What's your perfect watch for vacation?

I would probably take my Seiko solar chronograph if it were a non-beach destination and my Casio Duro if it was a beach destination. If I knew I had to go to a dressier event while away, I would also take something like my Tissot Classic Dream or my dressier Citizen Eco-Drive which has a beautiful white dial and is thin like the Classic Dream to fit easily under the cuff. 

That’s a solid choice. I mix it up to have experiences with different watches, but I’m a one watch person when traveling. Much of the time, my default is a Submariner. Despite scare tactic headlines, it’s under the radar, takes a licking, and easily dresses up and down.

Tudor BB GMT.  Dressy enough to be formal, sufficient WR for the water, and perfect for crossing time zones, no batteries required.

Panerai PAM 372. Great WR for beach and pool, looks good on all sorts of straps, and it's comfortable for hot weather. 

I’m with you. Love taking my G Shock square when I’m on a trip, any G Shock really. Unless I’m traveling to a formal event, my square is coming with me. 

Damasko DS30, 200m WR, thin, nobody knows what it is, and even if they did, they wouldn't care. 

Great choice. 

I've never been on vacation but if I was then I'd take a g shock in the summer.

Or my titanium Casio in the rest of the year. 

It's a tough choice though. I don't want to carry extra crap when I go places but I also find both of them to be important tools for certain uses. 

My SARB035 will always be with me on a vacation. Then I normally add one, sometimes two, to cover the type of activities planned. Your 5610 covers most situation and is my favourite G Shock.

Amphibia for me, if it's a beach/pool/nature vacation. A, I don't like plastic; B, I like to encounter fellow watch nerds. G-Shox are worn by many; only nerds and thieves recognize a Vostok :)

I wanted to ask something similar to this. Does anyone take multiple watches on holiday? I think three is good. 

I did the same. For my Vegas trip, I carried my beloved g shock DW290. Didn't know what to expect. Either a calm relaxing time or the hangover part deux. It was a mix of both, and the g shock handled it with aplomb. 

I only take one watch on vacation for simplicity. I can understand taking more, but unless I was going to the races, a chronograph wouldn’t be on my radar. 

I normally take three, but my GADA is my Aquaracer:  good on the beach and good at night with a smart shirt and shorts;  I live in England so I only ever holiday in hot countries. 😁

Here's me in Madeira Beach last summer with said watch.

My perfect vacation watch:

It depends on where I’m going and how far I’m traveling. 
 

• Staying in the RV (caravan) for a weekend, I’m going to take a field watch. Something with at least 100m WR. (Hamilton Khaki Field Automatic or Seiko Land Tortoise)
   
• Weekend in the city, I’m going to bring a dress watch for going to museums and dinners. (Seiko Presage)
   
• Over seas and work trips will require a GMT that has a touch of class. (Longines Spirit Zulu Time)
• Trip across the US would require a diver that can be dressed up. (I have an Oris Aquis, but ideal would be the Diver 65, Tudor BB 58, or Omega Aqua Terra.)

Good question. It depends where I’m going and what I’ll be doing. For example should I go to a dreaded all-inclusive (not my ideal vacation) I would also bring my G-shock square or Bulova Surfboard. If I went to Iceland (idea vacation), I would bring my Baby Alpinist. Should I do Europe, then it would depend on what the event of the day is as I could go out to a nice dinner, attended a museum or walk the city. In that instance, and even all the other examples I’d still bring 3 watches:

1. GMT
2. Gshock Square 
3. Bambino

Not even a daily beater and a dress watch for dinners? If people used chronographs only at the races not many people would own them 😂 

@Postmanpaddy Not even a daily beater. I use those for chores and athletics. If I’m in the city or going over seas, I’m doing neither. If I’m on the road or in the country, I prefer a more adventure oriented watch. 
 

As to the chronograph, certainly you can wear it on the daily. Wear it for style, wear it for grilling, time monotonous things in your daily life, but when I’m out and about, I find this functionality worthless at best and a hindrance at worst. The water resistance is just not appropriate when you need to be up for anything. 

I guess it depends on what you Consider a daily beater. I find it hard to comprehend that you only take one watch when you have such strict requirements on when to wear said watches. If you travel overseas you don’t do anything adventures, workout, go to dinners, swim, the races etc. or are you more inclined/happy just wearing the one watch for everything? 

To be honest I mostly wear a chronograph to fiddle with and watch the flyback hands, if I need to get wet I’ll just take the two seconds to remove it 😂 

I think three watches is the perfect amount. Covers nearly every base. 

I only have 3 watches but if I went on vacation I’d probably bring my Casio W800 and Grand Seiko SBGW231. The Casio has 100m of water resistance, dual time function and isn’t too bulky. The GS would be for going out to dinner. The other times I went o vacation I brought just my Black Bay 58 and wore it the whole time. It was great but I often worried about it during more adventurous parts of my vacation. It’s an expensive watch that I don’t want to completely destroy after only owning it for a year. Also in crowded areas where someone might think it’s a Sub and try to mug me lol. I think the Casio for most things and GS for dressing up is a great pair for traveling. 

I wear my Christopher Ward C60 Trident Bronze on most holidays. I also take my all-metal G-Shock. Both are fantastic and I never have to worry about them.

It depends on the vacation. If it's a camping weekend or in the Mountains I usually just take G-Shock (either the GW-M5610 or the GDW6900) as I like to know my battery isn't going to die when I'm in the middle of no where.

If a beach focused vacation I will take two or three, one of the G-Shocks, one of my Builds that uses brighter colors, and/or a GADA that leans to the dressier side like my Vanbanner.

If the destination is to go to a place like Montreal, New York, or <insert European City> for dining and shows I would like to take 2 or 3 more luxury pieces but here is were my collection has gaps; I don't have luxury pieces. So right now it's couple of my more dressy diver builds and my Beaufort. I don't do these vacations often so it's not a pressing gap but likely where future watch buys will be focused. Anyway it would likely be the combination below if going in the near future.

The best

For the sake of transparency: I also took with me my SNA411 flightmaster with a spare mesh strap but in the end I kept the 5610 on my wrist.

It's a square G-Shock, it's like a cat: It's perfect from birth.

I did, but I seldom change them and this time I kept the 5610 on for all the reasons I gave in the original post.

My Aqua Terra, without a doubt. 
 

It can handle anything and is a beauty. 

I just went on vacation for a few days. I took my G-Shock, my SRPE, and one of my mods. I some areas I don't want a shiny watch, in other situations I do.

I have a Seiko JDM solar titanium case watch, that would work in 90% of situations. (The remaining 10% I would take it off.)

Love your consistent appreciation of the #gshocksquare!!!

Solar watches for me. Solar Seiko diver, Citizen Promaster Ecodrive and the gshocks, square or casioak.

If I bring a mechanical watch it would be something for a fancy outing but not too expensive like my Bambino or PRX