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My GW-M5610-1ER is the perfect watch for me. Solar, Gshock robustness, water proof, radio controlled, cheap and looks 80s.
Are there any digital (not smart ) watches besides Casio ?
Are there any digital (not smart ) watches besides Casio ?
https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=S...
Or do you want a brand name that you know attached to it?
Why not pick the Li-Ion cells in your devices by brand name, too?
Come on, this is ancient tech, any $5+ watch works well.
Are there any digital (not smart ) watches besides Casio ?
Are you serious? https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=S... Or do you want a brand name that you know attached to it? Why not pick the Li-Ion cells in your devices by brand name, too? Come on, this is ancient tech, any $5+ watch works well.
I tend to buy Samsung cells.
I've been wearing a Casio F-91W for a number of years now and it really is a joy. It's always there, and it always works. I've gone down the rabbit hole with expensive time pieces but they become a burden / obligation rather than a tool - especially as the prices of certain pieces in the secondary market have gone so high - so over time I've reverted back to much cheaper watches and find myself getting more joy out o…
So I got one of the cheapest Seiko automatic watches. Being mechanical it's obviously going to cost more and keep time much less accurately than a quartz watch. Other than that, I identify with your comment.
The cheap automatic Seiko is always there, and it always works. Don't have to worry about putting it away and then needing to replace its battery – it has no battery. I can bang it about and while I'm sure it might break at some point with the way I treat it, it won't be too painful to get another one.
It's no-frills, keeps the time as accurately as I need it to, and doesn't take a lot of space on my wrist. Couldn't be happier.
What’s the microSD card for?
Just for carrying around an extra microSD from what I can tell. I genuinely don't see that being handy, but more of a feel good, maybe nerd cred point?
I've been wearing a Casio F-91W for a number of years now and it really is a joy. It's always there, and it always works. I've gone down the rabbit hole with expensive time pieces but they become a burden / obligation rather than a tool - especially as the prices of certain pieces in the secondary market have gone so high - so over time I've reverted back to much cheaper watches and find myself getting more joy out o…
I got an F-91W in April for those times when I am banging around and don't want to risk messing up my beloved Casio 6510BC. I set the time on the F-91W when I got it and it has only drifted off 21 seconds in that time. That is impressively accurate for a $20 CAD watch.
Quartz watches are really magic in terms of keeping time. We take it for granted, but it's insane how accurate they are.
Watch accuracy was a big deal before quartz-based watches, because it was really hard to construct watches that kept time with the accuracy required for celestial navigation etc. Sufficiently accurate watches are a whole separate category, called chronometer. There are certification institutes that put watches through internationally standardised thorough testing to check whether the watch truly conforms to the chronometer label.
Even the cheapest quartz watch will pass the chronometer tests with ample margins. It's not even a fair fight.
I've been wearing a Casio F-91W for a number of years now and it really is a joy. It's always there, and it always works. I've gone down the rabbit hole with expensive time pieces but they become a burden / obligation rather than a tool - especially as the prices of certain pieces in the secondary market have gone so high - so over time I've reverted back to much cheaper watches and find myself getting more joy out o…