Best men's watch for male nurses

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Hey everyone. I'm starting nursing school next month and am looking for a cheap watch that's good for when I'm in the hospital. I've seen people mention military time is useful, plastic bands and water resistant so it can't be thrown in the washing machine if it gets dirty. Anyone out there who is in school or working have any suggestions? Thanks

Prestige medical sells an analogue watch for about $16 on Amazon that has 24-hour time printed in smaller print along with the normal watch face. That can be hard to find, and its nice to have a second hand AND military time when usually you need to pick between the two.

Not sure of the quality, but seeing as its $16 and made by a medical equipment supplier it should stand up to the job long enough to make it cost effective even if you are replacing it now and then (also makes a cheap backup to hide somewhere at work in case you forget your watch at home!)

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Same here I LOVE mechanical watches and the idea of so much precision in a mechanical device. Stuhrling makes a nice skeleton watch that lets you see the movement well.

I recommend switching the band to something that can stand up to regular disinfection, leather doesn't work well.

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I wear a Vostok automatic (self-winding), made in Russia originally for their military. They're sort of unique looking (i.e. not a Timex or Casio), bomb-proof, waterproof, and the one I have has 24-hour markings and a rubber strap. I just wash the whole thing with soap and water after a MRSA- or VRE-rich shift. There's an Ebay seller named "zenitar" who has the self-winding watches for $75 - $85 (with shipping), or manual-wind ones for $35 - $50. He changed the leather band to a rubber band on the first watch I bought from him when I asked through Ebay.

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I wear a Casio G-Shock. You want something you can just throw in the sink and wash off.

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Big time(military time), big second hand, and the date. No other crap on the face.

I am very happy with my $15 Armitron from Walmart. And I'm a watch snob that is into automatics outside of work.

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I would go with what is comfortable on your wrist. I've always thought bands especially plastic/poly get really hot and uncomfortable, and like a bracelet strap, plus a good stainless watch you can steam clean if need be.

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I have a G-shock and it works great. Remember you get what you pay for, so if you go with a cheap watch it will most likely break or lose charge. My G-shock is about 3 years old, I used it in Africa for a year (actually did better than my Suunto), has the solar charger, easy to clean, and water and corrosion resistant.

I have the GW-2310

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Specializes in Emergency, Case Management, Informatics.

Fitbit Charge HR. :D

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Specializes in Med Surg, PCU, Travel.

What's a watch? :roflmao:

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Go classy with one chronograph Nixon watches. You can clean it at the end of your shift and you will love all the compliments instead of going with the generic gshock type watch.

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You can't go wrong with a Citizen eco drive. I've had mine for nearly ten years now as my daily with not so much as a scratch. And this is after the abuse of the middle east and an ambulance. It's your call though, you can buy 10 $30 watches that look terrible or one decent watch that's at least moderately attractive.

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I use a Timex explorer that has a analog dial with second hand and digital window that can display either m/d/y or military time. Paid about $60, had it over 2 years for my military/emt/nursing career and still running fine.

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