HELP ME oh watch geeks? (Present for my Dad)

[Moos3h]

Hi all,

My Dad is a keen swimmer and it's his 60th coming up. I was all set to get him the Garmin Swim watch but have read some bad reviews regarding changing the battery after a year and the O rings to seal the battery in not being available.

So, I'm after as much of the following as possible:

1). He's always liked the idea of not having to set the time, so Wave Ceptor etc. seems good
2). Not having to change a battery would be nice, but they should last a while anyway right?
3). MUST have split timer and be a DIGITAL display so he can see it in the pool through goggles (he's a glasses wearer)
4). Around £100 as money is a wee bit tight.

So, any thoughts folks? Thanks in advance for the help!

Cheers,
James

[Foliage]

Have a look at g-shock, the tough solar models would get around the battery issue.

Something like, http://www.amazon.co.uk/G-Shock-GW-7900-1ER-Mens-Q...


This looks idea too, not a g-shock (so doesn't have the g-shock price premium) but made for running http://www.amazon.co.uk/Casio-Collection-Digital-Q...

Edited by Foliage on Friday 13th March 11:37

[Moos3h]

Thanks!

I am rather taken with this one as it's not got quite the 'stupidly overbuilt' nature of the other G Shocks: http://www.amazon.co.uk/G-Shock-GW-2310-1ER-Mens-Q...

Edited by Moos3h on Friday 13th March 11:58

[mackie1]

Can't beat this for simplicity:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/GW-M5610-1ER-Ceptor-Contro...

Also available in rescue orange with a neg display. Atomic, solar, not overly huge and retro.

[Foliage]

mackie1 said:

Can't beat this for simplicity:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/GW-M5610-1ER-Ceptor-Contro...

Also available in rescue orange with a neg display. Atomic, solar, not overly huge and retro.

That's the one im wearing at the moment funnily enough, my issue with the 5610 for an older person is the buttons are quite difficult to press.

[mackie1]

The GWX-8900 has nice easy to push buttons but it's on the large side. I was going to suggest a GW-9010 Mudman but the buttons are stiff as hell.

[toohuge]

Have a look at some of the Protrek range that Casio offer. Many suit your requirements and don't look over built etc. Most a solar and most radio controlled too.

[kazste]

If your wanting split timing am I right in assuming you want to be able to press the buttons in the water? If so you need to be careful as most watches (not sure about g shocks but I know some of mine are full membrane buttons so suggests may be an issue) lose all their waterproof capability if a button is depressed.

[Mr E]

I wear a gw-m5610

Small(ish). Solar powered. Waveceptor. Appears pretty bombproof.

[Hoofy]

Riseman! http://amzn.to/1xmytHD

Can't remember the name of the site that does it cheaper, though.