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> Any Swatch or Casio keeps better time ... and that's my cue to pimp one of the most practical watch of all time - Casio Oceanus, the 100 series. * Analog
by huhtenberg 4y ago
> Any Swatch or Casio keeps better time
... and that's my cue to pimp one of the most practical watch of all time - Casio Oceanus, the 100 series.
* Analog watch face.
* Quartz, radio auto-sync, solar-powered.
* Sapphire glass, titanium body and bracelet. Waterproof.
* Clean design. Under $500.
https://www.google.com/search?q=OCW-S100-1AJF&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=OCW-S100-1AJF&tbm=isch
- LeoPanthera 4y agoIn my opinion, its successor, the S200, has a cleaner design.
- huhtenberg 4y agoSteel instead of titanium and the glass is flat (?), very nice. I do wish that S100 was a bit heavier.
- itisit 4y agoDo you mean the T200? There is no S200 per se.
- LeoPanthera 4y agoI did mean the T200.
- itisit 4y agoTough choice! I prefer the blue dial of the T200, but I'm partial to titanium bands (i.e. S100).
- mrwh 4y agoHandsome watch!
- jodrellblank 4y agoPractical watches are ones where it's clear at a glance which way up it goes and what the time is; they have numbers on them, preferably in a digital readout like 00:40. Watches without numbers are fashion watches. Watches with analogue faces are relics from when technology only let you decypher the time from rotating pointers. Rotating pointers where the numbers they point at have been removed are form over function.
- comradesmith 4y agoTechnology Connections did a really interesting video showing how a traditional clock face can give a different perspective on the flow of time through the day, as the face and hand let you easily judge the remaining fraction in an hour. I don’t think this format is antiquated at all
- kqr 4y agoI find it much easier to make mental time maths on an analogue face. I mean, it's basically what a time calculator device would look like, if it existed. 24-hour ones are even better, but sadly rare.
- jodrellblank 4y agoThis thread makes me think about how the common usage "a quarter past" and "a quarter two" likely come from the clock dial, and how we don't use that kind of language in other measuring scenarios - with a metre rule saying "a quarter to three metres", and how we don't say "a third past" or "a third to" meaning twenty minutes past the hour and twenty minutes to the hour.
- twobitshifter 4y agoNumbers aren’t necessary to tell the time and the analog watch provides more information in the hours hand than digital does in the first two digits. I think you’d find that the time to tell the time can be quicker in analog than digital but I couldn’t find any studies.
- 4y ago
- dotancohen 4y agoThick and heavy compared to the watch in the fine article. For a desk jockey maybe that doesn't matter. If I'm being flung around at seven G, I'll take the thin, light watch at great expense.
- VectorLock 4y agoI mean, everything is thick and heavy compared to the watch linked in this post.
- metadat 4y agoSounds like a big "if" unless you're taking about that time you jumped off the third floor. Back here in the real-world, you're a deskjockey.
- emsixteen 4y agoIt's important to check the time on the way down from the third floor though, clearly. Need to have your watch on whilst in motion.
- omoikane 4y agoI probably wouln't want to wear an expensive watch while doing intense activities that would experience that kind of acceleration, but maybe that's just me.
- curiousgal 4y agoIt can't beat the Casio A159W unfortunately.
- eps 4y agoApples to oranges. A158W is a digital watch.
- curiousgal 4y agoThey said "most practical watch of all time" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- WelcomeShorty 4y agoWell, thank you. Now I have an new object (OCW-S100-1AJF) of my desire that I need to pursue :) Interesting to see these prices "all over the place" but yours is indeed a good average.