Is there a cool watch that does something else useful?

[BurnItDwn]

The compass has settled arguments while walking around town and arguing which way to go.

Doesn't look too out of place around town with the titanium band. I wear it all the time, even under dress shirts. If there is a suit jacket involved though, it stays home.

http://www.amazon.com/Casio-PAW2000T...9334297&sr=8-1

Ohh hell yea, I would LOVE a compass on my Watch .... Usually, I just rely on the "eyeball compass" which only works when I can see the position of the sun...

 

[vbuggy]

Exceedingly manly.

However, I stopped drinking a while back ()

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

some watches double as a pinhole camera

 

[Wyndru]

I have a casio pathfinder. Compass, altimeter, barometer, thermometer, alarms, world time that synchs every night, 5 months of runtime on a full charge if I ever find myself trapped in an underground cave that is completely dark.

That's a cool watch. I usually avoid these types of watches because they always look so nerdy and lack any style, but this actually looks nice. I haven't had a digital watch since I was in grade school, but I might pick this up.

When it says Solar Power, does this mean that it doesn't have a standard watch battery? Does it need to get sun every day? I'm curious because what do you do on days that you are wearing a long sleeve shirt? In the winter my watch goes months without seeing sunlight.

 

[Ken g6]

I'm surprised nobody's actually suggested the iPod Nano yet. Not that I've ever tried one - I don't want a watch that big - but it sounds right for you.

 

[Kelvrick]

That's a cool watch. I usually avoid these types of watches because they always look so nerdy and lack any style, but this actually looks nice. I haven't had a digital watch since I was in grade school, but I might pick this up.

When it says Solar Power, does this mean that it doesn't have a standard watch battery? Does it need to get sun every day? I'm curious because what do you do on days that you are wearing a long sleeve shirt? In the winter my watch goes months without seeing sunlight.

Here is the official link. Its flash based, so i can't link to the watch directly with my current level of lazyness. The one I have is on the top row, 3rd from the left. PAW2000t-7.

http://pathfinder.casio.com/watches/

The official site can give you more info than I can, but regarding solar power, yes, it runs off a light cell, so there is no normal battery to replace. From what I've read, it should also charge just fine off of inside light sources, not just solar. It also says 5 months without additional light, so I figure you should be fine, unless you live in a dark cave deep in the earth and use sonar to get around.

 

[vbuggy]

I'm surprised nobody's actually suggested the iPod Nano yet. Not that I've ever tried one - I don't want a watch that big - but it sounds right for you.

D:

(Although yeah, I guess it does fit into the useful category)

 

[Fayd]

don't need that. i got one on the bottom of each sandal.

(reefs)

 

[GrumpyMan]

That's kind of missing the point.

If I was going to wear a regular watch, I already have similar chronographs from Breitling for one. As I said, I never wear them, and in any case I'd also gravitate more to the more interesting watch designs if I was going to actually choose one to wear these days, not the crank-em-out TAGs.

It's got to do something else useful as I keep reiterating. And I'm not talking about things that watches usually tend to do such as stopwatches, tachymeters, etc.

Oh I see, something useful. Then this is the perfect watch for someone with such high standards:

http://watches.gafortiby.com/watch/Seiko_DATA_2000_UW01_0020_computer_watch/

 

[alkemyst]

don't need that. i got one on the bottom of each sandal.

(reefs)

dude it's not your thread.

I am seriously not sure what the OP needs.

He thinks Tag's are common and doesn't do much.

I like watches, I don't go much over $300-500 though because I end up scratching them day one...my wife LOVES watches. She has about two cars worth of them back in Japan. Unfortunately she likes them in a display case instead of wearing them. So I bought her a Baby-G Atomic clock model and insisted she wears it ($350 watch) everyday.

Her dream watch is a Hermes Clipper with a white face and stainless/gold band. It was her favorite watch but lost. She spent her first real bonus check on it, but was young and 'stupid' at the time. There are many on ebay and other sites, but none have been perfect.

 

[alkemyst]

Here is the official link. Its flash based, so i can't link to the watch directly with my current level of lazyness. The one I have is on the top row, 3rd from the left. PAW2000t-7.

http://pathfinder.casio.com/watches/

The official site can give you more info than I can, but regarding solar power, yes, it runs off a light cell, so there is no normal battery to replace. From what I've read, it should also charge just fine off of inside light sources, not just solar. It also says 5 months without additional light, so I figure you should be fine, unless you live in a dark cave deep in the earth and use sonar to get around.

http://www.amazon.com/Casio-PAW2000T.../dp/B002OSY3WW

plus atomic power which is cool. Watch syncs up wherever you are in the world if you want.

 

[Sonikku]

Any watch with an eject-able grappling hook?

You never know.

 

[alkemyst]

Just bought my wife a Hermes Clipper. SS/18KGP...

 

[bobdole369]

Binary watch
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000KD...ectronics?is=l

I'd love one that had a GPS NMEA output via serial port though. Really anything that gpsd would understand - I could use it for portable APRS.

 

[vbuggy]

Oh I see, something useful. Then this is the perfect watch for someone with such high standards:

http://watches.gafortiby.com/watch/Seiko_DATA_2000_UW01_0020_computer_watch/

My inner nerd just came :hmm:

I also secretly like Sophitia's idea too but I will probably put my own eye out with it.

 

[CZroe]

Got my Fossil Sony-Ericsson MBW-150 Music Edition European version Bluetooth wrist-watch from Expansys today for $59.99 shipped (next cheapest price was $315!). They even threw in a prong adapter so I could plug it in without buying one myself. I haven't found any differences in the EU version other than the power cord. The date is YYYY-MM-DD format, so the differeing MM-DD-YYYY/DD-MM-YYY date standards didn't even apply.

I got it working on my iPhone with btstack. It doesn't support Caller ID, like the author said, but it does work. My main concern is that OpenWatch is hard-coded to control iPod playback and not simply the current music app. That's silly because even the lockscreen or the pop-up playback controls will control the current active music app. Music Controls allowed you to do it even before iOS4 and added full BT AVRCP with Next/Previous Track skip functionality and lockscreen/background integration. I wonder if installing it again will get it to control Pandora and other music apps. I only have two versions of one song on my iPod library and I'm not about to start loading up just to use this watch!

All my search results from Expansys said "EU Version" but I ordered anyway because I wasn't about to pay $315 for a watch I might not be able to use. Sure enough, I got an EU version but they threw in an adapter. Now, I can search all day the results say nothing about being an "EU version." *shrug*