What watch did you wear today?

[Reinier]

Thanks guys!

[enki_ck]

Your daughter has excellent taste.

Right? First the SAK, now the watch. When should we expect her to join MTO?

[Reinier]

I'll ask her to write a review of her first multitool as soon as possible. May take a decade though.

[kkokkolis]

I bought this Suunto Core Orange today. I wanted one for years, a decade almost. I bought a Casio Protrek instead that's less dressy (but well used when outdoors and traveling).
Now I see this Suunto has low contrast and perhaps it needs a battery (bad lighting), the Casio is the opposite, really easy to see day and night. But it is beautiful and has many functions to play with. I'll see how it is in everyday use.

[Grathr]

I finally caved in and got my self a Vostok Ampibian



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[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I've had a couple of them, but for whatever reason they just didn't work that well They seemed to work fine for the folks I gave them too, and that look amazing

[SAK Guy]

Still the Sub with the improper Sub band (so I'm told).

[enki_ck]

DW5600E for the last week or so.

[sawman]

Wearing my Rangeman, love it

[Grathr]

I've had a couple of them, but for whatever reason they just didn't work that well They seemed to work fine for the folks I gave them too, and that look amazing

I have only had it for a couple of days, but it has worked well so far.


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[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Long may it continue, as I was gutted when mine played up But I gave one to Grant and one to Ben and as far as I know they still work, as it the one I gave my friend for his 21st and he's 37 now!

[dks]

After over a decade, I am wearing a new Genuaaaine Casio G-Shock.... from Dinodirect..

It looks similar to the real one, but the actual module is different and basic (Alarm, stopwatch, clock) The adjust button and the G button do the same - they operate the light (multicoloured led)

[sawman]

After over a decade, I am wearing a new Genuaaaine Casio G-Shock.... from Dinodirect..

It looks similar to the real one, but the actual module is different and basic (Alarm, stopwatch, clock) The adjust button and the G button do the same - they operate the light (multicoloured led)

Why would you want to wear a fake? 

[dks]

Because I live in a free country and can wear whatever I like...

[Philby]

This Victorinox 241372 arrived this week.

[Zed]

My pulsar chronograph 100m today 

[kkokkolis]

The Suunto Core didn't leave my wrist a single minute since I got it.

[sawman]

Still quite content with my CASIO Rangeman. Although it is water resistant, I don't shower with it on. I'd like to keep the gasket in pristine condition.

The compass is spot on, and the barometer is pretty good at predicting rain. My only question is with the altimeter that doesn't seem to spit out accurate results.

I'm moving down the street but at my current residence the time automatically updates each night.

One of the more expensive CASIO's, I'd say worth every penny.

[Zed]

Still quite content with my CASIO Rangeman. Although it is water resistant, I don't shower with it on. I'd like to keep the gasket in pristine condition.

The compass is spot on, and the barometer is pretty good at predicting rain. My only question is with the altimeter that doesn't seem to spit out accurate results.

I'm moving down the street but at my current residence the time automatically updates each night.

One of the more expensive CASIO's, I'd say worth every penny.

get it wet mate thats the whole point of a G 

[sawman]

I know, it's classic baby-the-new-watch syndrome isn't it 

[Zed]

I know, it's classic baby-the-new-watch syndrome isn't it 

its one of the reasons i prefer the cheaper G's ,for me Gshocks are built to be beaten on  the only watches im carefull with are the watches i wear out 

[Top-Gear-24]

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I bought this Suunto Core Orange today. I wanted one for years, a decade almost. I bought a Casio Protrek instead that's less dressy (but well used when outdoors and traveling).
Now I see this Suunto has low contrast and perhaps it needs a battery (bad lighting), the Casio is the opposite, really easy to see day and night. But it is beautiful and has many functions to play with. I'll see how it is in everyday use.

I know I'm a bit late with my response but somehow I missed this post  .

The "all black" model of the Suunto Core is a bit harder to read than the regular one ... but did you know that you can adjust the contrast on the Core ? 

Here's the official "how to" video from the Suunto site:

[Top-Gear-24]

Last year I bought my first Suunto Core (the all black version), I wore it on vacation in Austria and loved it so much that when I saw the regular Core on sale at the local outdoorshop last December, I couldn't resist buying it ...

Here's a pic of my latest Core, which I wore today during a hike with my oldest son.



Here's a pic I made when I just got it:

[3F]

Wish I had a rotation.....but fact is I don't.

I've been sporting TIMEX EXPEDITION for a while now.  My grandson is wearing my last one....and he's just
starting to get "telling time."   

[kkokkolis]

Whith freash battery it's easy for me to read the Core. However I played with contrast. The fact is that after I changed the strap with a black it killed my watch rotation. I don't want to miss it for a day until my death.

[Zed]

Whith freash battery it's easy for me to read the Core. However I played with contrast. The fact is that after I changed the strap with a black it killed my watch rotation. I don't want to miss it for a day until my death.

i feel this way about my G5600E Gshock,its the watch i wear most days ,other than my abused DW5600E that gets wore to work 

on that note im wearing my G5500ts today 

[bmot]

The compass is spot on, and the barometer is pretty good at predicting rain. My only question is with the altimeter that doesn't seem to spit out accurate results.

Altimeters work through measuring the air pressure, and calculating the elevation from that (the higher you get, the lower the pressure will be). Of course with weather changes, the air pressure will change as well, and I think it needs to be recalibrated on a known hight, to then from there measure the real elevation.


That's why it doesn't measure accurately at all times

[sak60]

Casio PRW 2000A

[Top-Gear-24]

The compass is spot on, and the barometer is pretty good at predicting rain. My only question is with the altimeter that doesn't seem to spit out accurate results.

Altimeters work through measuring the air pressure, and calculating the elevation from that (the higher you get, the lower the pressure will be). Of course with weather changes, the air pressure will change as well, and I think it needs to be recalibrated on a known hight, to then from there measure the real elevation.


That's why it doesn't measure accurately at all times

That's why I prefer my Suunto Core(s) over my Casio Protrek (and Riseman). 

The Core also measures altitude using air pressure, but you can manually choose if the change in air pressure should be interpreted as a change in altitude or a shift in weather conditions.  For example, when I'm hiking in the mountains I will set the preferences on my Core to "alti mode", so the watch "knows" that any change in air pressure is due to a change in altitude, when I'm on a hike in flat terrain (or when I'm in the mountains but I'm going to stay in one place for a while, overnight, or while eating dinner) I will set the preference on "baro mode", so the watch will know that any change in air pressure is due to a change in weather.

During my vacation in Austria last summer, I had my core and my Riseman with me, so I could check altitude on both of them to see if there really was a difference.  And sometimes they both were pretty accurate, but sometimes the Casio was between 100 and 200 meters of.  One morning the Casio showed 300 meters change in altitude overnight, while the Core showed the same altitude as the evening before, but it did show bad weather was on the way ...

Despite this nice option on the Core, you still need to calibrate as often as you can, while hiking, you should calibrate every time you're in a place with a known altitude.  Be it a mountain cabin, a mountain top, the start/end of a chairlift ...

Here's a nice video I found on the Suunto site:

[captain spaulding]

I have been wearing my older Seiko lately. I have had it since I was probably 14 so I love wearing it. It still runs better to this day than any other watch I own.