Flashy - literally

[LordGrover]

Black Hawk Steel Band (no, not that sort of steel band). Click

I wonder what it's like in real life?

[Stu R]

I'm betting every bit as cheap as it looks tbh. Shame as the watches themselves seem to be well liked by many. The spec-ops christmas tree version just screams tat to me though.

[ErnestM]

The yellow light is quite blinding. The blue light is good at night. The charging mechanism is quite interesting. Need to charge it about once every 45-60 days depending on how often you show off the lights to your mates...

Keeps fairly accurate time and is a much better "sacrificial lamb" than the Rolex for when you might be doing something grimey, dirty, etc.

[CmdrBond]

Not for me as I can't do all black watches, but they are very nice in the metal. My brother-in-law has one and it is a nice heavyweight piece of kit and he is a trainee electrician and gets put through a lot and comes out looking good at the end of the day

[Balmoral Green]

Aren't you supposed to take the decorations down on the 12th day?

[cyberface]

I couldn't get over the idea of wearing a military-styled watch with 'SPECIAL OPS' written in bold on it, when the closest I get to the military is that my brother in law is in the SAS. It's all a bit 'trying FAR too hard' to me... Plenty of other 'tough' watches for dirty jobs... why not use what the real 'special forces' use... G-shocks...

[ErnestM]

Got a "deal" on it from a mate that needed the money. He had two (never worn - they are the type as above but with the velcro band) and offered them to me in lieu of paying me back... I told him that I would wait but he said he didn't have any use for them anyway and didn't know when or if he could pay me back, so I told him fine.

I use one and gave the other to my son (8 years old) who really likes the light up face bit.

Prior to acquiring said watches, I used to just wear no watch when performing car maint, etc. But I like having this one and it comes in handy...

[deejuic]

What kind of special ops person would want to wear a watch that flashes bright lights to identify where they are in the dark?

doesn't make much sense to me.

[ErnestM]

The blue is subdued. Very hard to see at night. The amber can be used for signaling if you want, I would guess. I use the amber for finding stuff I drop into the engine bay or to augument my substandard "workshop" lighting when I'm working on a pc. Ever drop a motherboard/hard drive/graphics card screw when swapping them out? It helps...

[andy_s]

deejuic said:

What kind of special ops person would want to wear a watch that flashes bright lights to identify where they are in the dark?

Jack Bauer.