[HN Gopher] More Casio Watch Mods (2017)
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More Casio Watch Mods (2017)
Author : susam
Score : 339 points
Date : 2021-09-21 13:11 UTC (9 hours ago)
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| gbrown_ wrote:
| This is one of the cleanest blog designs I've seen in a while,
| will certainly be taking some inspiration from it.
| golemiprague wrote:
| Just wonder, why people need watch? you can see the time
| everywhere, on the phone, laptop whatever. I have never had a
| situation where I don't have the time available for me that I
| have to carry a specific device on my hand just to tell me the
| time
| jamesbvaughan wrote:
| I love the F-91W and wore one for years before switching to an
| Apple Watch. I don't see myself switching back to the Casio, but
| I do miss it sometimes and wanted to bring as much of it over to
| the Apple Watch as possible, so I put the Casio band on it [0],
| but I haven't been able to put together an Apple Watch face that
| resembles the Casio. Has anyone else tried this and had any luck?
|
| [0] https://jamesbvaughan.com/casio-f91w-apple-watch/
| raju wrote:
| Yes, please! I wore the Casio F105W for over a decade, and
| really want someone to create this.
|
| Your strap looks really nice. I might have to see if I can do
| that with my watch--I have at least 3 F105W lying around right
| now.
| lifeisstillgood wrote:
| The crazy part is the colour fixes are not just "hey that's
| great" but "hey had we done this in 1980 we would have made
| millions more".
|
| If you have to have a corporate engineering strategy, drop Agile
| and Lean and try just letting good people try stuff and see what
| happens.
|
| Once it's working _then_ figure out how to production use and
| market it. Not figure out what you think the market needs and
| then crash develop it.
|
| (I may be over egging my pudding)
| isolli wrote:
| Vostok also has a very active modding community:
| https://modstok.com/
| stevekemp wrote:
| My watch collection is 50% vintage soviet, and modern Vostok
| pieces, and 50% high-end Swiss. Along with a single Casio
| F-91W.
|
| The Vostok pieces are what I'd recommend to anybody interested
| in mechanical watches, they're cheap, cheerful, and come in so
| many varieties and designs.
|
| (Today I'm wearing a Vostok Amphibian 120813.)
| 99_00 wrote:
| I 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.
| lucideer wrote:
| > _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.
| 99_00 wrote:
| Thanks for the feedback. They have great reviews, so I
| suspect you are right.
| jerry1979 wrote:
| The resin straps also don't feel very nice on my wrist. I
| highly recommend a nato strap:
| https://natostrapco.com/collections/all-watch-straps/18mm
|
| I believe any of the 18mm straps should work on the F-105w, but
| make sure to do your own due diligence.
|
| _edit_ : Make sure to check out this site for other kinds of
| nato-style straps:
| https://www.cheapestnatostraps.com/collections/paratrooper-s...
| BuildTheRobots wrote:
| There'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 :)
| ChrisMarshallNY wrote:
| I have 3 Oceanus (Casio boutique brand) watches.
|
| The two that I got in Japan actually have "Casio" under the
| "Oceanus" label.
|
| They are great watches. Not especially cheap, but they are far
| better than my kilobuck Junghans.
|
| I wear none of them, though. I have been wearing my Apple Watch
| (cheaper than the Oceanus watches) for the last couple of years.
| danielg0 wrote:
| Why is this post marked as being from 2017? Wasn't it released
| yesterday (20th according to https://n-o-d-e.net/rss/rss.xml)
| susam wrote:
| I have no idea! I had set the following title while submitting
| this story:
|
| _More Casio Watch Mods (LCD Colors, Transparent Display, Micro
| SD, Strap Remover)_
|
| It appears that a moderator has edited the title and added the
| year 2017 to it while updating it. But it is a mystery where
| they picked "2017" from. It occurs nowhere on the page.
| apgwoz wrote:
| I'm not even sure n-o-d-e was even a thing in 2017!
| igneo676 wrote:
| I came here to say the same thing. This was definitely released
| recently according to the feed, youtube video, and personal
| experience
| stoolpigeon wrote:
| when I was in high school in the 80s we'd do the flipping the
| polarizer thing a lot. Never went beyond that though.
| sharmin123 wrote:
| The Best And Easiest Ways To Protect Yourself From Hackers:
| https://www.hackerslist.co/the-best-and-easiest-ways-to-prot...
| luke2m wrote:
| Love my AQS800W, does anyone have recommendations for a nato
| strap for it?
| salamandersauce wrote:
| Not quite related but I recently got into the world of Game Boy
| modding. Kind of amazing to see all the things like people
| figuring out how to reuse high resolution IPS displays with old
| DMG Game Boys, Bi-inverter mods to improve the original displays,
| 3rd party shells galore too. All for stuff 20-30 years old.
| lapetitejort wrote:
| At this point, all you need is the back motherboard from a
| beaten up Game Boy and you can get a fully function unit for
| about $100. The front daughterboard, screen, power board, sound
| board, membranes, buttons, case, stickers, and lens can be
| bought second hand, and in good quality. Then you can add on
| USB C rechargeable batteries, sound amplifies, AV out (for GBA
| and above, for now)... Every few months a radical new mod comes
| out.
|
| My only concern is that modders might be tempted to pull out
| old mods to install slightly upgraded versions. We're talking
| about 30+ year old devices, and yet the mods are going out of
| date.
| cafemachiavelli wrote:
| The hardware does have its charm, I remember implementing DMG
| on an FPGA some years ago to learn HDL coding and it was a lot
| of fun.
| tipoftheiceberg wrote:
| I've been looking at the Garmin Tactix Delta Solar watch, hoping
| it goes on sale this season. Anyone own this watch?
| approxim8ion wrote:
| The F-91W is a remarkable little watch, and I wear it a lot. I
| did replace the resin strap with the thinnest (because the lugs
| only allow for an extremely thin strap) and cheapest NATO strap I
| could find on AliExpress. Whether it is my skin or the climate, I
| found the stock strap very irritating. NATO straps are made of
| nylon and are pretty much indestructible.
| germinalphrase wrote:
| Anyone have a recommendation for a digital watch with high
| quality pushers? I prefer a digital day-to-day, but I use the
| pushers extensively and they always seem to go mushy/lose
| responsiveness very quickly.
|
| It's hard to go back after experiencing modern buttons on (eg)
| phones. Tactile, long lasting, responsive.
| ngd wrote:
| I'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 of the cheaper & much better
| value for money brands.
|
| Very occasionally I'll take it off in favour of a dress watch for
| a special event but otherwise I just wear it all the time,
| knowing that if it finally fails I'm looking at $10 to replace.
| walrus01 wrote:
| > I've gone down the rabbit hole with expensive time pieces but
| they become a burden / obligation rather than a tool
|
| If you want something that looks nice and is a Casio, search
| "casio edifice" on ebay, used, you can find many good watches
| under $100.
|
| randomly chosen example
|
| https://www.ebay.com/itm/192205400394?epid=19011028556&hash=...
| ngd wrote:
| That's a cool recommendation. Thank you!
|
| Like many others on here have noted, there are some really
| nice Seikos and Casios that look great, keep fantastic time
| and won't break the bank.
|
| I am not a completely reformed addict though in this regard,
| as I do have a handful of Seikos and Casios, and recently
| picked up a Serica 4512 as my dressy / special occasions
| watch.
|
| One thing I've realised about this world and "collecting" in
| general is there is nothing wrong with trying things out and
| refining your collection / process as you learn more about
| yourself and what you get out of it all.
|
| I've learned that the more traditional expensive time pieces
| are just more of a headache then I care to bare. A Rolex or
| Patek sitting in a safe because you're stressed about using
| it, scratching it or getting robbed just isn't worth it for
| me personally. No judgement passed on what other people do or
| don't do with their stuff though! If a Patek in a safe brings
| you joy, all power to you!
| walrus01 wrote:
| What I have found is that if you look carefully, good
| condition watches from the edifice series (there must be
| 200 models by now) occasionally show up at $35-45 per
| piece. I even found a few original waveceptors which will
| receive the US WWVB time broadcast for automatic time
| synchronization over long wavelength radio.
|
| I cannot even imagine wearing a watch with more than a
| hundred bucks, because I'm clumsy and will inevitably hit
| it on some hard surface and scratch it.
| marban wrote:
| I buy one every year or so I go to Japan purely on impulse but
| in reality, there are hardly any occasions for me to use such
| sandwich products when the decision is between an Apple Watch
| as the daily driver and a Tag Heuer for a night out.
| DiggyJohnson wrote:
| I think there's not a whole lot of discussion going on
| whether Apple Watch powerusers would prefer a Casio.
|
| Not to say you were implying this in the first place, though
| I think the point is relevant.
| criddell wrote:
| If you stop thinking about the Apple Watch as a watch and
| more as a data collection and display device, maybe dual-
| wristing would be an option?
|
| It's not that unusual to see people out with a watch on one
| wrist and a fitness device on the other wrist.
| [deleted]
| t0mas88 wrote:
| I used a Tag Heuer Carrera as a watch for many years.
| Accuracy isn't perfect, but you adjust it maybe once every
| few months, so it also isn't an issue. And I really liked
| the see-through kind of mechanics and the strap.
|
| But then came the Apple Watch, and now I wear that every
| day. It's a bit more convenient, tracks health data I like
| and is around 1/10th the price of a nice watch. The latter
| also means I don't take it off when I go to the playground
| or jump in the pool. There were some scratches on my
| previous Apple Watch, but before that really becomes an
| issue you want to buy a new model anyway for the extra
| features and better battery life. So in practical use I
| like it more than a "real" watch.
| ngd wrote:
| I also found that being able to always reach to my wrist
| for the time has become a habit and when I tried an Apple
| watch that was scuppered by the off wrist charging so like
| you say, I treat that right wrist as the "data collection"
| wrist, which for the last few years has been home to a
| heart rate and HRV monitor.
| coldtea wrote:
| Pro tip: Casio F-105W-1A. 95% the same as F-91W, but with an
| actual working backlight.
|
| (The "square" models, e.g. DW-5600 are also quite cheap and
| even better functionality wise, though a tad more expensive).
| EamonnMR wrote:
| Luckily Casio makes a gold-colored version for special
| occasions.
| cunidev wrote:
| In all honesty, the gold Casio doesn't look bad at all with a
| dress
| spicybright wrote:
| You're definitely right! Although when I get mildy dressed
| up I'll still rock the black strap lol
|
| https://www.ebay.com/itm/274335788294
|
| Rose gold looks awesome here.
| jacquesm wrote:
| Unfortunately my eyes are so bad now that when I'm nog wearing
| glasses I can't read the display on the Casios, so instead I
| got a Seiko '5', an old fashioned mechanical watch that keeps
| fairly accurate time and has a normal dial that I can read
| easily without glasses. It's an automatic, nothing to wind and
| no batteries to replace. I'm super happy with it, have it for
| about five years now and it looks as good as new in spite of
| wearing it every day, rain or shine (or mud, grease, sandpaper
| and so on).
| MegaDeKay wrote:
| I got an F-91W in April for those times when I am banging
| around and don't want to risk messing up my beloved Casio
| 6510BC. I set the time on the F-91W when I got it and it has
| only drifted off 21 seconds in that time. That is impressively
| accurate for a $20 CAD watch.
| kqr wrote:
| > it has only drifted off 21 seconds in that time
|
| Quartz watches are really magic in terms of keeping time. We
| take it for granted, but it's insane how accurate they are.
|
| Watch accuracy was a big deal before quartz-based watches,
| because it was really hard to construct watches that kept
| time with the accuracy required for celestial navigation etc.
| Sufficiently accurate watches are a whole separate category,
| called chronometer. There are certification institutes that
| put watches through internationally standardised thorough
| testing to check whether the watch truly conforms to the
| chronometer label.
|
| Even the cheapest quartz watch will pass the chronometer
| tests with ample margins. It's not even a fair fight.
| foxfluff wrote:
| > Casio 6510BC
|
| What's this?
| CraigJPerry wrote:
| Typo i think, 5610 is a really popular gshock
| kqr wrote:
| I agree on all points, except I prefer my watches mechanical,
| rather than electronic.
|
| So I got one of the cheapest Seiko automatic watches. Being
| mechanical it's obviously going to cost more and keep time much
| less accurately than a quartz watch. Other than that, I
| identify with your comment.
|
| The cheap automatic Seiko is always there, and it always works.
| Don't have to worry about putting it away and then needing to
| replace its battery - it has no battery. I can bang it about
| and while I'm sure it might break at some point with the way I
| treat it, it won't be too painful to get another one.
|
| It's no-frills, keeps the time as accurately as I need it to,
| and doesn't take a lot of space on my wrist. Couldn't be
| happier.
| shimonabi wrote:
| I accidentally damaged the spring on the balance wheel while
| adjusting my Seiko 5. I then bought a new Chinese NH36
| movement for 30$, which can also be wound by hand and is
| hacking (movement stops when adjusting). I also had to
| transplant the dial/day dial and get a new crown.
|
| I love mechanical watches and would definetely be a
| watchmaker if I was born before the quartz revolution.
| hanklazard wrote:
| Yes, the "auto-only" base Seiko movement is pretty
| annoying, if you're not wearing it everyday. For anyone who
| hasn't experienced one, imagine that when you want to wind
| your watch, you have to turn it dial up in your hand and
| rotate the whole watch for 30 seconds (the so-called seiko
| shake) such that you spin the rotor inside.
|
| I ended up swapping my SKX movement out for a hacking /
| hand-winding movement too, much better.
| spicybright wrote:
| That sounds terrible lol. And then you have to find some
| other clock to reset it after you rotate it. Is 30
| seconds always enough? I'd be nervous of it running slow.
| falcolas wrote:
| 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.
| LoneWolf wrote:
| I had a F-91W for years, I still have it and it still works,
| but like you I moved to an automatic Seiko 5 (the smallest I
| could find as my wrist is quite thin), for two reasons I
| wanted something more good looking, and I didn't want to
| worry about batteries (although they last years)
| kube-system wrote:
| I did the opposite. Wore a Seiko 5 for a while until I got
| tired of not trusting it, then switched to an F91w. The
| Seiko is very good for an affordable automatic, but it's
| hard to beat a quartz for "it just works".
| jacquesm wrote:
| It sounds like yours needed regulation. Properly
| regulated you can trust them just fine.
| kube-system wrote:
| It wasn't out of spec, I'm just referring to the general
| weaknesses of automatics. If I spend the weekend doing
| physical activity where I don't want to wear a watch,
| Monday morning I'll be resetting my Seiko 5. With my
| F91w, I can take a long vacation, and spot check a system
| clock to the second when I get home.
| ilamont wrote:
| Citizen is another Japanese watchmaker and the eco-drive
| solar technology has been around for about 30 years.
|
| You can get a low-end Citizen Eco-Drive for about $100,
| sometimes even less on sale. Solar powered, very durable, and
| they look great. Most are water resistant as well.
|
| I've had one model running continuously for 11 years. I love
| never having to charge it or change the battery.
| officeplant wrote:
| My roommate is a watch collector and made me almost buy an
| eco-drive watch so many times. I really like the idea of
| them, but after not wearing a watch for 20 years it just
| feels uncomfortable to wear one. PDAs and cellphones ruined
| my ability to wear watches.
| q-base wrote:
| I can only chime in and support this claim about Citizen. I
| have had one of their Eco-drive models for about 15 years
| now and it has had months in drawers or laying on shelves
| not being used, but it has never stopped working. I am so
| impressed with that watch!
| Tarsul wrote:
| yes, I love mine too. However, after a very dark december
| mine stopped (and I was very confused by it ;)). Had to
| put it on the window sill for a few days for it to work
| again.
|
| My personal advice for anyone looking would be the
| following triumvirate: solar ("eco-drive"), sapphire
| glass (never mineral glass!), radio controlled. It just
| works - you don't have to do anything ever again (except
| maybe if you have a december like me...).
| snicky wrote:
| Recently, I bought another watch that fits your
| description + it's absolutely gorgeously looking - Casio
| Oceanus T200. It's a dress watch with a mesmerizing dial
| and a beautiful case with some superb polishing that is
| done in the same factory where they produce cases for
| Grand Seiko. As an additional gimmick you also get
| Bluetooth - the watch can connect with your phone every
| night and seemlessly adjust the time, so it's basically
| always spot on. They sell it in Japan for around 400$.
| jacquesm wrote:
| They're nigh on indestructible, mine is still working after
| five years of heavy use, working with power tools (including
| a jackhammer for a bit, because I forgot to take it off, I
| was pretty sure that it was ruined but it didn't even drop in
| accuracy).
| jenny91 wrote:
| 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.
| betwixthewires wrote:
| I used to follow this guy and his hardware designs, particularly
| I am interested in small simple meshnet related things. He is
| really good at design.
| Severian wrote:
| Hmm, a MicroSD card is handy, but how about a MicroSD card to USB
| reader _in the watch strap_?
| trevcanhuman wrote:
| Clever, I suppose a strong metal backplate could be made for
| the usb to rest below the watch itself, but maybe it'd take too
| much space. I think a microcontroller for the microSD to usb is
| needed.
| cpu wrote:
| On an earlier page[1] the author mentions that they at one
| point "designed a more complex backplate which included [...] a
| built in micro SD card reader, that you could read directly by
| plugging in a micro USB cable", among other things.
| Unfortunately, they go on to lament that this made the watch
| comically thick. As you say, the strap might be a good place to
| cram a USB interface without bulking up the watch body.
|
| [1]: https://n-o-d-e.net/datarunner.html
| jdhawk wrote:
| Shocked 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...
| philihp wrote:
| They Americans will send you to Gitmo for wearing one of these.
| [deleted]
| knodi123 wrote:
| amazing takeaway paragraph:
|
| > United States Intelligence quickly noticed the prevalence of
| F-91Ws on the wrists of Islamist fighters. Secret files about
| the Guantanamo military detention camp published by Wikileaks
| say Pakistani authorities discovered some 600 to 700 Casios in
| two workshops in Karachi, and that simply owning one could
| warrant an interrogation. One prisoner's evaluation sheet
| confirms "about a third of inmates at JTF-GTMO [the unit in
| charge of Guantanamo] who were captured wearing one of these
| watches had a known correlation with explosives".
| bcopa wrote:
| I bought F-91W for my SATs in senior year of high school... I've
| been an acolyte ever since. It's hands-down the most comfortable
| and versatile watch I've ever worn.
|
| My dream is a partnership between Apple and Casio that ads some
| of the smart watch features & biometric measurements to a classic
| F-91W design...
| bradleysmith wrote:
| I share this dream.
|
| light fitness tracking in a forever battery w simple subtle
| design would win me. Something like the MQ24-7B2 mechanical
| with similar features would be the bees knees.
| bcopa wrote:
| Hope Tim sees this!!!
| falcolas wrote:
| This particular video is _not_ from 2017, it was posted
| yesterday. You can confirm this by looking at the video on
| Youtube, or via their RSS feed.
| susam wrote:
| Indeed! Also, see this comment thread:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28605766
| joeberon wrote:
| I 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.
| adolph wrote:
| Thats weird. Amazon even sells bulk packs:
| https://www.amazon.com/Casio-Special-Package-Classic-Chronog...
| trevcanhuman wrote:
| Great, he's back!!
| lancesells wrote:
| This site is really nice. Videos aren't Youtube embeds, zero
| tracking scripts, RSS feed, and quite fast. Subscribed.
| luxpir wrote:
| Also a Casio fan, having picked up a GWM5600BC Radio
| Controlled/Solar model in 2010. I'm wearing it to this day,
| having never changed the battery, taken out through all manner of
| wet and cold situations. I did sometimes have the problem of the
| battery running low in winter but switched off the wrist-flick
| light feature which constantly misfired under-sleeve and haven't
| had it since. Atomic clock updates daily are the cherry on top.
| Here's to the next decade!
| bjarneh wrote:
| Can't go wrong with a square, timeless design.
| iszomer wrote:
| Also a Casio fan. I have the GW1701D from 2006 as my daily
| driver and have not had to replaced it's battery. Some of the
| newer models that sport MIP displays are beautiful but is hard
| to compromise in not having at least a solar element and atomic
| timekeeping as the standard minimum of features.
| nemetroid wrote:
| I bought a F-84W off eBay a few years ago, and can highly
| recommend it. Same innards as the F-91W and very similar look,
| but with slightly muted colours and a sleeker design.
| themodelplumber wrote:
| Not really a mod, but I use the alarms on my Casios to store
| data, like calories consumed, protein, hydration, distances,
| progress, etc. I started with the databank models because you can
| use text labels in the phone number display, but ended up wearing
| some five-alarm models around so I adapted to those. Even without
| the text it's kinda cool to think of what you can track.
| easton wrote:
| What's the microSD card for?
| Loughla wrote:
| Just for carrying around an extra microSD from what I can tell.
|
| I genuinely don't see that being handy, but more of a feel
| good, maybe nerd cred point?
| globular-toast wrote:
| It would be cool if there was a micro-USB port on the other
| side to read the SD card. Maybe that's a bit optimistic in
| this form factor, though.
| ct0 wrote:
| "
|
| This addon allows you to attach a micro SD card socket to the
| back of your F-91W for carrying around data. You will need a
| small cross-head screwdriver to install the addon. Also be
| aware that you will need to bend the 2 contacts up so they
| still touch the inside of the metal backplate in order to have
| the alarm beeping sound still present. Check this video out for
| more info. "
| t00ny wrote:
| Piggybacking on this comment, more info here: https://n-o-
| d-e.net/datarunner.html.
| fimdomeio wrote:
| just a place for storing an sd card. Does not interact with the
| watch.
| hulitu wrote:
| Are there any digital (not smart ) watches besides Casio ?
| wppick wrote:
| Suunto and polar are two other's I've used
| foxfluff wrote:
| Seiko.
| bserge wrote:
| Are you serious?
|
| https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=S...
|
| Or do you want a brand name _that you know_ attached to it?
|
| Why not pick the Li-Ion cells in your devices by brand name,
| too?
|
| Come on, this is ancient tech, any $5+ watch works well.
| quickthrowman wrote:
| > Why not pick the Li-Ion cells in your devices by brand
| name, too?
|
| I do, I buy Samsung 18650 cells
| hundchenkatze wrote:
| I agree basic digital watches are old, but your aliexpress
| search returns mostly smart watches for me.
| foxfluff wrote:
| > Why not pick the Li-Ion cells in your devices by brand
| name, too?
|
| I tend to buy Samsung cells.
| twobitshifter wrote:
| Timex and Armitron are the two others that come to mind.
| petepete wrote:
| Also Braun. Beautiful but pricey.
|
| https://braun-clocks.com/collections/digital-watches
| drivers99 wrote:
| Weird. It briefly shows a watch but changes to "No products
| were found matching your selection." But if I inspect the
| network tab, I do see the file:
|
| https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0278/8851/7235/collection
| s...
| gorgoiler wrote:
| I dug out my Casio MD-502 recently. It is now my daily timepiece
| -- half diver, half vintage, 100% field watch. Get one. That is
| all.
| peanut_worm wrote:
| I got one of these guys watches, it has an RFID chip but I can't
| think of anything to do with it.
|
| It looks really cool though. The light is nice too since its
| bright enough to use as a flashlight when its dark enough.
| varikin wrote:
| I use to work at a place that included parking in rfid
| activated ramp. I always wanted to clone my badge into
| something sewn into the wrist of my motorcycle jacket so I
| didn't have to fumble for my badge while entering and leaving
| the ramp. In a watch would be perfect.
| yason wrote:
| Can 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.
| karotte wrote:
| > Can the ROM be read and flashed back on Casio watches?
|
| I doubt that they use any kind of reprogrammable memory, but
| you can swap out the entire board like I did:
| https://github.com/carrotIndustries/pluto
| thenanyu wrote:
| 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...
| yason wrote:
| Nice, thank you! I might actually consider upgrading, I have
| no other complaints about G-shock. It is somewhat bizarre
| though that a watch in the 2020's lists a battery indicator
| as a feature...
|
| I had an analog solar watch before. While it was beautiful it
| couldn't take the beating I seemed to give it time after
| time, and gradually the hour dots were broken loose and one
| of the indicator hands also got dislocated. Thus, I decided
| to try the digital G-shock with no moving parts and it was
| great. No matter where it hit, nothing broke. Got dirty? Wash
| it while showering. No problem. Now if it comes with the
| battery indicator then I must simply choose another thing
| whose ROM to dump and disassemble :)
| SamReidHughes wrote:
| Practically all solar powered G-Shocks have a battery
| indicator (lo/med/hi) that's visible all the time, this
| isn't a new feature.
| toastal wrote:
| I was so happy to see him being back to posting this morning,
| even if he noted that he doesn't plan to do it as often and
| considered quitting the content creation. This content always
| exemplifies the DIY hacker.
| KingOfCoders wrote:
| My GW-M5610-1ER is the perfect watch for me. Solar, Gshock
| robustness, water proof, radio controlled, cheap and looks 80s.
| MegaDeKay wrote:
| I have the GW-M5610BC! Got it vs the standard 5610 for the
| negative display that makes it look like Darth Vader's watch.
| This is indeed the perfect watch. I love it.
| gadders wrote:
| I feel the same about by GW-6900. I have other watches, but I
| wear that one 90% of the time. No worrying about batteries, no
| worrying about me being a clumsy git, and it's always accurate.
| tricky wrote:
| Same. Out of my entire collection, the 5610 gets the most wear
| because for me it is the perfect watch. It is so rugged, I can
| keep it on while wrenching on cars and it still looks fine
| after several years.
| DizzyDoo wrote:
| I got a Casio watch from Amazon about five years ago, there was a
| deal on and it was about CAD$20. A budgetary driven decision, for
| sure!
|
| But it's been fascinating to see, over the years, how many times
| I've been approached (in a coffee shop or some other public
| place) by serious Casio enthusiasts, keen to ask about my watch
| and to show theirs. There's so many variations, colours, limited-
| runs editions... I seem to have accidentally stumbled into a
| niche with lots of passionate hobbyists - I'm sort of glad I had
| to replace the awful strap, which snapped, so I actually have
| something to contribute to the conversation. I had no idea Casio
| watches were such a big thing, but now I'm not at all surprised
| there are modding projects like this.
| tokai wrote:
| I got a couple of casio watches from Amazon years back. Then I
| brought one in a physical watch store and realized that all the
| watches purchased through Amazon were fakes. Especially the
| strap is so much better on the real thing.
| felixgallo wrote:
| nonsense. I've bought lots of Casio watches on Amazon and
| have never encountered a fake.
| kube-system wrote:
| There are lots of third party sellers hawking fake Casios
| on many online marketplaces.
| DizzyDoo wrote:
| I wouldn't have been surprised to find out my F-91W was
| counterfeit! But I just went and watched a "30 ways to tell
| if your Casio watch is fake" video on YouTube and it looks
| like my watch is legitimate. I probably wasn't careful enough
| with the strap, it just disintegrated at one of the
| connections to the face.
| criddell wrote:
| > it just disintegrated at one of the connections to the
| face
|
| That's a very common problem on the inexpensive Casios.
| When it happened to my watch I found that new watch cost
| less than a new strap.
| crhutchins wrote:
| Is there any way you can link up the exact video? I'd like
| to examine my Casio.
| DizzyDoo wrote:
| Yes, it was this one:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNnkDyGgvGk
| creeble wrote:
| 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.
| yyx wrote:
| How do you like SKMEI? Backlight must be way better than
| F91W.
| tamiral wrote:
| Casio is such a staple in the watch community and because it's
| so affordable and there are tons of cheap mods to create,
| peoples creativity comes out. I remember talking to my team
| about how I had the Casio calculator as a kid and walked by
| Walmart the next day found it, bought it and next standup
| meeting we spent some time reminiscing about our childhood.
| nowherebeen wrote:
| I recently got a $20 Casio watch as well. Unlike the Garmin
| watches, I never have to charge it. It tells time and that's
| it. I never noticed how often I checked my phone just to check
| the time until I got this watch. I love it.
| foxfluff wrote:
| I've noticed how often I check the time on my phone. Tapping
| the screen isn't a big deal but I still feel like a flick of
| the wrist would be more convenient, and there are times when
| the phone isn't right next to me.. Also, digging a big phone
| out of the pocket and putting it back when I'm on a walk is
| worse, nevermind doing that while driving a car (the clock on
| the radio seems to be always wrong).
|
| So I've been thinking about buying a watch for a couple years
| now. I finally did it last Saturday. Coincidentally, a Casio,
| and thanks to this thread I'm even more excited for it than
| before :) It hasn't been shipped out yet.
| serial_dev wrote:
| Wow, for me finding this thread has been a revelation, I didn't
| know there were other people that liked the casio watches like
| I do. I had them as children, then as an adult I accidentally
| stumbled upon a green model at the Madrid flea market, I
| thought how amazing, this color is epic. Forgot about it for
| years, then was frustrated with smart watches and the time it
| would take to start a stopwatch, so I went on Amazon and bought
| a bunch of them so that I always have at least one that I can
| find at any time
| trts wrote:
| It's fun to be a Casio fan. I rediscovered the classic 5600E
| (https://gshock.com/watches/digital/dw5600e-1v) a few years ago
| and was thrilled to be in a position to afford what I only got to
| admire behind the jewelry cases as a kid.
|
| Then I discovered the community of G-Shock modders and
| collectors. There is something very special about Casio watches
| that is hard to describe. In some sense I feel they take on the
| platonic form of a digital timepiece. And they're cheap (although
| they have special ed. titanium models that resell for >$2K).
|
| It's true that they are conversation starters among other fans.
|
| The original G-Shock watch released in 1984 was designed with an
| aim at the "triple 10" concept. That is, the battery should last
| 10 years, be able to survive a 10-meter drop and be water
| resistant to 10 bars.
| beebeepka wrote:
| I've always liked watches and some of the stuff Casio has always
| been incredibly appealing to me. They look so cool and
| functional. Wearable electronics at its peak!
|
| But as much as I want to buy a lightly rugged unit, I just have
| no actual use for a watch...
|
| unless I manage to get my hands on a unit with at least reliable
| compass, if not a satellite positioning solution.
|
| That might work for me even though I go hiking to get away from
| humans and technology
| foxfluff wrote:
| Oh I'd love a chronograph with a compass and slide rule.
|
| Btw, there are small compasses that you can attach to a strap,
| including many watch bands.
| https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/suunto-clipper-l-b-nh...
|
| Of course you an also use an analog watch + sun to orient
| yourself. https://www.gearpatrol.com/watches/a386344/how-to-
| use-a-watc...
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