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Small thin field watch for small wrists

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Hey. Here's a not uncommon story: I realized that I looked stupid checking my cell phone clock all the time, and I should probably have a watch. The problem? I've got wrists like popsicle sticks. So far, I have a Timex, which is so loud as to be distracting, and a Seiko SNK807, which is kind of heavy and will probably end up being a birthday present.

So, could anyone recommend me a watch that's:
- 34-36 mm diameter
- 8-9 mm thickness or less - quartz is fine
- field/pilot/railroad style ideally, but I'll look at other styles of watch too if they're analog, casual, and not flashy
- less than $300 CAD?

Thanks.
 
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TIMEX camper if you can find it all Wal mart or this-http://www.timex.com/expedition-scout/T499619J.html oops too big have you checked CASIO's offerings at walmart? SOKI has some halfway decent field watches . The weekender is actually a field watch dial but it is chrome finish and is about 38 mm. How popsicle sticklike are your wrists,are they under 7 inches? What enviroment do you work in, an office? The closest I can find on the Chinese discount sites is this -http://www.dealsmachine.com/best_313609.html-http://www.dealsmachine.com/best_219712.html .36 mm can be hard to find even in kids watches on discounter sites.If you are worried about the ticking of the watch you must work indoors try Casio or you might try vintage .You may want to look up an HMT pilot watch.One of mine is 35 mm without the crown and 10.5 mm thick. Older mechanical TIMEX watches are another possibility.
 
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What about a Casio F91? I know you wanted camper style and this is digital but it meets your size requirements and it won't tick.It will be well within your budget.CASIO makes excellent watches.If you decide to try to find an HMT though you will want to get some poly watch and cotton balls too.It has an acrylic crystal which can scratch but they are really classic watches._ OOH VOSTOK ladies dive watch!No one has to know .Don't tell anyone shhhh!-https://meranom.com/en/amphibian-classic/051/vostok-watch-amphibia-for-ladies-051461.html right around 40 bucks.
 
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The Casio solar listed above would be a good choice. They come in different color dial versions.

I personally chose the Momentum Atlas with a Titanium case and I had them add Sapphire. It wears small and light. They can be found with regular mineral crystal, used, on watchrecon for not much money. If you buy new go through Amazon. They are an Authorized seller and sometimes puts Momentum watches on crazy low prices.

 
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for a great bargain... nothing beats this one:

 
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The RAM rugged field watch made it into my cart instantly. I might end up getting it. I'm liking a lot of the other suggestions too (and no - 33 mm is not too small! But I wouldn't go much smaller), but now I've fallen down the rabbit hole of looking at different Casio and Swatch color variants... :-d

Thanks everyone! This is helpful.

(And @tenohninethirtyseven, I must have clicked on the BM8180-03E about five different times searching Amazon, going, "Wait, how big was that again?")
 
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Just buy the RAM Rugged field watch (make sure it's the RUGGED version, there's a non rugged version that is about $20 cheaper but it has mineral glass, no screw-down and I think maybe even a brass case). The rugged version has EVERYTHING you want at exactly the requested size for $50.

(I would have got in with the first response actually but I held off until I could give exact measurements for thickness etc.)
 
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Hahaha yes, dmjonez, I've concluded that too. I've already got candidates picked out for dress and dressy watches (Citizen AR3010-65A and BM8240-03E, respectively), but... I could rationalize, for instance, having a casual watch with a white dial and one with a black dial... one with a blue dial... a chronograph, if I could find one small enough...

Lucky I still need to eat and pay rent, or this could be a problem. :-d