I've sadly had to stop wearing a Fossil watch that my first love bought for me, as my wrist is now just that little bit too big
I've got a Timex Ironman cheapish-a-mathingy that does exactly what I want - coutdown timer, stopwatch, couple of alarms and lets me tell the time in the dark.
I'm right handed and wear my watch on the left - less likely to get knocked / scratched
My requirements for a watch include it being tough enough that it survives never being taken off.
Seeing as this thread has come to life again, reminded me that this watch really is the best that I've had. (I also really like its looks )
I use a watch's timer and stopwatch function so often that fiddly buttons irritate me very quickly, the nice wide buttons on this watch are perfect and have enough resistance that don't suffer from accidental pressing. An alarm on a watch is also very handy in my opinion. I know that every weekday at 0700 my watch alarm will go off letting me know that I have 10minutes to leave the house, a nice little reminder.
I also think that the Indiglo system of lighting a watch display is the best out there, far better than lighting the whole display.
Ahh, poo. My watch is on it's last legs.
The Indiglo light is borked, meaning that if you press the light button, it just erases the display. Not very useful!
The normal operation of the watch is normal, however it has decided that every button press is you asking for the light. So, you can tell the time, so long as you don't press anything. This is a screw up internally as there is a 'nightmode' function that you can activate, whereby pressing any button operates the light as well as whatever function the button is for. If you turn this 'nightmode' on, it should turn sed mode off again after 10hrs. So, something is wrong inside. The watch has also started losing time, at the rate of about -1min per week, which is a bugger and half to deal with when you consider that every button press erases the display!
I thought about getting it fixed, but that would mean a long time without a watch and the annoyance of having to have it re-waterproofed. It would also mean that I miss out on the opportunity to buy a Casio G-Shock, which I have wanted for a long time now.
So, I have bought this:
http://www.watchshop.com/mens-casio-g-shock-g-rescue-alarm-chronograph-watch-g-7900-1er-p99932159.htmlCasio G-Shock G-Rescue G-7900-1ER
My Timex was £35 when I bought it about four years ago, so I don't feel too hard done by, though I certainly wouldn't have minded it lasting until Santa could give me the G-Shock. It did good service and the velcro strap has remained surprisingly un-manky.