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Re: Casio F-B100W-1A

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Post by cmoski »

bestouff wrote: post #135
RoadieRoller wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In my country, 30-40 years back, people who needed a watch were those ones who travel regularly. And travel was mostly using public transport, trains and planes. Most or all of it operated using a 24h time. That button was very useful. Compare that to the mute/silence/DND physical button in iPhones today. Also people who worked in confined spaces who wouldn’t know if it was day or night outside after a days job. My f…

OK, but who would use 12h time ? I never understood, this seems so backwards.

People who can't reliably subtract 12 from numbers. They're out there.

Re: Casio F-B100W-1A

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Post by einpoklum »

Oh, no no no thank you. Don't connect my watch to anything. Not to mention, I expect that to reduce my watch's lifetime by 10x at least.

Interestingly, though, the aesthetic reminds me a bit of my W71, which is more boxy and less angle-y than the classic F-91W.

Re: Casio F-B100W-1A

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Post by nomel »

raffael_de wrote: post #141

I really like my F91W case with a Sensor Watch Pro board and accelerometer sensor. My favorite features: - Piezo alarm is much louder. - Countdown time can be incremented by tapping the watch. - LED color can be changed by adjusting RGB values. - It features sunrise/-set and moon phase info/calendar. - I changed the week day names to German abbreviations. - There are lots of intriguing watch faces that you can compil…

There must be some significant creativity with limitations of the physical display layout! [1]

[1] https://www.crowdsupply.com/img/87bb/b84945f8-c8fd-4a06-9291...

Re: Casio F-B100W-1A

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Post by joombaga »

Sidnicious wrote: post #82
__fst__ wrote: post #45

For anyone interested in modding the F-91W there's also The Ollee Watch, a replacement PCB which adds even more "smart" features. https://www.olleewatch.com/

Sensor Watch is the non-phone-connected OG: https://www.sensorwatch.net

I use one of these daily. Got the expanded screen too. I love the USB design (the side of the board fits inside a USB micro B cable).

Re: Casio F-B100W-1A

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Post by joombaga »

nomel wrote: post #154
raffael_de wrote: post #141

I really like my F91W case with a Sensor Watch Pro board and accelerometer sensor. My favorite features: - Piezo alarm is much louder. - Countdown time can be incremented by tapping the watch. - LED color can be changed by adjusting RGB values. - It features sunrise/-set and moon phase info/calendar. - I changed the week day names to German abbreviations. - There are lots of intriguing watch faces that you can compil…

There must be some significant creativity with limitations of the physical display layout! [1] [1] https://www.crowdsupply.com/img/87bb/b84945f8-c8fd-4a06-9291...

They make a replacement screen too. The feature set depends on the firmware, and you pick the right firmware for your screen (or make your own, it's FOSS).

Re: Casio F-B100W-1A

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Post by 1-more »

caseyohara wrote: post #34
Markoff wrote: post #8

shame it doesn't have notifications, otherwise it would be perfect so I guess I'm staying on my third Amazfit Bip since Pebble Time 2 has insane price

That's an interesting take. I wear a non-smart watch specifically because I don't want notifications or any smart features. I wore an Apple watch for years but went back to a dumb analog watch when I got tired of the distractions.

I've been thinking of going back to a smart watch and only turning on notifications for texts from my wife. This so I can leave my phone out of my hands when I'm with my son.

Re: Casio F-B100W-1A

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Post by sampsn »

i want one of these but i need it bigger. i bought an F-91W last year and its so small, it barely fit on my wrist and it looked like a little girl watch on my wrist.

Re: Casio F-B100W-1A

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Post by bigfatkitten »

bestouff wrote: post #135
RoadieRoller wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In my country, 30-40 years back, people who needed a watch were those ones who travel regularly. And travel was mostly using public transport, trains and planes. Most or all of it operated using a 24h time. That button was very useful. Compare that to the mute/silence/DND physical button in iPhones today. Also people who worked in confined spaces who wouldn’t know if it was day or night outside after a days job. My f…

OK, but who would use 12h time ? I never understood, this seems so backwards.

Americans. The U.S. has a lot of people who are unaccustomed to 24 hour time.
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