Watches

Red Flag 1 said:
That Seiko dive watch is pretty rugged. The one I have has the same dial face but the bezel is unidirectional moving, with a two toned color. It is red from 1200 down to the 20 min mark, then dark blue for the rest of it. The screw down crown is in the same position. I think I got mine a little before 9/11.
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That's the Seiko Pepsi watch. BITD that was the colors of Pepsi cans. Seiko still makes them
 
Ooh-Rah said:
@Kraut783 - Terrific looking watch! Will be waiting for a field test review from you as I have been drooling over this one for some time. My Ambit2 is still in great condition; interested to hear if the upgrade is worth it.
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In regards to my Ambit2, really put it to the test this weekend deer hunting. While it has done great work tracking my heart-rate and routes for biking, my handheld GPS crapped out and I was forced to put it my Ambit to the test in the field. It took me directly to my stand (harder to find first time of the season in the dark) far more efficiently than my Garmin does. In addition, I wanted to cut a shooting lane and had to shoot an azimuth to a specific tree I wanted to work backward from. (thank you Marine Corps for teaching me how to do this by the way). The watch kept me on track far better than my handheld compass would have done.

Interested to hear a field review from @Kraut783 on his new Suunto, but I am a major fan of the Ambit2. To the point where my handheld GPS has been relegated to the bottom of my back back as a backup. I spent a good part of Sunday walking the woods and entering way points.

Love love love this watch - great battery life too!

To Add: I did get myself a bit confused the first morning because I tend to wear my field watches upside down on my wrist vs. top of the wrist. That caused my compass to read backward since the watch thought it was facing a different direction than it actually was. Likely an easy setting for this, need to figure that out.

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Will do @Ooh-Rah ...so far I have only been able to play a bit with it and do some daily wear. Battery has been really good, even with GPS active....compass and the rest of the functions seem to be spot on. Hope to get out and play more with it.

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Kraut783 said:
Will do, can't wait to put it through it's paces....will be able to do some local area test, then some hiking in New Mexico in Jan '17.
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So Kraut783, what say you on the new Suunto? My REI rebate will be here soon and between that and some gift cards burning a hole in my pocket, I am considering pulling the trigger on an upgrade.
 
I like it. I was concerned about the battery lasting, due to it being a wire charge and not a battery change out, but the battery life has been very good. GPS seemed to be spot on and the computer app is good. You can easily update any feature you want or don't want with the phone app and then sync it with blue tooth.

So far it's a winner!
 
I just bought a Nixon Mission smart watch and I'm enjoying it. If you have android, it'll even sync surf and snow data directly to your watchface. The only downfall is the battery life, as it only lasts about a day and a half, maybe two days. But that's common with a lot of smart watches. It's waterproof to 100m and rugged as hell.
 
kb2012 said:
I just bought a Nixon Mission smart watch and I'm enjoying it. If you have android, it'll even sync surf and snow data directly to your watchface. The only downfall is the battery life, as it only lasts about a day and a half, maybe two days. But that's common with a lot of smart watches. It's waterproof to 100m and rugged as hell.
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I've been pretty disappointed with my Nixon non dress watches I have had. I had consistent issues with condensation on the interior of the first two I owned. I have the Nixon Player as a dress watch though and it is pretty nice.
 
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I've never owned a non-dress Nixon. Are you referring to like the cheaper $100 or so ones like their little digitals and stuff? I've never really needed anything other than my G-shock for non dress occasions. That sucks about the condensation though; I'm sure out of warranty repairs are out the ass.

I've got the Murph for my dress watch. I love this damn thing.
 

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I am a watch freak. One day I'll get a pic or two up.
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The Seiko on the right I have had the longest. I had the "factory" replace the broken crystal and it came back with the elapsed time, 30 min, come back with the hand loose inside the watch face. I have not worn the dive watch for a while so the time and date are the same, every day.
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I had a nice Seiko I bought in Hawaii on R&R. Real nice watch. I left it in the shower in the SF barracks at Ft Sherman Panama :wall: so some Green Beret got a nice present from a Marine. Your welcome.
 

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