Decently Priced Field Watch
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The GW is on AMZN Prime @ $305. I have a hard time paying for a watch that costs between $100 and a few thousand. That range is too expensive for a beater but it won't be a watch that I'll love.
That being said, the GW5000 is about as good as it gets for a digital watch.
That being said, the GW5000 is about as good as it gets for a digital watch.
Never had any trouble with my eco-drive watches or anyone else I've known, but that's a small sample size. If it doesn't get light for too long it'll hibernate and resume later. Maybe one of these watch nerds will chime in on Citizens.
:rofl: Not me.
People actually enjoy those things. Steve Wozniak wears one (the round model) almost exclusively. Looks like a tire pressure gauge, though. These have those silly machined cases. I wish the maker would be a bit more creative from a design perspective.
They're a bit silly, but those tubes are the cat's ass for atmosphere. I've been meaning to get one of the cool clock kits people offer on Ebay.
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Kennith
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You should see my brother in law's collection.
He probably has 20 GMTs and half a dozen Daytonas with the rest Pateks, Panerais, or IWC.
He finally realized his home safe was no longer big enough so he leaves them in the vault at work.
Haha, I can afford all those only if I buy the motorola 360 smart watch and download all those watch faces.
Supposedly Timex is "reissuing" the camper watch...It's a nylon/resin/plastic case watch with a quartz movement but it's good looking and cheap and pretty tough if it's like their original one. (Fortis made plastic cases as well back in the day..)
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Not a watch nerd, but I bought a Citizen about a year ago as a divorce present to myself. This is the titanium version (figured a tough watch to remind me of the tough divorce:thehand
.I like it. No problems after a year. The titanium is light as heck; the weight feels like it's made of plastic.
Edit: It was ~$500, got it on sale for ~$350.
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They are nice, little watches. Only thing about those is the tiny case (35mm?) and the loud TICK TICK TICK.
The Marathon Navigator is a nice alternative:
New "beater":
Now I have to find a manual that's in English; the one that came with it is in Japanese.
Now I have to find a manual that's in English; the one that came with it is in Japanese.
My beater. Don't screw the crow down too hard.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01B...1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470911302&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01B...1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470911302&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40
Yeah, I bought the GW5000 & it arrived yesterday. It's reminding me why I've always loved the simplicity of analog watches. The manual is a fully packed 6 pages worth of instructions.
BTW, there is another version which is a variant from the original gw5000. Same style but just bigger. On this side of the world we call it "muscle man." Really like it but never bought one as it will never fit me as I am a skinny guy, my wrist is just to small for it.
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