On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 14:49:57 -0500, "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>2001-12-22 > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "skywatchbob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Saturday, 2001-12-22 14:45 >Subject: Watches [Yahoo! Clubs: Metric America] > > >> I am shopping for a watch(one I can wear when camping or in other outdoor >activity). Timex and Casio give water resistance in meters depth of water(as >do most companies). However, I did notice that Armitron(maker of cheesy $15 >watches) gave water resistance depth in feet. Are there a lot of Armitrons >out there that still stick to feet? I thought that this rating switched to >meters years ago. I hope that this isn't the start of a trend to reverse out >a metric rating. Regardless, I won't be buying an Armitron watch. Timex used feet until quite recently. Casio, of course, have always used metric. However, I see that my most recent purchase (a titanium case & strap model) has "Water Resistant 5 bar" on the back, with no metres given. I've noticed other watches (including Swiss models) give "atm" as the unit. >> I like the Casio Forester because it allows for a 24 hour format for time. >Some Timex watches do, but not all. Of those that display date do any allow >something other than MDY format? Casio use yyyy-mm-dd format (though, unfortunately, often displayed as "'01-12-31"), and offer 24 h format on practically all their models. Chris
