Originally Posted by juanvaldez
For me, best watch for traveling is one you don't need to take off while going through secuity. That would mean that it shouldn't have a heavy metal bracelet. I travel with a Tag Heuer Carrera Twin-Time black leather strap.
Has a GMT hand along with a great clasp mechanism. Costs enough to make me enjoy wearing it but not enough so that I'd kill myself over losing it.
Here's a photo. Almost like mine, except mine has the alligator strap, not this one with the holes:
http://www.thewatchery.com/WatchImages/Med/3130.jpg
Depending on the size of the watch, even one on a strap might set it off. I have a Breitling Navitimer on a calfskin strap and that almost always would go ding at security until I started taking it off and putting it in my backpack.