Time-O-Light / Omega Repeating Audible timers. On long development marathons late into the night, the metronone keeps me company when I forget to turn on the radio. And the repeater makes timing errors non-existant.
I mainly use them for timing paper development. I develop by time, as opposed to inspection. Most of my enlargers are plugged into Gralabs though and I do like them.
digital GraLab 505, great timer!
the display can be dimmed enough to be used for film development.
Héctor Navarro Agraz
It's been a while since my time in a darkroom, but my vote goes for the Zone VI enlarging timer. I call it the simplest of the most sophisticated timers. Worked like a charm, very intuitive (once you get a hang of it). I'd venture to say that this was one of a few top products Fred Picker put out. Mine is sitting in a box, but hopefully will see some use again. Regardless, I'll never part with, if nothing else it'll go on the wall in a frame.
Witold
simplest solutions are usually the most difficult ...
RH Design Stop Clock Pro, it changed the way I print...I don't know if my prints are better but I enjoy printing a lot more!
Filippo
A 75 year old metronome works for me. One was good enough for Ansel, it is more than good enough tfor me.
Another emphatic vote for RH Designs, only I have the Analyzer Pro. It's similar to the Stop Clock Pro, but includes metering functions for matching paper grades with the negatives and for nailing proper exposure times without dickering around.
Any of the RHD (or now SDS, I understand) F-Stop timers would be recommended, regardless of the specific model. I also second the comments about f-stop printing. Once you have calibrated your brain to think and work this way, you'll never want to do anything else.
GraLab
Another happy user of the RH stop clock. Best thing I have used.
I like Gralab 300 Timer for one of kind and Time-O-Lite M-72 Darkroom Timer for make the same photo over and over
Dave
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I have a Mark Time for 60 seconds and a Gralab for longer times.
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
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