Best dress watch ever, no date sub is the best sports watch

I really fawned over it for years until I tried it on. It didn’t wear well on me personally.

Depends on the type of sports you are thinking.

I think what you actually meant was that it’s the greatest for those watching sports from the luxury box.

Oh I love mine. The thinness of the case makes it my go to for suits

It's a toss up between a Nautilus or RO if your idea of a sports watch is a beautiful watch that you can admire from the luxury box. If you're on the playing field or court it's a Rolex Sub or GMT.

For what purpose?

I wear a Fitbit Charge, which is ok at everything, but doesn't exactly excel at anything. Most watches are really bad at accurately tracking steps and heart rate, especially during intense activity. A chest strap or something would give the best HR info. Using steps to calculate "distance moved" is a tough estimate, especially during a sport like ultimate. And GPS isn't going to do a great job because your movement is in such a tight space.

And even if you had accurate info for any of these metrics during your game - what does that data mean to you? I personally don't think that data is actually very meaningful - you ran a lot, you got a lot of steps, your heart worked hard, you don't need a watch to tell you that.

I think you're better off buying a watch that suits your needs for the other ~22hours/day. Or get something geared towards holistic performance/training/recovery, like a whoop band.

I've used sports watches for ultimate for the last 10+ years now. My overall take: For running, a good watch is a nearly indispensable tool. For ultimate, it is mostly a fun toy. Not useless, but not something that will tell you a lot of useful things all the time.

Second: Be aware that WFDF rules (and probably also USAU) prohibit wearing items that may endanger your opponents, where wristwatches are explicitly called out. (You can probably use a soft wristband outside it, but the rules don't explicitly say it.) I usually train with mine on, but play tournaments with it firmly on the sideline, picking up the HR in offline mode.

What you'll get out of a watch is, generally, HR curves (including derived metrics such as training effect and recovery time, although I generally don't pay all that much attention to the latter) and distance covered. Also top speed in sprints if you're lucky, and it stops there. For running, it's different, since intensity control is so central to a runner, whereas in ultimate, there are few situations where it makes sense to run at 80%.

HR wrist measurements are notoriously problematic; there's a lot of individual variation, but for ultimate I've found it worse than useless (actively misleading). A cheap HR strap—any HR strap—works much better for me. This will vary with stuff like skin color and how much you tend to clench your fists when running or throwing, and just plain how you are built. I've found this to be true across a number of Garmin models—right now, I have a 955, which is supposed to be pretty much top-of-the-line when it comes to HR wrist measurements, and it's OK-ish for regular running, but for ultimate… no. Again, YMMV.

Similarly, distance with GPS can be problematic. I have a footpod, which is a lot more responsive than GPS ever will be for those quick turns that happen all the fime, but modern models have accelerometers which make them a lot better than they used to be, and the L5 GPS stuff is actually pretty nice, so it's quite likely that you'll be able to live just fine with the watch alone. You won't get stuff like centimeter accuracy or step-by-step breakdowns even with top-of-the-line equipment, and I'm not aware of anything that will tell you how high you jump either, as nearly all of this stuff is designed for runners, not team sports. (The Stryd, in its latest version, will give you a metric for how much you're punishing your legs, which I've found to be pretty well-correlated with how I feel. But that's super-expensive for an ultimate toy.)

There are a lot of people who buy expensive watches and then figure out that running wasn't for them, so you'll probably have a good shot at getting really good stuff used. I bought a Garmin 735XT for ~$100 many years ago, and together with a HR strap, it took me through two marathons and a bunch of ultimate with hardly a hitch. (I only switched because someone else needed it more, really.) There's also stuff that will do fully offline recording for you without a watch (e.g., I used to use a 4iii Viiiva for recording HR plus distance data from a footpod), but it tends to be a bit wonky. Newer Garmin stuff plus HRM-Tri or HRM-Pro will do an offline recording of HR only, assuming you start the watch before you start playing and sync up immediately after the end of the workout (it's designed for swimmers, really).

I've seen people use Apple Watch and Fitbit for ultimate, and the results have been complete bonkers (e.g., being outside for an hour, and recording 0.5 km). I really wouldn't recommend it. E.g., most activity bands are intended to track everyday activity (you walked to work instead of driving, good job!), not sports specifically.

Don't wear a watch when you play ultimate, please. Other sports don't do this shit.

Honestly playing ultimate with a watch on is just plain dangerous. I know it may seem like it would do anything but I’ve seen fingers get caught in them and just snap. Not worth risking it imo…

Are you trying to track distance or heart rate?

I have found Garmin to have better GPS tracking than Fitbit or Apple Watch on tracking runs but the Ultimate field is too small with too quick of cuts to get accurate measurements, you can only compare each event against the same style of event.

If you want heart rate, you should just get a chest strap monitor. Cheaper and more accurate.

And please be careful wearing a watch while playing ultimate. I've see the fat get pulled out of a person's lip because a metal watch hit them while both players were going for a disc

Apple. Idc what anyone says. Those are the absolute best for your average joe working out or playing sports.

Are they the most interesting piece? Far from it. But does it provide the most benefits for activities at such a slow price point? Absolutely.

If your interested in the data, nothing will beat apple. If you are interested in a watch that can withstand sports and tell you the time, then get a cheap G-shock.

Get a Richard Mille like a true sports person 😤😤

Get a casio f91-w.

sports?

buy a garmin.

G-Shock

I mean most athletes use Apple Watches (look next time you see a press conference), maybe a few with Garmins and Other smart watches. They're probably "better" in most senses.

They have a lot less soul though : )

Garmin might be better when it comes to tracking sports

There are Garmins

This is not true

Not accurate

Garmin instinct is budget friendly and an amazing watch for tracking activities.

What kind of tracking would you need for these workouts? And what type of workouts?

Garmin has several models that are cheap. $100-$200 range. Last a while.

I’ve had my Garmin Forerunner for several years and love everything about it.

I have the Boderry which is a titanium watch with a titanium bracelet. Mine came with the free FKM rubber strap and I use that instead as its incredibly comfortable and really suits the watch. My lady, who has umpteen ounces more style and sense than me says its one of her favourite watches. Its a really beautiful timepiece and its glows in the dark ;-)

The boderry has the most specs for the $ but it is also the microbrand. All are good choices.

I like this blue, but read several times that customers received a dark blue while they ordered this teal blue, and no exchange was possible, for the brand did not recognize the difference.

Big fan of the sea turtle

They are pretty different watches so it’s hard to say. Pick your favorite, the one you can’t stop thinking about. The Boderry is titanium so light and has an extra sporty strap do good for a sports watch. The Seiko looks great, a bit more elegant and classy and more GADA than sports watch. The chrono Timex looks great and is the one I’m drawn to but as a retro fun piece instead of a sports watch. The last one isn’t my thing but again I’d recommend you follow your heart first then worry about specs, price, use case, what is trendy, the opinion of others (myself included), how it fits in your collection, etc. Best of luck!

I think you should definitely invest into the fitness app on your watch and your iPhone.I use it myself and really loved the benefits that come with it.

Apple Watch (especially after WatchOS 10 release next week) is a capable multisport watch. Sure, it has significantly less sport features compared to a Garmin or even a Coros watch, but if it works for her already - maybe give it a try?

For budget friendlier watches vs Garmin, I’ve loved my Coros Pace 2. Amazing battery life, easy to use etc., Pace 2 does not have live GPS for getting directions while you are moving but that hasn’t been an issue for me. Tracking etc has always been spot on, app and website where activities are uploaded is nothing special but has not limited me in anyway. Have had it 2.5 years and still ~2 weeks battery life with 6-7 hrs live tracking/exercise per week

Yes and the sapphire screens are indestructible. I believe the watch case on the forerunners are plastic, but I'm not 100% sure.

I see a lot of mentions of an Apple watch. While I certainly see the appeal of the nicer screen, just like you could get on the Garmin amoled models, battery life is significantly reduced. This isn't just about whether or not the battery can support longer activities, but how many times you want to have to charge your watch (every 3 days versus every 2 weeks).

Also, the highly reflective display material makes the fenix screen very easy to see in daylight, something that can be an issue with the amoled/OLED displays.

Garmin. I'm partial to the forerunner series. I have the 945 and it's great. Dont forget a screen protector. Theyve gotten into the gimmick of making them easily scratch able.

Second vote for Garmin. I have a Forerunner 965 and it's been great so far. Perfectly durable for swimming (and other disciplines) and better at tracking your workouts compared to Apple Watch. Plus battery life is far better

garmin all the way. the new 255 or 255s is the best bang for your buck. get the 955 if you have more of a budget (what i have)

I have a forerunner 945 and my husband has a Fenix 6. We’ve found that the forerunner 945 does a weirdly and significantly better job tracking both outdoor open swims and pool swims - otherwise they are pretty comparable metric wise, and we end up with virtually identical maps and such when we do activities together.

Both hold charge for a long time even with regular GPS use.

The forerunner has a bit smaller display. It also weighs a lot less, which was important to me.

The Fenix feels a lot more substantial in weight and is super nice looking in both athletic and non-athletic capacities.

Garmin Fenix 6X Sapphire. If you want lighter in weight, sacrifice battery and strength and go for the Garmin 945. I love and train by the metrics my Fenix gives me from run dynamics to SWOLF and cycling metrics. Recovery, body battery and training load broken down to Aerobic, Anaerobic and Base is fantastic to keep balanced and avoid over-training. If I was you I’d definitely look into them and give them due consideration.

Really comes down to budget. More cost = more features. DCR is pretty much the end-all to objective equipment reviews.

A lot of folks recommend various garmin devices, but I've had abysmal luck with them. My vivoactive 3 (which I don't even wear while swimming; it goes in the dry bag I tow behind me) is a replacement of a replacement, and it's already misbehaving less than two months after I've received it. It has a screen protector and a silicone case, like its predecessors, never gets knocked around, doesn't even get worn in the shower.

Coros pace, I’ve had this watch for a year and a half now and I love it. I mainly just use it for running but it has a bunch of multi sport modes to it. Pretty affordable compared to most GPS watches, it’s accurate and has a very good battery life. Also gives all of the data that I could ever want.

The only thing it’s lacking is the additional non- fitness features that you would get on most of the newer Garmin watches and many other sport watches.