With so many watch choices it comes down to just pick one and go with it. I know I wanted a fully analog watch, since I've never had one before, and not a cheap junkie one. Well close to $400 was the most I was willing to spend.
The band is stainless steel, the bezel only rotates counter clockwise and the clicks feel pretty firm. It has a double lock clasp to lock the watch on so you can't lose it.
The face: The second hand counts seconds one full second at a time. It also indicates the alarm status and a very rudimentary battery charge indicator.
The small top left dial counts 24hr time for both the time of day and alarm so you can tell if it's AM or PM.
The small top right dial counts 1/20 seconds in the chronograph and the leap year setting when adjusting the date setting.
The bottom small dial is the mode indicator. Alarm, time , chrono and local time (the two time zone option) These options are listed twice so you have less turns on the crown dial to select the mode you need so you'll only ever have to go around half the dial to select any mode.
Only the hour, minute, second and mode indicator hands have glow in the dark paint on them. The 60minute indicator of the bezel also has some glow in the dark paint on it. The paint works well and will stay glowing for 30min or so.
The face also has N W E S and compass degrees on it. There is no real compass function though, so unless you already know which way north is, it's useless.
Setting the time can be slow since the hands don't move to fast and you may need to wait a bit for the hour hand to make a full 12hr revolution to get the 24hr dial to read correctly. You may also have to refresh your memory on when the next leap year is when setting the date. I should note there is no day indicator, just the date which sits in the 4 O clock position.
The alarm works the same way as setting the time, it's sufficiently loud enough, and the second hand shows alarm on or off during setting.
The watch is fairly large and using the stop watch is awkward while wearing it, not to mention the amount of button pressing. If you just timing 10 min or something such as food cooking it may be easier to just rotate the bezel to line up with the minute hand when total accuracy is not important.
The chronograph counts up to 60 min max. The top right small dial doubles as the minute counter and when in stop mode pressing the top button shows the 20th of a second time.
The watch is of coarse powered by light. When the charge runs low the second hand points to charge, kinda like a dummy light in your car. There is no power indicator to show how charged the battery is. When it gets even lower it moves to stop and finally set, indicating the time will need to be reset.
If you want a classic looking divers watch with no digital features and can throw down around $400 cdn. go for it.
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