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Hello everyone,
I am thinking of getting a new watch. I have been wearing a Timex “Weekender” for over a year now and I like it, but time for something new. I’m never sure where to begin looking or if what I want exists so here I am again hoping someone can help me spend my money.
Must have’s:
-Up to $100 for something awesome, $50 range is better
-Analog display. I really don’t like digital watches
-Water resistant. I am a chef so this is a must, watch is always getting wet or sauced up.
-I have a weird metal allergy so it has to be decent metal, nothing cheap. For example, if it changes your skin’s color to green or something else, I break out in hives. The metal button on most jeans breaks me out. Stainless steel is okay. I like the cloth band on the Timex because it covers the metal part of the watch so I have no problems.Extras I would Like:
-Date shown. Month and day would be great. It’s ok if this is digital
-Alarm would be nice
-Some sort of timer with alarm. We use timers all the time in the kitchen and it would be nice to have one on my watch that is easy to set and loud enough to hear over the noise.
-Simple looks. I enjoy very nice watch but I tend to really like simple, no filler designs on just about everything.
-A compass? I get lost easily. Having a compass on me at all times would be awesome. It is completely okay if this is not possible though.Thanks in advance. I really don’t know much about watches so I am not sure if this is a weird set of features to have in a watch or not.
If you want to get into automatics, you could look into Vostok Amphibia watches. Straight from Russia, and have a goofy Soviet charm to them. Lots of different designs and they are true divers watches. They usually have a date window and are around $60-80 shipped.
You’re not going to get anything with an alarm or timer if you go that route, however, since there’s no battery. You can use the rotating bezel for a timer, though.
Some of the seiko 5s. A little stretch or a little luck with the expected upcoming sales for Seiko skx007 or orient blue mako (or either on the secondary market or maybe even an original seiko monster). Past that, for the 50-100 price range you are talking about the Timex is the watch.
Stutz is right on the extras like a timer especially for analog. for that/kitchen wear go digital with a 5600 series Casio g-shock.
No timer, but I’m going to say stretch a bit maybe and look at the LL Bean vintage field watches. Classic look like the weekender, but screw down crown and just a better overall watch. I’m a medic and I wear mine all day, everyday. I’m pretty hard on watches, I broke two weekenders before this LLB was given to me.
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Check out the Momentum line, I have the Base Layer no timer but a very nice watch. If you can spend a little more Bathyshawaii has a special on their Lunar watch Swiss made with sapphire crystal for $150.
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