Outdoor Watches

What outdoor watch is:
1. under £200
2. Waterproof to at least 100m
3. Tells the time and date
4. Has some mechanism for reading it at night
5. Is pretty tough
6. Looks good (preferably black)

cheers

EDIT: Analogue

what will you be doing when your watch is down at 100m?

was going to say Suunto until i saw your edit.

Seiko Divers or Casio Edifice

Basically I need to make sure It can withstand waterfalls, Lakes, Boggy Moorland, Snow etc. All types of wet and wonderful things and the extremes of British weather without ANY problems. A few days of saturation etc.

I’ve had one of these for a couple of years now – very robust, keeps excellent time and will never need a new battery (so it should stay waterproof – important as it goes scuba diving with me on a regular basis). Have found it plenty bright enough to read at night – hands and numbers very luminous. Probably didn’t get it from the company shown in the link, but I’m sure you can google for a good deal.

I’ve got a Seiko Divers that is 30 years old and still going strong and has stood up to everything no problems, diving, kayaking, swimming, wet, dry, dust, cold, heat – all fine. The plastic strap needs replacing once a year or so. New battery is expensive though, but I got 10 years out of the last one.

I think that if I were in conditions akin to being 100m underwater, the reliability of my watch would be fairly low on my list of priorities at that moment. It’d probably be several bullet points below “Fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu…” at least.

The OP is right in thinking that 100m depth is a good starting point for withstanding the rigours of his (her?) listed activities.

Generally, a 50m depth rating is only good for the odd dip in the tub.

One of these

These

http://www.luminox.com/watches/

I was actually about to post the watch Don Simon has suggested!

Casio Protrek, fits all the criteria, great watches to boot. G-Shocks are a little feature-light. If you’re getting an outdoor watch, you may as well get one with all the outdoor bells and whistles.

Digital, so prob doesnt fit the bill, but I’ve just myself one of these:
http://www.origowatch.co.uk/index1.html

Never heard of Origo watches before, but I wanted a tough outdoor watch with compass on it. The inclusion of an altimeter and barometer is nice too 🙂
Good price £115

I have the same one, and does me fine 😀

I have one of these, tough, very waterproof, ticks all the boxes.

I’ve got a Seiko Automatic like the one above but without the offset crown – it just won’t break! It gains around 4 minutes per week, but is perfect other than that. £53 from eBay a few years ago, and is used for all manner of activities. I’ve taken it down to 15m accidentally after forgetting to remove it for a dive, with no issues.

I’m a big fan of G-Shock’s so would recommend one of them. I also have an automatic Seiko titanium divers watch, timekeeping could be better and the glass isnt as protected as the G-Shocks so expect to scratch it.

Get the G-Shock.

100m waterproof does not mean to 100m, it means just properly.

I regularly have 50m watches give up the ghost when kayaing, gorge walking or jumping 25′ into a loch with groups.

Even my expensive Fat Face watch that my wife bought me, 100m waterproof, lasted a month and they refused to replace it as it was only meant for ‘swimming’ in water not ‘diving in’

Buy a cheap Casio, waterproof to 100m. Then spend the remaining £80 on a nice dress watch.

The Seiko divers up there is fine but they don’t keep the best time to be perfectly honest.
I’ve had two and they both gained a couple of minutes a week which gets tiresome

this

https://www.dragonsupplies.co.uk/catalogue/309-Traser-P6502-Navigator

It gains around 4 minutes per week, but is perfect other than that.

“It’s perfect other than not telling the time!”

The reason it never breaks is because it’s already broken. Mine gains a couple of seconds a month and that pisses me off. I couldn’t live with that amount of drift, I’d get it repaired or throw it in the bin.

I have the same watch as Catfood. Bought circa 1980. Rediscovered it in sock drawer. Guy in jewelers who put in a new battery, claimed vintage stuff like this are making money on ebay right now. And BTW still keeps pretty good time, around 1 min/month. Happy enough with that.

I’ve got a momentum that is an almost carbon copy of the seiko diving watch above- landed on rocks on it.

Drawback? Its just too heavy. You notice it too much.

Luminox faces come up quite small in the flesh. A biggie IMO if you have big mans wrists (or dinner lady ones like mine)

I’ve got a Seiko automatic and a g shock. For what you want, I’d get another g shock.