Holiday watches

Horoaddict · 20-06-2019 10:34pm #1

Just wondering what watches people bring on holidays generally?

When I go away it's usually not to stay in a resort or hotel and as such have never quite felt comfortable bringing the seamaster, Carrera, bremont, or pretty much any watch I have away with me but while I'm away I generally miss wearing a watch.

Looking for something fair cheap (150-500) and robust. Activities that we usually go away for are diving, hiking etc.

I'd lovely something on stainless steel or rubber with rotating bezel and GMT. Any suggestions?

oxocube · 20-06-2019 11:27pm

Horoaddict wrote: »

Just wondering what watches people bring on holidays generally?

When I go away it's usually not to stay in a resort or hotel and as such have never quite felt comfortable bringing the seamaster, Carrera, bremont, or pretty much any watch I have away with me but while I'm away I generally miss wearing a watch.

Looking for something fair cheap (150-500) and robust. Activities that we usually go away for are diving, hiking etc.

I'd lovely something on stainless steel or rubber with rotating bezel and GMT. Any suggestions?

I travel with my SKX011 and its cheap enough that I'm not worried about it. Its rugged enough to take anything I can throw at it.

The orange is a little loud so maybe an SKX007 or SKX009 for the understated look :cool:

CantGetNoSleep · 21-06-2019 8:08am

I use an SKX009 for exactly this. Under 200€ usually

NIMAN · 21-06-2019 8:19am

Always take a couple of these badboys.
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9285424

Rugged, waterproof, cheap, don't mind if its lost.

dudara · 21-06-2019 8:30am

I usually take my Seiko 5. I’ll wear my Speedmaster for nice events & where appropriate, and have the Seiko 5 for the beach, trips etc.

fat bloke · 21-06-2019 11:15am

Hon the Seiko divers. - Sub 400 euro watches for the win! Beats taking the micra on holiday with a "My Other Car Is A Ferrari" bumper sticker!!

Mitch Buchannon · 21-06-2019 12:46pm

Just to throw another side to this.. I’ve worn my Planet Ocean while travelling around Argentina for 3 and a bit weeks. It was on a rubber strap so didnt look too blingy. I don’t think I’d hesitate for a minute to bring it to anywhere in Europe.

blue5000 · 21-06-2019 2:20pm

fat bloke wrote: »

Hon the Seiko divers. - Sub 400 euro watches for the win! Beats taking the micra on holiday with a "My Other Car Is A Ferrari" bumper sticker!!

+1 Seiko diver hard to beat at this price range. I'll throw another one into the mix, Seiko SKA 371, but you'll have to wear it 1 day a week afterwards to remind you of the hols.

Homer · 21-06-2019 3:55pm

Mitch Buchannon wrote: »

Just to throw another side to this.. I’ve worn my Planet Ocean while travelling around Argentina for 3 and a bit weeks. It was on a rubber strap so didnt look too blingy. I don’t think I’d hesitate for a minute to bring it to anywhere in Europe.

Same.. Just back from Singapore > Vietnam > Hong Kong > Shanghai and wore my Breitling Emergengy and never thought twice about it.

fourmations · 21-06-2019 4:06pm

NIMAN wrote: »

Always take a couple of these badboys.
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9285424

Rugged, waterproof, cheap, don't mind if its lost.

make you wonder why g-shocks are 5 times the price!?

Cienciano · 21-06-2019 6:34pm

Vostok komandirskie or amphibian. Cheap, (€70. I would not consider sub €400 cheap!) waterproof, simple to change the time for time zones.
Gshock are good, but can be awkward to change the times and if you're going somewhere nice it looks like a children's toy on your wrist. Vostok at least looks ok.

hitemfrank · 21-06-2019 7:03pm

I would have thought a Vostok Amphibia or a Casio Duro.

Cienciano · 21-06-2019 7:18pm

A vostok is automatic, so you can leave it in a drawer during the year. Quartz has danger of you realising your battery is gone the morning of your flight. And you retain credibility for wearing an automatic :pac:

NIMAN · 21-06-2019 10:25pm

fourmations wrote: »

make you wonder why g-shocks are 5 times the price!?

Sometimes 10x the price, as these guys were half price a couple of weeks ago, and are regularly.

btkm8unsl0w5r4 · 22-06-2019 6:18pm

You dont really need a watch a watch on holiday, so if I bring one its as jewelry. I would rather have nothing than a rubbish watch.

Lorddrakul · 22-06-2019 6:40pm

Would normally go with the SKX009 for holiday duties, as much of our hollibobs are spent in water.

This year, I decided I'd bring my TAG F1 Professional instead. Despite not having been resealed for a few years now, it was fine with pool messing about and water slides.

Infernal Racket · 22-06-2019 6:44pm

Horoaddict wrote: »

Just wondering what watches people bring on holidays generally?

When I go away it's usually not to stay in a resort or hotel and as such have never quite felt comfortable bringing the seamaster, Carrera, bremont, or pretty much any watch I have away with me but while I'm away I generally miss wearing a watch.

Looking for something fair cheap (150-500) and robust. Activities that we usually go away for are diving, hiking etc.

I'd lovely something on stainless steel or rubber with rotating bezel and GMT. Any suggestions?

Casio G Shock. Cant go wrong, does exactly what it says on the tin

Eoin · 22-06-2019 11:10pm

Normally this G-shock. Not sure if inexpensive and durable means "rubbish", but it does the trick and isn't too large.

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btkm8unsl0w5r4 · 23-06-2019 7:57am

Eoin wrote: »

Not sure if inexpensive and durable means "rubbish",

l

Not falling into that conversation

893bet · 23-06-2019 9:14am

Watches are made for wearing. I bring my best on holidays.

If drinking I always wear on a nato. Rational being if I am unlucky enough fall/bang watch off wall etc. due to being wobbly and pop a spring bar then at least the watch won’t be lost.

fourmations · 23-06-2019 10:36pm

893bet wrote: »

Watches are made for wearing. I bring my best on holidays.

If drinking I always wear on a nato. Rational being if I am unlucky enough fall/bang watch off wall etc. due to being wobbly and pop a spring bar then at least the watch won’t be lost.

Genuinely love your realism! "If I'm drinking"

Cienciano · 24-06-2019 1:52pm

893bet wrote: »

Watches are made for wearing. I bring my best on holidays.

If drinking I always wear on a nato. Rational being if I am unlucky enough fall/bang watch off wall etc. due to being wobbly and pop a spring bar then at least the watch won’t be lost.

It depends where you holiday. If you're going to south America/Africa/se asia I wouldn't bring a €10k watch. Or a stag night in Amsterdam. A guy I know was in Naples and he was told by someone they'd cut his arm off for his watch. It was a bad rep rolex. Fúck that!

Thirdfox · 24-06-2019 11:24pm

Ha well in SE Asia you might be able to get away with saying "this fake Omega speedmaster? can be yours for $10"

I generally bring my best too - though for more adventurous trekking etc. I bring my Casio Protrek - it's handy having a barometer (knowing when it might rain), the altimeter and thermometer are fun features too when rafting, gliding, hiking etc.

beauf · 25-06-2019 7:58am

fourmations wrote: »

make you wonder why g-shocks are 5 times the price!?

5 times more comfortable strap
5 times better display

They will last forever.

beauf · 25-06-2019 8:09am

fat bloke wrote: »

Hon the Seiko divers. - Sub 400 euro watches for the win! Beats taking the micra on holiday with a "My Other Car Is A Ferrari" bumper sticker!!

Or a golf and my other car is a Ferrari...
Or a BMW and my other car is a veryon...

No matter what you pick car or watch some one is going to look down on it.. .

A better discussion would be what type of holiday, will it cocktails on the millionaire yacht, Villa in Spain or treking adventure...

Or diving to the bottom of the ocean...

https://barkandjack.com/2019/06/22/why-do-they-bother/

2shea · 25-06-2019 3:15pm

Always bring a diver and a more dressy watch.

This year I brought my Seiko Sumo on a rubber band and a nice Seiko 5 on its metal bracelet.

First time I didn't bring a g-shock with me in a long time it was my go to holiday watch for ever.

Cienciano · 25-06-2019 4:03pm

2shea wrote: »

Always bring a diver and a more dressy watch.

This year I brought my Seiko Sumo on a rubber band and a nice Seiko 5 on its metal bracelet.

First time I didn't bring a g-shock with me in a long time it was my go to holiday watch for ever.

Same here. A cheap one. Automatic. Preferably Russian :pac:

25-06-2019 4:11pm

On my Summer holiday I bring a G Shock, a Diver on a rubber strap and either the bracelet for the diver or another dressier watch.

My Summer holidays are based around 3 weeks on the beach staying in an Air BNB so I don't have any real concerns about bringing nice watches with me. In fact they're probably safer with me on holiday than they would be at home while we're away.

Which makes me realise I should just bring all the 'nice' ones...

2shea · 01-07-2019 1:51pm

I alway get the holiday vibe of my Seiko Turtle PADI.

The blue sunburst dial with the red & blue bezel just look great in the sun.

Jude13 · 02-07-2019 10:37am

I have been pondering this as I am going on holidays this week to Italy. I want to bring a nice watch but don't want to be a target. Of the two 'nice' non dress watches I have the explorer gets little to no attention so may bring that one. I have a few g-shocks but in that climate the rubber strap annoys me.

Cienciano · 02-07-2019 11:45am

Jude13 wrote: »

I have been pondering this as I am going on holidays this week to Italy. I want to bring a nice watch but don't want to be a target. Of the two 'nice' non dress watches I have the explorer gets little to no attention so may bring that one. I have a few g-shocks but in that climate the rubber strap annoys me.

What part are you going? Personally if I was going to Rome or Naples I wouldn't bring the explorer. 99.9% chance you'll be grand, but you do get a lot of pick pockets and dodgy blokes hanging around the tourist spots. You'll be wearing short sleeves too.

I have a nato strap for my holiday watch, but with sweat and sunscreen I might change it for steel.

Jude13 · 02-07-2019 12:01pm

I am going to a villa in the middle of Tuscany, I will be hitting Florence but avoiding Rome. I wore it without thought when I was in Rome the last time. No hassle although I get what you mean, my suit bag was robbed when I was in Rome last which was a pain as I was on the way to a wedding.

Cienciano · 02-07-2019 12:20pm

Jude13 wrote: »

I am going to a villa in the middle of Tuscany, I will be hitting Florence but avoiding Rome. I wore it without thought when I was in Rome the last time. No hassle although I get what you mean, my suit bag was robbed when I was in Rome last which was a pain as I was on the way to a wedding.

Tuscany, you're sorted, Bring the explorer! Florence seemed grand too, wouldn't be worried about there. Tourist spots in Rome, like around the Spanish steps seemed to have a lot of people trying to scam people.

From my experience of cities in Europe, (obviously this will have exceptions), but avoid areas around the train station. The amount of cities that was the "dodgy" area was crazy. But Tuscany would be on the "low risk" from my experience and Florence didn't strike me as a city to be worried about either.

Jude13 · 02-07-2019 12:58pm

Ha, I had a lovely tumi suit bag robbed from the train station in Rome, the second that went missing, Etihad lost the first one. I have a watch specifically for traveling, pepsi gmt, to it will defo draw the wrong kind of attention.

blindsider · 02-07-2019 4:54pm

@Jude13 Just be a small bit careful around some of the very popular tourist spots: Uffizi, Duomo and the Ponte Vecchio.....lots of dodgy characters selling fake handbags and sunnies etc - had a few of them take an unhealthy interest in my Breitling Aerospace a few years ago.

Make sure you go to Siena and Volterra - both lovely spots!

Jude13 · 03-07-2019 8:58am

Cheers will do. I will be in Sienna, may stay at the villa when the rest are going to Florence as I have been. Flying in and out of Rome but don't plan spending time there.

I will hit up the duty free watch section, sadly for pics only.

Blanchy90 · 03-07-2019 9:12am

I usually bring my orange monster on sun holidays

micks_address · 08-07-2019 10:00pm

I'm bringing my gshock all metal to Disney world.. it's going to be messy with sun block etc..I assume will wash off the bracelet

09-07-2019 12:10pm

^ ah yeah I wouldn't worry about metal finishes and sun cream. Different for rubber/resin.

There can be an issue if it works its way in around the seals (cashbacks, crowns) as it may cause them to degrade over time.

Standard advice is that seals should be checked and replaced as necessary in any watch every couple of years in any event, if the watch is expected to be submerged in water, regardless of WR rating.

I have to admit I don't bother having G shocks serviced unless they need a battery change.

I ask for seals to be replaced on other watches when serviced which I get done when accuracy fails outside spec but I wouldn't wear one of my automatic or mechanical watches for swimming or even in the shower actually. I have a couple of vintage G's that I'm similarly precious about.

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