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Ask HN: Good digital watches for hackers?
8 points by javert on April 3, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 7 comments
I've always been a big fan of digital watches. Mine is getting old, and I'm considering an upgrade. Does anybody have a "really cool/useful" watch that they would recommend (ideally, that can be ordered online)?

Sorry if it's a little off topic!



Not digital, but if you happen to have an Aston Martin, then you have to have this watch: http://www.astonmartin.com/eng/thecars/dbs/amvox2dbstranspon...

The HD3 Slide is neat-looking: http://www.hd3complication.com/en/#home

If you're into E-Inky things, like I am, then this one's pretty cool: http://www.atysdesign.com/proddetail.php?prod=watch_digital_...

Touch screen, and about as fashionably acceptable as you're going to get out of a digital: http://www.kennethcole.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=42189...

If you don't care about fashion, then this one's a winner: http://uncrate.com/stuff/casio-databank/


I've always been partial to the binary watch[1] and the Rosendahl Watch[2] (but not enough to actually buy either one for myself -- I wear a non-digital watch myself[3].) Also, I know a few people who are wearing iPod Nano's on their wrist as watches and seem to like it.

1. http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/6a17/

2. http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/7a91/

3. http://www.bulovaprecisionist.com/en/collections/claremont/9...



I have one, and it's pretty nice. Haven't done a whole lot with it except revamp the chronograph function more to my liking for my workouts, though. The 915 MHz frequency band is limiting; a 2.4 GHz 802.11 transceiver could be much more interesting.

The large face scratches easily; it's just acrylic and not glass. Easy enough to buff out, though.

The product page is here: http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/ez430-chronos....



While somewhat expensive, you can get ipod nano with a watch band and listen to music. It does not have many other functions though...


gshocks best fit my wrist. its heavy duty and less expensive




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