What watch am i looking for? Rescue and clearance

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peppen108

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I have destroyed 3 mid- to high-prized stainless Seiko watches in my 15 years of rescue and clearance work. I no longer do any scuba or smoke-diving, just regular swimming and hazmat-suits and what have you.

What I'm looking for
-Though as nails
-Reasonable prized 100-300$
-Power full luminosity in the dials
-Date
-Maybe semi-digital
-Low-key appearance
 
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Try a Casio G-Shock, get one rated for 200M and you should find one in your price range.
 
G-shocks are very tough, but I don't know if I'd consider them low key. I picked up a like-new Marathon TSAR for $300 a few months back. It's probably the toughest non-plastic watch I'm aware of in that price range. I wore it for 6-8 months for all of my old GShock's duties and it still looked great when I sold it. Only sold it to buy the automatic version of the same watch (GSAR), which is admittedly not as robust as a battery powered movement.

Casio makes an analog/digital metal watch for around $30. If you're relatively sure that you're going to tear it up anyway... I also recommended Helix watches recently on here. It's a Timex brand that was discontinued and they now sell dirt cheap. My favorite model is the Okto because you can use generic replacement straps on it. You get a Swiss quartz movement, dive bezel, and sapphire crystal for around $100.
 
Thanks guys! I was not aware of the auto back lighting on the new g-shock watches. Does it work well?
 
It works, but on mine it lit up so often that it drained the battery (solar) and I had to make sure it was exposed to sunlight when I wasn't wearing it
 
peppen108 said:
Thanks guys! I was not aware of the auto back lighting on the new g-shock watches. Does it work well?
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It works in the dark when you tilt your hand at a certain degree. Just beware, that one apparently tilts his hand at that exact degree for many other tasks too. But yes, it does work and it can sense the light conditions, so it only activates it at night. You can also turn it off if you want to.

Oh, and G-Shock all the way. They make some excellent watches.
 
Marathon TSAR. Great tool watch. Send me an email if you like it and ill shoot you a few links.

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Very temping frontline29. I decided to go with the Casio GW-M5610-1ER. Feels really light weight and agile.

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Luminox and Traser use tritium vials for lume and their models usually employ sapphire crystals, as opposed to plastic or mineral crystals in most Casio brands (G-Shock, Pathfinder, Edifice).
 
I say Suunto over the Casio G-Shocks. I use them for watches, dive computers, and compasses. I've had three G-Shocks crap out on me after not that much use... no thanks.
 
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