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Analog watch with alarm and countdown features

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#1 ·
I'm looking for analog watches but ones that have both alarm and countdown features. I would prefer it to be "less bulky" and more simplistic than the g-shock watches but all suggestions are welcome.
 
#2 ·
Alarm and countdown? Yikes. You'll be spending some money, if it even exists. Timex used to make an analog Expedition with an alarm. Momentum used to make a version of their Pathfinder (I believe) with an alarm. Both are discontinued, so you'd have to find one used.
 
#3 ·
Check out the analog/digital models in Casio’s ProTrek line. They’re packed with features but less bulky and explicit in their function than G-Shocks.

I was looking for an analog field watch that had some G-Shock-like features, and found the Casio ProTrek PRW-50 to check a lot of boxes.

it’s 42mm across the bezel, so about the same footprint on the wrist as a square model. It’s solar-powered, syncs to the atomic clock, and is 100m water resistant with a screw down crown. It has lumed hands and numerals, and also a button-activated UV backlight that illuminates the dial and the digital display.

Its four hands are independent and run on their own motors, so it’s not geared like a traditional analog watch. It has a second time zone feature—note the city codes around the bezel—so it’s great for travel. Unscrew the crown, and the seconds hand spins around on its motor to indicate your current time zone. Turn the crown and the seconds hand moves accordingly to show your intended new time zone…push crown back in, and the hands move on their own to show the new time. Very convenient.

It has a 24-hour stopwatch, a 60-minute countdown timer, and multiple alarms (including a snooze alarm). It also has an altimeter, barometer, compass, and thermometer.

It has traditional lugs so you can put different straps on it. I have mine on a Barton “elite silicone.”

The digital display is less obvious and more discreet in person. It’s not distracting when telling the time; my eyes go instantly to the white-painted handset.

Overall it’s a great watch. Highly recommended. Onto the photos!

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Here’s a size comparison with a G-Shock square (GW-M5610) on my 6.5” wrist. You can see they wear very similarly.


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Hope that helps! Good luck in your search. 👍
 
#13 ·
I have the protrek prg 600, highly visible and comfortable...only problem is the alarm is barely audible. On the other hand, my omega x-33 2nd gen's alarm is very audible, and has numerous alarms. Count down goes up to 100hrs, stopwatch goes up to I believe 100 days. Very functional and very cool watch

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#19 ·
Seiko SNJ025 may be a good reference.
 
#24 ·
Good choice!
I was gonna pipe up and suggest these as lots slimmer that traditional G--Shocks and way simpler to operate than the Citizen U6xx movements.
I have one of each and the G is a breeze to operate and the Citizen, counter-intuitive "pull out crown to switch mode before buttons work" thinking means it's near impossible to do anything while wearing it. It's a cool watch and I wouldn't get rid of it, but the Casi-Oaks are excellent
 
#22 ·
If you’re not against vintage, Seiko’s/Pulsar’s Age of Discovery Quartz watches are loaded with features, all easily operated by switching modes (bottom window). They have an alarm, countdown timer, chronograph, dual time (right subdial), pointer date, 1/10 second counter, 24 hour subdial (handy for setting alarms in the full 24 hour range), tachymeter, and of course the really fun dancing hands that people love to see fly across the dial when you set the watch to a different mode. My Pulsar below I got NOS - they’re from the 80s.

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