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

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...