I love the idea of vibrating alarms. I think a vibrating alarm on a watch makes as much sense as a vibrating ringer on a mobile phone. Unfortunately, if you want a silent watch, you dont have a lot of choices. Some options that come to mind are the Tissot High-T, the Tissot Silen-T, the Casio G-Shock GW-400J, and now the newest addition: the Casio G-Shock GL-7500HD.The Casio GL-7500HD is a Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Chrono intended for water sports, the idea being if your swimming, surfing, water skiing, etc., youre not likely to hear an alarm. Additional water-related features include a tide graph and water resistance to 200 meters (about 650 feet). Heres the full feature list for the Casio GL-7500HD:Vibrating alarm.
Tide graph.World time (preprogrammed for 28 cities).Three daily alarms and one snooze alarm.Countdown timer.Stopwatch with a resolution of 1/100 of a second.Automatic calendar.Water-resistant to 200 meters, or about 650 feet.As far as my own personal G-Shock collection goes, I usually dont bother with Omega Speedmaster Professional anything that isnt atomic and solar anymore simply because I think those are two very useful features that Casio has really implemented well (see the Casio G-Shock GW-400J). But if your criteria is less stringent, and your priorities are a tough, inexpensive watch with a vibrating alarm, The Casio G-Shock GL-7500HD looks like a very good fit. And it is readily available in the US for only around $80.
John over at The Wrist Watch Review got his hands on one of the new Fossil Atari Asteroids watches. These things look like a lot of fun, especially if you used to be an Atari 2600 junkie, like myself. The watch isnt playable, unfortunately, but Omega Speedmaster Racing Chronometer is animated, which means the asteroids (blobs) and the ship () do actually move. The Fossil Atari Asteroids watch runs $125, and is available on Fossils site. If these types of watches appeal to you, dont wait because this is a limited edition of only 5,000 pieces total, and only 2,000 slotted for the US.
