With the exchange rate it worked out as £97. The ones on eBay were around £120 so it was worth a punt. I've never had a G and haven't had a digital for over 30 years. It's a lot of watch for the money.
With the exchange rate it worked out as £97. The ones on eBay were around £120 so it was worth a punt. I've never had a G and haven't had a digital for over 30 years. It's a lot of watch for the money.
Just received a GW-5000 strap for my GW-5610. I was sceptic at first, I know the GW-5000 strap is rubber so more comfortable but I reckoned you would notice that more on the heavier GW-5000. My reasoning was that a heavier watch will shoft more on the wrist, so a comfier strap to keep it in place will help. Only one way to find out: buy it. The strap arrived, I fitted it and even on my light 5610 it does feel better. Looks are pretty similar, side by side you can tell the difference but it really is nice on the wrist. Hardly felt the 5610 before and now it is near weightless :-)
GWF 1000B-1Jf
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That's for Monday
King for a day
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It occurs to me that with the rise of smartwatches which will inevitably begin to compete with the likes of G-Shocks (although not quite yet since they are not yet robust enough), perhaps Casio will finally be persuaded to make month/day order configurable!
Spent the day decorating although there seems to be as much paint on me as the walls.
^^^ Hey, that's a good idea for a new G-Shock special edition!
I don't know, Casio seem weirdly resistant to any changes in their not-particularly-optimal UI. For example, the first mode selected is often world time. It takes you another three button presses to get to the alarm. But I use the alarm a lot more often than I go abroad!Originally Posted by markrlondon
Then you have to hold down the button for what seems like ages in order to enter setting mode. The button doesn't have any other function, so why not just press it to set?
Then there's the light. On all Gs I've seen, pressing any other button immediately switches off the light. So let's say you want to time something at night. You press the light to see the display, then press MODE to select the stopwatch - but the light has turned off, so you can't see when you get to stopwatch mode. When you finally do, you turn on the light again and press START. The flipping light goes off again and you can't see the display!
These are my three so far lots more on my future purchases list though
GWF 1000BS -.1jf for today after a long & breathtaking Champions League night :-)
For Friday the 13th :-)
Decisions! decisions! do I get rid of some watches, or, do I buy a bigger watch box?
You still only have one watch box!?
I thought I was collecting watches but I now seem to have a collection of Lidl tea watch boxes. ;-)
You're right - I'd never really thought about it but the UI is odd - I just haven't really noticed as I've got so used to it. I also find it odd how some really useful functions only appear on certain models. For example the 7710 has adjustable screen contrast, and you can set the hourly chime to operate between eg certain hours on weekdays only, daily alarm weekdays only etc. Shame the watch itself is not the most attractive but the functions are killer - and only appear on that model???!
I agree. My favourite example is one-time alarms. On the GD-350, you can set any individual alarm to either OFF, ON, or 1TIME. ON means the alarm goes off at the same time every day. 1TIME just goes off one time, and doesn't repeat the next day. Because I don't usually have to use the alarm, 1TIME is perfect for me. With other watches, I set the alarm, wake up (grumbling), and then grumble even more the next day when I'm woken up entirely unnecessarily because I forgot to go and turn the alarm off!
I've never seen this feature on any other G, and it hardly seems like a premium feature that Casio would deliberately withhold from cheaper models (nor is the GD-350 a premium model).
As John Oliver might put it, "**** you, Casio. **** you."
These are my three. Bought the red one from SC and it's actually the same model as the other
one, bar the red plastic (it's a mod of some sort).
I know what you mean. The basis of the UI is quite good in my opinion but things like mode order seem to vary.
One my old CA-901, which was the first Casio watch I owned, the mode select order made sense: Main time -> stopwatch -> alarm -> dual time -> game. In some more modern cases, Casio have kept this order and in others that have altered it. I don't know why.
On my G-9000 it goes: Main time -> stopwatch 1 -> stopwatch 2 -> countdown timer -> alarm -> world time. So it's effectively the same as my old CA-901. Why two stopwatches on this model? I don't know. It all seems strangely random.
Of course, the growth of smartwatches might perhaps encourage Casio to allow the user to define their own mode select order!
I prefer that one Casio's way. It avoids any possible error and I like that. :-)
Oh yes, I agree. This is a truly bizarre design decision. The light should stay on no matter what else is being done and should be configurable to stay on for longer, too.
Yup, this is an odd thing too. Like the two stopwatches on my G-9000. I've no idea why this model needed two concurrent, independent stopwatches and others do not.
A recent arrival. Toned it down a bit with the black replacement strap, but have a feeli g it might be goi g back on the orange soon.
I think the g9000 is a 'rally' watch designed for timing rally stages. It also happens to be mud resistant. They're obviously aiming it at a specific enthusiast who times rally's and rolls in mud!?!
Weekend choice
GWF 1000RD-4
I've noticed most of your frogman collection is on medium charge and failing to synch - time to stuck them on a window sill pointing in the right direction I think! 😉
Summer time is coming. Stay put. In the meantime enjoy the beauties here on TZ :-)I've noticed most of your frogman collection is on medium charge and failing to synch - time to stuck them on a window sill pointing in the right direction I think!
It's really refreshing to hear you're not really bothered about the charge levels. I've read so many threads with people agonising over charge levels etc! When I got my frogman last year it was on medium, after literally a day on my wrist on a sunny spring day it went to high and has never come down (even though it lives in the dark usually). I'm looking forward to wearing mine more this year, I don't find it gets on very well with coats or long sleeves!
I keep looking at buying a Casio G-Shock Rangeman, I have little use for all the sensors, temp, compass, Altimeter, Barometer. But it looks so nice, someone talk me out of this please!
Buy it. It's cool. It's fun. You want it! ;-)
The only thing that would make a Rangeman better in my opinion is a metal bracelet. Has anyone done one for it yet?
You're not helping, then what more should I expect in this thread!
The Rangie is the kind of watch I would have killed for when I was a little kid (well, littler than I am now, anyway). It's got every function going and it looks absolutely badass.
This!
Yes, it's like a horological Johnny Seven
BADASS!! yes!
GWFT 1030E-9
Monday choice :-)
Mine, well worn but going strong.
Rangeman on Wednesday
Arrived yesterday. Not sure I'm keen on the bracelet so have just ordered a resin strap for it.
Looks great!! drop me a pm if you decide to sell the bracelet, Dom.Arrived yesterday. Not sure I'm keen on the bracelet so have just ordered a resin strap for it.
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Looks great!! drop me a pm if you decide to sell the bracelet, Dom.Arrived yesterday. Not sure I'm keen on the bracelet so have just ordered a resin strap for it.
Nice, really like that colour!
Thank you Essexman :-)
Friday Froggy
Here's a bang up to date pic of mine, been wearing it virtually every day since I bought it a couple of years ago, absolutely bomb proof fantastic thing it is.
New G shock arrived this week after buying from the sales corner.
G shock with compass+Paracord bracelet, now I'm ready for the great outdoors!
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I have one of those on the bracelet. And agree it's brilliant. To be honest I don't think that model photographs well, in the flesh they are really excellent and very comfy - plus good lume, the backlight, great functions and easy to read 😀Not a good picture I'm afraid, but my favourite G...
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