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Wenger Commando blends grunt-like build with sophisticated style

Going “commando” has a whole new meaning as Wenger has introduced a stylish new sports watch. While most sports timepieces dominate your wrist with their bulky design, Wenger’s Men’s Commando Patagonian Expedition Race Watch successfully walks the fine line between athletic and sophisticated. For the adventurer, the shock-proof watch features a thick rubber wrist strap, stainless steel case, and scratch-resistant crystal face.

Like most sports watches, it’s also waterproof to 330 feet and sports a built-in tachymeter along the bezel. And it is Swiss made with a full weep second hand so it doesn’t lack in style – after all, even a would-be commando has to look good!

In fact, appearance-wise the Commando has all the traits of an everyday watch with a clean analog face that lets it easily blend in from the great outdoors to a more intimate setting. And if the watch’s $450 price tag makes you hesitate, fear not for a quick Google search shows this watch for as low as $207 via Amazon.com. Continue reading Wenger Commando blends grunt-like build with sophisticated style

Computer Differentiates Swim Strokes, Laps

Not sure what stroke you're swimming? The Swimsense will confirm.

This little computer likes to get wet. Some swimmers already wear a heart rate monitor in the pool to track exertion and calories burned, but that’s only part of the picture. Swimsense from Finis records the number of laps swum, total distance, calories burned, lap time, pace, and stroke count. It can even differentiate between backstroke, breastroke, butterfly and freestyle as you’re putting in those laps. Go home and sync the Swimsense with your computer to log how many laps you swim in a week, and your training progress.

If there’s anything disappointing about this watersport watch, it’s that there’s not an optional heart rate monitor for those who don’t mind wearing a strap on their chest in the pool. It makes the calories burned measure more accurate, and helps swimmers better pace themselves.

The Swimsense Performance Monitor will be available for the holidays, and just in time for swimmers making New Year’s resolutions to up their number of laps and keep at it. The monitor is expected to retail for about $199.

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