What time is it? Watches and horology

Undecided just yet. The green is actually really nice. I like it even more than I initially did, rare that I would go with anything other than black, blue or silver. But it's really the case height more than anything.

I hadn’t clocked that it had a green tip to the second hand. Pretty nice, though like you I’m not usually into green watches.

Yep. Main reason I've never considered a Black Bay. So damn tall.

Yeah the details are nice. The other slight difference is that the water depth is green and the other way round compared to the standard Black Bays. Not sure why to be honest!

Birthday present Max Bill (cheers again to whoever flagged up the Liberty sale).

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Planning a trip across Canada next year (well, Vancouver to Calgary via some pretty stuff)
I have concluded that I will require a new watch for the trip.
G Shock GPR-B1000 (Rangeman AKA RangeBeast) has GPS map options so seems necessary. Just need to convincw the minister of home affairs that a watch that costs more than my air fare is worth it.

What do you mean by GPS map options? Does it display a map or just record tracks?

EDIT: Answered my own question. Uses a phone app to do maps.

Oooof

I like that! Very hulky like

I have concluded that I will require a new watch for the trip.

Get a new Fenix.

Vancouver to Calgary

Also, we've done this, it was bangin'

Has multiple functions, one records your route, so you can reverse it if you get lost and it navs you back out.
It's quite a piece of kit.
And solar powered.

It's quite a piece of kit.

But look at it. Total madness.

Awesome isn't it!
Haha

I wear a GX 56 and a MTG, neither are subtle...

If I was 20 years younger and had a wrist 4x the size I would.

I do need to try one on before I commit, it's not exactly pocket money.

For that kind of money I'd definitely want to benchmark it against the new Garmin Fenix, which is also solar charged. Garmin are pretty good at GPS and you can get a few days of GPS use in Ultratrac mode.

The solar charging takes a long long time to fully recharge the battery after a day of GPS. Days of full sunlight even. Both for the Fenix and Casio I think.

https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/08/garmin-fenix6-pro-solar-series-review.html

I wouldn't spend that much on a watch of that nature that doesn't actually let you set a destination without using a phone app. It may be a bit clumsy but you want the option to input coordinates directly into the watch when the apocalypse comes/your phone battery has run out.

(I've also done Vancouver to Calgary, great trip.)

Hmmmm

If we are talking complete insanity / apocalypse why not a MARQ?

Only £1,600

The crazy thing about the Marq is that it doesn't offer any extra functionality over the £800 Fenix 6.

Yeah. Utterly bonkers.

Actually, is heavier a feature?

You're all forgetting that a Fenix isn't a G Shock, I have brandwhore status to maintain.

The Rangeman is available for £500.
Will checkout the Garmin jobbie but my heart belongs to another.
(Also I'm not camping, it'll be hotels all the way so plenty of electricity for the watch as well as the vague hopes of sunshine in October.

Actually, is heavier a feature?

Dunno, but

The exquisite jacquard-weave strap is made by artisans in the south of France.

What, not the Commander model? It has "night vision goggle compatibility"
https://www.garmin.com/en-US/marq/collection/commander

Night Vision Goggle Compatibility means dim screen mode, which you can do with literally any Fenix.

Its really quite embarrassing.