LOVE this thread. Some incredible stuff in here, and man some of you guys have awesome taste. One of these days I will chime into this thread with a picture of my collection.
I have 'different' tastes in watches. I love JDM Seiko Automatic divers, and I have 7 or 8 of them. Stuff you pretty much never see here. A lot of it I have had to order from over seas. Also have a bunch of weird random stuff. Couple Submariner homages, eco-drives... etc. If the season gets cancelled, I will be ordering a Seamaster Planet Ocean with my refund,
Maybe a U-boat, but I want to see one in person first.
Anyway, my beater weekend watch finally kicked the bucket (GF's puppy chewed up my 10 year old G-shock
), and I found an awesome deal on a toolbox for your wrist. This is about $120 cheaper than even Amazon lists it for. I have either 18 or 20 watches all in the $3-800 range (two are missing, so the exact number is currently unknown), and I find 90% of the time I sport something a resin band and plastic case. I hate desk diving my bands, and we have those sharp aluminum door jambs at my office, and have trashed a few bezels with them. So Casio it usually is lol.
anyway:
http://www.sears.ca/product/casio-pr...179-PRG550-1A1
This is actually an awesome watch. Barometer, thermometer, altimeter, the compass is way cool, it uses the second hand.... and a bunch of other stuff that will come in handy when you are going to war over a can of beans during the upcoming apocalypse. Best thing these things are poor mans eco-drive... aka Tough Solar no batteries needed ever. Awesome activity watch for $165 bones. The cheapest I have ever seen these before is $240. And MEC sells it for $400.
Anyway, I know this isn't really a 'Casio' thread, but I know a lot of watch guys with some serious gear that still keep something like this in their rotation. Just thought I would pass it along.