watches

Brian Combs wrote:
> I am looking at watches and wondered what thought folks have out there. How
> about a depth gage integrated unit or just a straight timepiece?
>
> brian
>
>

After many, many satisfied years with a Seiko, for the last four years I
dive a Casio Titanium with logging. Absolutely no problems. It's not a
computer, it's an extremely durable and dive loggable timepiece. I also
string it with one of the most durable wrist straps going, a Waterborne
w/dual-attachment loops (available in a lot of LDS).

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Brian Combs wrote:

> I am looking at watches and wondered what thought folks have out there. How
> about a depth gage integrated unit or just a straight timepiece?
>
> brian
>
>

With the glut of cheap diving computers, divers don't wear
watches anymore for diving. We wear them to show others we
are divers!!

Now, that said, the best watch that I have ever owned for
diving is made by Doxa. I got mine in the early 80s and it
is still running strong! It is the original Sharkhunter
black face with stainless steel bracelet. The only problem
with them is that they are EXPENSIVE ... at least for my
cheap ass way of life. The re-issue watches run about $1200.
My original was about $1800 when it was given to me (yup ...
I'm too cheap to buy something this nice).

There are at least three places that I could find selling
them. www.doxawatches.com is their website.

I have had a couple of other dive watches as well and found
the Seiko a good one (not great) as well. None of my
digitals lasted very long, but you could buy a boatload of
'em for what the Doxa runs.

Just find one that you like to look at and go with it! It
is only supposed to be a piece of jewelry for most people.
Just think of it that way and use your computer for timing
dives.

Just my $.02


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Brian Combs wrote:

> I am looking at watches and wondered what thought folks have out there. How
> about a depth gage integrated unit or just a straight timepiece?
>
> brian
>
>

I use a Seiko model M726. I wear it right next to my computer as a
backup for depth and bottom time. I got this several years ago on Ebay
and have been very happy with it. Seiko no longer makes this watch but
I see them occasionally on Ebay for around $300 (sometimes less). I
guess the thing that really amazes me about this watch is how accurate
it is. It is within about 1-2 second per month accuracy.

I only wear this watch when I am diving. I am unusually hard on
watches, scratching and scuffing them up, so I always wear my old Casio
multifunction (watch, compass, temp, altimeter) which is beat all to
hell. Really hate to bugger up the Seiko.

Andy

nitespark wrote:
>
>
> Brian Combs wrote:
>
>> I am looking at watches and wondered what thought folks have out
>> there. How
>> about a depth gage integrated unit or just a straight timepiece?
>>
>> brian
>>
>>
>
> I use a Seiko model M726. I wear it right next to my computer as a
> backup for depth and bottom time.

I suppose RayC never considered some of us wear dive watches for backup
purposes.

[....]


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Jer wrote:
> nitespark wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Brian Combs wrote:
>>
>>> I am looking at watches and wondered what thought folks have out
>>> there. How
>>> about a depth gage integrated unit or just a straight timepiece?
>>>
>>> brian
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I use a Seiko model M726. I wear it right next to my computer as a
>> backup for depth and bottom time.
>
>
> I suppose RayC never considered some of us wear dive watches for backup
> purposes.
>
> [....]
>
>

My Seiko is about 1 ft off from my Aladin Air-X computer. What I like
about it though, is it gives me the exact time the dive started, the
exact time it ended, and how long I have been on SI. I can get my dive
time and SI from the Aladin, but I have to turn it on, then scroll
through a bunch of menus, etc etc. Plus it stores the last 30 dives in
memory, with depth, time, etc. Not as fancy as some but it serves me well.

I have a Sieko Sports 150 that I used for a dive watch until I got my
Citizen Hyper Aqualands. I have two HAs. The Hyper Aqualand is a digital
watch that records and displays dive information including time and date in,
time out, dive time, max depth, current depth, average depth, current
temperature, minimum temperature and average temperature. It's not a
computer and does not provide deco information. It is downloadable and
actually comes with the software and download cradle without an extra charge
(I assume they still do.)

List on the Citizen is probably up to about $500 now. You can find them new
for somewhere around $250 to $300 if you look a bit.

Lee

nitespark wrote:


> My Seiko is about 1 ft off from my Aladin Air-X computer. What I like
> about it though, is it gives me the exact time the dive started, the
> exact time it ended, and how long I have been on SI. I can get my dive
> time and SI from the Aladin, but I have to turn it on, then scroll
> through a bunch of menus, etc etc. Plus it stores the last 30 dives in
> memory, with depth, time, etc. Not as fancy as some but it serves me well.
>

Like your deal, the beauty of a backup is we're covered if the main
computer tanks. With critical dive info still at hand, getting back to
the surface safely is a lot more likely than without it. No, I don't
wear this watch on the street - I use a $25 Casio for that.

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Let me put in my .02c for the Hyper Aqualand. mine is probably around 8
years old and still going strong. Had a problem a while back with
replacement batteries only lasting a few months after the original one
lasted years. This seems to have been a problem with the batteries, not the
watch. This watch went a long way towards paying for itself when on a wreck
dive my computer blanked out. I had my watch as a backup for bottom time,
and an old analog pressure gage. It logs more dives than my computer, and I
wear it all the time.

"Lee Bell" <leebell@ix.remove.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:T9XIc.6376$sV2.213@newsread2.news.atl.earthli nk.net...
> I have a Sieko Sports 150 that I used for a dive watch until I got my
> Citizen Hyper Aqualands. I have two HAs. The Hyper Aqualand is a digital
> watch that records and displays dive information including time and date
in,
> time out, dive time, max depth, current depth, average depth, current
> temperature, minimum temperature and average temperature. It's not a
> computer and does not provide deco information. It is downloadable and
> actually comes with the software and download cradle without an extra
charge
> (I assume they still do.)
>
> List on the Citizen is probably up to about $500 now. You can find them
new
> for somewhere around $250 to $300 if you look a bit.
>
> Lee
>
>

"Saul Good" wrote

> Let me put in my .02c for the Hyper Aqualand. mine is probably around 8
> years old and still going strong. Had a problem a while back with
> replacement batteries only lasting a few months after the original one
> lasted years. This seems to have been a problem with the batteries, not
the
> watch. This watch went a long way towards paying for itself when on a
wreck
> dive my computer blanked out. I had my watch as a backup for bottom time,
> and an old analog pressure gage. It logs more dives than my computer, and
I
> wear it all the time.

I've got two of them just do I don't have to be without one when batteries
need replacing, which one has had twice and the other has had once. I've
not shared your problem with replacement batteries that go bad quickly.

FWIW, when I sent my last watch in for a battery change, I had the alarms
disabled. I'm tone deaf in high frequencies anyway, so none of the alarms
do me any good. The ascent alarm on the watch is too sensitive,
particularly for somebody who occasionally free dives. The watch is better
without the alarms than it is with them. The backlight is also poor, but
that's not something I ever cared about. If it's dark, I have a light. If
it's not, I don't need one.

Lee

>
> "Lee Bell" <leebell@ix.remove.netcom.com> wrote in message
> news:T9XIc.6376$sV2.213@newsread2.news.atl.earthli nk.net...
> > I have a Sieko Sports 150 that I used for a dive watch until I got my
> > Citizen Hyper Aqualands. I have two HAs. The Hyper Aqualand is a
digital
> > watch that records and displays dive information including time and date
> in,
> > time out, dive time, max depth, current depth, average depth, current
> > temperature, minimum temperature and average temperature. It's not a
> > computer and does not provide deco information. It is downloadable and
> > actually comes with the software and download cradle without an extra
> charge
> > (I assume they still do.)
> >
> > List on the Citizen is probably up to about $500 now. You can find them
> new
> > for somewhere around $250 to $300 if you look a bit.
> >
> > Lee
> >
> >
>
>

"RayC" <ray@rayzplace.com> wrote in message
news:40f33fd6$1_1@corp.newsgroups.com...
> Brian Combs wrote:
>
> > I am looking at watches and wondered what thought folks have out there.
How
> > about a depth gage integrated unit or just a straight timepiece?
> >
> > brian
> >
> >
>
> With the glut of cheap diving computers, divers don't wear
> watches anymore for diving. We wear them to show others we
> are divers!!
>
> Now, that said, the best watch that I have ever owned for
> diving is made by Doxa. I got mine in the early 80s and it
> is still running strong! It is the original Sharkhunter
> black face with stainless steel bracelet. The only problem
> with them is that they are EXPENSIVE ... at least for my
> cheap ass way of life. The re-issue watches run about $1200.
> My original was about $1800 when it was given to me (yup ...
> I'm too cheap to buy something this nice).
>
> There are at least three places that I could find selling
> them. www.doxawatches.com is their website.
>
> I have had a couple of other dive watches as well and found
> the Seiko a good one (not great) as well. None of my
> digitals lasted very long, but you could buy a boatload of
> 'em for what the Doxa runs.
>
> Just find one that you like to look at and go with it! It
> is only supposed to be a piece of jewelry for most people.
> Just think of it that way and use your computer for timing
> dives.
>
> Just my $.02
>
>
> --
> Ray Contreras
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> Webmonkey for:
> http://www.ossystems.com
> http://www.bobs-garage.com
> http://www.rayzplace.com
>
>
>
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