Which Chronometer?

[themount2]

SWMBO is talking sailing wrist watches for chrissie pressie. (And to think I was going to use her for MOB practice last week- along with the cat!")
We are cruising not dinghy racing so countdowns not vital but night light, tides, alarms, maybe calculator, would be. Digital preferred but not essential.
What are your recommendations for specifications and models?
Lucky ole me has around 200 squids to spend so no Rollocks please!

 

[davidhand]

Checkout "Citizen Eco-Drive Skyhawk" they look real pretty and have analog and digital.

 

[snowleopard]

some friends bought a seiko each as it has an alarm which can be set to beep every 10 mins and resets with one button push so they can doze during watches. sounds useful.

 

[Iota]

Have a look at Rotary

mine has been going for years and has been swimming etc

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.rotarywatches.com/>http://www.rotarywatches.com/</A>

Courtesy is an iota but makes the world go round

 

[Guest]

As someone who has loss cheap and expensive watches over the side, I'd recommend any watch that stays on your wrist ahead of one that works at 200 metres. I've had several that claim to work at 200 metres, sadly only Captain Nemo can coroborate the manufacturers claims!

Good luck, Ticker.

 

[jollyjacktar]

An old Alarm Clock Will Do

Presumably you are not going to require a chronometer for astro navigation. Timing tides to within a couple of seconds accuracy per month is futile as tides are not that exact and can vary depending on atmospherics, geographics and other things that are not allowed for in tide tables and as for sunset, sunrise etc why bother if you are maintaining 24hr watchkeeping, that is provided the weather allows you to observe these events.

I make do with an old wind up alarm clock [of doubtful origin] , I can set the alarm for all sorts of timings, high/low tide, change of watch, time to wake up, the crockodile is coming, etc. Furthermore I have marked the face of the dial to indicate the varying states of the tide, and provided that I set the hands correctly relative to the full/low tide times from the tide table this then gives me an instant readout of the state of things without needing to do too many other calculations. Mind you it needs to be corrected a couple of times in a 24hr period, as tides frequency is a bit more than 12 hrs, but for the 6 or 7 hours that I need it , as long as the end pont [high or low tide] is indexed correctly ahead, then the few minutes that it is out of correct time are generally irrelevant. The alarm can be set in this mode as well , say to go off two hours before low tide or some such.

I suppose that a more expensive electric analogue alarm clock could do the same thing, but my old 50p one has served me well for the last 10 years or so, so no need to change things.

Mind you if you have to spend money, there will always be some merchant or chandlerer who will baffle you with sound reasons for the purchase, be willing to take your money away from you and exchange it for some sort of glittering beads or pieces of mirror that you can impress your friends with.

Have a happy Christmas.

 

[vyv_cox]

We complete our log every hour. Despite almost every piece of electronic equipment on board having a digital timer attached to it (GPS, instruments, radios, organiser, computer, calculator, plus chart table clock, two digital watches and a pen) not a single one of them will give a decent audible alarm on every hour. The watches will, but are inaudible on deck with sailing clothes being worn. So my advice is - whatever you select, get the loudest alarm available.

 

[jamesjermain]

I have a Casio - I think the model name is Telememo 30, but it could equally be Databank from the graphics. It retails for around £40 I think.

This is the third of this model I have bought - why? Because it is the only watch I have found which has five separate alarms - so one for each shipping forecast and one over. It also has silly things like a telephone number storage facility plus the usual stop watch, race timer, etc. Its one drawback is a very bright night light, which only stays on for a couple of seconds - press, fumble with oily cuff...'its 07...blast!

Why have I had three? Good watch - lousy watch straps

JJ