How the Casio F-91W became the world’s most versatile (and dangerous) watch
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#2> However, after 9/11, investigators at Guantanamo Bay started to notice a strange pattern. Some 32 inmates were found to be wearing the F-91W at the time of their apprehension
When I was in the British Army almost everyone wore this watch (actually the green light version whatever that is called). I used to carry two in case the one on my wrist became damaged. I think it's just a universal soldier thing, not a suspected terrorist or bomb-making thing.
Re: How the Casio F-91W became the world’s most versatile (and dangerous) watch
#3 It’s a statement of cool detachment and a brilliant
way of blowing up explosives.
Is there some reason the watch is "a brilliant way of blowing up explosives" compared to any other watch on the market? Or has the journalist just made that up?
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#4This is one of those pathetic propaganda stories from The War Against Terror that people will regurgitate for years to come. See also how 'al-qaeda' stored messages as 'drafts' on Yahoo mail so that they could outsmart the CIA. These sorts of stories are popular with 'educated' people that think they read the news and form their own opinions about fundamental-islamic-extremalism rather than just admit to being brainwashed by the defence-sector owned mainstream media.
Re: How the Casio F-91W became the world’s most versatile (and dangerous) watch
#5It’s a statement of cool detachment and a brilliant way of blowing up explosives. I've never heard anyone give a satisfying explanation of why the F-91W is any better at blowing explosives than any other cheap digital watch with an alarm. Surely all you have to do is take the signal from the beeper, amplify, and connect to your trigger circuit - which you could do with any watch with an alarm. Is there some reason th…
Yep, I agree with your argument. I can't see how this model Casio is any better than the equivalent Timex, Armitron, etc. Is the beeper signal approach you suggest viable?
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#6> However, after 9/11, investigators at Guantanamo Bay started to notice a strange pattern. Some 32 inmates were found to be wearing the F-91W at the time of their apprehension When I was in the British Army almost everyone wore this watch (actually the green light version whatever that is called). I used to carry two in case the one on my wrist became damaged. I think it's just a universal soldier thing, not a suspe…
That's interesting... my present watch is a super cheap Timex that doesn't even have a date function. The best reviews on Amazon were from soldiers. One of them said that he already has every possible electronic doo-dad strapped to his body, and all he needs from a watch is being able to tell the time.
For my use, I guessed that the date function (on a mechanical watch) is what eats the battery, and indeed, this watch has a very long battery life.
Re: How the Casio F-91W became the world’s most versatile (and dangerous) watch
#7> However, after 9/11, investigators at Guantanamo Bay started to notice a strange pattern. Some 32 inmates were found to be wearing the F-91W at the time of their apprehension When I was in the British Army almost everyone wore this watch (actually the green light version whatever that is called). I used to carry two in case the one on my wrist became damaged. I think it's just a universal soldier thing, not a suspe…
Same here just not this one but a Gshock series and it was the standard watch for the army.
Having a watch is very important when you are in the military it's used for every activity and for navigating.
"Terrorists" use it for the same reason you can't organize anything without accurate and available time keeping.
The Casio is reliable, cheap, durable and lasts for decades.
Re: How the Casio F-91W became the world’s most versatile (and dangerous) watch
#8It’s a statement of cool detachment and a brilliant way of blowing up explosives. I've never heard anyone give a satisfying explanation of why the F-91W is any better at blowing explosives than any other cheap digital watch with an alarm. Surely all you have to do is take the signal from the beeper, amplify, and connect to your trigger circuit - which you could do with any watch with an alarm. Is there some reason th…
Could be reliability or voltage related, more likely just availability Japan didn't participate in most sanctions and Asian goods are more readily available in the Middle East.
Re: How the Casio F-91W became the world’s most versatile (and dangerous) watch
#9It’s a statement of cool detachment and a brilliant way of blowing up explosives. I've never heard anyone give a satisfying explanation of why the F-91W is any better at blowing explosives than any other cheap digital watch with an alarm. Surely all you have to do is take the signal from the beeper, amplify, and connect to your trigger circuit - which you could do with any watch with an alarm. Is there some reason th…
Yep, I agree with your argument. I can't see how this model Casio is any better than the equivalent Timex, Armitron, etc. Is the beeper signal approach you suggest viable?
In every walk of society, there are hipsters chasing cachet brands, maybe?
Re: How the Casio F-91W became the world’s most versatile (and dangerous) watch
#10It’s a statement of cool detachment and a brilliant way of blowing up explosives. I've never heard anyone give a satisfying explanation of why the F-91W is any better at blowing explosives than any other cheap digital watch with an alarm. Surely all you have to do is take the signal from the beeper, amplify, and connect to your trigger circuit - which you could do with any watch with an alarm. Is there some reason th…
Could be reliability or voltage related, more likely just availability Japan didn't participate in most sanctions and Asian goods are more readily available in the Middle East.
>Japan didn't participate in most sanctions and Asian goods are more readily available in the Middle East.
As opposed to watches made in the US or Europe? Aren't most electronics made in China/Japan anyways?