Originally posted by Gedanken:
Emphatically disagree. This baby survived everything two and a half years of CDO training could throw at it:
It happily survived leopard crawling through gravel, stopped a bayonet, spent days exposed to seawater and kept soldiering on while neighbouring G-Shocks had an average life span of about three months. At this very moment, it's still ticking merrily away on my watch winder.
Hmm .... i survived on a $20 casio for my NS stint. My secondary school buddy who was a CDO as well, also survived his stint with a similar casio.
Have to agree on the G-Shocks. Their rubber casings are all that stands between the watch and mother nature. My S3 once wore a G-Shock for a field exercise for 4 days and during the 4th day morning, we had to swim across some mini stream in Mandai, after the swim, his watch was waterlogged and apparently the rubber casing came loose and allowed water to go in.
He was cursing and swearing as it was bought only like 3 mths before. He wore back his old Seiko Divemaster and the rest was history.
Ged, just a question, have you seen any one in your unit using a rolex as a real military tool watch ? I used my Sinn 156 last yr in my ICT, pretty interesting and fun to use. However I'm toying with the idea of getting a pre-owned Tudor for my future ICT. Any comments or advise ? PM me if required !
