watch finally expired. It's a cheapo Casio analogue with white dial and black hands. Very easy to read. No day/date though, which means it's not an acceptable long-term option.
Unlike my expensive gold Swiss dress watch which has gold hands and a gold dial and is impossible to read in the sort of lighting conditions in which one might wear a dress watch.
I'm looking for a nice everyday watch now, but the trend seems to be for 2lbs of stainless steel with 4 dials and 7 buttons on it, the very opposite of what I want.
Or a similar Timex, with a backlight
the ones I always liked were..bugger I forgot. In between brand
Ah. This brand.
My Casio is one of their WaveCeptor range. One dial - for time with sweep second hand, small LCD display for other things: date/day, seconds, alarm set and stopwatch.
I have a Timex that cost me £22.99 a couple of weeks ago. it replaces an identical model that has lasted 9 years and taken a lot of abuse.
I need it because my eye cannot see and read a digital watch without glasses. With glasses, I cannot see my lecture audience!
It has black hands on a white face and also has a back glow (rarely used so that has lasted).
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That is what I have too, as my everyday watch for must be ten years. Titanium, so very light on the wrist, solar charging and radio set so always spot on, I just wear it. The only fault, is the upper part of the case is silver covered plastic, which wears off.
Have a look at Mondaine watches - very clear.
Lorus Gents Titanium Watch RXH17JX9
Seiko quality for Sekonda money.
I'm sort of wondering what a watch is, haven't worn one since about
1992. And even then it was a small pocket watch, aboout 1" dia, black on white with english numbers. These days have phone for time, alarms, etc.YAMYA
What's the point of a divers watch that is so heavy you don't need a weight belt when diving?
Get one that talks. Incidentally I could never keep a watch running on my wrist, electronic or mechanical. I just use a pocketable talking one nowadays so I have no need to try again. Brian
I quite like the Lorus titanium watch, model RXD425L8. It's on a fabric strap -- easily replaced -- rather than a bracelet. I use mine for cycling, gardening, DIY etc. When it gets a bit grotty/sweaty I rinse it under the tap after applying a little washing up liquid and a light scrub with a nailbrush.
A search on Amazon or Ebay with the keywords "lorus titanium" should show them available for about 35 quid. Although I cheated and bought mine for a tenner at a car boot sale :-)
Snap, more or less, except that mine has numerals and a fabric band. "Lumibrite" luminous dial, very bright for a while after exposure to bedside light.
And just why do you want a watch that is still going to continue working (according to Argos's blurb) in 330ft of water ? Just that it has a sealed back such that you have to pay more than the watch cost to have the battery replaced.
Back in the day there was a certain 'inflation' about waterproofing, because the tests were done in a very specific way that didn't reflect real life.
So 'water resistant' would mean 'might resist sneezing' and '50m waterproof' meant 'will probably work at the bottom of the bath'
I have no idea if that's still the case.
If you don't need the waterproofing you can always attack it with a screwdriver to change the battery, it just won't be sealed afterwards. Or maybe the pressure sealing tools are cheap these days, I don't know.
Theo
Somewhere I saw that 50m would withstand odd splashes but not heavy rain/use in shower/immersion in pool and 100m would be OK in the bath/pool, so there's still inflation (if that's the right word for immersion).
For the purposes of the immersion figures sitting in a bath is only 0.5m if you are not moving. If you move your arm whilst in the bath the effective pressure the watch is subjected to is much more.
Agreed - I had one for years but I managed to damage the plastic gasket when changing the battery a couple of years ago so just went down to Argos and bought a second of the same model (amazed that it was still available).
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