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Posted Sat 25 Dec, 2021.
Today I got a watch as Christmas present. I stopped using wrist clocks around my first year of Uni -long ago, don't ask!-, because I always was either on a computer or had my mobile phone, so the watch felt redundant.
Now the mobile phones are ridiculously large. True that they do way more things, but getting them out of a pocket to check the time is now a bit awkward. Probably not the end of the world, but I think I have scratched a couple of screens by dropping the phone when checking the time. Ouch.
But then with the pandemic and working from home, turns out I'm *at home* and likely to not have my phone on a pocket and, sometimes, I'm not even sitting on my desk in front of my computer. We have a couple of clocks around, but the children play with them and change the time -a clock with the wrong time, madness!-. I got tired of setting the time, almost daily, and instead of fighting the boys I decided to get a watch.
This is not the first my attempt, thought. I tried one of those cheap-ish smart watches for fitness, after buying one for my wife -she loves it!-; but I made a fatal mistake buying it with touchable screen instead of using one side button -like the one my wife has-. The screen was too sensitive and it was triggering the screen or changing the watch setup accidentally -I guess the equivalent of butt-dialing with your phone-. Besides you had to charge it probably too frequently and required an app for my phone that wasn't great; so I decided it was causing more problems than it solved.
Just read this review of the CASIO F-91W by TomH28 in 2017:
This watch is a classic. Fairly indestructible, long-lasting battery and slim profile.
This is probably the 10th I've owned throughout my life, most of them lost. Got it this time for a few weeks skippering and it didn't leave my wrist for the entire trip. Survived being smashed against things, diving to 12 metres, constantly being wet or salty, getting abused constantly and it still looks good as new.
It's the epitome of functionality; designed not to look flash but just to work.
The last one of these I found at 8 metres while diving. Naturally it worked absolutely fine until I inadvertently handed it down to the next owner.
I think I had a previous iteration of that one some time ago. At the end I decided for the CASIO W-800H-1AVDF, same spirit, but a bit fancier. The watch claims the battery should last 10 years. I'm already happy!