Help Finding a Watch That Is Watter Proof and Shock Proof for Snow Skiing?
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Hi, i need help finding a watch that is not very expensive but water proof and shock proof that i could wear snow skiing.
Also, i would really like if it wasn’t crazy expensive and digital
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06/07/2010 at 8:43 am
Casio Men’s G-Shock Analog Chronograph Watch: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015AQG1G/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B002Q9LWYG&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0DNJ8QDZ7A237WMV1V29
06/07/2010 at 8:43 am
I don’t know why you would need a shock-proof watch. Snow is generally soft and you usually wear the watch under your jacket and/or gloves which will absorb much of the impact anyway if you fall. None of my watches are "shock-proof", or at least none of them say they are. I used a $35 Timex Expedition I bought at Walmart in 1999 for 10 years until the watch finally died. I took that thing everywhere. Climbing, skiing, hiking, kayaking and it only died because it just got old. I’ve also got a cheap no-name watch I actually found on the slopes. I keep it strapped to the outside of my ski patrol jacket. It’s waterproof and doesn’t do much but keep the time, but I ski with that on my almost every day. I have no clue how old it is and I’ve never changed the battery. It works fine.
You can spend $100 on a Casio, High Gear, or Suunto alpine watch, but seriously, unless you are doing some high altitude skiing (like above 13,000ft) you don’t need anything special.
Truth be told, I had one of those snazzy Casio watches with the built in altimeter and the first time I went above 13,500 it maxed out and malfunctioned. (That was over 15 years ago) but my $35 dollar Timex never failed once when I was climbing or skiing above 13,000ft.
06/07/2010 at 8:43 am
Yep a cheap Timex. It takes a lickin and keeps on tickin. Unless it is run over by a steam roller. I found one imbedded in asphalt years ago but it was dead.