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Get a decent casio G shock, I have the moon and tide model.bit off topic but not completely, looking to buy a decent watch for myself to keep an eye on the how much time I'm spending per task. Need to be water resistant ideally just incase. Ideally between £100-150
If your just looking to time your jobs, you could just get a kitchen timer for very small money. We use them all the time for that purpose. One is on the bulkhead at the side door work station, and one at the back door work station, so either my son or myself can set the timer to record the time taken for our records. Both are magnetic for mounting. Both have timer and countdown capabilities. We only use the timers.bit off topic but not completely, looking to buy a decent watch for myself to keep an eye on the how much time I'm spending per task. Need to be water resistant ideally just incase. Ideally between £100-150
Or some sand in a tube haha ?If your just looking to time your jobs, you could just get a kitchen timer for very small money. We use them all the time for that purpose. One is on the bulkhead at the side door work station, and one at the back door work station, so either my son or myself can set the timer to record the time taken for our records. Both are magnetic for mounting. Both have timer and countdown capabilities. We only use the timers.
Was going to read all that about the watch, but haven’t got the time ?If its just for use while working then honestly just get a cheap one. For £10 you can get a classic Casio water resistant watch from Argos with a stainless steel back. Alarm and Stopwatch included for timing jobs. It'll last for years.
If you want to invest in a nice one for the long term that you can use when out and about then it's better to buy a decent watch as a cheap one will look a bit battered wearing it every day cleaning windows. I don't mean a designer watch with a high price tag and a £3 movement inside. They are often poorly built and your just paying for the name.
I'd look out for something with a jewelled Swiss movement. A solid stainless steel back and case (if its stamped "stainless steel back" on the back cover then its going to be chrome plated base metal). Sapphire crystal glass to resist scratches. Either a genuine leather strap or stainless steel bracelet. Water resistant to 100m so it can survive being temporarily submerged. This also gives it a high resistance to dust ingress.
Then there is the choice of quartz or automatic mechanical.
Quartz is much more accurate and also cheaper. However you have to change a battery occasionally which is an opportunity for dust to get in and for damage to be caused.
Automatics using a mechanical movement aren't as accurate (they use a balance that occilates 5 times a second compared to the 32,000 vibrations a second in a quartz). But, you never have to open the case if you don't want to. They have a half moon counterweight that winds the mainspring using your bodies movements.
I have a Tissot PR100 automatic and it has very rarely ever left my wrist in 17 years. In perfect condition, not a single scratch or mark on the glass despite the fact I haven't been particularly careful with it and even wore it for a couple of years while scaffolding. It'll probably still be working decades from now. Also these types of watches can be serviced and repaired at any decent jewellers/watchmakers if they ever develop problems and spare parts will be available for a long long time. If you treat them well though, they'll probably outlast you.
You must be interested though because your watch-ing this topic ?Was going to read all that about the watch, but haven’t got the time ?
was more technical than explaining how the Apollo,s got to the moon.(lol)Was going to read all that about the watch, but haven’t got the time ?
Sorry.. ? I got into watches in a big way when I was working at a jewellers. Half the time repairing jewellery in the back and the other half watch/jewellery sales out front, but learnt basic watch repairs like replacing the stem & button, replacing glass, regulating mechanical watches etc.was more technical than explaining how the Apollo,s got to the moon.(lol)
Davy G - Agreed. A bit random??.If your just looking to time your jobs, you could just get a kitchen timer for very small money. We use them all the time for that purpose. One is on the bulkhead at the side door work station, and one at the back door work station, so either my son or myself can set the timer to record the time taken for our records. Both are magnetic for mounting. Both have timer and countdown capabilities. We only use the timers.
Is this some face off from some strapping man who's handy yet highly wound?Was going to read all that about the watch, but haven’t got the time ?
Leave some puns for everyone else, you'll tick people off ?Is this some face off from some strapping man who's handy yet highly wound?
Wait a second, Are you taking minutes for this groupLeave some puns for everyone else, you'll tick people off ?
Automatic watches. Not servicesdin 17 years. Consider a service as the oil will likely need a change. All those gears and friction. Micro particles get in the oil which is designed to lubricator quickly becomes a micro abrasive.If its just for use while working then honestly just get a cheap one. For £10 you can get a classic Casio water resistant watch from Argos with a stainless steel back. Alarm and Stopwatch included for timing jobs. It'll last for years.
If you want to invest in a nice one for the long term that you can use when out and about then it's better to buy a decent watch as a cheap one will look a bit battered wearing it every day cleaning windows. I don't mean a designer watch with a high price tag and a £3 movement inside. They are often poorly built and your just paying for the name.
I'd look out for something with a jewelled Swiss movement. A solid stainless steel back and case (if its stamped "stainless steel back" on the back cover then its going to be chrome plated base metal). Sapphire crystal glass to resist scratches. Either a genuine leather strap or stainless steel bracelet. Water resistant to 100m so it can survive being temporarily submerged. This also gives it a high resistance to dust ingress.
Then there is the choice of quartz or automatic mechanical.
Quartz is much more accurate and also cheaper. However you have to change a battery occasionally which is an opportunity for dust to get in and for damage to be caused.
Automatics using a mechanical movement aren't as accurate (they use a balance that occilates 5 times a second compared to the 32,000 vibrations a second in a quartz). But, you never have to open the case if you don't want to. They have a half moon counterweight that winds the mainspring using your bodies movements.
I have a Tissot PR100 automatic and it has very rarely ever left my wrist in 17 years. In perfect condition, not a single scratch or mark on the glass despite the fact I haven't been particularly careful with it and even wore it for a couple of years while scaffolding. It'll probably still be working decades from now. Also these types of watches can be serviced and repaired at any decent jewellers/watchmakers if they ever develop problems and spare parts will be available for a long long time. If you treat them well though, they'll probably outlast you.