I wear an Apple Gen 5 watch. The way I have the face set up I can see the following information instantly:
Time, day, date, temperature (current, highs and lows) UV index, wind speed and direction, compass heading, next calendar event, number of messages waiting, stock price of my choice, and my physical activity summaries. When underway I may change one of the readings to tides. Now this is just on the first face before scrolling. I can also answer phone calls, make phone calls and ask Siri questions.
Might as well jump on the pile!
I have a pile of watches, wear one every day, but to this day, this was one of my favorites. Seiko orange. Had one in my 20's when I was actually a commercial diver, but somewhere in life I lost it. I bought a refurbished replacement about five years ago but the self-winding mechanism doesn't work. Unless I constantly swing my arm like I'm having a seizure it'll stop in about five minutes.
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Casio Dive Watch. It keeps better time than my Rolex Submariner did, and when I lose it (like I did a few months ago) instead of panicking or calling my insurance company, I just go to Wal-Mart and laid out another $50.
Lets face it, there are two types of people; those that wear watches and those that don't.
One of the watches that ends up getting the most wrist time on the boat is a Citizen ecodrive field watch that was designed for the British Royal Marines. Absolute rock solid watch that likely will outlast my children.
You change [coordinate] shirt colors and fabric for every watch shown? Or... do you have a plethora of watch photos in your folder?? LOL
Lets face it, there are two types of people; those that wear watches and those that don't. It is kind of like the threads where someone asks what type of thrusters poeple use and then you get all the folks that will chime in with how thrusters are unnecessary. Likewise autopilots. So for those that have given up on watches, good for you. Enjoy your tablets, phones, "smart" watches, etc... there are some of us however, that enjoy using a watch.
I like dive watches since they are generally rugged, water resistant, and by definition, easy to read. The rotating bezel is very useful for all kinds of things. I don't do expensive watches, so no Seamasters, Submariners, or Sea-Dwellers for me. Although they are exceptionally nice. I have a couple Seiko divers. Automatic movement and WR to 200 and 300 meters. I also have 2 Citizen automatic divers, again 200m WR. I also have a couple Russian Vostoks. These are fantastic little atuomatic dive watches that are very cheap, and very rugged. All of them are great watches for the boat.
I have a couple of Casio G-Shock with very accurate tide functions which is very useful. I prefer analog watches, but one of the G-Shocks is what I wear when I'm going to be working on the engine.
One of the watches that ends up getting the most wrist time on the boat is a Citizen ecodrive field watch that was designed for the British Royal Marines. Absolute rock solid watch that likely will outlast my children.
I would bet, depending on the age of the watch, it uses a Seiko 7s26 movement. You can buy one new on ebay for under $50 and doing a movement swap is relatively easy. So, if the watch appeals to you, it might be worth it.
...I also have a couple Russian Vostoks. These are fantastic little atuomatic dive watches that are very cheap, and very rugged. All of them are great watches for the boat.
My submariner has been the most rugged watch I have ever owned. The band never broke , nor did any other part of it that made the watch not function, which was a major reason I bought it in the first place. Previously I would lose watches at a a rate of about 2 a year from losing them at work, windsurfing, surfing, or whatever. I could not keep a watch from breaking previous to owning a submariner. And I never took it off so I never lost it.
It took me a long time to find this one. My criteria were that it be an analog watch, quartz movement, no battery changes, day as well as date, proper unidirectional bezel, waterproof, and NOT huge. In my work as a nurse I do 12 hour shifts in a 5 week rotation schedule, so I really need the day and date feature! Digital watches are no good for measuring a patient's heartbeat or respiratory rate, thus the analog. I use the bezel all day long for timing infusions and procedures, and to tell me when my break is over. I also use the bezel on the boat to mark times that I will later record in the log.
Strangely, there are a ton of automatic day-dates but very few solars with that feature. This thing is accurate to a couple of seconds a month. Yeah, I'm funny that way.