Suggestions for Dive Watch...

[Gary R. Schmidt]

My trusty old (circa 1978) Seiko has finally given up the ghost, (well,
really, my toddler piffed it down the stairs, several times), and I want
to get a new one.

I only know of Omega, Citizen, and Seiko as making "real" dive watches,
so I throw myself on the collective opinions of Usenet, sharper than so
may knives...

Cheers,
Gary B-)

P.S. I'm located in Australia, so I would like ideas on items that
might be available here.

[Dennis Willson]

Post by Gary R. Schmidt
My trusty old (circa 1978) Seiko has finally given up the ghost, (well,
really, my toddler piffed it down the stairs, several times), and I want
to get a new one.
I only know of Omega, Citizen, and Seiko as making "real" dive watches,
so I throw myself on the collective opinions of Usenet, sharper than so
may knives...
Cheers,
Gary B-)
P.S. I'm located in Australia, so I would like ideas on items that
might be available here.

Actually I use a mesquito dive computer for my watch...

[Pat]

Hi Garry,
I have a Citizen Promaster HyperAqualand that I had sent from the US. They
retail here for over $1000 and I got it delivered for about $320AU. Not a
bad deal and I'm very happy with it. Good range of functions including
docking with your PC which is pretty cool.
Try http://store.watchwonderland.com/ and punch in 'dive' in the search
thingy.

Cheers

Pat

[Gary R. Schmidt]

Post by Dennis Willson

Post by Gary R. Schmidt
My trusty old (circa 1978) Seiko has finally given up the ghost,
(well, really, my toddler piffed it down the stairs, several times),
and I want to get a new one.
I only know of Omega, Citizen, and Seiko as making "real" dive
watches, so I throw myself on the collective opinions of Usenet,
sharper than so may knives...
Cheers,
Gary B-)
P.S. I'm located in Australia, so I would like ideas on items that
might be available here.

Actually I use a mesquito dive computer for my watch...

I should have said, "Don't worry about Dive Computers, I have one of
those, I want a watch that won't scare people!" :-)

Cheers,
Gary B-)

[Marcus]

Post by Dennis Willson

Post by Gary R. Schmidt
My trusty old (circa 1978) Seiko has finally given up the ghost,
(well, really, my toddler piffed it down the stairs, several times),
and I want to get a new one.
I only know of Omega, Citizen, and Seiko as making "real" dive
watches, so I throw myself on the collective opinions of Usenet,
sharper than so may knives...
Cheers,
Gary B-)
P.S. I'm located in Australia, so I would like ideas on items that
might be available here.

Actually I use a mesquito dive computer for my watch...

Could try this item I have for auction.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Apollo-Sunfish-Dive-watch_W0QQitemZ7205262260QQcategoryZ1300QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Robert Atkins]

Post by Gary R. Schmidt
I only know of Omega, Citizen, and Seiko as making "real" dive watches,

But you can get a wrist-mounted dive *computer* from Suunto.fi :-). I
love my Stinger and it's a nice piece of jewelery too. The titanium
version is significantly lighter than the stainless steel.

Cheers, Robert.

[Gary R. Schmidt]

Post by Robert Atkins

Post by Gary R. Schmidt
I only know of Omega, Citizen, and Seiko as making "real" dive watches,

But you can get a wrist-mounted dive *computer* from Suunto.fi :-). I
love my Stinger and it's a nice piece of jewelery too. The titanium
version is significantly lighter than the stainless steel.

Yes, but I _have_ a Dive Computer, it's on my SPG unit. If it was
broken too, then I'd think about getting a wrist mounted one.

I got my C-Card back in 1978 - I'm old fashioned in some ways, I _like_
analogue displays!

Cheers,
Gary B-)

[Dennis Willson]

I sometimes use my mosquito as a backup computer (just put it in my BCD pocket). I use a far more elaborate computer as my primary.
The trend I've seen is that divers are using the small dive computers for their watches, at least around here.

Post by Gary R. Schmidt

Post by Robert Atkins

Post by Gary R. Schmidt
I only know of Omega, Citizen, and Seiko as making "real" dive watches,

But you can get a wrist-mounted dive *computer* from Suunto.fi :-). I
love my Stinger and it's a nice piece of jewelery too. The titanium
version is significantly lighter than the stainless steel.

Yes, but I _have_ a Dive Computer, it's on my SPG unit. If it was
broken too, then I'd think about getting a wrist mounted one.
I got my C-Card back in 1978 - I'm old fashioned in some ways, I _like_
analogue displays!
Cheers,
Gary B-)

[Michael MB]

Post by Dennis Willson
I sometimes use my mosquito as a backup computer (just put it in my BCD
pocket). I use a far more elaborate computer as my primary.
The trend I've seen is that divers are using the small dive computers
for their watches, at least around here.

Post by Gary R. Schmidt

Post by Robert Atkins

Post by Gary R. Schmidt
I only know of Omega, Citizen, and Seiko as making "real" dive watches,

But you can get a wrist-mounted dive *computer* from Suunto.fi :-). I
love my Stinger and it's a nice piece of jewelery too. The titanium
version is significantly lighter than the stainless steel.

Yes, but I _have_ a Dive Computer, it's on my SPG unit. If it was
broken too, then I'd think about getting a wrist mounted one.
I got my C-Card back in 1978 - I'm old fashioned in some ways, I
_like_ analogue displays!
Cheers,
Gary B-)

I have a Pulsar Quartz Diver. Water reistant to 200m. I wear it all the
time down at 40m and its never missed a beat. The placky/rubber band
broke so I fitted a velcro one.

MB