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Which watch?

BarryD

BarryD

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Gatordev said:
Yeah, after doing some more research, I think I've settled on that PRW-60. It's only about 1mm wider than my X-33, and I like the large tritium hands. I don't need 16-zillion functions for the watch, just the standard timer/SW/Alarm and it has to have GMT. I've since decided that a compass makes sense, and the Protrek checks all those boxes. The extra sensors on it are just a bonus.

The only negative I've found with that watch is the negative display, but to get a positive display you have to buy the next year's model and the face is different, and I'd argue not as clean. Reviews seem indicate the negative display on that particular model is much brighter than most, so I'll live with it.

The one linchpin in this whole thing is that my current G-Shock refuses to die, and the whole point of getting the Protrek is for utility, not for jewelry. First-world problems.
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Ten year battery (or whatever the company line is for G-Shocks) can be tough . . .

What G-Shock ref?
 
Gatordev

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BarryD said:
What G-Shock ref?
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I'll have to look. I'm at work and wearing the X-33 today, so not sure. Just a digital with the basic functions and one of those round things that spin around for no reason that I can figure out.
 
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Gatordev said:
I'll have to look. I'm at work and wearing the X-33 today, so not sure. Just a digital with the basic functions and one of those round things that spin around for no reason that I can figure out.
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I looked at some of the Garmin or Samsung smart watches when I was thinking about getting something that combined the functions of a watch and a fitbit. But after wearing a Fitbit for a year I got bored of all of its nonsense and I decided I didn't need to know about texts on my watch.
 
Gatordev

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Pags said:
...I decided I didn't need to know about texts on my watch.
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Completely agree. I have zero interest in that. When I get home, I put my phone where my keys and wallet sit and don't go back unless I need to make a phone call or happen to hear it beep with a text as I'm walking by.
 
GroundPounder

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Gatordev said:
Completely agree. I have zero interest in that. When I get home, I put my phone where my keys and wallet sit and don't go back unless I need to make a phone call or happen to hear it beep with a text as I'm walking by.
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My position includes what amounts to 24/7 on call status, I have a Galaxy Note 8 and a Samsung watch that is tethered to my work number. The very first thing I plan on doing on day 1 of retirement is to walk away from that phone.

I can’t wait to be unreachable.
 
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Jim123 said:
FIFY.

This would have been the worst recommendation ever:
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Nothing is after hours if you live at work. Some of the most miserable people I've ever seen are the folks who decided to live on the boat in port. Increase their misery when heads are secured and you have to go the pier to take a wiz.
 
Jim123

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Pags said:
Nothing is after hours if you live at work.
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Precisely!

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