Sporting this unit this evening. My Trusty Rolex 1680 Submariner. Vintage 1980. Acrylic crystal, bidirectional bezel with date. The original tool watch......
That's a great-looking watch. To be honest, I never understood the point of a bi-directional bezel. On a Uni-directional bezel, if you bump the watch while diving, the worse that'll happen is that you'll think you have less time left to dive than you actually do. With a a bi-directional, you might think you have more time left with regards to the oxygen in your tanks. Not good. Is there some sort of advantage with a bi-directional that I'm not seeing?
OM on strap. Was a Christmas/birthday present from my parents. Wife suggested that as my gift this year. Now I just have to figure out what band I want to throw on it.
Ive got my Casio G-Shock that ive just taken about everywhere for the past 6 years. Only recently have I been wearing a Casio SGW-100 on a daily basis soon to be replaced by a Casio Pathfinder or 5.11 Field Ops.
Today = Wenger 7270X with a replacement Hadley-Roma Oil Tan Leather strap. Yesterday = Orsa Dive watch with a triple thick water proof brown leather strap. I have a dozen or so others that make it into and out of the rotation, but these two along with a nice Japanese Self-Winding Seiko are the standbys. The Orsa (now sports a brown strap): The Wenger (now sporting a oil tan leather strap)
My Victorinox classic. Has a Kavu brand velcro band (easy on/off, don't have to worry about it getting wet). I'm going to order a new band off CountyComm soon, probably the Maratac Zulu in ACU grey/OD green or the Maratac Mil-Spec in ACU grey/OD green. Haven't decided yet. That is one fine looking watch! Plus, I love anything Wenger & Victorinox. Are these still being made? How much do they run? Do you have a link?
I wear a steel-cased Luminox 3100 that I bought back in 2002. I wear it on a Waterborne Watch Strap, along with a Suunto M9 wrist compass.