On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 20:41:45 -0400, " *JimH*" wrote:


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Pjparty wrote:
Try the Avier Triton diver, mine keeps within a couple of seconds a day.
The luminescence on the dial markers and hands is superluminova, the
dial has this nice reflective metal finish. It has a date function,
but no chronograph function. Mine takes a lot of abuse, but it uses
ETAs 2824 movement which is very solid. Its only rated to 200 meters,
but it has a really nice display back. It retails at $695, not a big
price when you consider most swiss divers retail over $1000. I also
like the screwed links, I didn't have to go to anyone to get it
sized, I just used my eyeglass screwdriver. Ignoramus31468 Wrote:
My old POS "titanium" (read base metal covered with 0.0001" of
titanium coating) finally died and I am NOT missing it. It was all
pitted from my sweat. Disgusting.

So, what I am looking for now is a:

1) stainless steel watch
2) luminescent dial and hands
3) with calendar, stopwatch etc
4) very water resistant
5) very abuse resistant (I do a lot of mechanical type works etc)
6) accurate
7) not too expensive. I want functionality and not prestige.

Any suggestions? I can go with analog or electronic display, I am not
too sure what is my preference.

thanks

i

Nothing wrong with titanium..if you buy a good quality solid titanium
block and wrist strap.
My wife paid $695.00 CDN for a Victorianox Swiss Army Titanium watch 6
years ago. I used to pit my watch & my arm from alergies (nickelitis?)
but since I got this watch...no problem.
Supposed to good for 300 feet and has the rotating bezel to keep track of
time.

My Skagen solid Titanium was about $100 on sale at Macy's. Is not a dive
watch, but I wear it snorkeling. And it is a very comfortable watch to
wear as the solid Titanium watch and band weigh very little.


I have not worn a watch for over 5 years. My cell phone is all I need if I
need to check the time. Prior to cell phones showing time I only wore one
while on business, never while on vacation or on the boat. After all what
kind of *get away* is it if you have to worry about time?


To determine the time of water movement with the tides.

--
John H

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so."

Ronald Reagan

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On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 20:41:45 -0400, " *JimH*" wrote:


"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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"Don White" wrote in message
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Pjparty wrote:
Try the Avier Triton diver, mine keeps within a couple of seconds a
day.
The luminescence on the dial markers and hands is superluminova, the
dial has this nice reflective metal finish. It has a date function,
but no chronograph function. Mine takes a lot of abuse, but it uses
ETAs 2824 movement which is very solid. Its only rated to 200 meters,
but it has a really nice display back. It retails at $695, not a big
price when you consider most swiss divers retail over $1000. I also
like the screwed links, I didn't have to go to anyone to get it
sized, I just used my eyeglass screwdriver. Ignoramus31468 Wrote:
My old POS "titanium" (read base metal covered with 0.0001" of
titanium coating) finally died and I am NOT missing it. It was all
pitted from my sweat. Disgusting.

So, what I am looking for now is a:

1) stainless steel watch
2) luminescent dial and hands
3) with calendar, stopwatch etc
4) very water resistant
5) very abuse resistant (I do a lot of mechanical type works etc)
6) accurate
7) not too expensive. I want functionality and not prestige.

Any suggestions? I can go with analog or electronic display, I am not
too sure what is my preference.

thanks

i

Nothing wrong with titanium..if you buy a good quality solid titanium
block and wrist strap.
My wife paid $695.00 CDN for a Victorianox Swiss Army Titanium watch 6
years ago. I used to pit my watch & my arm from alergies (nickelitis?)
but since I got this watch...no problem.
Supposed to good for 300 feet and has the rotating bezel to keep track
of
time.

My Skagen solid Titanium was about $100 on sale at Macy's. Is not a
dive
watch, but I wear it snorkeling. And it is a very comfortable watch to
wear as the solid Titanium watch and band weigh very little.


I have not worn a watch for over 5 years. My cell phone is all I need if
I
need to check the time. Prior to cell phones showing time I only wore
one
while on business, never while on vacation or on the boat. After all what
kind of *get away* is it if you have to worry about time?


To determine the time of water movement with the tides.

--
John H

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's
just that they know so much that isn't so."

Ronald Reagan

Fair enough. So what does your $200 watch do for you that your cell phone
or boat stereo cannot?

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On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 20:41:45 -0400, " *JimH*" wrote:


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"Don White" wrote in message
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Pjparty wrote:
Try the Avier Triton diver, mine keeps within a couple of seconds a
day.
The luminescence on the dial markers and hands is superluminova, the
dial has this nice reflective metal finish. It has a date function,
but no chronograph function. Mine takes a lot of abuse, but it uses
ETAs 2824 movement which is very solid. Its only rated to 200
meters,
but it has a really nice display back. It retails at $695, not a big
price when you consider most swiss divers retail over $1000. I also
like the screwed links, I didn't have to go to anyone to get it
sized, I just used my eyeglass screwdriver. Ignoramus31468 Wrote:
My old POS "titanium" (read base metal covered with 0.0001" of
titanium coating) finally died and I am NOT missing it. It was all
pitted from my sweat. Disgusting.

So, what I am looking for now is a:

1) stainless steel watch
2) luminescent dial and hands
3) with calendar, stopwatch etc
4) very water resistant
5) very abuse resistant (I do a lot of mechanical type works etc)
6) accurate
7) not too expensive. I want functionality and not prestige.

Any suggestions? I can go with analog or electronic display, I am not
too sure what is my preference.

thanks

i

Nothing wrong with titanium..if you buy a good quality solid titanium
block and wrist strap.
My wife paid $695.00 CDN for a Victorianox Swiss Army Titanium watch 6
years ago. I used to pit my watch & my arm from alergies
(nickelitis?)
but since I got this watch...no problem.
Supposed to good for 300 feet and has the rotating bezel to keep track
of
time.

My Skagen solid Titanium was about $100 on sale at Macy's. Is not a
dive
watch, but I wear it snorkeling. And it is a very comfortable watch to
wear as the solid Titanium watch and band weigh very little.


I have not worn a watch for over 5 years. My cell phone is all I need
if I
need to check the time. Prior to cell phones showing time I only wore
one
while on business, never while on vacation or on the boat. After all
what
kind of *get away* is it if you have to worry about time?


To determine the time of water movement with the tides.

--
John H

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's
just that they know so much that isn't so."

Ronald Reagan

Fair enough. So what does your $200 watch do for you that your cell phone
or boat stereo cannot?


Clarification: Most boat stereo systems shows the time on the faceplate
display.

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On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 20:41:45 -0400, " *JimH*" wrote:


"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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"Don White" wrote in message
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Pjparty wrote:
Try the Avier Triton diver, mine keeps within a couple of seconds a
day.
The luminescence on the dial markers and hands is superluminova, the
dial has this nice reflective metal finish. It has a date function,
but no chronograph function. Mine takes a lot of abuse, but it uses
ETAs 2824 movement which is very solid. Its only rated to 200
meters,
but it has a really nice display back. It retails at $695, not a big
price when you consider most swiss divers retail over $1000. I also
like the screwed links, I didn't have to go to anyone to get it
sized, I just used my eyeglass screwdriver. Ignoramus31468 Wrote:
My old POS "titanium" (read base metal covered with 0.0001" of
titanium coating) finally died and I am NOT missing it. It was all
pitted from my sweat. Disgusting.

So, what I am looking for now is a:

1) stainless steel watch
2) luminescent dial and hands
3) with calendar, stopwatch etc
4) very water resistant
5) very abuse resistant (I do a lot of mechanical type works etc)
6) accurate
7) not too expensive. I want functionality and not prestige.

Any suggestions? I can go with analog or electronic display, I am
not
too sure what is my preference.

thanks

i

Nothing wrong with titanium..if you buy a good quality solid titanium
block and wrist strap.
My wife paid $695.00 CDN for a Victorianox Swiss Army Titanium watch
6
years ago. I used to pit my watch & my arm from alergies
(nickelitis?)
but since I got this watch...no problem.
Supposed to good for 300 feet and has the rotating bezel to keep
track of
time.

My Skagen solid Titanium was about $100 on sale at Macy's. Is not a
dive
watch, but I wear it snorkeling. And it is a very comfortable watch
to
wear as the solid Titanium watch and band weigh very little.


I have not worn a watch for over 5 years. My cell phone is all I need
if I
need to check the time. Prior to cell phones showing time I only wore
one
while on business, never while on vacation or on the boat. After all
what
kind of *get away* is it if you have to worry about time?


To determine the time of water movement with the tides.

--
John H

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's
just that they know so much that isn't so."

Ronald Reagan

Fair enough. So what does your $200 watch do for you that your cell
phone or boat stereo cannot?


Clarification: Most boat stereo systems shows the time on the faceplate
display.


My stereo radio in the boat loses all it's settings when I shut off the
batteries. As to wearing a watch, only at times. When traveling via
airplanes and trains I want to know the time, and most of the times when I
do that, I am out of the USA and my cell phone is not with me. I use the
GPS on the boat for the time while boating.

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"PocoLoco" wrote in message
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To determine the time of water movement with the tides.

--
John H

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's
just that they know so much that isn't so."

Ronald Reagan

Fair enough. So what does your $200 watch do for you that your cell phone
or boat stereo cannot?

My oldest daughter bought me this neat little Nike watch, that had tide data
stored in it. You could pick from hundreds beaches or locations, and it had
this neat little LCD graph on the bottom showing exactly where the tide was,
and whether coming in or out. Worked perfectly, and was very inexpensive
too.


--
-Netsock

"It's just about going fast...that's all..."
http://home.columbus.rr.com/ckg/

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:20:22 -0400, " *JimH*" wrote:


"PocoLoco" wrote in message
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On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 20:41:45 -0400, " *JimH*" wrote:


"Bill McKee" wrote in message
rthlink.net...

"Don White" wrote in message
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Pjparty wrote:
Try the Avier Triton diver, mine keeps within a couple of seconds a
day.
The luminescence on the dial markers and hands is superluminova, the
dial has this nice reflective metal finish. It has a date function,
but no chronograph function. Mine takes a lot of abuse, but it uses
ETAs 2824 movement which is very solid. Its only rated to 200 meters,
but it has a really nice display back. It retails at $695, not a big
price when you consider most swiss divers retail over $1000. I also
like the screwed links, I didn't have to go to anyone to get it
sized, I just used my eyeglass screwdriver. Ignoramus31468 Wrote:
My old POS "titanium" (read base metal covered with 0.0001" of
titanium coating) finally died and I am NOT missing it. It was all
pitted from my sweat. Disgusting.

So, what I am looking for now is a:

1) stainless steel watch
2) luminescent dial and hands
3) with calendar, stopwatch etc
4) very water resistant
5) very abuse resistant (I do a lot of mechanical type works etc)
6) accurate
7) not too expensive. I want functionality and not prestige.

Any suggestions? I can go with analog or electronic display, I am not
too sure what is my preference.

thanks

i

Nothing wrong with titanium..if you buy a good quality solid titanium
block and wrist strap.
My wife paid $695.00 CDN for a Victorianox Swiss Army Titanium watch 6
years ago. I used to pit my watch & my arm from alergies (nickelitis?)
but since I got this watch...no problem.
Supposed to good for 300 feet and has the rotating bezel to keep track
of
time.

My Skagen solid Titanium was about $100 on sale at Macy's. Is not a
dive
watch, but I wear it snorkeling. And it is a very comfortable watch to
wear as the solid Titanium watch and band weigh very little.


I have not worn a watch for over 5 years. My cell phone is all I need if
I
need to check the time. Prior to cell phones showing time I only wore
one
while on business, never while on vacation or on the boat. After all what
kind of *get away* is it if you have to worry about time?


To determine the time of water movement with the tides.

--
John H

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's
just that they know so much that isn't so."

Ronald Reagan

Fair enough. So what does your $200 watch do for you that your cell phone
or boat stereo cannot?


My cell phone is off unless I have an emergency or need to call someone. I don't
know if my cell phone has a clock or not, but for sure looking at my wrist is
more convenient than digging out my cell phone, opening it, turning it on, and
waiting for it to do its thing. I don't have a boat stereo. But if I did, I'd
have to pay attention to it to hear when the time was next told. Again, looking
at the wrist is immediate and convenient.

--
John H

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so."

Ronald Reagan