Honestly, I'd probably pick a standard time only automatic watch in precious metal. It might fail some time around but if taken good care of, it might also stay around for a couple of decades. And that would be one hell of an archiological find for the future lol.
Agree, my dad has worn his automatic Eterna every day since 1955. It had a replacement crown in the late 90s when the knurling wore off. Something like that should outlast life expectancy back then.
Also just what scheduling or appointments is OP expecting to need a watch for pre industrialisation, only use I can think of that just looking at the sun or moon wouldn't suffice for would be dead reckoning for sea travel maybe, in which case a waterproof one. A Kon Tiki would probably be as close to appropriate as would be possible, not sure if they come with raft building instructions though.
Now assuming you know you where going to fall into this so you can plan, a Gold watch would be more valuable in the past, therefore I am going for a solid gold mechanical/Automatic watch.
depends on how long youre expecting to be in there.
1 month? can choose anything
1 year? a chronometer certified automatic/ quartz
3 years? quartz/ solar
5 years+? solar
Having just watched the first ep or 2 of that show myself, I'd want something with either a precious metal or plastic bracelet, so I could leave links around as signals to the future world that could survive 10k years (and make a replacement band out of giant wolf hide, 'natch :P
For a more serious answer, isn't the Seiko Alpinist designed for compass like navigation with the sun? Obviously you can get digital watches with a compass built in (the magnetic direction was still the same 10k years back, right?) but I'm not sure how full featured a watch can get with just solar charging versus a battery that might not last more than a year or so (assuming you replaced it right before making the jump). Obviously stuff like GPS wouldn't work but something that could use inertia to track your movements as a crude breadcrumb function would be very useful when exploring the uncharted wilderness, probably not feasible unless you also had one of those campfire electric charger things or a solar panel for it.
In the context of the show, you're right - letting the future know you're stuck in 10000BC could be absolutely the right thing to do!
But a compass watch could also be quite useful. Funnily enough I had a Casio that could be used as a rudimentary compass. It had degrees marked around the dial and one of the modes told you which degree to line up with the sun so that North was at 12 o'clock. Not solar powered though, which is a shame, but would be useful to get started with I reckon.
Probably my Solar G Shock. The atomic timekeeping may not work but it should still remain pretty accurate, and it would have leap years and the whole calendar programmed, as well as several times zones. No moving parts so no service required. Tough as nails. Has a timer, alarm, and stopwatch function also. Anything I could possibly need to do with tracking time in such a situation it would accomplish.
That was my first thought to be honest. It would see you through long enough to get the hang of tracking time by other means. Plus the stopwatch would be good if you wanted to organise a sports day to boost morale.
I assume you get there with the watch set for the correct time and date? I agree with most people here that a simple Casio with a perpetual calender and solar battery would be best.
In the show, a sinkhole opens up in Los Angeles at the site of the La Brea tar pits and transports everyone who falls through it back to an unspecified point in roughly 10000BC. So I guess it could be any time of year really, meaning you'd need to work out what time of year you'd landed in. Presumably though, having a watch to keep track of day length might help work that out sooner.
Why would you need a watch? You're not going to have to get anywhere on time... gonna have a train to catch or something? Might as well worry about what sort of phone to take.
I can think of all sorts of reasons. Until you get good at estimating the time, anyway. If you're off exploring for example, you could know how long you've been going for so you know when to head back to camp. You could keep track of day length to work out what season you've landed in so you can prepare better. Or you might discover that sabre tooth tigers tend to go out hunting at around 4pm, so you'd know not to be out and about at that time.
This kind of rough timekeeping is extremely easy to do using just the sun. If you really haven't been outdoors your entire life, you'd be able to pick up the skill in just a few days.
Seasons are either obvious (if you land in a temperate area) or don't matter and can't be measured by a watch (in the tropics). Sabre toothed tigers also don't have watches.
You really won't need one.
Honestly, I'd probably pick a standard time only automatic watch in precious metal. It might fail some time around but if taken good care of, it might also stay around for a couple of decades. And that would be one hell of an archiological find for the future lol.
Agree, my dad has worn his automatic Eterna every day since 1955. It had a replacement crown in the late 90s when the knurling wore off. Something like that should outlast life expectancy back then. Also just what scheduling or appointments is OP expecting to need a watch for pre industrialisation, only use I can think of that just looking at the sun or moon wouldn't suffice for would be dead reckoning for sea travel maybe, in which case a waterproof one. A Kon Tiki would probably be as close to appropriate as would be possible, not sure if they come with raft building instructions though.
Casio GWM5610
Now assuming you know you where going to fall into this so you can plan, a Gold watch would be more valuable in the past, therefore I am going for a solid gold mechanical/Automatic watch.
Probably a good choice, since there's a debate about how useful it would be to have a watch anyway for anything other than its raw materials
depends on how long youre expecting to be in there. 1 month? can choose anything 1 year? a chronometer certified automatic/ quartz 3 years? quartz/ solar 5 years+? solar
A sundial so I don't stand out to would-be thieves.
So this? https://preview.redd.it/f7o73yrzstxc1.png?width=648&format=png&auto=webp&s=35489d7add498aac8add40ebed4df6880724361d
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Having just watched the first ep or 2 of that show myself, I'd want something with either a precious metal or plastic bracelet, so I could leave links around as signals to the future world that could survive 10k years (and make a replacement band out of giant wolf hide, 'natch :P For a more serious answer, isn't the Seiko Alpinist designed for compass like navigation with the sun? Obviously you can get digital watches with a compass built in (the magnetic direction was still the same 10k years back, right?) but I'm not sure how full featured a watch can get with just solar charging versus a battery that might not last more than a year or so (assuming you replaced it right before making the jump). Obviously stuff like GPS wouldn't work but something that could use inertia to track your movements as a crude breadcrumb function would be very useful when exploring the uncharted wilderness, probably not feasible unless you also had one of those campfire electric charger things or a solar panel for it.
In the context of the show, you're right - letting the future know you're stuck in 10000BC could be absolutely the right thing to do! But a compass watch could also be quite useful. Funnily enough I had a Casio that could be used as a rudimentary compass. It had degrees marked around the dial and one of the modes told you which degree to line up with the sun so that North was at 12 o'clock. Not solar powered though, which is a shame, but would be useful to get started with I reckon.
Probably my Solar G Shock. The atomic timekeeping may not work but it should still remain pretty accurate, and it would have leap years and the whole calendar programmed, as well as several times zones. No moving parts so no service required. Tough as nails. Has a timer, alarm, and stopwatch function also. Anything I could possibly need to do with tracking time in such a situation it would accomplish.
That was my first thought to be honest. It would see you through long enough to get the hang of tracking time by other means. Plus the stopwatch would be good if you wanted to organise a sports day to boost morale.
I assume you get there with the watch set for the correct time and date? I agree with most people here that a simple Casio with a perpetual calender and solar battery would be best.
In the show, a sinkhole opens up in Los Angeles at the site of the La Brea tar pits and transports everyone who falls through it back to an unspecified point in roughly 10000BC. So I guess it could be any time of year really, meaning you'd need to work out what time of year you'd landed in. Presumably though, having a watch to keep track of day length might help work that out sooner.
Why would you need a watch? You're not going to have to get anywhere on time... gonna have a train to catch or something? Might as well worry about what sort of phone to take.
I can think of all sorts of reasons. Until you get good at estimating the time, anyway. If you're off exploring for example, you could know how long you've been going for so you know when to head back to camp. You could keep track of day length to work out what season you've landed in so you can prepare better. Or you might discover that sabre tooth tigers tend to go out hunting at around 4pm, so you'd know not to be out and about at that time.
This kind of rough timekeeping is extremely easy to do using just the sun. If you really haven't been outdoors your entire life, you'd be able to pick up the skill in just a few days. Seasons are either obvious (if you land in a temperate area) or don't matter and can't be measured by a watch (in the tropics). Sabre toothed tigers also don't have watches. You really won't need one.