Scuba watch

[jbd]

My watch is a Casio that I bought as a dive watch for $50. The battery went dead after four years. I took it to a jewelry repair place and had a new battery put in. As mentioned above they made it clear that they weren't responsible for any leaks. For $3 I had a working watch and figured if it died on the first dive I'd just have to buy another watch. The watch has lasted another 2 years so far. Might not be a bad idea to pick up a $30 Wal-Mart special to have as a backup.

 

[Walter]

Velcro watch bands are in Wal Mart.

 

[martinjc]

I purchased the Timex Ironman HUMVEE edition for $69. It has a velcor band, is good to 200M and you could probably run over it with a truck and not scratch it. I use it as a back-up bottom timer (stopwatch funtion)for my suunto mosquito. I also set the timer function for 3 minute safety stops.

 

[aquanut]

Timex Ironman "triathalon"

273 dives (every dive i have ever been on, plus pool time as a divemaster)

4 years old, same battery

deepest dive - 169 feet

cost - $45

still wearing it every day

can't beat that!

 

[Tommer]

I am wearing a Casio G-Shock myself when i dove, got it from Wal-Mart for about $50 bucks, if I need a fancy watch, I would rather get a Suunto Mosquito as a back up, the price is about the same with other fancy dive watches at scubastore.com, the only thing i dislike about the mosquito is that the computer watch looks like a cheap $10 digital watch, i dove with a Cobra too. i also own a $3200 R Submariner, but hell no, I didn't spend that much money so I can use it as a dive watch. mainly just for looks and show offs.

for those of you wearing a Casio G-Shock while you dove, after you put on your wet suit with gloves, how did you guys manage to tighten up the band? The band itself seems a bit short.

cheers

Tommer

 

[xanji]

Hi, I am new here, just wanted to throw in my 2 cents. I just bought the Luminox dive watch. It is rated 200m, and is the watch that they supply to the navy seals, except mine is made for a woman. Here is the info off of the site at www.luminox.com:

The ultimate illumination system
Glows continuously for more than 25 years
Glows 100 times brighter than other luminous watches
Swiss illumination system is self-powered
No need to push button or expose to light to activate illumination system
Illumination guarunteed for 10 years
Entirely Swiss made with multi-jewel Swiss quartz watch movement
Water and Shock resistant

I bought mine on ebay for $119.00

 

[Jonathan]

have you tried it near a geiger counter yet?!

 

[tombiowami]

I picked up a timex on Ebay for 25$. It has the turn dial around the face and is easy to see, use a backup timer/stopwatch. Have not had it in the water that much and no depth. It has all the depth ratings and what not but can't vouch for the vailidity.

Tommy

 

[xanji]

have you tried it near a geiger counter yet?!

Does it go off like fireworks on the Fourth of July?

Are these hazardous to my health? ;-0 I like this watch!

Watches - Some old watches and clocks, even gyroscopes, have dials painted in radium to make them glow in the dark. Radium emits Alpha and Gamma rays. More recently, Tritium, a radioactive isotope of Hydrogen, has been used to paint the dials, but it is too weak to penetrate the watch lens.

:doctor: Is this the case for this watch?

Thanks for the input!

 

[Soggy]

I went to K-Mart and got a $15 water resistant watch with a velcro band and huge numbers. Even if it only lasts me a few dives, it is only $15. I just strap it to my BC and go - it even has the Armitron version of Indiglo, for those dives with low vis .