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Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by WanderPanda »

sand500 wrote: post #105
devindotcom wrote: post #104

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The others laugh, but this is great (my house isn't big enough to bother though). Another baby game changer along these lines - buy a 20 pack of small microfiber cloths and hide them in all your coin and inside jacket pockets. Never be without a glasses wipe when you need one. I even give them away to people who forgot theirs, since frequently I'll have two on my person.

Supposedly microfiber cloths are awful for the environment as they leach microplastics if you ever wash them. https://www.wired.com/story/microfibers-are-the-new-microbea...

So just not wash them?

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by accrual »

lwigo wrote: post #141
peteretep wrote: post #127

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But you’d have also spent 30 years wearing a watch that looked like a ten year old was asked to design a super hero watch

This is what I wear: https://slimages.macys.com/is/image/MCY/products/6/optimized...

Looks to be a DW5600BB, I own one of these. It's quite durable but maintains an nice understated appearance. I wore it non-stop for about a year then migrated to an Apple Watch. The G-SHOCK keeps on ticking as a backup watch, though.

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by stevekemp »

komali2 wrote: post #100
RedShift1 wrote: post #90

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What's a NATO setup?

Arguably made famous by James Bond, a Nato strap is an alternative to a metal bracelet or rubber strap for a watch. Basically, a sort of fabric similar to the material your seat belt is made of, is used to strap the watch to your wrist. Lots of exciting colorways. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_watch_strap Here's my Vostok Amphibia on a NATO https://photos.app.goo.gl/vqpq31QVcBKpRbTP8

I collect mechanical watches, and the F-91W is the only digital watch I own.

Really nice to see a Vostok shared! I've got the Komandirskie and Amphibian, along with a bunch of other vintage Soviet pieces (Rateka, etc). Cheap, and cheerful, and always eye-catching.

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by sbierwagen »

ce4 wrote: post #163
Angostura wrote: post #60

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I must be odd. My designated place is my wrist.

That's hard unless you're Buzz Aldrin and wear multiple watches at once :-) https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/opinion-being-one-watch-gu...

The linked article does not mention Buzz Aldrin, or wearing multiple watches?

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by 0_____0 »

Rapzid wrote: post #169
forgotmypw17 wrote: post #133

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I call this Object Saturation. I don't do it with watches, but I do it with charging cables, socks, and toothbrushes. (Of course, I avoid buying things, so I don't buy them.)

Nail clippers. You never know in what room, in what car, or with which pack you'll be when you realize it can't wait any longer.

oh my god i'm not alone

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by grenoire »

_Donny wrote: post #89

I was really entertained by a little note in the manual for the watch: "NOTE: THERE IS NO WAY unit components can be damaged or malfunction due to misoperation of buttons. If confusing information appears on the display it means entry sequence was incorrect. Please read the manual and try again." I don't see many modern manuals stating this.

They don't build them state machine graphs like they used to.

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by cs02rm0 »

peter303 wrote: post #58

I have had them for 30 years. They last on average three years. Three areas of failure: (1) The black plastic hooks to the watch bands fracture. Superglue doesnt seem to last. (2) The watch band tears. I duct-tape it sometimes. But that is temporary. If I have some bands left over from the other failures, I can replace it. (3) In high humidity states moisture sometimes gets into the works and shorts the electronics f…

I replace the watch bands with a NATO strap and fill the casing with silicon oil.

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by nicky0 »

sbierwagen wrote: post #174
ce4 wrote: post #163

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That's hard unless you're Buzz Aldrin and wear multiple watches at once :-) https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/opinion-being-one-watch-gu...

The linked article does not mention Buzz Aldrin, or wearing multiple watches?

I guess they probably intended to link this: https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/buzz-aldrin-rocking-three-...

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by nicky0 »

HPsquared wrote: post #95
bbqmaster999 wrote: post #8

These are great! For less than $10 each, I’ve bought a bunch of them and left them scattered around my apartment and various other places so I can always find a watch. If it’s starting to take me too long to find a watch then the watch density must be getting too low, so I order some more.

What do you do when the hour changes?

My grandmother had severe arthritis and her fingers lacked the fine control needed to set her watch. So she simply kept it set to the same time zone all year round and made a mental note to subtract one hour for half the year.
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