Watches

>I am new to SCUBA and need a good dive watch. I can't afford the pricie
>Rolex or Omega and I want something I can wear daily.
> Any suggestions? Thanks

Citizen Hyper Aqualand, list around $500, street price around $250, give or
take. Good watch, depth guage, thermometer, dive timer and dive log. The
download unit is included in the price.

Casio G Shock. Good to recreational diving depths, but does not include
other dive specific features. You can get one that sets itself from radio
broadcasts (assumes the broadcasts are available) and charges itself from
most light sources, including indoors for about half the street price on the
Citizen. They're a bit clunky for daily wear, but they're OK.

Lee

I am new to SCUBA and need a good dive watch. I can't afford the pricie
Rolex or Omega and I want something I can wear daily. Any suggestions?
Thanks

Citizen


"Frank Whitehead" <fmwhitehead@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>I am new to SCUBA and need a good dive watch. I can't afford the pricie
>Rolex or Omega and I want something I can wear daily. Any suggestions?
> Thanks
>

On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:28:05 GMT, "Frank Whitehead"
<fmwhitehead@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>I am new to SCUBA and need a good dive watch. I can't afford the pricie
>Rolex or Omega and I want something I can wear daily. Any suggestions?
>Thanks
>

My experience when I got started was that within a year I bought a
dive computer (Suunto Mosquito) and the dive watch I bought sits
rusting in my drawer...

If you think you'll dive once a year or more you might want to look
into write mounted dive computers - you'll probably want one sooner
than later.

Jon Weinberg

| email: jon at JonWeinberg daht com
| web: www.JonWeinberg.com

I highly recommend Timex Ironman.

Get a scuba band.

Many will recommend G-shock, good rep.

If you can afford a Citizen dive watch, few people have bad things to say
about them.

--

Popeye
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different from that of others. The man who cannot cut it, envies, fears
and sometimes hates the man who can. -Cooper
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"Frank Whitehead" <fmwhitehead@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>I am new to SCUBA and need a good dive watch. I can't afford the pricie
>Rolex or Omega and I want something I can wear daily. Any suggestions?
> Thanks
>

Douglas W "Popeye" Frederick wrote:
> I highly recommend Timex Ironman.
>
> Get a scuba band.
>
> Many will recommend G-shock, good rep.
>
> If you can afford a Citizen dive watch, few people have bad things to say
> about them.
>


Except the damn alarms won't shut up.

--
jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'

Frank Whitehead wrote:
> I am new to SCUBA and need a good dive watch. I can't afford the pricie
> Rolex or Omega and I want something I can wear daily. Any suggestions?
> Thanks

I have a self-winding Seiko dive watch. The instructions said not to
bang it against the rocks. (Yes, they actually said that.) Other than
that, it seems pretty indestructible. I put it on my harness as a
backup timer when I dive with one computer and when doing deco (it's
faster for me to see the dive at a glance with an analog dial).

John Eells

Douglas W "Popeye" Frederick wrote:
> I highly recommend Timex Ironman.
>
> Get a scuba band.
>
> Many will recommend G-shock, good rep.


The basic desired attributes of a dive watch are: simple, functional,
& reliable.


The Casio's do well - - while Casio claims that for scuba diving you
must use no less than one of their 200m depth-rated watches, I've found
the 100m ones to be absolutely no problem...I even got 10 years out of
a 50m rated watch (it flooded immediately after a non-factory battery
change).

For which Casio, G-Shocks have IMO gotten a bit expensive, particularly
if you want an Analog dial...around $100. I'm currently using a 100m
rated Casio 'Sport' model that's an analog with solar recharging, which
was only around $40 at Walmart.

I have found that you need to be a bit careful at times regarding
battery replacements. I only use the Casio factory service and it runs
around $20 per go ... I figure that my current "Never needs a new
battery" Casio Solar will pay for itself just in avoided battery
replacements in a couple of years.



-hh

I second the Casio reputation.

I use a standard 100m (not even Gshock) Casio model and it has been
'smashed' into the water swimming crawl many thousands of times (I swim
3miles per week approx in pool/lake/sea).

I have also dived to 25-35m with it regularly - never a sniff of trouble.
Would buy another tomorrow - dirt cheap too. No need for fancy dive watch
for me - I have Sunto Stinger and my cheapo casio for backup.

J



"-hh" <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote in message
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> Douglas W "Popeye" Frederick wrote:
>> I highly recommend Timex Ironman.
>>
>> Get a scuba band.
>>
>> Many will recommend G-shock, good rep.
>
>
> The basic desired attributes of a dive watch are: simple, functional,
> & reliable.
>
>
> The Casio's do well - - while Casio claims that for scuba diving you
> must use no less than one of their 200m depth-rated watches, I've found
> the 100m ones to be absolutely no problem...I even got 10 years out of
> a 50m rated watch (it flooded immediately after a non-factory battery
> change).
>
> For which Casio, G-Shocks have IMO gotten a bit expensive, particularly
> if you want an Analog dial...around $100. I'm currently using a 100m
> rated Casio 'Sport' model that's an analog with solar recharging, which
> was only around $40 at Walmart.
>
> I have found that you need to be a bit careful at times regarding
> battery replacements. I only use the Casio factory service and it runs
> around $20 per go ... I figure that my current "Never needs a new
> battery" Casio Solar will pay for itself just in avoided battery
> replacements in a couple of years.
>
>
>
> -hh
>

"JJ" <John@dontSpamMeAirspeed.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I second the Casio reputation.
>
> I use a standard 100m (not even Gshock) Casio model and it has been 'smashed' into
> the water swimming crawl many thousands of times (I swim 3miles per week approx in
> pool/lake/sea).
>
> I have also dived to 25-35m with it regularly - never a sniff of trouble. Would buy
> another tomorrow - dirt cheap too. No need for fancy dive watch for me - I have
> Sunto Stinger and my cheapo casio for backup.

I agree. The G shock is a great watch and it's not necessary to buy anything more
expensive. If you want to spend more I'd get a second computer, which LeisurePro has
for under $300.

Adam