I like my Suunto Vector Wrist Computer. It's the Swiss Army knife of watches. Has Date, Time, Alarms, stopwatch, etc plus barometer, altimeter, thermometer, bubble level . . . . [1]http://www.prc68.com/I/Watch-Real-Fake.shtml#SVWC <- watch [2]http://www.prc68.com/I/PT.html <- Swiss Army Knife
I had (actually, still have in a drawer somewhere), a Suunto Vector. It's a great geek watch, but didn't find it to be a great Time Nut watch. The graphic seconds indicator around the limb of the watch has a funky pattern that it goes through as the number of pixels around the periphery doesn't divide into 60 (Suunto says this is to make it a better compass). Also, you can reset the second display to zero, but you can't set the actual zero time, so you can't set the watch to better than +/- 0.5 sec. And, it doesn't have WWVB capability. I replaced it with the Casio Pathfinder. It has all the geek functions of the Suunto (altimeter, barometer, compass, etc), plus adds the WWVB, MSF, DFC77, JJY self-setting capability. I've found it to hold good time when it hasn't set. It's also quite rugged and holds up well to an active lifestyle. For the astro-geek time nut, I like the Emerald Time app for the iPod Touch/iPhone. I wish they made real watches like these! -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Col Keith E. Brandt, MD, MPH [3]keith.bra...@gmail.com "The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him" -- G. K. Chesterton *This message transmitted with 100% recycled electrons -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Col Keith E. Brandt, MD, MPH [4]wd9...@amsat.org Goodbye cruel world that was my home- there's cleaner space out here to roam Put my feet up on the moons of Mars- sit back, relax, and count the stars *This message transmitted with 100% recycled electrons References 1. http://www.prc68.com/I/Watch-Real-Fake.shtml#SVWC 2. http://www.prc68.com/I/PT.html 3. mailto:keith.bra...@gmail.com 4. mailto:wd9...@amsat.org _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.