I looked through the other (recent) watches thread, but didn't see much information useful to my current search. Given the wide range of experience in our little group, I thought I'd try this.

Criteria:

I have a hard limit of probably not more than $250

I _must_ have a durable watch (I'm very hard on stuff, and my current watch has taken some serious beatings)

I'm looking for some kind of non-battery-replacement watch (eco-drive, kinetic, etc)

Date is nice, but not mandatory

Stopwatch also nice, but not mandatory (an elapsed-time bevel would be good enough)

Given the above, for y'all with experience and/or watch collections, what would you recommend? Or am I asking the impossible?

I've looked at this on Amazon, and would be looking for something comparable, I just have no experience with watches other than the Timex Iron-man I have now and the same one I had previously.

Thanks all.