Need to get a wristwatch

[desura]

Mainly for the purpose of timing laps.

I wish that the "smartwatch" were a more mature segment, but it isn't.

Anyways, recommendations? I'd love for it to be nice, round, and analog...

 

[mikeford]

Buy a cheap device made for timing laps. It will have nice big buttons and be easy to use, vs tiny hard to use buttons that function unreliably.

 

[NutBucket]

I'd say Casio or Timex. $50 and it'll last decades

 

[ManyBeers]

I have this watch. It was given to me.

 

[ViviTheMage]

casio mudman

 

[desura]

I was looking at the Timex analog watches.

They seem alright, but apparently they tick really loudly? This is a big no-no for me.

They also seem to have a really useful date feature, except that they are 31 days, so every month you need to remember to reset it.

 

[NutBucket]

My god. People really don't know how to use a wristwatch anymore.

 

[HN]

I was looking at the Timex analog watches.

They seem alright, but apparently they tick really loudly? This is a big no-no for me.

They also seem to have a really useful date feature, except that they are 31 days, so every month you need to remember to reset it.

welp, i gotta ask -- how old are you?

 

[NutBucket]

Just get something digital. No calendar issues....

Based on your comments I doubt you'd pay for a quartz/mechanical watch with a perpetual calendar.

 

[Newell Steamer]

I use to love this one when I was a kid;

 

[John Connor]

I have a watch that looks like this.

I had a kid yell at me while walking into Walmart saying, "NICE CLOCK!" LMAO

 

[John Connor]

I've always wanted one of those triple sensor watches. This is like the Swiss army knife of watches.

 

[John Connor]

I use to love this one when I was a kid;

When I was a kid Dick Tracy was my favorite and I had this watch.

I had Dick Tracy bed sheets, posters and other crap.

 

[rommelrommel]

I've always wanted one of those triple sensor watches. This is like the Swiss army knife of watches.

Just got:

Great watch. Only thing I find is that I need the manual to figure out half of the functions and I wish I could have got the sapphire crystal with the titanium bracelet. Casio doesn't offer them together, and the PRW-s3000 is about 400 USD, with the titanium bracelet being another 200 or so. It's a nice watch but not 600+ nice.

 

[Newell Steamer]

When I was a kid Dick Tracy was my favorite and I had this watch.

I had Dick Tracy bed sheets, posters and other crap.

The movie was pretty good.

It came out 1 year before Sin City hit the comic scene,.. and Sin City feels like Dick Tracy, what with the wacky looking goons and thugs.

 

[John Connor]

Just got:

Great watch. Only thing I find is that I need the manual to figure out half of the functions and I wish I could have got the sapphire crystal with the titanium bracelet. Casio doesn't offer them together, and the PRW-s3000 is about 400 USD, with the titanium bracelet being another 200 or so. It's a nice watch but not 600+ nice.

That's like the price of a low budget computer! LOL

The movie was pretty good.

It came out 1 year before Sin City hit the comic scene,.. and Sin City feels like Dick Tracy, what with the wacky looking goons and thugs.

I have never seen the movie. I could have sworn I heard the movie had cannibalism in it?

 

[dethman]

I use to love this one when I was a kid;

I remember having one of those

 

[Newell Steamer]

I have never seen the movie. I could have sworn I heard the movie had cannibalism in it?

Sin City - yes.

Dick Tracy - no.

 

[Scarpozzi]

I always preferred the Ironman Triathalon by Timex for $30.
http://www.target.com/p/timex-ironm...278538#prodSlot=medium_1_3&term=timex+ironman

 

[Kadarin]

I have a watch that looks like this.

I had a kid yell at me while walking into Walmart saying, "NICE CLOCK!" LMAO

Now that I'm in my 40s, my eyesight has gotten to the point where I would need to put on reading glasses to read all that crap.

 

[rommelrommel]

That's like the price of a low budget computer! LOL

You can find the rubber band models for only slightly over 200, that's a hell of a deal for a ABC watch with solar recharging and good shock resistance.

 

[preslove]

I always preferred the Ironman Triathalon by Timex for $30.
http://www.target.com/p/timex-ironm...278538#prodSlot=medium_1_3&term=timex+ironman

This

 

[John Connor]

Sin City - yes.

Dick Tracy - no.

I was referring to Sin City.

 

[jagec]

I always preferred the Ironman Triathalon by Timex for $30.
http://www.target.com/p/timex-ironm...278538#prodSlot=medium_1_3&term=timex+ironman

Probably the ideal watch for what the OP described.

Timing laps=digital.

 

[desura]

Okay, so I was thinking this watch

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...A1M5EIC3PTHQ2U

But as I said, Timex watches apparently tick really loudly? For what reason?

I hate the sound of ticking clocks. So annoying.