Recommend me a really *geeky* watch

[IeraseU]

I was looking at the Casio Pathfinder PRG80YT-1V ( Link ), which has a lot of geeky features like built in digital compass, is solar powered, gives world time in 30 cities , has a built in altimeter, ect.

Yes I fully realize I'm hopelessly geeky for not getting an analog 'bragging rights' designer timepiece like rolex or whatever else is 'in'.....but what can I say, I'm a geek at heart.

What do you guys wear, and what do you recommend?

 

[purbeast0]

woah $160 for a watch that looks like it's for a 6th grader?

no thanks, I'll pass

 

[imported_Trippin315]

Fossil Bic Tic, not geeky, but will get you the ladies. It works like hypnosis.

 

[bluewall21]

Here.

Well, that settles that.

 

[yoda291]

um...either those big honking digitals with the oversize display or a calculator watch. Those are the official icons of geek watches really.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Mr. Geek, I give you your watches.

 

[notfred]

People who go out of thier way to try and look geeky are jsut as bad as people who go out of thier way to try and look ghetto. Congratulations, you're just like this guy.

 

[BUrassler]

Super Geeky

 

[computeerrgghh]

I personally think that a "designer" timepiece is very geeky. Have you ever examined the movement? However, I would recommend the Citizen Nighthawk. Its got a nice movement + standard slide rules.

 

[MorbidSteve]

You're sure as hell not geeky when you say it as you have. Maybe you're looking for a 'queefy' watch?

Don't use terminology you don't know

Steve

 

[boomerang]

Thirty seven years old, runs off a tuning fork and hums. One of a few watches in the world with a sweep second hand. Is this geeky?

 

[bluewall21]

Originally posted by: boomerang
Thirty seven years old, runs off a tuning fork and hums. One of a few watches in the world with a sweep second hand. Is this geeky?

Why yes.

That's pretty impressive.

 

[Anghang]

very cool watches!...very tempting...wish i could sport one of these in the corporate setting...especially in front of a c-level audience...

 

[fitzov]

Accutron wins. Second--any of those LED watches.

 

[datalink7]

Winnar!

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Gosh. How do you guys wear geeky watches? I wonder how you dress then...



I can't ever see myself walking around with those anymore. I'm past the 6th grade.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: boomerang
Thirty seven years old, runs off a tuning fork and hums. One of a few watches in the world with a sweep second hand. Is this geeky?

I can't say I've ever warmed up to the Accutron aesthetic. If you want a truly sweeping second hand, and a movement that is a technological tour de force, look at the Seiko Spring Drive watches - too bad they start at around $3K.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: boomerang
Thirty seven years old, runs off a tuning fork and hums. One of a few watches in the world with a sweep second hand. Is this geeky?

I can't say I've ever warmed up to the Accutron aesthetic. If you want a truly sweeping second hand, and a movement that is a technological tour de force, look at the Seiko Spring Drive watches - too bad they start at around $3K.

Bah. Quartz is technically better and is cool from an engineer's perspective: it is the most straightforward and reliable way to solve the problem.

 

[thehstrybean]

Suunto
The only watch you need...

 

[Hail The Brain Slug]

Originally posted by: datalink7
Winnar!

This is the real winnar!

 

[So]

http://www.seikousa.com/Product.aspx?productId=145

this is my watch, and I have yet to encounter a situation where it was out of place, and the stopwatch is quite functional. The price the site quoted is EXTREMELY high. It can be had for under $200.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: So

Bah. Quartz is technically better and is cool from an engineer's perspective: it is the most straightforward and reliable way to solve the problem.

Maybe that's why I hate quartz watches! I don't think, FWIW, that quartz is better than Spring Drive, which offers similar accuracy, automatic winding, and never requires a battery (not to mention the incredible engineering and construction that goes into each movement). Seiko brought us the quartz movement, and Spring Drive is another innovation that could probably only have come from Seiko. I still prefer a purely mechanical watch, but these things are really friggin' cool. Read more about it here.

 

[Duddy]

SPOT Watch

or

Fossil Palm OS Watch

 

[So]

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: So

Bah. Quartz is technically better and is cool from an engineer's perspective: it is the most straightforward and reliable way to solve the problem.

Maybe that's why I hate quartz watches! I don't think, FWIW, that quartz is better than Spring Drive, which offers similar accuracy, automatic winding, and never requires a battery (not to mention the incredible engineering and construction that goes into each movement). Seiko brought us the quartz movement, and Spring Drive is another innovation that could probably only have come from Seiko. I still prefer a purely mechanical watch, but these things are really friggin' cool. Read more about it here.

Very, very neat tech, but why not power a quartz watch with an inductive loop and a tiny sliding mass?