Double header: which watch & redundant spg.

[GramsciBeat]

I would like to get a decent watch - in the US$1500 to US$2000 range - that is appropriately depth-rated and has a depth gauge to a minimum of 60m (200ft) but preferably 90m (300ft). Any recommendations?
I dive with an air integrated wireless computer (Galileo), I'd be interested in your views on whether I should also use a redundant SPG on a hose while doing recreational dives. Thanks

 

[fnfalman]

I would like to get a decent watch - in the US$1500 to US$2000 range - that is appropriately depth-rated and has a depth gauge to a minimum of 60m (200ft) but preferably 90m (300ft). Any recommendations?
I dive with an air integrated wireless computer (Galileo), I'd be interested in your views on whether I should also use a redundant SPG on a hose while doing recreational dives. Thanks

Doxa SUB5000T Sea Conqueror (around $2500) and OMS pressure gauge. Alas the watch does not have a depth gauge. Very few watches have depth gauge built into them, the only one I can think of top of my head is the Citizen Aqualand and it goes for around $400-500.

As far as using a redundant SPG with an AI hoseless dive computer...that's defeating the point of having a hoseless AI computer. Might as well stick with a console AI computer and call it a day. Or just stick with an SPG and a regular dive computer.

 

[GramsciBeat]

I'll check out the watch.
I've been diving without the spg, but there was a nagging thought that wireless may not be reliable enough. The response from the divers I was with over the weekend was essentially the same as yours but far less diplomatic.
Thanks

 

[fnfalman]

Wireless is not reliable enough? Come now, friend. This is 2011 and not 1911.

 

[Splitlip]

I love the Doxa. (I told you I once found one on the bottom. Lost it some years later in a move.)

I too use a Galileo. I still dive with an OMS Brass and Glass SPG on a very short hose clipped at my hip. ~ 2 inch diameter. I used to dive with a Citizen's Aqualand (only couple/few hundred USD). Even their analog watches have a depth gauge, dive time, temp, log etc. Saved my day once when my mix was too rich for the bottom depth, and my computer (not the Galileo) crapped out. I now dive with a second ( wrist watch type) computer. The little spg on the short hose adds nothing to my kit. Just peace of mind.

 

[pcheney]

I have a Suunto D4 and an air-integrated Scubapro Galileo. No matter what, I keep a Halcyon SPG attached to my system with a thin Miflex hose. Works beautifully, and I love seeing the tank pressure on the SPG marching in lockstep with the Galileo. It's redundant and reliable.

 

[knotlover]

I use an older Citizen Aqualand. Less than $300 and comes with depth gauge.


Used to dive an affordable (sub $200) Seiko Monster before I got the Citizen. The lume on this is ridiculously bright.

 

[LouieLouie]

Wireless is not reliable enough? Come now, friend. This is 2011 and not 1911.

Yep. I'm surrounded by wireless devices, and not A SINGLE ONE is performing to the standards I expect from my scuba equipment. WLAN, 3G phone, 3G computer, even those bloody remotes... It's all crap.