Thanks fresh and RobertK for the info.
I'm a newbie here and don't know all the linqo. Anyway, having not actually handled a gen. it looks to be that the bezel is not on. yes, will info if trigger is pulled have four other watches i'm looking at. then there's the figuring out who to use. just got burned a month ago for $550. kinda funny when i look back on it but, i'm not gonna tell nor am i taking the chance of it happening again without having done some leg work. really like this forum though. Thanks again.