Sports watches come in a wide range of designs and attitudes. This should not be a surprise since outdoor people come in a wide range of shapes, sizes, lifestyles, and attitudes. There are luxury sports watches and there are sports watches that allow getting down and dirty. There are sports watches that are so packed with instrumentation they can see you through all sorts of … [Read more...]

Multifunction sports watches form a distinct breed of sports watches. Not only do these timepieces hold up under tremendous pressure and amid the stresses Mother Nature throws their way, these timepieces also give you the kind of information you need to navigate your way out of potentially tight spots. As you can well imagine, this is a relatively rarified field. Not all sports … [Read more...]

What kind of watch would you want if you were dropped in the middle of a frigid wasteland? What kind of timepiece would you like strapped to your wrist if you parachuted into the middle of a desert? How about a deserted island? Chances are, you'd want a watch that can help you navigate your new surroundings. You'd want a watch packed with all sorts of instrumentation. You would … [Read more...]

There seems to be two distinct camps when it comes to sports watch design: the clean guys and the dirty guys. You've probably heard all about the clean guys. These are the guys who make scaling mountain tops and mountain fortresses look easy. These are the dudes who stare down massive walls of water and surf right into the mouth of danger only to come out looking like a million … [Read more...]

Sports watches can sometimes be easily reduced to a cartoon-like formula where a manufacturer ticks off some features a sports watch should have and pack all these features into a case. As you can well imagine, timepieces designed with such an attitude don't exactly give sports watch fans cause to rejoice or be hopeful. They are expecting something more. While it is nice to … [Read more...]

Sports watches are timepieces that are designed to deliver performance. At the very least, they are supposed to look like they can take weather extremes, water depth, and other challenges nature throws their way in stride. Of course, there are many ways to deliver on these rather broad design parameters. Many makers like Tag go the luxury route and pack a lot of performance in … [Read more...]

Diver chronograph watches tend to look, well, rugged. After all, people do go swimming, hiking, mountain climbing, running, and biking with these hardy watches. These watches are built to take whatever their owners throw their way. Durability is definitely the order of the day for these types of watches. With that said, you still want to look good with your diver chronograph, … [Read more...]

Sport combination watches are straddling quite a tightrope. On the one hand, they have to be very precise and offer many different time-tracking options. On the other, they have to offer all these different features within a package that can withstand a wide variety of stresses, pressures, moisture levels, and dirt. Also, they have to look, well, sporty. Didn't I say sport … [Read more...]

If you are looking for a watch brand that has withstood the best of time while delivering performance at  a fairly affordable price, you don't need to look any further than the Japanese brand Citizen. Citizen watches were part of the 'Japanese wave' of watch brands that swept through the American and European markets. Initially dismissed and even laughed at, Citizen and other … [Read more...]