Letter FROM Santa!

The dude offered to leave a "pilots" watch under the tree for me!

But need to know what would be most suitable!

Depends on how rich your "dude" is, but such a watch doesn't have to
cost a lot of bucks. I bought myself a Pulsar--cheap version of the
Seiko-- for a measly $63 from Heartland, and it keeps almost perfect
time. Gains two or three seconds a month.

Only thing I don't like: It has a red sweep second hand and a black
face, and the contrast isn't great enough in some light conditions.
Don't get that color combination.

vince norris

I'm on my second Luminox with the tritium-illuminated dial. (Wore the
first one playing racquetball and slammed it into the wall -- no style
points for grace and beauty.) Its only trick is to be readable in
total darkness, but it does that extraordinarily well.

The first one was anonymous; got it at the Whole Earth store in
Berkeley, but neither anonymous watch nor store is around anymore.
This one is the "Navy Seal" version, bought at West Marine. I don't
chew broken glass and strive to get arrested by Tijuana cops for the
fun of breaking out of jail, but even in total darkness, I'm unlikely
to get mistaken for a Navy Seal, so I don't feel as if I'm sailing
under false colors.

Don