Medical personnel of watchcrunch, what’s ur go to quartz or mechanical watches?

I'm not in medicine but my fiancé is a doctor so I'm allowing myself to answer. It's gotta be this one... https://www.boldrsupply.co/products/field-medic-ii

Panda dial, chronometer for pulses and respiratory count, 38mm titanium, $299, what is there not to like. I have a Boldr and I'm a huge fan - they make great rugged watches.

nice, what specialty is your fiance?

there's also the vario 1918 field medic watch

Ob-gyn. That Vario is very cool

@nytime has been wearing a Citizen Promaster Skyhawk in Titanium in his recent NICU series but I imagine he can adequately answer for himself 😉

Bought it, tried it and returned it. Comfortable, light and the design is beautiful, but not practical for what it's intended for. 

Extremely awkward trying to count respirations and or pulse while wearing the watch, awkward for the patient and the physician. Not to mention the tiny calibrations and the never ending squinting, counting and then recounting when interrupted by the patient or a family member. Should I mention the patient's anxiety induced by counting their pulse in silence which might lead to false readings?  😵‍💫

Here is the shocker, a 3 hands watch will do the same job. 

In reality it won't be used for it's purpose unless you go on a medical mission with no automated machines 👀

Just my 2 cents on this

First advice don't get in to the medical field. Second advice don't start buying watches. I didn't listen to either 🥹

But if you crazy enough, Quartz watches for day to day use. You snatch it in the morning when are late or don't have the time or the mood to adjust the time, date, etc. Otherwise get an automatic with long power reserve, 70-80 hrs. 

As a surgeon you won't be wearing a watch as you will be scrubbing like hell. No place for a watch. For the clinic or outpatient stuff you can wear whatever you fancy. 

But when you start making money focus on cars 😁👀

Are you in medical school? 

I agree! The boldr medic watch is a pretty solid choice. Been wearing it in the ED for the past 2 years. Being able to double check your pulse and rr against the monitor is a fun gimmick and you won't have to baby it. It's light and doesn't get caught up with stuff as you work.

I am a hospitalist and do procedures regularly. I have found I can wear any watch from a diver to a field watch to a dress watch. Doesn't really matter. Most important thing is that it has a date (lots of forms to sign and date). My go-to at the moment is a Breitling Aerospace. 

Others I wear regularly:

If I'm doing anything 'messy' then a G-Shock, otherwise it's dress watches for the most part. I don't need a watch as a medical tool. 

Haha you didn’t want to keep it just for the medical association and the cool factor?

I have my stethoscope for that 🤣🤣

Thank you @Edge168n 😁. For myself, I do wear the Citizen Skyhawk more frequently as it's pretty useful. Quartz means I don't have to worry about setting it, date so I can quickly check when fillling out forms. 

For older children on floor or ER, RR checks are very important to us so having a countdown timer works wonders. 

We do a lot of calculations in NICU, but thankfully I've not had to rely on the slide rule just yet, though I can say I have calculated a few things with it for fun.

Titanium + 200m WR allows me to dunk the watch in water and wash it. Or break the taboo and just shower with it .

I think ultimately you only really need a watch that tells you the time and date with adequate WR, is comfortable when you type with it on, and you like your watch. 

As a side note, I've seen different attendings and coworkers wear anything from Swatch to Tag Heuer to Rolex. But Apple Watch is the king/queen.

Man I love that Seiko. What is it? 

I don’t work in medicine but I am an LEO. I wear the G-shock Tough Solar. 
 

No, in high school, thx for the knowledge 

Good luck my friend 

Thanks! It's a 1970 Seiko Dx 6106 linen dial. It was my dad's 21st birthday gift and he gave it to me last year. 

thank you

I’m not in the medical field but I get to boss doctors around and I wear a Seiko 🤫😵‍💫😂…

Trauma nurse here. I primarily wear a Hamilton Khaki Field Automatic, but I rotate with a Wenger Swiss Military and a Timex Expedition. I’d prioritize something with decent water resistance so you’re not worried about rinsing it off. your surgeon budget could get you a fun diver. My Longines Hydroconquest wouldn’t dare enter the hospital. 

Hats off to the nurse, nice watches too

I have to agree with @Bessio , don’t get into medicine or into watches. You’ll save a lot of time and money avoiding both. 

I usually wear a Seiko automatic or GShock 5600 at work. Anything nice usually gets banged or spilled on and I’ve had multiple watches dropped on the floor by staff when removed. On the other hand, I know a lot of anesthesia guys who wear Rolex GMTs and Hublot at work so I guess whatever works for you. I mainly use mine to tell how long it’s been since I had a proper meal. 

@admit_to_IM has a nice collection and you can almost wear anything if you don’t have to remove often to scrub or for procedures. My first exposure to “nice” watches was an intensivist during residency who wore a huge U-Boat during rounds. The biggest and coolest thing I’d ever seen. 

I always thought that anyone smart enough to make it through medical school could probably do the math in their head to figure a pulse rate with a regular old watch without the pulsations printed on it.😀

I am a doctor and primarily care for patients while they are admitted to the hospital.  I have WAY too many watches...That being said I agree with the person who mentioned the Hamilton Khaki automatic. Great entry into watches and very classic style. Also, for those that do procedures more and/or will be taking watch on and off all the time the Casio GShock above is great...I wore only that watch for months while caring for COVID patients at the beginning of the pandemic and it held up well to bleach wipes and UV-C cleaning.

My most worn watch in the hospital with the Submariner Date as it goes with almost everything and I use the date complication all the time with all the paperwork that needs to get done.  Do not start there if you are in high school.

Consider a watch with a date, sapphire crystal (you will hit it on things), and at least 50m (100m would be better) water resistance for all the hand washing you must do. 

At the end of the day get something that you like and that will hold up. You will want something you can wear all the time and form a relationship with 👍

Omg are you my nemesis?! And all this time I used to like you 🥹

🤫 but I’m one of the nice one’s…😉

Administration?! 

Again I agree with @Bessio , you are officially evil my "friend". All admin is "nice"...

Muahahha!! 🧐🤨😂