Hi,

Wondering what your all are doing for a watch these days. I quit wearing a watch about 10 years ago when my Suunto was broken physically (thanks airport scanners) and just started relying on the clock on my phone.

As my phones seem to keep getting larger (been using the Samsung Galaxy Note III -- easier on the eyes) it's getting to be a pain to pull it out just to check the time when I'm out and about. Plus, if the cell networks become unavailable, clock may be off and will be off once battery runs dry or is replaced. I'm really wanting something that I can just go back to looking at on my wrist.

I've been mostly looking at the Casio G-Shock and ProTrek (digital and analog, battery and solar); the Timex Expeditions; the Seiko and Citizen self-winding; along with the newer Suunto and Garmin offerings.

For some reason I like the Compass/Altimeter/Barometer/Temperature options, even though I know they aren't very accurate and/or are derived by extrapolation (especially altimeter). Compass is usually only good for general direction. Yet, I feel if I'm going to $pend a few c-notes, I should be wearing something that provides me several features besides just the time/date.

Thinking about going very basic, I did wear an old $20 Timex we had for the last few weeks and it just didn't do it for me.

I can tell I'm getting older because feel frustration that there are almost too many options and none of them precisely what I want.

So, please share what you go with, both day-to-day and in the back-country if it is different; what works for you and what does not work; along with options I may not be considering.

Thanks,

b

Day to day is a Casio G-shock GW-9100 or a G-shock analog/digital solar atomic model. I've had one with the light button on the face break around the button.

Back country is usually which ever I happen to be wearing at the time.

I've been wearing this one for six or seven years now:

http://www.lapolicegear.com/uzih3prwarus.html



The tritium illumination is nice. They trimmed cost by only putting tritium on the hands and the 12-3-6-9 positions.

I have one of those Seiko shake winders. It was expensive, and not my most liked watch. I also sometimes wear a Seiko solar powered watch. Neither one is fancy, just shows date and time. I also have a wind up pocket watch that I keep on occasion. I have a Casio wristwatch running on a battery that I've had for 7 years and it is still running, but the strap leaves a ring around my wrist these days.

G-Shock Basic watch that keeps good time.

i have a 24 hour watch,what looks like 6 on this is really noon.
i wore it when i worked at the Vets Hospital and we kept track of everything in 24 hour time.i thought the watches with the 12 hour face and the 24 time filled it was sort of slack.

I have this mechanical Smiths military.

I keep it simple, a basic no-name watch from one of the big discount stores. The only "extra" I look for is the date function and large easy to read numbers.

The one I am wearing now cost about 20 dollars---about 10 years ago!. Still going strong. It is on its 3rd or 4th battery, and second band. Keeps perfect time.

I bought a GMT Master at the China Fleet Club, Hong Kong in 72 for about $250...wore it for 30+ years, and finally decided that tune up costing more than original price was excessive... today, a small Casio sport watch

Citizen Stiletto- leather band- light powered, sapphire face.

I wear mine with face in, after destroying 8 timex, found one with a face I couldn't break.

On 3rd band, 2nd battery/capacitor thingy