Looking for a watch for work

Stan_Lite · 27-09-2008, 20:24

Any watch people out there help me please?

Since the rig I'm on was taken over by Transocean, some of the rules have changed and one of them is that we are no longer allowed to wear steel banded watches.

I forgot all about it until I got onto the rig so I sent word to ask one of the guys coming onto the rig on Thursday to get me a non-steel banded watch for around the 200LE mark (about £20). He brought me a Casio "fishing gear" watch - which isn't too bad. It is mixed analogue and digital, has alarms, stopwatch, timer etc and is allegedly water resistant to 50M (don't think I'll test that

).
Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be scratch resistant which is evident from the badly scratched lens after just 4 hours use.

Anyway, on to the job in hand.

What I'm looking for is something which is quite rugged and will take a bit of punishment. It needs to be scratch resistant, shock resistant, water resistant, keep good time, show the date and not have a metal strap. Was looking for something around the £50 mark.

Had a bit of a look around and found one that looks to be something like what I'm looking for- the Casio AW-591MS-3AER.

If anybody has any experience with watches of this type, can you please share your wisdom and/or experience?

Please bear in mind, I don't need anything fashionable or "cool" - just something which isn't going to fall to pieces or become unusable with a little bit of hard graft.

Many thanks in advance

Piggymon · 27-09-2008, 20:27

Sorry

Stan_Lite · 27-09-2008, 20:30

Wonder if it's scratch resistant?

Mark · 27-09-2008, 20:35

Found this, which contains useful information about scratch resistance.

http://www.europastar.com/europastar...chcrystals.jsp

Can't tell what the material used on that Casio is. Knowing Casio, it could be as cheap as what you've already got (and scratched), but I would hope not.

Piggymon · 27-09-2008, 20:35

I dare you to get one !

Mark · 27-09-2008, 20:36

I have braces to match (present, not worn). It's the look, apparently.

leowyatt · 27-09-2008, 20:36

Exhibit

A

B

I have an older blue g-shock that Kitten bought me and it's been fantastic

currently it got replaced by a fossil one.

EDIT: if you get a g-shock make sure it's got a sunken face, the same as I have and can happily report no scratches.

Feek · 27-09-2008, 20:37

A G-Shock should do the job perfectly I'd have thought.

Piggymon · 27-09-2008, 20:43

Or Bart

Matblack · 27-09-2008, 20:58

G shock all the way, there is one I particularly like called the Mudman and it comes in a really nice grey

MB

27-09-2008, 20:24	#1
Stan_Lite Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In bed with your sister Posts: 5,483	Looking for a watch for work Any watch people out there help me please? Since the rig I'm on was taken over by Transocean, some of the rules have changed and one of them is that we are no longer allowed to wear steel banded watches. I forgot all about it until I got onto the rig so I sent word to ask one of the guys coming onto the rig on Thursday to get me a non-steel banded watch for around the 200LE mark (about £20). He brought me a Casio "fishing gear" watch - which isn't too bad. It is mixed analogue and digital, has alarms, stopwatch, timer etc and is allegedly water resistant to 50M (don't think I'll test that ). Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be scratch resistant which is evident from the badly scratched lens after just 4 hours use. Anyway, on to the job in hand. What I'm looking for is something which is quite rugged and will take a bit of punishment. It needs to be scratch resistant, shock resistant, water resistant, keep good time, show the date and not have a metal strap. Was looking for something around the £50 mark. Had a bit of a look around and found one that looks to be something like what I'm looking for- the Casio AW-591MS-3AER. If anybody has any experience with watches of this type, can you please share your wisdom and/or experience? Please bear in mind, I don't need anything fashionable or "cool" - just something which isn't going to fall to pieces or become unusable with a little bit of hard graft. Many thanks in advance __________________ Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I...

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Piggymon Lara Croft Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: PigmoPad - Braintree Essex Posts: 8,604	Sorry __________________ BF% 28/08/08 - 21%

27-09-2008, 20:30	#3
Stan_Lite Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In bed with your sister Posts: 5,483	Wonder if it's scratch resistant? __________________ Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I...

27-09-2008, 20:35	#4
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Found this, which contains useful information about scratch resistance. http://www.europastar.com/europastar...chcrystals.jsp Can't tell what the material used on that Casio is. Knowing Casio, it could be as cheap as what you've already got (and scratched), but I would hope not. Last edited by Mark; 27-09-2008 at 20:59.

27-09-2008, 20:35	#5
Piggymon Lara Croft Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: PigmoPad - Braintree Essex Posts: 8,604	I dare you to get one ! __________________ BF% 28/08/08 - 21%

27-09-2008, 20:36	#6
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I have braces to match (present, not worn). It's the look, apparently.

27-09-2008, 20:36	#7
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Exhibit A B I have an older blue g-shock that Kitten bought me and it's been fantastic currently it got replaced by a fossil one. EDIT: if you get a g-shock make sure it's got a sunken face, the same as I have and can happily report no scratches. __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!" Last edited by leowyatt; 27-09-2008 at 20:39.

27-09-2008, 20:37	#8
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	A G-Shock should do the job perfectly I'd have thought. __________________

27-09-2008, 20:43	#9
Piggymon Lara Croft Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: PigmoPad - Braintree Essex Posts: 8,604	Or Bart __________________ BF% 28/08/08 - 21%

27-09-2008, 20:58	#10
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	G shock all the way, there is one I particularly like called the Mudman and it comes in a really nice grey MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"