My post re. Leatherman's new Tread multitool bracelet (w/optional watch), reminded me of another question I had: what the forum members thought New Mac would wear as a watch? (assuming he didn't just rely upon his smartphone) Have watches been discussed before?
There are many different alternatives. There's mechanical or quartz electric movements. Under mechanical, there's automatic/self-winding or manual. Under quartz, there's electronic digital display or, usually, mechanical analog dial. There's also replaceable battery or solar powered.
To me, the show's use of a plain Timex Camper was a mistake that I don't think they should repeat. While an analog dial would allow him to improvise a sun compass during the day if there wasn't cloud cover and his location would work with it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_direction#Watch_face), I don't recall him doing that. Even back in the '80s they could have given him a watch w/more functionality. Just having an analog dialed watch with a functional bezel would have made his watch more useful. See four functional bezel examples at:
http://chronomaddox.com/4bezels.html That list does not even include the simple, unidirectional rotating bezel of a diver's watch used to keep track of submersion time, like on a Rolex Submariner:
Even a simple diver's watch bezel have provided Mac with more functionality than a Camper. (And, yes, they are found on watches a LOT cheaper than a Rolex and were around decades before the show.)
That got me to thinking about a watch w/analog dial that incorporated more than one functional bezel (a multifunction watch), and I found one by Victorinox:
http://www.swissarmy.com/us/product/Timepi...onograph/241527It has a diver's rotating bezel outside of a tachymeter bezel. Downsides is it is $2,300 US retail and it is big at 44mm dia., so goes against Mac's "low-profile" style-philosophy that helped him avoid attracting unwanted attention. (FYI: a tachymeter scale requires a chronograph watch (stopwatch function), which raises its "profile" w/extra pushers (push buttons), and extra hand.)
Wenger offers another possibility:
http://www.wengerna.com/nomad-compass-70430It has a built in LED compass, which I'm sure, would have come in handy for Mac and it is a lot cheaper at $400 US, but it is also big (43mm dia) and noticeable.
The soon-to-be-released Leatherman Tread with watch option could work. The watch has a diver's bezel, but I don't know it's diameter and I don't know if the tools are redundant when EDCing a SAK.
There's the watch Jack Bauer used (but a discontinued black version) w/built-in LEDs:
http://www.specialopswatch.com/products-pa...s/thunder-hawk/And last, once it comes out, there is the Apple Watch:
https://www.apple.com/watch/ They're making a lot of variations and I haven't looked into all of its functions yet, but think it will have built in GPS and a maps app so you will know where you are all the time. I do not think it has a function for transmitting information, like calling 9-1-1 or the Phoenix Foundation.
Of course, there are a TON of Casio G-Shock variations, most of which could fit Mac's active lifestyle.
http://www.casio.com/products/Watches/G-Shock/http://www.gshock.com/watches/But again, "on the job" his "tools" were handy and low-profile so as not to raise eyebrows and/or get them confiscated.
I can make this more complicated: what type of band/strap would he use for his watch? Leather/simulated? Synthetic? Metal? Paracord? Leatherman Track???
What do you think/feel?