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What's your favorite wrist watch for backcountry hunting? I'm wanting to get one, but not sure of what features are useful or just gimmicks. I know that I at least want a wake up alarm.

I wear a Casio. Stopwatch, sunrise/sunset times, and moon phase are all kind of cool.

One with the least amount of buttons to accidentally push. I had one of them fancy Casio's, but learned to pack the directions in my daypack so I could undo whatever went wrong........

I finally gave up and went back to a plain-jane watch.


Casey

I haven't wore a watch since I got my first iPhone. Still have one of those big ole Luminox Navy Seal watches around here somewhere.
Haven't seen it in several years.

I wear a Casio Protrek. I looked long and hard for a good backcountry watch. It fits the bill.
I actually used the compass on it more that my GPS while mountain goat hunting on Kodiak this Fall. The fog was pea soup, but the watch brought me back to camp every time.

The night light is very usable. I hit the button every few seconds to see where I need to go. I use it nightly to get to the bathroom or to get up without waking the wife.

*SOLAR POWERED* SCREW BATTERIES!

Suunto.





Travis

Cheap compact Timex.

+1

I have used both a Casio Mudman (solar, atomic) and a Suunto Core. I prefer the Suunto.

Casio "G" shock in digital format, with dual alarms and a few other minor features, but mainly for the toughness and tolerance for abuse.

Suunto Core, all black.

Sold the few "all-black" watches I owned. My 52 y/o eyes thanked me.

Considered Suunto Core, ....but I swim....a lot.
The "leaking" threads are legion...

I don't want a watch to worry about with service, repair etc...

Google is your friend.

broomd, you are correct, the all black are harder to read. You would think, after all of these years, Suunto would remedy that.

Toughest maintenance free would be G-Shock Atomic Solar. I've had one for years that has outlived several more expensive prettier watches.

Timex Rail Road

Flip phone = instant watch. One less thing to lose or break.

Cheap Timex. Any feature outside of a clock, alarm, and stopwatch is a gimmic.

Some. Personally, I find the barometer and altimeter to be very useful and not a gimmick and much more useful than any alarm or certainly any stopwatch. They tend to put contour lines into great perspective.

+1 on the altimeter and barometer. I use them a lot. I've had very good luck with Suunto. Never a leak either. Not much use while swimming but 100's of hours kayaking.

On your watch or GPS? I figure if you are packing a GPS that gives you all that, you don't really need a fancy watch. You don't really need one at all I suppose, so there goes that argument.