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    Posted: 07 May 14 at 2:07pm
They don't sell those anymore.

I wonder if the warranty costs were too high.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Do Different Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 May 14 at 2:53pm
For me a great big KISS works best. 
Any basic analogue watch with a coloured full sweep second hand.
One glance and you are sorted, no buttons to press, double press, press accidentally or not press properly.
Sync is easy as well, just glance again to make sure.
No resetting needed on general recalls.
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Yay. the Ronstan has a SYNC DOWN function.  

My suunto regatta only does "sync to nearest" which is frequently worse than useless - ie how often do press the go button early and need to sync up compared to how often you miss the 5 minute flag due to being on the other side of the lake or upside down.  If you miss a signal by more than 30s then the sync to nearest button takes you BACK to the last signal.
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 I have 3 casios, when the strap broke as they do, I made an extra long strap out of webbing and velcro and wear this on my forearm  . Ihad to get out my palm amd needle to sew the velcro  on as just sticking it on wont do. I really prefer this to my yellow sailing watch, except you dont have the option of a buzzer at the countdown intervals. It also has the advantage of looking as if you are not trying too hard.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote laser193713 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 May 14 at 12:46pm
I have had my 2 big yellow watches since the new 5410 countdown became available on them, must be what, 8 years now? I have replaced the battery in both just once and both still function perfectly. I really don't know how people manage to break them!?
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Mine stops working every couple of months or so. Usually wont switch to countdown mode. I've lost track of the number of times I've taken the back off to bridge the reset contacts. I should replace it, but not with another one the same, so interested to read the comments.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote catmandoo Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 May 14 at 11:36am
Originally posted by NickA

Yay. the Ronstan has a SYNC DOWN function.  

My suunto regatta only does "sync to nearest" which is frequently worse than useless - ie how often do press the go button early and need to sync up compared to how often you miss the 5 minute flag due to being on the other side of the lake or upside down.  If you miss a signal by more than 30s then the sync to nearest button takes you BACK to the last signal.


you're lucky your suunto does anything !!! 

my forth or fifth(lost count )  suunto is in the bin !!!! , gave up after many replacements over years all under warranty and good faith from suunto , however for an expensive watch I expect them to last , be waterproof as first 3 certainly werent and have motherboards without known failings .

been using a gill regatta master for last few years which has proved very good though no syncro , new version has , newer optimum time watches look worth a shot too .
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Post Options Post Options   Quote NickA Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 May 14 at 3:42pm
My suunto regatta seems pretty reliable - just poorly designed (and insufficiently waterproof for scuba diving .... I wonder why?) => I also have a suunto Viper dive computer (ah that's why the sailing watches aren't 200m rated!) which is so solid it was reason I bought a suunto sailing watch.

I had a suunto M3 before which was excellent, but is now at the bottom of Kielder Water - retention of the watch on its strap was, apparently, less well designed than the watch itself.  Hey ho.

Meanwhile, almost everyone uses Optimum time and nearly everyone complains they're unreliable.
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Hi
I use the Fasttime SW6 Watch which has really large numbers for a standard size watch.
Also very cost effective at £17.99.Easier to on when going straight from work to sailing and might forget to change watch as I did last year and wrecked my ordinary watch.
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