What if?

There are many wisdom sentences. One of them about history repeating itself. I recently got lucky to find Timex Atlantis 100 made in 1985. I happened to have more current 2010 Timex Expedition Atlantis. It was tempting to compare these watches. Where to start?  In 1984 digital watches were THE thing among anyone who can’t afford something snooty. Casio, Seiko, Citizen were producing amazing watches. Timex at the time had less choices to offer. It was not time for Ironman yet. As I write it I picture all that excitement of new electronic things coming out almost every day. We relived it in a way with computers, later with phones and who knows what will be next. Constant race to invent, excite and make money. There are some stories about how it came to be, yet looking at the watch I can see choices, cuts and decisions.  Atlantis was made to be high profile entry into digital watch market. Market which already filled with other watches, Timex included. What should be done

  Casio DW6900MS G-Shocks started as utilitarian squares. Later on during late 90s decline Casio reinvented itself. Instead of slowing down and limiting models to very few in different guise it kept going. That is the most exciting thing in owning Casio: you wear timepiece made by the most innovative company. Some innovations came in form of same watch different color/special edition form. G-Shock was the ambassador of the brand. DW6900 became a poster child. Let see blackened DW6900MS as a watch and as a fashion thing. When Casio produced G-Shocks for a first 10-15 years with standard black/grey plastic, steel or titanium.   Later on Casio realized, G-Shock become more than a mere utilitarian watch, it become an icon . Fashionable, desired and adored. As such it should be more visible, more colorful and more personal . Limited edition from designers has been born as well as in house variations. Almost nothing changed inside, however outside pat of the watch got c

What is a sport watch? What should sports watch deliver? Many watches can be sports watch, however long ago Timex figured it out nearly perfect. Among plentiful examples which are mostly same with some small additions I going to describe it on example of T5K4299J which is run of the mill Timex triathlon digital watch with 200m WR and “Shock” build. If you want good sport watch for running or any other regular activity this could be the watch to buy.   So more details below. What makes great sports watch? What you need in a sport watch? Checklist is personal and will depend on activity. If you running and doing laps than lap count/stats is THE thing to have. If you just running and all you need is time than you may not bother ever to remember how to recall lap times or are they listed as functionality of your watch. After running, biking and going to the gym I have clear grasp on differences between what you need in each and every case. However I want to describe a list