I travel a lot. I have many watches, most of which I don’t wear anymore. I’m a huge Tag Hauer fan, but they’re just heavy chunks of metal that, frankly, don’t mesh well with the ink on my arms anymore.
So instead of a watch, I depend upon my iPhone as my watch and alarm clock. Since I travel a lot, I depend upon it more and more. I often wake up many times a night in a strange timezone with the need to check the time, thinking I’ve overslept. I generally do this several times.
Most times, as I discover that I’ve not overslept, I go back to sleep. The issue is that sometimes the iPhone is across the room, charging, so this is a pain in the arse.
I wanted a good, durable, blacked-out watch that doesn’t look flashy that is very easy to read at night without the need for a backlight.
Perusing the KLM Duty Free catalog, I found what I wanted: the Luminox “Navy SEAL COLORMARK 3051 series watch.“Â About $250.
It’s light, sturdy, not particularly flashy, doesn’t make me itch, comfortable to wear and it works really freaking well in the dark. You can check out the “night view” via the weblink above. Works well for what I wanted. Recommended.
/Hoff