favorite enlarger timer?

[stradibarrius]

there are so many darkroom timers available...I have several of the old clock face type but used a digital type in a darkroom class I took a couple of years ago. I thought I might try one so I thought I would see if there are any major differences. For me having repeatable settings and easy to read display and easy adjustments are the important features.

recommendations?

[Tony Lakin]

RH Designs range of timers are superb.

http://www.rhdesigns.co.uk/

[E. von Hoegh]

Time-O-Lite, and WWV for dodging & burning.

[John Kasaian]

A (dare I say it?) Ancient steam-punk Gra-lab, with an old school steel case with a wee bit of corrosion for character, and a power cord with an unprotected ground. Also an old bakelite Kalt I purchase new in 1970, for shorter exposures.
They both are accurate and they both work fine.
Theres nothin' cheesey about my gear, nosiree!

[E. von Hoegh]

A (dare I say it?) Ancient steam-punk Gra-lab, with an old school steel case with a wee bit of corrosion for character, and a power cord with an unprotected ground.
Nothing cheesey about it, nosiree!

I use the GraLab for developing, I can read the dial in the dark.

[Doremus Scudder]

Whatever timer I use to enlarge must have an audible beep to keep track of the seconds. I rarely rely on the timer to actually time my prints. I have an Omega audible timer on one enlarger that is set to 99 seconds. I start the timer with a footswitch and just count seconds. Another enlarger has a Zone VI timer/stabilizer. It also beeps seconds. For years I got along with a simple on/off footswitch, a piece of matboard and a metronome.

I can't imagine doing dodging and burning without being able to simultaneously watch what I'm doing and count seconds.

There are a whole lot of timers out there that make noise every second. Get one of those.

Best,

Doremus

[E. von Hoegh]

Whatever timer I use to enlarge must have an audible beep to keep track of the seconds. I rarely rely on the timer to actually time my prints. I have an Omega audible timer on one enlarger that is set to 99 seconds. I start the timer with a footswitch and just count seconds. Another enlarger has a Zone VI timer/stabilizer. It also beeps seconds. For years I got along with a simple on/off footswitch, a piece of matboard and a metronome.

I can't imagine doing dodging and burning without being able to simultaneously watch what I'm doing and count seconds.

There are a whole lot of timers out there that make noise every second. Get one of those.

Best,

Doremus

Why I use this - http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/wwv.cfm

[Michael Graves]

I have a Gralab 660 digital that I like a lot. I can plug both my 5x7 and my 4x5 enlarger to it simultaneously (at the same time, even) and switch back and forth, so that only one timer is needed and I don't have to do a lot of wire shifting. It's got a foot switch that lets me burn and dodge (using the fancy tools I got from Reinhart).

[bob carnie]

Gray lab 450 is my favourite timer

[Jim Jones]

A digital clock that ticks once a second is cheap and adequate.