Preferably, simple. Date window and the numbers and hands need to be luminous. I have a Hamilton khaki auto that I like but it’s not very luminous. Price has to be reasonable so I won’t be to po’d if something happens. Thoughts?

Not trying to change your mind, but I'd prefer an auto traveling in case the battery f'd up.

Something simple would be a Seiko Sports or a Seiko 5.

Good luck with whatever you get.

Define reasonable.

Quartz, lum, reasonable price : Citizen through Dave (Mimi’s) immediately comes to mind. Then a seiko with superlum.

400ish max

Let his journey into madness begin.......................

If you're not committed to analog, the G-Shock solar models (with multi-band atomic clock sync) are my travel go-to watches. Good illumination, no battery to stress about, easy jumps between time zones, always within a second of NIST Time, largely bulletproof, reasonably priced, unlikely to draw unwanted attention, and I believe Dave Truong is a Casio retailer.

How about a tritium field watch by Marathon?

https://longislandwatch.com/ma...pose-watch-ww194015/

You can pick up a reliable and durable TIMEX from $85 - $1500.

https://timex.com/products/exp...c-strap-watch-t48061

https://timex.com/products/exp...r-strap-watch-t46681

https://timex.com/products/iro...n-strap-watch-t5e231

https://timex.com/products/tim...trap-watch-tw2w53600

Some of the Seikos are right around $400

https://seikousa.com/collections/all/products/srpl87

https://seikousa.com/collections/all/products/srpk11


Citizen watches are durable, and will last. Again, anything from $225 to a whole lot more.

https://www.citizenwatch.com/u...duct/BM8180-03E.html

https://www.citizenwatch.com/u...duct/BN0150-28E.html


I learned about HELM Watches here on Sig Forum, a tank of a watch! You can use and abuse this thing all day, under $400. BUT..... It's a few months wait if you're going from the factory.

https://helmwatches.com/watches.html

Check out G-Shocks, Vaer, Orient.
All solid brands as well.

https://www.casio.com/us/watch...TEAAYASAAEgLK0_D_BwE

Quite a few options by Luminox in that price range as well.

That’s easy. Casio Duro. $45. 200m quartz, luminous hands, date window, keeps spectacular time as do lots of quartz watches. Way better than my Hamilton auto. Comes in a multitude of color bezels and whatnot. Did I mention $45?

This is not the watch you are looking for: link

No date and not quartz, but the lume pics on the company's website look good and it might $300 with the $100 coupon.

That Laco is a nice watch..

I like the Casio Duro and have a couple of them, but the lume is the weak point for them. It’s terrible.

Casio makes gshock and non gshock with analog hands and date etc. lume will be meh

If you can live with digital display anything in the solar, atomic time gshock line will be great and they have functionality to shake alive and back light the display. I just need to twist my wrist and my gshock lights up. I have multiple gshocks and I don’t have $400 total into them. The solar atomic I wear most days is GW-6900. Can get them well under $100.

Also timex Ironman and citizen all make great quartz watches up to and less than your price point.

Vaer Quartz

Link



Although I prefer a Casio or SKMEI digital for travel. Altimeter, Barometer, Compass, timer, alarms, etc. Plus a 10 year lithium coin cell battery and it's not a big deal if it's lost/stolen/broken. I would at least suggest taking a Casio W218H on an foldable aftermarket band as a backup.

“Cool” options:
MRG-100t
MRG-120t.

Practical options:
Pick a g shock/Casio Oak.

If all you want is reliability and accuracy, the Solar squares are hard to top.

Now, if the budget doesn’t matter as much/and you have time, SEL announced a new Field Watch - which is fairly reasonable, and US Made.

Ended up with a Seiko SNZG15K1. Has everything I was looking for. Thanks all for the responses. A ton of great choices to sift thru.

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Originally posted by valkyrie1:
Ended up with a Seiko SNZG15K1. Has everything I was looking for. Thanks all for the responses. A ton of great choices to sift thru.

If you are interested, long island watch makes a bead blasted bracelet specifically for that series (SNZG) watch.

$59.00

Thank you I'll look into it. Got the Seiko thru Amazon using points. It cost me "nothing"