Cheap watch Recommendation that has Alarm and Timer?

Cheap watch Recommendation that has Alarm and Timer?

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bagusbagus

Original Poster:

451 posts

88 months

Wednesday 15th February 2017
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I have no clue about watches and have never had one except when I was a kid and had a £1 pokemon toy watch(or something of that sort)- It was pretty cool tho!

Is there anything that's cheap (under £15-£20)
-reliable
-well built ( as in won't stop working in few days or won't fall apart)
-comfortable to wear (as in you can't really feel it on your hand-perhaps plastic/rubber if they are more comfortable?)
-has an alarm function and a stop-watch function,also a timer function would be really good ( stop-watch function however is the no1 requirement I need)

That's it I think, I don't care how it looks or what brand it has(ok well maybe not a pokemon watch but anything else will do I think biggrin ) , I just need it as a tool for a specific task I will need to do.
Before you say - Your phone, yes I have a phone that can do that stuff , but not this time...

thanks.



hornetrider

63,161 posts

205 months

Wednesday 15th February 2017
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Gotta be F-91W

bagusbagus

Original Poster:

451 posts

88 months

Thursday 16th February 2017
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hornetrider said:
Gotta be F-91W
Liked the look of it until I digged more deeply about it,
seems like the stop-watch on it runs only for an hour, a bit pointless... and I saw some reviews where they say it's not the same quality as it once was, it was made in Japan before, and now in China...says it all. some review about comparing it to a poundland item didn't impressed me as well. But the dealbreaker for me is just the 1hour stop-watch.
Anything else that's a bit better than this one and has more useful stop-watch?

mikeveal

4,567 posts

250 months

Thursday 16th February 2017
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bagusbagus said:
Liked the look of it until I digged more deeply about it,
seems like the stop-watch on it runs only for an hour, a bit pointless..
How big is your planned detonation if 1 hour doesn't give you enough time to get clear?


bagusbagus

Original Poster:

451 posts

88 months

Thursday 16th February 2017
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mikeveal said:
How big is your planned detonation if 1 hour doesn't give you enough time to get clear?
hahah need it for like 4-5hours biggrin

dc2rr07

1,238 posts

231 months

Thursday 16th February 2017
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you could always use the stopwatch on your phone as an alternative, how accurate are you timing something if you require it to be over an hour !

warp9

1,583 posts

197 months

Thursday 16th February 2017
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Check out Argos. They are the king's of cheap digital watches

dtmpower

3,972 posts

245 months

Thursday 16th February 2017
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I wear an F-91W everyday since my Seiko automatic packed up, best watch ever.

If you want a stopwatch or sports tracker, then look at something from the new wave of fitbit / garmin wrist devices.

I'm looking at getting an F105W-1A next for the better illumination. But is more like £20 rather than £7 !