Luxury Watches

This watch is a great value. It is rugged, attractive and functional. The display is much easier to read than most of the cheaper digitals I’ve seen in this price range. It is easy to learn how to set, program and use without using the instructions. Unlike the other reviewers, my bezel turns 360 degrees. It is a uni-directional bezel. The only dis-appointment is the countdown timer, it only goes up to 1 hour.
Rating: 5 / 5

The bezel is for the “boy scout” method of finding your direction without a compass. A twig or pencil casting a shadow on the watch…and I don’t remember the rest. But even the scout handbook says that you can use a digital watch if you imagine where the analog numbers are. It even has small markers around the edge of the dial showing where they would be. Since you would have to hold the watch steady, it would be much easier to turn the bezel to where South marker hits the final position.

Great value for the price. It’s also fairly large. The smaller version is not too small (35mm), and would make a good gift for a younger scout.
Rating: 5 / 5

This is a GREAT watch for under $20….I was looking for one that was ‘disposable’ since I planned to wear it while working around the house during various home improvement projects, so I wanted to keep my investment to ~$20. I was looking for two things: an easy to read display and a calendar function. I got both along with a stopwatch, alarm and a nifty second timezone feature; which is essentially functions as a ‘watch within a watch’. As noted by one reviewer, the date is displayed in red and the day of the week in green, but its a bit difficult to discern the color unless the lighting is ideal. The night illumination works nicely & its water resistant (in theory) to 100M. The plastic strap seems to be well constructed, but like many others of its type will proabably get uncomfortable on hot, sweaty days. Finally, this watch uses a CR2025 lithium cell which should result in battery life in excess of 5 years.

A few unknowns for the moment:

1. How long will the plastic strap ‘keeper’ last?

2. How scratch & impact resistant is the crystal?

3. How well will the watch setting buttons hold up?

So far, I am quite pleased with my purchase and would recommend this over the more expensive Casios & Timex pieces. If and when you have to throw it away, at least you wont feel too badly about it! Setting-up the watch is pretty intuitive & straight-forward, you don’t really need the insturctions. The watch strap seems to be well constructed, but i would have prefered a nylon mesh strap that ‘breathes’.The instructions for the watch are located inside the plastic display ‘cradle’; that the watch ships in, so be sure not to throw it away until you pry the two pieces apart and retrieve them. Finally, Armitron offers a lifetime warranty on the watch mechanism to the original owner, so hopefully you will only need to replace the battery and/or strap periodically.
Rating: 5 / 5