On 3/5/2018 7:38 AM, Don Murray via time-nuts wrote: > So, Time Nuts... any suggestions or recommendations?
For non-formal, day-to-day wear, I've been partial to Casio G-Shock watches for a long time. They're rugged, reliable, and have the basic features one might want: stopwatch, countdown timer, a few user-settable alarms, etc. without too many bells and whistles. Watches with "Multi-Band 6" have long wave time signal receiving capability and can receive signals from WWVB, MSF, DCF77, and transmitters in China and Japan. They also make watches that have GPS receivers, and hybrid GPS and long wave receivers for redundancy. I've worn a GWM850-1, which is a Multi-Band 6 watch, for a long time and it's served me well. Unfortunately, Casio doesn't make that specific model anymore, but there's lots of other similar models available. Mine tries to set itself every night starting at midnight and trying again hourly until it either succeeds at setting the time or it fails after 4:00am. It also charges its internal battery from a solar panel formed into the watch face, so one never (modulo the battery eventually degrading) needs to change it. I've found that even with liberal use of the EL backlight, the battery never gets below the "medium" level during winter when the watch rarely sees the sun, and then fully charges up again in springtime. Cheers! -Pete -- Pete Stephenson _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
