Everyone needs a beater: working on the car, going for a swim, a bit of exercise... I've got a couple: a Seiko SKX011 and one of Eddie's Smiths recreations, both excellent watches.


But here's the thing. I only wear them for a couple of hours every other day or so, and its barely worth the hassle of winding and resetting them.

So I got this:

A quartz G-Shock GWN-1000B, and I couldn't be happier. Just wondering if anyone else had been driven over to the dark side in the search for a beater?

 

Same approach here:

 

Couldn't bring myself to do the full digital -- needed to keep a bit of analogue

 

My travel watch along the dbc 600

 

Same approach as well... I picked up the same Gulfmaster as you have originally, but switched to the Rangeman as I decided I wanted a digital display instead.

 

Sinn UX. No problem getting it wet, and don't need to wind since it is a quartz.

 

Casio G Shock Rangeman.. oh someone already did this

 

I quit wearing a utility watch when I started carrying a cell phone. I know exactly what time it is, have a timer, an alarm, day and date; I wore nothing on my wrist for years.

Then I started researching this old watch I have and fell in love with clockworks.

I bought a new Hamilton with a basic ETA movement as a daily watch. It was cool to me because I could look at the movement through the display back. I started buying old watches but I kept wearing the Hammie as a daily beater. I found I really liked chronographs. So I found a Hamilton I wouldn't mind getting dinged. I also bought some Seiko 5 watches and a inexpensive Omega for variety.

Here are my beaters:

 

Beater, beater, Seiko eater!

Good beater flying watches!









EDIT ADDITION: Good beater Hootering watches!

 

did someone say beater???!!! present for duty Sir!

introducing my thirty-one year old Seiko! battle tested, a multiple-deployments survivor, has jumped from perfectly flying planes, changed engine oil, worked on the yard and more...and still accurately ticking!

 

I wear my skx a lot. Throw it on a nylon NATO if I'm going to be sweating or near water. It's the only watch I keep on a winder.

 

Two beaters I have are Zodiac and Seiko.Sometimes it is really aggravating to set date and time for few hours of the wrist time, but it's all good.


Also I have a Samsung Gear 2 for the gym and other activities.

 

Old chocolatey innards + new out side = daily beater

 

This is my beater. It was my grandfathers and I know he would wear during any project or task letting it get banged and dinged along the way. To baby it would be doing him and the watch a disservice. I'm simply adding the next generation of dings and scratches

 

I manage to do even my basic chores with something meaningful and vintage...



78 USMC issued Hamilton (picked up at high double digits ) ...
joking aside: 33mm of awsome watch that really can take a beating ... and I dont know what they did to the case, but it looks like new


well some of us "beat" in more style than others ...

 

Great thread... without this I wouldn't have just spotted my Suunto battery has died since Christmas And interesting to see that there are English Peak District bouldering routes named after OF members @Modest_Proposal

So I'll have to dig my old Zenith out. Hasn't seen the light of day for almost two years. Still running... you bet, and only out by a couple of minutes !

 

If the Smiths needs a new home, please pm me!

 

I don't wear it in truly tough situations, but my 220 kind of fits that role simply by dint of it being beaten up already - it looks like it survived a shark attack!



Still lots of fun to wear in casual situations