Ask HN: Good digital watches for hackers?

8 points·javert··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!

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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 don't have one but maybe this: http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/EZ430-Chronos

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....

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2221579

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

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/

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