Was looking for recommendations on a good watch from swimming in. Mostly it will be for open water, but I may use it for pool workouts too. The biggest function would be just a stopwatch which most all have, but it would be nice for a countdown function (to signal every 10, 20 minutes, etc for OW training). A HR function would be nice too but I know then it gets to be a bit pricey. I would like to put a $150 cap on it and see what you all come up with.
I'm a bit of a watch collector (have bought and sold dozens) so I'm familiar with many of them. Try to stay away from large, bulky watches like "some" of the G-Shocks, etc.
Post pics and/or links as well if you have them handy!
(Again, I say!) I've had a very positive experience with the SportCount Chrono 100. I use it exclusively for pool swimming; not at all for open water. From this admittedly narrower perspective, it has several advantages, including,
One-handed operation. No awkwardness stopping the watch (*).
Times recorded to the 1/100th.
Remembers up to 100 times: Good for interval sets.
Sufficiently visible display.
Accurate timing of 25 sprints. Next best thing to a deck coach.
(*) With further experience, I now time to the touch on short axis strokes, but time to the feet on long axis strokes. This spares me the trouble of trying to touch the wall and stop the clock with the same hand.
I posted two pictures of the watch here.
(Again, I say!) I've had a very positive experience with the SportCount Chrono 100. I use it exclusively for pool swimming; not at all for open water. From this admittedly narrower perspective, it has several advantages, including,
One-handed operation. No awkwardness stopping the watch (*).
Times recorded to the 1/100th.
Remembers up to 100 times: Good for interval sets.
Sufficiently visible display.
Accurate timing of 25 sprints. Next best thing to a deck coach.
(*) With further experience, I now time to the touch on short axis strokes, but time to the feet on long axis strokes. This spares me the trouble of trying to touch the wall and stop the clock with the same hand.
I posted two pictures of the watch here.
