As an engineer I like these watches because they keep time extremely accurately. The drift on mine is something like 1-2 seconds per month.
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#62I've been wearing a Casio F-91W for a number of years now and it really is a joy. It's always there, and it always works. I've gone down the rabbit hole with expensive time pieces but they become a burden / obligation rather than a tool - especially as the prices of certain pieces in the secondary market have gone so high - so over time I've reverted back to much cheaper watches and find myself getting more joy out o…
I agree on all points, except I prefer my watches mechanical, rather than electronic. So I got one of the cheapest Seiko automatic watches. Being mechanical it's obviously going to cost more and keep time much less accurately than a quartz watch. Other than that, I identify with your comment. The cheap automatic Seiko is always there, and it always works. Don't have to worry about putting it away and then needing to…
On the note of cheap automatic watches, Starking is shockingly good (and good looking) for a $60 automatic watch. It has a lot of issues when put under a microscope, but it's accurate enough for daily wear.
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#63Can the ROM be read and flashed back on Casio watches?
I once bought a solar G-shock but the watch UI is horrible: it does not display the battery charge anywhere on the watch. Instead, it wants you to install a Casio app that connects to the watch via BT. However, even the app doesn't show the battery charge with more than a few scrambled pixels in a small icon. So, useless.
I still don't know how much battery I had left at the time: I eventually got a low battery warning during the winter with no good sunlight to charge it and so I forgot about the watch. You would think a solar watch would want to boast with a highly visible battery level indicator on the screen, and also because it would be a very useful thing.
If the ROMs are hackable I'd be interested in looking at the assembly if for nothing else but to fix that battery level indicator.
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#64There's something quite pleasing about simple watches. I think the think I liked primarily was only having to worry about changing/charging the battery every couple of years.
I've still got a beat up Casio VDB-200 which was a 90's touchscreen + databank watch. The last time I put a battery in it, it still had my school timetable programmed in. I'll throw another battery in it tonight and see if it's still working.
If I'm expecting to get stuck in a public waiting room then the CMD-40 is great. IRDA TV remote built in, so a TV-be-Gone a decade earlier. The TV-be-gone is a lot quicker and more ranged about it, but this was baffling to teachers in the 90s.
Having had to google both of them (I can't read the numbers off the back), I'm amazed at the sort of prices they're both commanding. I thought they were cool and rare as a kid; it still seems to be the case :)
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#65Shocked someone has not posted the article about why its so popular among al-Qaida. Always a fun read. https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkebp8/casio-f91w-watch-terr...
They Americans will send you to Gitmo for wearing one of these.
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#66I have a Casio F-105W. The resin strap broke after 2 years of wearing it inconsistently. I would not buy it again. I also have a Casio MQ24 (analog). It has a resin strap, which so far hasn't broken. When it does I will upgrade to an analog watch without a better strap. I prefer analog because the hands act as a visualization of them time. They make a pie chart. I am somewhat "time blind" so this helps me.
> I would not buy it again. Seems likely bad luck I've a few Casio F-91Ws and wear them everyday. The strap on the most recently-purchased one broke after a few weeks of infrequent use. The rest I've had for many years, never had any issues.
Thanks for the feedback. They have great reviews, so I suspect you are right.
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#67I have this watch. My wife spent weeks trying to sell it on Facebook marketplace but they kept insisting it was an inappropriate item even after human intervention. I know it has connections with IEDs and terrorism, so I wonder if it is related to that.
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#68Can the ROM be read and flashed back on Casio watches? I once bought a solar G-shock but the watch UI is horrible: it does not display the battery charge anywhere on the watch. Instead, it wants you to install a Casio app that connects to the watch via BT. However, even the app doesn't show the battery charge with more than a few scrambled pixels in a small icon. So, useless. I still don't know how much battery I had…
Regarding the battery meter — Casio just updated much of the classic g-shock line with the 5xxxU versions. They have many much requested features including a battery indicator.
Example: https://www.otto.de/p/casio-g-shock-funk-multifunktionsuhr-g...
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#69I have this watch. My wife spent weeks trying to sell it on Facebook marketplace but they kept insisting it was an inappropriate item even after human intervention. I know it has connections with IEDs and terrorism, so I wonder if it is related to that.
Thats weird. Amazon even sells bulk packs:
https://www.amazon.com/Casio-Special-Package-Classic-Chronog...
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is there any way you can link up the exact video? I'd like to examine my Casio.
I don't have a video link handy, but this British mod dude has a very brief summary: Guide.Zenn22.Shop (redirects to a steam site I think). He has many modded F91W's on eBay. I have one "fake" F91W, it's actally SKMEI branded and keeps fine time. Not sure I believe his claim that the fakes are so inaccurate, but maybe.
How do you like SKMEI? Backlight must be way better than F91W.