Watches - ExPo Style
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Pedro
Capitan rally fluffer
Sorry to disappoint, I wear the fakes (well good swiss movement fakes) at the events.
And I am pretty sure I did that behind a snowmobile back in high school, didn't know it had a real name.
And I am more of a bagel and hard salami sandwich kind of guy. It holds up to being tossed around in the fridge.
back to the watch talk.
And I am pretty sure I did that behind a snowmobile back in high school, didn't know it had a real name.
And I am more of a bagel and hard salami sandwich kind of guy. It holds up to being tossed around in the fridge.
back to the watch talk.
Antichrist
Expedition Leader
In terms of surviving pure abuse Casio is high on my list.
I bought one of these in '83 for about $9.
I called the Naval Observatory and set it to within 1 second of the UNSO clock.
Unfortunately, within a month of buying it, it was in a tool box that caught on fire near the top of a building I was working on (a couple 100 feet up). It got hot enough to melt the band and for the LCD spread and turn the face black. Of course I thought it was trashed and tossed it off the building.
At the end of the day I happened to see it on the ground while walking to my car. If it hadn't been face up so I could read the face I'd have ignored it, but I could read the time and date. I picked it up and all the functions seemed to work so I put it on (the band was melted and distorted, but I could still fasten it.
About a year later I was still using it and checked it against the USNO clock again and found it to be within 10 seconds of the correct time.
I wore it for another 5 or 6 years until the crystal cracked when changing the battery. But it was getting hard to read anyway with all the weld spatter on it.
Definitely not a glamorous watch, or one for coffee table magazine photo shoots, but they do the job.
I bought one of these in '83 for about $9.
I called the Naval Observatory and set it to within 1 second of the UNSO clock.
Unfortunately, within a month of buying it, it was in a tool box that caught on fire near the top of a building I was working on (a couple 100 feet up). It got hot enough to melt the band and for the LCD spread and turn the face black. Of course I thought it was trashed and tossed it off the building.
At the end of the day I happened to see it on the ground while walking to my car. If it hadn't been face up so I could read the face I'd have ignored it, but I could read the time and date. I picked it up and all the functions seemed to work so I put it on (the band was melted and distorted, but I could still fasten it.
About a year later I was still using it and checked it against the USNO clock again and found it to be within 10 seconds of the correct time.
I wore it for another 5 or 6 years until the crystal cracked when changing the battery. But it was getting hard to read anyway with all the weld spatter on it.
Definitely not a glamorous watch, or one for coffee table magazine photo shoots, but they do the job.
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VanIsle_Greg
I think I need a bigger truck!
I was looking at watches the other night online...anyone know anything about the Luminox?
Never seen one, but the look nice and well optioned. This one caught my eye...
http://www.luminox.com/
Never seen one, but the look nice and well optioned. This one caught my eye...
http://www.luminox.com/
VanIsle_Greg
I think I need a bigger truck!
This is good to hear... I am kind of in like with this model. Might be my next watch!
Corey
OverCamping Specialist
I posted my Luminox earlier in this thread, and if I had to replace it for any reason, I would get the exact same one again, I like it that much.
Yeah its kinda like that but not so much about being pulled as getting out and working with your dogs. You still end up doing a lot of skating, especially uphill.
Cards81fan
Osage Hilltopper
I sold off some of my watches, as I had acquired a few too many. I left myself with three. I have a dressier Seiko chronograph, and a cheap Fossil that I received as a gift from my father (so it has sentimental value) that dressed up well with a nice leather strap.
But for everyday wear, and activities, I like this:
But for everyday wear, and activities, I like this:
TEJASYOTA
Adventurer
I have the TRASER Commander titanium
Their site
http://www.traserusa.com/
I have wheeled, wrench, drop it on concrete, yard work, dirt.. I have owned it almost 1 year.
It is one great watch... I expect it last a hell of a long time. :ylsmoke:
The best thing about it is that I do not need to search for any button to read it in the dark.
Their site
http://www.traserusa.com/
I have wheeled, wrench, drop it on concrete, yard work, dirt.. I have owned it almost 1 year.
It is one great watch... I expect it last a hell of a long time. :ylsmoke:
The best thing about it is that I do not need to search for any button to read it in the dark.
Topher Walters
Adventurer
Seems like I have a response similar to others. I have had the Luminox for 7 or 8 years and have beat it up pretty well. There are scratches on the glass and the numbers on the bezel are pretty much gone but it is still working. I have been thru about 5 batteries. Leather, cloth, and plastic bands don't hold up as well as good metal watch bands. This watch has the best indicators in the dark, good for taking pulse and respiration's in low light.
Mike S
Sponsor - AutoHomeUSA
X2 - cost about $70 and is tough. If you smash it up, just toss it and get another.
I also have a bunch of diving watches that my wife keeps giving me - a Tag Huer and a couple Omega Sea Masters. The high priced watches are very good, I wear them when I have meetings, etc. ...but the bracelets are crap. Leather or rubber band is better.