I used to be a big fan of these watches; cheap, durable, has an alarm and a chronometer, doesn't look completely dorky, and they even acquired a certain coolnes

I used to be a big fan of these watches; cheap, durable, has an alarm and a chronometer, doesn't look completely dorky, and they even acquired a certain coolness factor at some point. When I bought one at a watch store in Turkey, the owner asked me whether I was going to the military; apparently it's pretty much a must have for new conscripts, thanks especially to the alarm that wakes you up for guard duty. I stopped buying new ones, though, because the strap is pretty much guaranteed to rip after a year or so, and a replacement strap costs as much as the watch.