Watches

I'm a big fan of my issue marathon watch.

The Marine Recon Foundation just partnered with Oris to produce the Force Recon Diver watch: 01 747 7715 7754-Set - Oris Force Recon GMT - Oris ProDiver - Diving - Collection - Oris - Purely mechanical Swiss watches. It's close to 5 grand so way outside of my price range but I'm sure people will buy it. They weren't originally going to donate back to the community but someone....ahem..... convinced them that was a bad idea and now they are fully on board with donating to the MRF. I'm actually going up to SF later this month for the release party.
 
Teufel said:
I'm a big fan of my issue marathon watch.

The Marine Recon Foundation just partnered with Oris to produce the Force Recon Diver watch: 01 747 7715 7754-Set - Oris Force Recon GMT - Oris ProDiver - Diving - Collection - Oris - Purely mechanical Swiss watches. It's close to 5 grand so way outside of my price range but I'm sure people will buy it. They weren't originally going to donate back to the community but someone....ahem..... convinced them that was a bad idea and now they are fully on board with donating to the MRF. I'm actually going up to SF later this month for the release party.
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That is cool. I've always wanted a Rolex GMT with a Pepsi bezel but at over six grand it's not happening.
 
usmcvet said:
My new watch arrived today. It is a Marathon JDD (Jumbo Day Date) The rubber strap was too short for me. I had this 22mm maroon 4 Ring NATO that worked great. This is my fourth Marathon watch. I had two different GSAR's the second was the USMC branded watch and the first was a standard GSAR with the sterile face. Both have been sold. The third is a Quartz Navigator Pilots Watch. It is a great watch.

I like the JDD because he dial is big and clean. It is easy on my aging eyes. The only thing I don't like is how easy the bezel turns. Time will tell if that's a real or a perceived date issue.







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Just picked up a Garmin Fenix 3, it's a fair chunk of watch.
 
I got the steel band one with the HRM, it's chunky.
It comes with the black rubber band too and is allegedly quick and easy to swap out.
Battery life seems pretty good and the recharge time is pretty rapid.
The menus are quite long to get through and I'm not totally on top of where everything is yet either.
I work and live in different time zones (8 days at work, 6 days at home) and it didn't change over time zones automatically like I thought it would. Easily fixed by doing the change manually, but I might give it a bit more time to sort its self out next time zone change to see if it auto updates.
I wear polarised safety glasses and telling the time in bright light takes a bit of looking. However there are a heap of different styled watch faces you can use and I imagine there are easier to read ones out there than the one I'm using.
 
Yeah I've had my Fenix 3 for a good bit now, and while bulky and expensive, it's a pretty amazing little watch. Does everything you need it to and then some. Set it and forget it when you start a training session and it records everything. From strokes per length and average 100m times in the pool to running cadence, ground contact time, VO2 max, etc in running.

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digrar said:
I work and live in different time zones (8 days at work, 6 days at home) and it didn't change over time zones automatically like I thought it would. Easily fixed by doing the change manually, but I might give it a bit more time to sort its self out next time zone change to see if it auto updates.
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Did you try catching a gps signal in the new time zone?
 

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Any old one of mine, still my everyday wear. That Marathon looks really heavy.
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The Marathon is heavy. The size of the numbers is what I fell in love with.

Your Seadweller is gorgeous! I've wanted a Rolex GMT with a Pepsi bezel for years. Watching Magnum PI recently made me realize why! I just can't afford one! $1,200 for the Marathon JDD on bracelet was in my budget.
 
They've been out for about a year now...thinking of getting one and wearing it during workouts and general purpose. Thoughts/reviews/likes/hates?

Thanks...
 
My son has two iMacs, three iPads, and is on his 6th iPhone. Needless to say, he belongs to the Apple cult. He purchased an Apple watch in the first round of sales. He sold it four months later because it really didn't serve any purpose other than being a new toy for him. He said it was their least impressive product.

For the money, I would buy something else that has the features you are looking for unless you just like Apple products.
 
Some family members bought the watch and enjoy it. However, I couldn't justify the expense if I still had an iOS product. I bought a Fitbit Charge HR and it seems to work very well for me. My only complaints are that at night the light that measures your pulse can sometimes be seen and is blinding, and sometimes the heartrate monitor sometimes doesn't read for a few seconds during a particularly strenuous workout. Otherwise it is a pretty good device for the price. If I could afford a more expensive option I would, but for the price it does its job well.

Edit: spelling
 
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