Wrist watches. Post pics, if you EDC one!

My EDC couple:

I also had a Casio triple sensor. Sadly the second time the battery change went bad. It wasn’t waterproof anymore. I found out one week later. Well the rest is history.
It had a very nice optional function. The backlight did lit when it was tilted. When I turned my wrist to read the time the backlight got on for some seconds.

somehow amusing review:

$495 for 200 lumen…

My new HMT:

As my two oldest reached 18, my wife and I bought watches for them which they themselves selected. My second son has just turned 18 and thanks to Mr Duck for kindly on forwarding the watch to me.

Firstly my oldest who has been wearing this everyday for two years.

Secondly my second son's new watch.

Not my pictures but I’ll post some pics of the watches I have, pretty much all budget but I like them.

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  1. F-91W-1 - $14
    A little too small for my big wrists.

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2) W-800H-1AVCF - $19
Good size and features.

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3) DW5600E-1V - $40
My favorite, although its lacking dual time which I miss.

A while ago I would have said I don’t need a watch because I have a phone, but I can’t carry my phone at work so I have been EDCing watches and even now when I still carry a phone I feel like my wrist is naked if I don’t have a watch one.

I’ve started collecting EDC watches again. Here’s a couple new ones with a couple dress watches. I really like the Seiko 5 Auto. The Citizen is also nice, but I hate the band.








That Citizen looks really cool! Why don’t you replace its original strap with a quality nato one?

The W-800H is an excelent budget watch. I really like mine too.

I just ordered the W800H from ebay for $15.99 w/ free shipping. Looks like a great all purpose watch.

I’ve got a Seiko 5 too. Been thinking about getting an Eco-Drive because you really need to wear the Seiko everyday to keep it wound.

With Eco-Drive it’s like a battery powered with charging from any light source. It’s less forgiving if you skip some days of not wearing (just leave it in lighted area). I’ve been looking at the same model as the one pictured too because it’s simple and clean looking. Also, it’s one of the less expensive models and it has the same size lugs as my Seiko 5 which i’ve bought few different straps for already.

@glenn,

That’s hard to beat for the price, I hope you like it.

I find myself wearing it more than my favorite watch because I use the dual time multiple times a day as my girlfriend is working over seas at the moment.

I like cheap watches so I’m not too fussed if they get banged up at work, maybe one day I’ll buy a dress watch but I don’t have any plans for one yet.

I like the style and the fact that it's cheap. If I scratch it up it won't bother me much. How is the green LED backlight?

The light is pretty good although its a little stronger in the bottom left corner but the rest of the display is bright and evenly lit up so its easy to read. If you press the light button it stays on for 2 seconds which is handy but even if you hold it down it will still turn off in 2 seconds, perhaps that’s a battery saving feature in case something is stuck up against it in a draw or somehow you manage to fall asleep with it pressed against something.

There was another similar one I wanted to buy (W-96H-1BV) when I bought this one but it was one or the other so I doubt I’ll buy one now, they are similarly priced as well.

Just checked that model out and I like the W800H's styling better. Glad I ordered that one :)

Also the W-96H-1BV's water resistance is 50 Meters vs the W800H's 100 meters. That a huge difference (like I need 100 meters! lol!)

Finally got it. Very cool for a cheapo watch! Great display and the green LED side light works well.

That’s definitely on my to do list. It’s a nice watch—very light and I like the clean looking markings.

My new Casima budget diver:


Don’t know how I missed this post until now!

I rotate between about 5 watches on a day to day basis, I just pick and choose depending on what I am doing that day.

First: Diesel DZ9041

Second: Fossil ME3019

Third: Seiko SND419

Fourth: Vestal ZR 2005

Fifth: Diesel DZ4165

I have a couple of others but they don’t get worn nearly as much.

Ezarc, nice collection, almost like mine :D!

I bought W800 as my first watch in years, so I was excited about it, didnt want to pay premium for G-Shock so I bought something thats bigger than regular budget watches and has 100m water resistance rating.

However, it started to reset its time once in a while either due to bad battery, bad circuitry or simply by getting jammed between my coat and backpack straps when taking on/off my backpack.
One day I was pissed at it being reset back to zero time again so I smashed it against concrete wall, needless to say that this watch only LOOKS tough while it ISNT tough, it disintegrated into lots of tiny pieces, I made a thread about it at WUS forums:

I wanted F91W for its price and legendary performance and simple features, bought one at the too good to be true price from Israeli seller and received fake one with disco LED lights built in.

Inbetween these two I bought DW5600 like yours and I love how it fits my wrist, perfect fit, perfect match, been good both in and outdoors and while rugged and bigger than regular watches, its still small enough not to get caught or entangled in various equipment that I get to work with.

I also bought DW9052 together with DW5600, its bigger, I had similar one some 15 years ago and lost it, so I wanted to have another one since it was really good, its my EDC watch. Its not the most comfortable around my wrist, but Ive got used to resetting the strap once in a while to get either tighter fit or looser fit, I also have to reposition it on my wrist to have the display looking where I want it to, not an issue with DW5600 since its almost always 100% perfectly aligned on my wrist.
But I do love both of them :D!
I call my DW9052 “The Shrek” due to its ear-like button guards :D!

And once you start to wear a wristwatch, you never go back to cell phone as your time-telling-machine, at least I dont and I wont :D!

Oh, I also bought cheapo analogue Casio watch for myself from Ebay, it cost me around 10$ shipped(bought lots of watches from same seller, Bondra, saved on shipping lots!), heres how it looks:

Its smaller in real life, not big, very discreet, never worn it tho :D!