Monique
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http://www.tissot.ch/?mod_news/owner_collections/id_235
My brother has one and likes it a lot. Merry Christmas.
My brother has one and likes it a lot. Merry Christmas.
Which watch
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Boo2
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Hi Phideaux,
as you don't seem to have had a reply which fits all your requirements I'm going to chip in with another of the same : a Suunto Core. I've got the Light Black version of this and it has an inbuilt barometer with trend graph as well as an alarm and a countdown timer. It has pretty big numerals and a backlight which is OKish if not perfect. Suunto warrant their watches even if you change the battery yourself (unlike eg Casio) which is a big advantage. It also has a compass and an altimeter (in case you need to measure your mast
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The only things that gives me pause for recommending it is the fact that it doesn't have several countdown timers of the type you ask for (I don't know a watch that does) and the countdown and alarm timer it does have are not particularly convenient to set. They work OK but are hidden in several levels of menu...
Happy Christmas,
Boo2
as you don't seem to have had a reply which fits all your requirements I'm going to chip in with another of the same : a Suunto Core. I've got the Light Black version of this and it has an inbuilt barometer with trend graph as well as an alarm and a countdown timer. It has pretty big numerals and a backlight which is OKish if not perfect. Suunto warrant their watches even if you change the battery yourself (unlike eg Casio) which is a big advantage. It also has a compass and an altimeter (in case you need to measure your mast
)The only things that gives me pause for recommending it is the fact that it doesn't have several countdown timers of the type you ask for (I don't know a watch that does) and the countdown and alarm timer it does have are not particularly convenient to set. They work OK but are hidden in several levels of menu...
Happy Christmas,
Boo2
SHUG
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I have just got a CASIO radio regulated watch with a solar recharged battery,waterproof to 60metres and LED illumination. Ticks the boxes for me!!! (@£60)
KenMcCulloch
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Hello Phideaux
Sorry to spoil the thread by actually answering your question. I have a Suunto X-Lander watch which I bought in 2002 and has given perfect service, it's on it's 3rd replacment strap and 4th or 5th replacement battery. It's pretty much identical to the Yachtsman model but has functions to do with rate of ascent and so on instead of various elaborate timers. If it broke I would probably buy another.
Cheers
tudorsailor
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Mobile phones are not waterproof although can be kept in irritating plastic bags. Hardly convenient for looking at the time.
Mobile phones need charging regularly. Watches do not
TS
Mobile phones need charging regularly. Watches do not
TS
William_H
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watch for sailing
My priority for a sailing watch is cheap price. Too many times I have returned from a sail only to find obviously I have left my watch somewhere out there. It seems the watch gets caught on things and the band attachment lets go. I do wear a protector around the watch band. So $15 is my price limit that is about 6 squid to you and I always insist on analogue type display. Actually a shiny silver looking one looks OK from a distance. I have never known anyone to take an interest in what kind of watch I wear. Funny it seems the cheaper the watch the less inclined it is to leap overboard.
Re GPS. For the kind of money you are talking for a watch you can have a cheap GPS like Etrex. With among other things precise time. I can't see how any responsible sailor (especially in UK with fogs) can not avail himself of this technology. You can still use your DR and charts. good luck olewill
My priority for a sailing watch is cheap price. Too many times I have returned from a sail only to find obviously I have left my watch somewhere out there. It seems the watch gets caught on things and the band attachment lets go. I do wear a protector around the watch band. So $15 is my price limit that is about 6 squid to you and I always insist on analogue type display. Actually a shiny silver looking one looks OK from a distance. I have never known anyone to take an interest in what kind of watch I wear. Funny it seems the cheaper the watch the less inclined it is to leap overboard.
Re GPS. For the kind of money you are talking for a watch you can have a cheap GPS like Etrex. With among other things precise time. I can't see how any responsible sailor (especially in UK with fogs) can not avail himself of this technology. You can still use your DR and charts. good luck olewill
duncan99210
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Best of all possible worlds
Why not get something like the Garmin Forerunner 205 GPS Watch, which is a simple GPS reduced in size to fit into a watch. Don't know about it's 'pulling power' in the babe magnet stakes but it does keep good time and will also let you know where you are at the push of a button instead of all that tedious work with charts.
Available from Tesco at £120 - follow this link: http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.208-1771.aspx
ps No use for me - display's too small, I'd need my reading glasses to see where I was........
Why not get something like the Garmin Forerunner 205 GPS Watch, which is a simple GPS reduced in size to fit into a watch. Don't know about it's 'pulling power' in the babe magnet stakes but it does keep good time and will also let you know where you are at the push of a button instead of all that tedious work with charts.
Available from Tesco at £120 - follow this link: http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.208-1771.aspx
ps No use for me - display's too small, I'd need my reading glasses to see where I was........
wotayottie
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Got to agree with you about GPS. Fog in the UK is rare - maybe you are thinking of the old coal fire days and London smog etc
Ru88ell
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I can recommend the Casio Sea Pathfinder for about £23
http://is.gd/jPyC0
I also have a Suunto Regatta and barely wear it because the cheap Casio is so bloody good. Loads of alarms, countdowns and it even gives moon phase and tide graphs! It's light weight and unlike the Suunto the buttons are not easily knocked by accident.
http://is.gd/jPyC0
I also have a Suunto Regatta and barely wear it because the cheap Casio is so bloody good. Loads of alarms, countdowns and it even gives moon phase and tide graphs! It's light weight and unlike the Suunto the buttons are not easily knocked by accident.
