Watch for the Apocalypse

[Pints]

Let's have a spot of fun. (Is that allowed in these parts?)

What watch would you want to have on your wrist when the apocalypse is upon us? This'll mean no batteries are available when you need a replacement, no repairs or servicing is available, nor are replacement parts.

Keeping reasonable time will be important so that you know when the next emergency signal or marauding zombies are due - they're a punctual lot.

And in the spirit of the game, all watch repair tools have been destroyed by a rather zealous government, so there's no home DIY servicing that can be done either, if you're that way inclined.

Let's be having it. What's your apocalypse watch of choice?

[Graemsay]

There's a list of sensible contenders at aBlogToWatch...

But I'd ignore that, and go for the Swiss Military Watch 20,000 Feet. Just watch this video...

https://youtu.be/6KzkbHsUKJo

It's bomb and shotgun proof. I figure it can probably handle a few zombies.

[mikeveal]

A watch for the end of time... does not compute.

[Caruso]

Mine would be a Marathon GSAR on the SS bracelet.

[Pints]

mikeveal said:

A watch for the end of time... does not compute.

[markmullen]

I have a Citizen Ecodrive Royal Marines like this as my indestructible watch https://www.houseofwatches.co.uk/citizen-ladies-qu...

It's made of titanium, on a kevlar strap and is solar powered.

I wear it clipped to the quick release harness on my buoyancy aid, it managed to live through the past 18 months of search and rescue including the Storm Desmond floods in Cumbria and Storm Eva floods in York, it's survived swiftwater rescue training, live jobs, all sorts, and you'd not really know it's done that, it looks essentially like it did when I bought it.

[Pints]

I'll have to take my chances with a reasonably priced G-Shock Solar.

[anonymous-user]

Seiko Orange Monster - on a Watchadoo bracelet it's heavy enough to inflict serous cranial trauma on the undead.
Plus it's currently running 30 seconds a day fast, so I'd never be late.

Win+win.

[marcosgt]

Why would you need a watch?

M.

[speedtwelve]

I'd go with a Sinn U1. Auto movement, made of submarine hull steel. Can be used as a blunt weapon to defend against marauding hordes of looters.




Of my own watches I'd use my Ball Mad Cow. Auto, titanium case, anti-magnetic and very shock-resistant. I could also use the tritium gas in the tubes to help make a boosted-fusion hydrogen bomb if I was in a pinch.

[Beachbum]

I'd go for another Marathon, but a CSAR. Not only does it appear to be indestructable, but it is also a weapon in its own right

[mikeveal]

markmullen said:

I have a Citizen Ecodrive Royal Marines like this as my indestructible watch https://www.houseofwatches.co.uk/citizen-ladies-qu...

It's made of titanium, on a kevlar strap and is solar powered.

I wear it clipped to the quick release harness on my buoyancy aid, it managed to live through the past 18 months of search and rescue including the Storm Desmond floods in Cumbria and Storm Eva floods in York, it's survived swiftwater rescue training, live jobs, all sorts, and you'd not really know it's done that, it looks essentially like it did when I bought it.

Well that's incentive not to release! Bye bye Citizen, or hold your breath a bit longer?
Have done the training too, BCU's AWWSR. Very similar to swiftwater, but with emphasis on kayak pins and dragging breached kayaks off rocks. Weird I know but I quite enjoy being the dope-on-a-rope.

[warren182]

This would do me!

[WhiteAMG45]

just bought MudMaster G-shock I think it would survive

[rog007]

NeMiSiS said:

I think the zombies would catch me in the bedroom dithering over which watch to take.

[LimaDelta]

Surely the F98W? The only watch you ever need. The watch of Princes and paupers, Al Qaeda leaders and schoolboys. Truly classless and with no pretences of wealth or style. The perfect watch for the Apocalypse, and every other day.

[Caruso]

rog007 said:

NeMiSiS said:

I think the zombies would catch me in the bedroom dithering over which watch to take.

And I'm sure I'm not the only person who would view a zombie apocalypse as less of a disaster and more of an opportunity to increase the my collection.

[Pints]

NeMiSiS said:

I think the zombies would catch me in the bedroom dithering over which watch to take.

[Pints]

LimaDelta said:

Surely the F98W? The only watch you ever need. The watch of Princes and paupers, Al Qaeda leaders and schoolboys. Truly classless and with no pretences of wealth or style. The perfect watch for the Apocalypse, and every other day.

While I'm one of the paupers who has one, I'm not sure I'd trust the strap to last in a frenzied attack.

[leginigel]

A mwc