I wish there were more watches like the IA-1000.
A flip watch goes so hard. Would be a cool flex
The history of Casio watches
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#32Love my G-shock GW-6900. Only weak point is the resin strap, which needs replacing every few years. I do not want a 'smart' watch that needs to be regularly charged and is bleating at me all the time.
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#33From the 2000s section: “The debut of the GW-300J introduced a new line — The G — driven by a passion for creating the ultimate wristwatch: one that would never break, never stop, and never fail to keep precise time.” I have worn the same GShock GW-6900 continuously, all day and night, every day for 15+ years. I wore it in war, diving in the pacific, skydiving, on stage pitching, on TV shows and am currently wearing…
I feel the same about my GW-M5610. I've only had it for about 7 years so I'm still on my original band.
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#34The incredible Sensor Watch after-market board is really worth a mention on a thread like this: https://www.sensorwatch.net/ Joey et al.’s work ports the SPICE astronavigation library to the on board ARM m0 giving you a complete orrery in a classic F91W “Terrorist” watch. It is fantastic ! I really love being able to get an estimate of when and where The Moon will rise, or where Saturn is right now. Timekeeping and a…
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#35From the 2000s section: “The debut of the GW-300J introduced a new line — The G — driven by a passion for creating the ultimate wristwatch: one that would never break, never stop, and never fail to keep precise time.” I have worn the same GShock GW-6900 continuously, all day and night, every day for 15+ years. I wore it in war, diving in the pacific, skydiving, on stage pitching, on TV shows and am currently wearing…
Another GW-6900 fan here. I think you've done pretty well to only have 1 replacement band in that time. Maybe that is because you don't take it off at night!
The only other thing I have with similar levels of toughness is the rogue leather hat I wore for at least 20 years. https://rogue.co.za/collections/headgear But I eventually sweated a hole in it and had to buy another one.
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#36I was having such a nice time reading all that until the final entry in 2023. Yuck.
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#37I really would like some official casio faces on my apple watch.
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#38It's interesting to see how the analog display remained dominant and kept the scope for being artistic and rich, while the digital display appeared exhausted of it's curiosity and awe of 70's and can no longer be made to look trendy.
Lots of people still like G Shocks and digital casios. They are very popular among college students in the U.S
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#39> 2016 - First Casio outdoor watch to run Android Wear OS Could you imagine the situation they were in as the most high-tech watch company in the world? For mainstream relevance you now have to anchor yourself to a smartphone platform that is either a) hostile to your very existence or b) completely abandons their platform and leaves you and your customers out to dry. I know people complain about car manufacturers be…
Casio were decidedly not the most high tech watch company in the world in 2016. The Apple Watch had come out in 2015 and Android watches had been around for years before that.
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#40> 2016 - First Casio outdoor watch to run Android Wear OS Could you imagine the situation they were in as the most high-tech watch company in the world? For mainstream relevance you now have to anchor yourself to a smartphone platform that is either a) hostile to your very existence or b) completely abandons their platform and leaves you and your customers out to dry. I know people complain about car manufacturers be…
> "Peeing yourself to stay warm".
Which in-house OS this was about? For Symbian, "burning platform" was at least honest.