claymore
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Another one for the G-shock. Wear mine day in day out for years and abuse the hell out of it and it never misses a beat. Throw a band or battery on when needed and away you go.
Looking for a tough digital dive watch
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Knotted Lion
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200 meter timex Ironman. Been using these for 15 years, current one is 6 years old. I've had them down to 100 meters with no problems.
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PeterNBiddle
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It may well have been - mine is about 10 years old now. I started out by looking at the watches of the spec ops guys I was shooting with and they all wore Casios.
Goodtime Adventures
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Definitely a g shock.
Good to 200m and well under your budget.
Good to 200m and well under your budget.
When Sheck Exley did a dive to over 800 feet depth he had a couple of dive computers and a Casio watch. He left the Casio watch clipped to the line at 400 feet. Both his computers imploded at depth and he had to count seconds for his decompression stops until he got back to his Casio watch and could use that to track his decompression. The Casio watch cost him $15. Go to Walmart or Amazon and find an inexpensive Casio rated to at least 100M (that's 300 feet, think you'll be going deeper than that?).
I'd be careful about the 100 meter rating. If you read the fine print in the manual that comes with it you'll see the 100 meter ones are NOT rated for scuba. Swimming, snorkeling, free diving to a point are ok and covered under warranty. Get one rated to 200 meters. They are covered by the warranty for diving and are no more expensive than the 100 meter ones. I paid I think 35.00 at Sam's Club for the one I got for my son. I actually bought a Sea Pathfinder at Sam's and was planning on using it for diving. Until I read the manual. Took it back and ended up with an analog pulsar 200 meter divers. Then when I became an instructor my present was a Citizen Eco Drive 300 M Pro Diver. I prefer analog watches in general though.
PeterNBiddle
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There are two water-resistant watch ratings.
ISO 2281 supports a 100M rating and you can put 100M on the watch face based in it. HOWEVER ISO 2281 is not intended for diving. You can buy 200M rated watches that are not rated nor intended for SCUBA diving.
ISO 6425 supports a 100M rating and it IS intended for diving. You can put a 100M on the face of a watch under this rating as well. Every watch rated under this system is intended for and rated for SCUBA to its depth rating.
To make this even more complicated - there are lots of watches, like many g-shock models, that appear to be engineered and built to support 6425 but that only carry the 2281 rating. Why? Because it's cheaper to get the 2281 rating. Every watch sold under 6425 has to be tested far more thoroughly than the sample-testing done under 2281.
Bottom line: if you want to be sure buy a 6425 rated watch. Do not simply look at the rating number. If you don't care as much go with brand and reputation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Resistant_mark
PeterNBiddle
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I think the Citizen previously mentioned is a good bet. I previously found a working list of 6425 rated watches but I haven't re-found it yet. If you do post it here!
Here's a nice link to more info (I am resisting the lure to drop $850 on eBay on the 1000M Citizen right now):
http://www.squidoo.com/best-dive-watch-under-1000
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