Posted: January 27th, 2009
Suunto makes some great watches that will make it thru anything. I’m on my 3rd battery at about 6 years, and its still crankin. Checkout this Yachtsman, for under $350.

Sailing Timer
- Countdown from 60 minutes; adjustable in 5-minute increments from 60 to 15 minutes, and from 15 minutes to 0 by the minute
- Beep signal every five minutes down to 15 minutes, then every minute, every 10 seconds during last minute, and every second during the last 10 seconds
- Timer adjustable to closest full minute during count down
- Automatic start of stopwatch after completed countdown
- Stopwatch range 120 h (5 days)
- Up to 50 waypoints stored in memory
Time
- 12/24 hour clock
- Calendar pre-programmed to the year 2089
- 3 daily alarms
- Dual time display
- Stopwatch, range 23:59,59 / Countdown timer, range 23:59, 59
Barometer
- Absolute pressure range 8.90 - 32.40 inHg / 300 - 1100 mbar
- Sea level pressure range 27.25 - 31.90 inHg / 921-1080 mbar
- Resolution 0.05 inHg / 1 mbar
- Difference measurement function allows zeroing of the barometer for following e.g. overnight changes in barometric pressure and temperature
- Automatic 4-day memory stores pressure information in one hour intervals for the last six hours, then in six hour intervals
- Adjustable sea level pressure function
- Barometric trend indicator
- Temperature: range -20 - +60 C / -5 - +140 F
Compass
- Shows bearing in degrees and cardinal or half-cardinal point
- North-South arrow
- Bearing tracking function displays locked bearing, actual bearing and difference between these declination adjustment
- Declination adjustment
Other Features
- Backlight, electroluminescent
- User-replaceable battery
- Easy-to-read display
- Water Resistant to 30 m / 100ft
- Weight 1.9 oz / 55g
- Can be bought here
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