What watch do you wear?

Simian · 27 Nov 2015 at 18:35

Orange Monster on one wrist...

This on the other

£50 and not a Black Friday in sight!!!

bluen0se9 · 27 Nov 2015 at 19:02

great watch seiko monster, the lume is amazing.

BusError · 27 Nov 2015 at 19:45

.. And what is the smart-whatsits? Been looking to get one of these for the Mrs perhaps...

Simian · 27 Nov 2015 at 20:27

It's a Microsoft Band. The Band 1 to be precise! it was £50 from Microsoft (about a third it's normal price!) and the Band 2 has just come out, but that's £200!!

It's not really a 'Smartwatch' it's more a 'Fitness Band' with Notifications!

Skidder · 27 Nov 2015 at 20:41

i've got my band 2 on one wrist and memovox on the other. good stuff

sprite1275 · 28 Nov 2015 at 21:12

Looking at getting me a nice watch. Never had a watch over £100. I've been looking at the citizen skyhawk range which I like the look of.

Are there any others with the same look I should be looking at as well around £300 mark?

Cosimo · 29 Nov 2015 at 10:58

Got $18,950 to spare then get a Super Mario Bros:

http://www.ablogtowatch.com/romain-jerome-super-mario-bros-watch/

rare · 29 Nov 2015 at 18:43

Gentlemen, would any one have any recommendation for a smaller (circa 36mm) divers watch? I know Seiko do a few but wondered if there were any others you might know of... About £200?

Moeks · 29 Nov 2015 at 20:34

I know of one Armida A11

steve45 · 29 Nov 2015 at 20:47

Looking for a bit of advice, looking for Garmin GPS watch owners.
I was planning on getting a Garmin Tactix, for use with both work and for play (MTB/Hillclimbing), that was until i looked into the Fenix 3, i love the look of the fenix, lower profile, sleeker look, and all that extra functionality, but the one thing that dosnt sit well with me is the battery life, can anyone tell me real world battery life figures?
worth the extra money over the tactix?

rare · 29 Nov 2015 at 20:58

Moeks said:
I know of one Armida A11

That's actually pretty handsome...thanks for the suggestion I will add that to my list!!

DanielMMS · 30 Nov 2015 at 14:07

steve45 said:
Looking for a bit of advice, looking for Garmin GPS watch owners.
I was planning on getting a Garmin Tactix, for use with both work and for play (MTB/Hillclimbing), that was until i looked into the Fenix 3, i love the look of the fenix, lower profile, sleeker look, and all that extra functionality, but the one thing that dosnt sit well with me is the battery life, can anyone tell me real world battery life figures?
worth the extra money over the tactix?

I'm not sure real world figures will show that much difference between the Fenix 3 and Tactix. The Tactix is quoted as having up to 50h with GPS enabled but I guess this will be in UltraTrac mode which would be the same quoted figure as for the Fenix.

Real world wise, at the top end of the spectrum, when I received my Fenix 3, I set a GPS activity running to see how long it would last - the result was about 20h. I've not tried it in UltraTrac mode. At the other end, it probably lasts for weeks without using GPS but I tend to use it at least every couple of days.

My average use is having Bluetooth on all the time (paired to my phone for notifications) and GPS based activities for a couple of hours per day. On that basis, I re-charge about once a week. I would say, however, that it would be very easy to drain the battery more quickly. For instance, using a basic watch face will use far less juice than one of the more interesting ones that shows you all sorts of additional information - the difference is very noticeable.

It's a great bit of kit and I would definitely recommend it.

steve45 · 30 Nov 2015 at 15:19

Awesome thanks very much for the input, I've taken the plunge, managed to find a standard version in grey for £270, hopefully have it before the end of the week! Can't Wait!

hughtrimble · 1 Dec 2015 at 09:06

rare said:
That's actually pretty handsome...thanks for the suggestion I will add that to my list!!

Check out the Polish brand G. Gerlach. I've no personal experience with their wares, but some of what they make look really rather lovely, and they get decent reviews, price considered.

Check out their Super Compressor, for example. Check that it's actually designed for diving at depth though, as some of these compressor-types just look the part, and don't actually function as originally designed!

Moeks · 2 Dec 2015 at 06:46

Moses, have a look at Bauhaus design watches, they will naturally mostly be German like the Archimede there. That's the design style you seem to like. Aristo, Junkers, Zeppelin, Nosmos, all use it to one extent or another, much less so thanks the former but still evident in there design is Damasko and Sinn as well.

Van Diemen · 2 Dec 2015 at 20:52

Picked this up today.

BusError · 2 Dec 2015 at 22:02

Nice! I think if I'd pick a Sub, it's be a Hulk too! Is it new?

413x · 2 Dec 2015 at 22:38

Raggs said:
got this eco drive yesterday ,

Think I might have seen first watch I could go for. And I've looked at every page!

Boo, after a Google I changed my mind!

Nix · 3 Dec 2015 at 01:32

What do people make of this idea?

http://www.dezeen.com/2015/10/27/blocks-modular-smartwatch-kickstarter/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34774965

BananaDunka · 3 Dec 2015 at 10:31

Cheap watch case for travel or just single watch storage. Should be here tomorrow. Looks quite good!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Portable-Tr...=1449138492&sr=8-3&keywords=watch+travel+case