Garmin Fenix 7X Sapphire Solar

A former Fire Controlman from USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN-71, 2020 to 2024, with the Garmin Fenix 7X Sapphire Solar his girlfriend gave him right before the 2024 WESTPAC. His words: packed full of the best and worst times conceivable to our rotten sailor minds. Between weapons system maintenance he walked laps topside, yard time on cell block 71 as he logged it, and let the watch's GPS quietly record where in the world the ship was so he could show her the deployment without saying a word he should not. He is out of the Navy now, working through some health issues, and the watch is still on the wrist. His review: this thing is perfection. Hers was better: she is still his girlfriend. If you have a wrist shot from somewhere that matters, submit at the link in bio. Tempus Est Potentia.

Intel Report

Garmin Fenix 7X Sapphire Solar The Fenix 7X is Garmin's full size expedition watch: 51 millimeters, multi band GPS, onboard maps, a scratch resistant sapphire lens that doubles as a solar panel, and a built in LED flashlight, rated for weeks of battery between charges. It replaces a chart table's worth of instruments for anyone who moves through the world on foot, and aboard ship it becomes something else entirely: a private logbook of everywhere the hull goes. Fire Controlman, CVN-71 The submitter maintained weapons systems aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt from 2020 to 2024 and took the watch on the 2024 WESTPAC deployment. The photos tell the story his way: a Vault Boy watch face for morale, a harness selfie taken aloft, and GPS tracks logged as boating activities, 0.35 nautical miles of flight deck walking at a time, breadcrumbs his girlfriend could follow from home. The watch was her gift before the cruise. Everything it recorded is theirs now.

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