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21 January 2009, 10:45 AM | #1 |
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ISO the Ultimate Survival Watch
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I need a TOUGH watch. A watch for hunting, camping, going in the wood and other things..... I was given a Tissot T-Touch by my GF last time I was sent out of country as I wanted something with a compass BUT the Tissot is LACKING big time as there is no back light and the lume is horrid!! (I can see my Rolex SD better after 4 hours in the dark (and that aint good) than I can this 5 minutes in the dark) I need something that can take a serious beating.... Yeah yeah I know you can use a Explorer II to get your direction BUT that doesn't always work in the dark or a black out storm when you cant sit it out. The ultimate bonus would be if it had a vibrating/silent alarm feature. BUT I can live without that... Compass and back light or tritium lume are a must though. Let me know if you can help.... Someday they will have a super tough watch with GPS built in but till than Id like a compass on my watch as its on less thing I have to dig for when needed or make sure if in my gear....
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21 January 2009, 02:29 PM | #2 |
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Casio makes a range of G-Shocks that contain a digital compass, or you might want to check out Suunto. I have a Suunto dive computer, and a yacht-race timer. Both have excellent compasses with bearing lock and memory.
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21 January 2009, 07:01 PM | #4 |
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How about a Tissot T-touch?
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22 January 2009, 12:17 AM | #5 |
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Did you read the OP's original post or do you just like to see yourself in print?
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22 January 2009, 01:36 AM | #6 |
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Tritium limits you to a few watches these days, and most of them are not digital ABC watches. Traser, Ball and Doxa make tritium gas-tube watches.
In a true survival or long-term camping situation, I would probably roll in with a Suunto ABC or Casio Pathfinder. If you take a jacket, get a compass zipper, or lace one to your boots or your ranger beads. Augment that with a good tough auto like your GMT or SD. You have your digital for nighttime, so you've eliminated the need for tritium. I would take my Seiko SKX and put a compass on the nato strap. You can't have too many watches and compasses, but you can have too few. Astronauts wear 2 watches, shouldn't you? |
22 January 2009, 01:38 AM | #7 |
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How about a Luminox? No compass but will take a beating.
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22 January 2009, 02:31 AM | #8 |
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There's a Hamilton watch that should fit your bill nicely. It's called the Khaki Multi-Touch Mens Watch.
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Okay, one down side, but where else can you find a higher end watch that has a Chronograph, Thermometer, Altimeter, Barometer, Alarm and Compass?
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How about this from Westcoastime? Tritium tubes, 2nd timezone, rotating bezel, screw down crown,and classic design. Bought one for my boss and he loves it.
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DSJ the Hamilton and Tissot are one and the same.
The Hamilton may have better lume, I dont know BUT the touch screen breaks and cant take abuse. I will have to check over the others. I am also talking to MTM as they know my situation and I may help them test a watch they are working on which includes the compass and silent alarm. Wearing two watches is not practical, I have to keep weight and gear down to a minimum when out there. Also, wearing a watch on my strong side can easily snag on my gear. I just don't know about the watches that set themselves, what happens when I am in an area they don't get that signal.... Can I just set it or am I SOL? I am sure the signals dont cover some less than developed areas. Compass zipper can make too much noise when you don't want it. I already keep a good solid compass in my gear but sometimes I don't want to stop to get it out. I am going to check out the GShocks BUT I think you guys have pointed me in the right direction but its the Suunto X10/X10 Military which interests me the most right at this point! I like I can upload when we want to go and waypoints on a computer and then load them to the watch or I can mark a point when wearing the watch and have the watch help me get back there (GREAT when trying to get back to your team in the dark after doing a little looking around) As for "OP" he does it in every post... Time for him to grow up already. The nice thing about this forum was we did not have trolls or children here.
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22 January 2009, 04:50 AM | #16 |
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I just sent them an Email asking how long it runs of average after a full charge....
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24 January 2009, 06:40 AM | #18 |
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i have a traser and have beet the he!! out of it... oilfield style.
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24 January 2009, 08:51 AM | #19 |
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Traser makes good watches BUT
No compass at all... Traser, Luminox and MTM are all GREAT watches BUT none have a compass. Sunnoto seems to be the winner for my wants.... I can mark a position and use the watch to get me back there. Battery life is lacking IF you are using the GPS quite a bit but I understand.... Its enough to get me through a couple days for sure even with lots of GPS use and the solar chargers are a nice lite option to keep in a pack just in case...
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For toughness, Gshock can't be beat but Suunto seems to have it beat in the style department.
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Compass, watch, torch, GPS? I expect you also carry matches.
In the old days they just dropped us off with nothing. Harden up guys.
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another vote for Casio Pathfinder PAW1300/1500/2000/5000. they are all solar so no need to worry about running out of battery.
PAW1500 is WR200M so its the most WR out of the bunch. PAW5000 is analog/digital with tough movement but the LED doesn't light up the LCD portion well. My suggestion would be PAW2000, cause Casio seemed to have improved upon the accuracy of the sensor, the lug is traditional 22mm lug which will allow you to wear the with 22mm NATO or Zulu strap. |
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You guys are posting in a thread which was last posted on in january 2009! If the op did not fnd the ultimate survival watch by now he never will!
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