help me choose a watch
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Hard to go wrong with a Casio. The Casio tough solar is a good value. Armitron used to come with a ten year battery. They may still, I don't know.
knucklegary
Flashlight Enthusiast
Citizen makes a tough beater watch with Japanese movement at affordable prices
It's easy to forget that Citizen does indeed make excellent automatic watches too. Though I admit, it's kinda tough to buy one of those when you've got their Eco-Drives sitting right next to them.
I'll take a Miyota 9xxx over an SW200 any day of the week.
DHart
Flashlight Enthusiast
Miyota 9xxx movements are great, I love 'em. They are my first choice in sensibly priced automatic movements. But I do enjoy my SW200 watches, as well.
And, I have a good number of NH35/4R36 watches that run quite reliably and with surprisingly good time keeping, too. These are amazingly sensibly priced.
We are living in the golden age of watches these days. (Golden age of a lot of other product categories, as well. Like flashlights and so many other categories.)
Robocop
Mammoth Killer
I have a huge thing for automatic watches and DHart you are correct as this is a good time to be a watch lover. There are literally hundreds of amazing watches that can be had for under 400 dollars. I have many name brands as well as lesser known microbrands and many of them punch way above their weight class. Auto movements, sapphire crystals, good water resistance, some in titanium cases, and running 2-3 seconds daily for a few hundred dollars is crazy.
Timex was never on my radar however lately they have been improving their designs as well as adding a few automatics with titanium cases. I took a chance on a new Timex Expedition North with titanium case and auto Miyota movement. It is super lightweight and has that cool dull gray finish of titanium. 41mm and just wears well on any size wrist and I think I paid 250 dollars when it was on sale. It has the field watch vibe of a Hamilton and just works well for what it is. I did swap the strap as the factory one is a little stiff.
Timex was never on my radar however lately they have been improving their designs as well as adding a few automatics with titanium cases. I took a chance on a new Timex Expedition North with titanium case and auto Miyota movement. It is super lightweight and has that cool dull gray finish of titanium. 41mm and just wears well on any size wrist and I think I paid 250 dollars when it was on sale. It has the field watch vibe of a Hamilton and just works well for what it is. I did swap the strap as the factory one is a little stiff.
