A digital watch should have a stopwatch that goes for more than an hour!
I’ve got a lot of digital watches. Several of them have proper stopwatches. The other ones go for just an hour.
Yeah, some will say…”Who needs to time more than an hour?” Lots of things. It seems everytime I need to time something over an hour…I’m wearing one of my one-hour-only watches.
I just find it bothersome. Why own a digital watch if its limited in this way?
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Darin
Time dictates my linear path to its bitter end. My watches keep me one step ahead of time…and one foot out of the grave.
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Not just an issue with digitals. Perhaps the biggest issue with meca-quartz hybrid movements.
I have an old Skagen that can time 12 hours. I use it on long drives. Fortunately, I’ve never been a long distance runner but the Ironman were made for that!
Most of the sports or runner digital watches will do 24 hrs. For Casios, all their G-Shocks with digital stopwatches will do 24 hrs, and for regular Casio digitals, all the ones with 100m WR or more have 24 hr stopwatch functionality - only some of the 50m ones do (usually the 4-button ones with a three-letter day-of-the-week display or additional features like countdown timers, 5 alarms, or dual/world-time). It is really only the very basic 3-button Casios with F91W-style modules (i.e., time, 1 alarm, and stopwatch modes) that have 1-hr stopwatches.
Not just an issue with digitals. Perhaps the biggest issue with meca-quartz hybrid movements.
I have an old Skagen that can time 12 hours. I use it on long drives. Fortunately, I’ve never been a long distance runner but the Ironman were made for that!
My old Tag F1 has a 12 hour chrono as well. Interesting.
Also, I just noticed with the one-hour stopwatch on my Casio W-87H that the time automatically rolls over at 1 hour... so it you keep track of hours, you can get the minutes from the watch 👍 (which is better than a mecha-quartz chrono that just stops at 1 hour).
Er...I get your point, but if it's that important wear one that goes for more than an hour. I almost never use the stopwatch. I like an alarm that I use just occasionally. The countdown timer I use the most (mainly for cooking) but I LOVE the hourly beep on my G-Shock. I do feel your pain though if you use the stopwatch often.