Having left my "good" watch at home
and then driven 500km I dropped into a shop in Coonabarabran and bought a $95 stainless steel electronic, available from chain stores throughout Australia. It's timekeeping is as good as anything I have ever owned, better than the digital one I bought in the 70s. It has day and date and the luminous hands are still visible after five hours in the dark. The black dial is easy to read by day and it is supposed to be waterproof to 100 metres.

I have two "better" watches from famous makers but one is pretty but useless in the dark (settle down at the back) and the other is difficult to read at any time. It also runs through batteries at an alarming rate. It is supposed to feature an alarm, but with the best will in the word and the instructions I have never been able to make the damn thing work.
(Redemption blamed it on the Bossa Nova since, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 10:20, Reply)