That’s pretty much about the extra functions of this watch, and observant readers might have mentioned that all the extra functions are more or less useless. Reluctant to operate, difficult to set, hardly readable and not loud enough to be useful. Absolutely not something you would expect from a ‘professional’ Royal Air Force dedicated watch. Built-In Sensors: Quad Sensor with an accelerometer, compass, barometer, altimeter and thermometer. Functions: Alarm, Calendar, Bluetooth Connectivity, Countdown timer, Date and Weekday display, Step counter, Stopwatch, Sunrise/Sunset display, Accelerometer, Compass, Barometer, Altimeter, Thermometer, WorldTime The watch is very suitable if your looking to wear a watch which which won’t be mistaken as a serious instrument. Nothing dressy here, it’s boldness and professionalism all over.

Below I’ll mention a few remarkable details about the watch. And – after two years of ownership – I’m probably a bit better in advising where you would want to buy the watch for. And for which use you probably shouldn’t. That advice can be found here after as well. Mute Function: The button tones on the mode button can be switched off for the discreet operation. Pre-set alarm or timer functions remain active. Solar means Powered by any light source, saving time and money as no battery change required- known as TOUGH SOLAR Can be charged by daylight on a window sill or by artificial light. A rough guide would be; Outdoor Sunlight - 5 minutes, Sunlight through window - 24 minutes, Cloudy Day through window - 48 minutes, Flourescent lights - 8 hours.Bluetooth Connectivity: Signal Range: Up to 2m (may differ depending on surrounding conditions), The watch can be wirelessly connected to a compatible smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth. The energy-saving technology enables access to a host of functions., Phone Finder, Mission Function on App records altitude data and route information. Sunrise/Sunset Display: Sunrise and Sunset times are displayed for your chosen location. Ideal for planning outdoor activities.

In need for a practical stopwatch or chronograph? Depends on the type of timing you’re looking for. The stopwatch’ indication of seconds and minutes is in the lower small register, and therefore not very easy readable. As well, the maximum time which the stopwatch is able to time is only 24 minutes. So for timing a 10 km run you’ll want another model. What to expect in the near future Hand Shift Function: With a push of a button, hands move away from the LCD to permit free visibility. When operating the stopwatch you’ll see the large second hand of the watch rotate 360 degrees in one-second intervals. It’s stoppable at 1/20th of a second and does this fast rotating for the first 30 seconds of the use of the stopwatch. After 30 seconds the 1/20th second hand resides at 12 and will spin to the exact 1/20th of a second when stopping the stopwatch. Every time you stop the stopwatch and restart it again without resetting to zero, it’ll run for 30 seconds. Nice. Display Illumination: Auto Light: The watch face will illuminate automatically when you tilt your wrist towards you. Once activated, this feature will automatically deactivate after six hours, LED light, Selectable illumination duration (1.5 seconds or 3 seconds), With afterglow. Compass Function: 60 seconds of continuous measurement., A built-in direction sensor detects magnetic north displaying both this and your current direction on the watch face, Magnetic declination calibration, Measuring Range: 0 - 359 degrees, Measuring Unit: 1 degree.

Stopwatch Function: Measuring Capacity: 24 hours, Measuring Modes: Elapsed time, split time, 1st-2nd place times, Measuring Unit: 1/100 second (for the first 60 minutes) 1 second (after 60 minutes). As mentioned in one of my earlier 52Mondayz columns, I’m a fan of (ana-)digital quartz watches. Besides my real passion for high-end and even complicated classical timepieces, I love watches with additional functions which can’t be fulfilled by a mechanical movement. It’s no secret that there’s always an Apple Watch on my right wrist, whilst wearing a (real) watch on my left. Novelties at Baselworld Barometer Function: A built-in air pressure sensor measures ambient air pressure and presents this on a display to indicate weather patterns, Display range: 260 to 1,100 hPa (7.6 to 32.5 inHg), Display unit: 1 hPa (0.1 inHg). Power Saving: The following operations are stopped to save power: all hand movement (excluding the day indicator), Bluetooth connection, if applicable and alarms. Positive. As mentioned there’s a sub-dial at 8 permanently indicating a second time zone in 24-hour format. This is a nice and functional feature; the watch has 40 time zones to choose from.

Positive as well. At 11 there’s an even smaller third sub-register which I didn’t mention before as it didn’t do anything with the watch’ other functions. This sub-register in 24-hour format shows the current indicated time in 24-hour format. Although pretty difficult readable and often hidden by the regular time hands, this might be a nice option for you and certainly is useful as a day/night indicator. The stealth colourway is inspired by the Eurofighter Typhoon, designed to be difficult to distinguish in the sky during operations. As the seconds and minutes of the stopwatch are indicated on the sub register at 8, which is originally the second time zone dial of the watch, I’m curious what will happen after 24 minutes when the 24-hour scale of the dial ends. Here’s what happens; the stopwatch just stops at 24 minutes – it stops! 24 minutes… that’s all it does. 1/20 of a second accuracy nice, however only able to record times up to 24 minutes is hardly usable as a serious stopwatch. -3. DST= Daylight Savings Time. Many countries in the Northern Hemisphere (north of the equator) use DST in the summer time, but not all. Daylight Saving Time usually starts in March-April and ends in September-November when the countries return to standard time, or winter time as it is also known. In the Southern Hemisphere (south of the equator) the participating countries usually start the DST period in September-November and end DST in March-April. World Time: Lets you select from among approximately 300 cities as the World Time City, displays the current time in major cities and specific areas around the world.

Model Comparison

Then hopefully the large and quite voluminous time minute and/or hour hands are not anywhere between 6 and 9 at the dial, because in that case they will obstruct the stopwatch sub-register for a great deal, disabling you to functionally use the stopwatch. -2. Currently one of the smallest is the AWG-100, dimensions are 52 x 46.4 x 14.9mm. One of the larger models is GSW-H1000 at 65.6 × 56.3 × 21.3 mm but new watches are released every day that could exceed these dimensions. By the way, the launch of ISS expedition 51 is scheduled for April 19th, 23:13 GMT (April 20, 3:13 a.m. ET). It can be followed live from 22:00 GMT (April 20, 2:00 a.m. ET) at nasa.gov/ntv Gravitymaster What a big, instrumental, mean but at the same time good-looking, as well extremely readable piece of machinery! It’s huge in diameter (56 mm) and hight (18,8 mm), the weight’s just fine (126 g). The strap seems long enough to fit two wrists, and certainly would fit over a flight-overall. Whatever functions it might further have, the time is readable under almost all lighting conditions. And even in pitch-dark a super bright auto LED light can be activated automatically as you turn the watch toward yourself. The luminous Neobrite material of the hands and 3D indexes provides long-term illumination in the dark after only a short exposure to light.