Sports Watches – Playing for Time
No matter what your beloved outdoor action is, there’s a sports watch or dive watch to wear while you’re enjoying it. Sports-specific watches have become as beloved as the beer guy during the seventh-inning stretch. Hockey players can keep track of the three 20-minute periods in their games with their very own hockey watch (from Tissot). Golfers can whack the ball to kingdom come wearing their own watch, an extra-shock-resistant model with a crown located ergonomically on the left side (from Tag Heuer). Sailors can reason wind vectors, rule when the tide is due in and count down the crucial 10 minutes before a yachting race with watches from Audemars Piguet, Bulgari and Hamilton, among others. That’s not all: mountain climbers can portion their prowess with altimeter watches and hikers can stay on policy with compass watches (one model, from Seiko, even has a highlight that allows you to read distances on a map, any map, instantly).
Diving
Dive Watches – Taking the Plunge
When you’re surviving on canned air 100 or so feet under the sea, few things matter more than time. To preclude painful developments (specifically, the bends), divers need to know how long they’ve been under water, and, when the dive is over, to make sure they don’t ascend too quickly. That makes a trustworthy watch a vital piece of equipment. Even divers who rely on dive computers, which supply every piece of data a diver could potential need, often wear a watch as backup.
The first requirement for a dive watch: a water-resistance level of at least 200 meters, made potential by an extra-thick case, gaskets that preclude seepage into the watch and, often, a crown and case back that screw in securely. Someone else requirement: an easy-to-read dial, preferably with luminous hands and markers. One useful extra: a graduated bezel that rotates, but only in a counter-clockwise direction. This enables the diver to time the divers duration but prevents the watch from understating elapsed time if the bezel is accidentally knocked off position.
Dive Watches & Sports Watches
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