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Wonderbread said:Why do you say that? A digital set in 24 hour time seems to me like the easiest to read. I guess you could potentially use an analogue watch as a makeshift compass, but a real compass is usefull enough that you'd want to have one anyways.
big hand on the 3 little hand on the 9.....hmm getting darker......9 + 12 = 21 + 15 minutes = 2115......boy that's a no brainer....
No one wants to use their head anymore I guess.
I have never had the need to use a watch as a compass. If I wanted to know where we were. I asked the guy with the map and compass. Or I WAS the guy with the map and compass.
But times have changed and you can still hear the roar of the dinosaur sometimes.
My point is this.
If you are going to Afghanistan or some deployed Op out in some austere location. Then yes buy all the toys with all the latest bells and whistles. Make sure you are proficient with its use, because if you are busy tinkering with it or trying to get it to work, or playing with it when you should be watching your arcs or doing some meaningful menial labour you may find yourself with out a watch or gadget as it gets tossed out the hatch,window, trench etc.
If you are going on course or just summer training. Save yourself the time and money. Go to WAL-MART get a Timex for 20 bucks. Take the money you saved buy a nice watch with which to impress the ladies. (I am talking about bright and shiny, She does not care whether you can hump a ruck or call a fire mission, shoot a gun etc etc all she wants you to do is buy her a drink and tell her she looks nice)