Reliable Watch

Rangerrick

Over a long lifetime, I have gravitated to dive watches, because they are waterproof, and rugged. My favorite day, I did a dive to 125 ft, and that evening  did a parachute jump.

During those days I always wore a seiko diver, and have been through several of them. They just wore out.

Later bought a gold Omega, and was disgusted when I got water in it washing the dishes.

Now I am wearing a Titanium Citizen, it is mostly always on my wrist, but will not take it in water much more than a swimming pool.

My question is if I replace it with a rugged diver, and although I can pay more, but am looking for the perfect tool watch. What watch would you recommend for a one watch, always on rugged and reliable diver?

#diver #r
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Mr.Dee.Bater
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Okay...  rugged, but also not actually to be used diving?  Rugged, as in it will survive day-to-day life - washing the dishes, giving the dogs baths, jumping into the pool to save your 6-year old from drowning, even after you've asked her to put on her floaties but she keeps insisting that she can swim in the deep end now...  and for a brief moment you think about letting her flail for just a second or two longer, just enough to get scared, so that she'll listen to you instead of talking back EVERY SINGLE TIME you make any little suggestion...  stuff like that, right?

Right here:

SBGN003 and SBGN005

Hands-On Grand Seiko GMT SBGN005G Review | Seiko, Watches for men, Seiko watches
Grand Seiko GMT - SBGN005 — Behind the LUME!!
  • 39mm diameter, 46mm lug-to-lug, and only 12.1mm thick
  • Absolutely gorgeous finishing.  Out of this world finishing
  • GMT and 100M WR
  • Quartz, so it can take a knocking, plus thermally compensated resulting in +/- 10 seconds per year!
  • 9F movement has a "twin pulse control motor" providing greater torque so that the hands don't look stupid thin and stupid, like on typical quartz watches, because here you can have real hands, due to the extra torque on offer
  • Never worry about getting water into your watch, because you ain't gotta wind it to get it going, because it's quartz

I used to be a mechanical snob.  Now I love quartz, because of GS.

https://wornandwound.com/a-look-inside-grand-seikos-9f-quartz-movement/

LumegaudAnar
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Well, if you have been happy with Citizen, the Promaster Diver series offers a number of Eco-Drive and automatic options that are ISO compliant, and they begin around $200. Here is mine. It is on a strap, but it does come on a bracelet.

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Springdale
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Always on rugged and reliable diver - Sinn U50 or Damasko DSUB50. They have super hardened cases, compact dimensions, Swiss movements (Damasko‘s may be their in-house version). They are no-nonsense, tough, everyday wear watches that may work for you. 

Robair
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I know this seems silly but G-SHOCK? Solar? i had a steel one when I started on this journey but I prefer more minimalist design. heard Sinn watches are robust. Never tried one. People swear by the citizen promaster divers Once again no personal expérience.