Pretty sure I want to snag this watch but I'm not quite pulling the trigger just yet

"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein) 02/11/2020 at 16:34 • Filed to: None

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This is a not-officially-sold-in-the-USA colorway of the Casio G-Shock GAW-100. It’s a gigantic 53 mm analog/digital G-Shock with solar power and atomic clock sync. This wouldn’t be my daily wear to work watch. I’ve already got that covered with my Citizen PCAT, which is also solar powered and atomic clock synced.

My other solar-powered watch is this white special edition “Green Collection” G-Shock digital that’s solar powered but not atomic synced, for when I want to douchebro out a little bit.

I honestly don’t wear this one that much, because I don’t often get the urge to be ironically douchebrotastic. Maybe I should try to sell it, because when I went to search for images I found a couple still-new ones !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

Even if I do get rid of the white one, I’m very much on the solar powered (and ideally atomic synced) watch bandwagon. I got the Citizen in 2012 and the G-Shock in 2013, and both of them still hold a charge perfectly. Meanwhile I have an old thin mesh band Skagen and a Timex Weekender, both of which are sitting in my closet waiting for me to get around to having their batteries replaced. Basically, my choice of watches is dictated by laziness.

UPDATE: I !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! for a little while and I decided a few things.

That Seiko digituna is cool, but it’s very watch nerd trend chasing in a way, and I’m far from a watchnerd.

Fuck it, I don’t care if douchebros like them, G-Shocks are cool, especially if they have good features like solar power and atomic sync, and/or certain subtly dope-ass colorways. Just like with sneakers, I love a good colorway. They are stupidly large and that’s fine—they know what they are and don’t take themselves seriously. I, too, am stupidly large, know it, and don’t take myself seriously.

My douchebro white G-Shock is actually cool as hell and I’m going to wear it more often . It has the classic 6900 shape, solar power, and when you look closer there are so many details that make it pop: it’s glossy white with light gray embossed lettering and oh-so-simple green accents, including the green tint to the screen over the time display. But then there’s the one light blue WATER 20BAR RESIST lettering to set off that tiny little different detail and a faint yellow to the TOUGH SOLAR label. Details, mannn. It’s a tennis vibe—Wimbledon or Adidas Stan Smiths. Hell yeah, that’s why I picked it. Fuck da haterz.

The GAW-100 Neo Tokyo is another bananas colorway. It’s perfect. You have the all-black outside with the chunky silver buttons and shiny dark navy blue face that’s juuuust different enough to pop out. The little mini digital displays are negative to keep the darkness uniform, but not exactly murdered out. The red and yellow hands are mirrored by most of the face lettering being red like the bigger minute hand , but then only the yellow MULTI-BAND 6 (another reason the GAW atomic solar version is worth getting, because the GAS is only solar, not atomic ) label like the smaller hour hand, and then that light blue TOUGH SOLAR comes at you for that one final detail like my tennis G-Shock. Love it.

3point8isgreat > Textured Soy Protein 02/11/2020 at 16:39

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How does the atomic clock synchronization work?  Do they have some sort of wireless internet connection built in?

Textured Soy Protein > 3point8isgreat 02/11/2020 at 16:43

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It’s more rudimentary than that. There are several atomic clock radio broadcast stations around the world. These watches have a receiver for those radio signals.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Textured Soy Protein 02/11/2020 at 16:46

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When the hell did a Casio watch get so expensive? Then again, the last Casio I had was a Databank I had when I was in high school 26+ years ago. Lol

Nom De Plume > Textured Soy Protein 02/11/2020 at 16:47

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Is there a particular unmentioned object you wish to snag this upon?

Textured Soy Protein > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 02/11/2020 at 16:59

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Basic G-Shock watches aren’t too expensive, but when you get into the limited edition colors and such they can get more pricey. Casio limits availability of different colors and features to certain markets so if there’s some particular combination of color/feature you want, sometimes you have to import one or get it from a seller that imported it from wherever.

That white one I have is the classic G-Shock 6900 shape. I paid $140 for it in 2013 because I wanted a white, solar-powered round G-Shock and at the time this special edition was the only way to get that.

You can get the regular black, battery powered, no atomic sync 6900 for $46 , or you can step up to the atomic/solar version for $83 . These aren’t the special editions.

Textured Soy Protein > Nom De Plume 02/11/2020 at 17:00

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ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Textured Soy Protein 02/11/2020 at 17:12

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DW5600 or bust

Textured Soy Protein > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 02/11/2020 at 17:20

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Here you go.

But actually if I did a 5600 it’d be a GW-B5600HR-1 with the negative display, atomic & solar. They go for like $170ish on ebay.

But this doesn’t grab me nearly as much as the GAW-100BMC-1AER ana-digi above.

razorbeamteam > Textured Soy Protein 02/11/2020 at 17:27

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I like the way the G-shocks look, but they are so CHONK that I couldn’t see wearing one every day. I wear my Seiko SKX on weekends and even it gets caught on stuff often. 

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Textured Soy Protein 02/11/2020 at 17:34

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I’ll be sobbing in this corner with the base spec 5600E

Textured Soy Protein > razorbeamteam 02/11/2020 at 17:47

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If I were to go Seiko it’s between a digi tuna ...  

... or this Recraft .

Both of them are solar powered but no atomic sync.

Oh, and Invicta already knocked off that Recraft lol.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Textured Soy Protein 02/11/2020 at 17:50

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I’m really impressed with the G-Shock series. Mine was lost in my closet for at least a couple of years . After a day of charging under a lamp and a time adjustment , it works perfectly!

Nom De Plume > Textured Soy Protein 02/11/2020 at 18:14

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So there’s a snag with your trigger that won’t let you pull it?

RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 02/11/2020 at 18:34

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my daily is a GW5000 ... wife is not amused when I joke that it’ll still be running if I get run over by a bus.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Textured Soy Protein 02/11/2020 at 18:36

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I’ve pared my watches down to two pieces. I’ve got this Casio Wave Ceptor that has the same features as yours (radio sync and solar, also not officially sold in the states) but is a bit dressier. It’s worked wonderfully as a daily for the la st three years.  

When I  want to feel blingy I pull out this Lambretta Grand Prix:

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire 02/11/2020 at 18:36

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That’s probably true tho.

zipfuel > Textured Soy Protein 02/11/2020 at 19:31

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Love the Gulf straps

razorbeamteam > Textured Soy Protein 02/12/2020 at 10:28

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That digi is a helluva watch. A true modern sports watch. Invicta always makes me lol with their blatant design knockoffs. Can’t live the S ubmariner life? Dig some change out of your couch and now you can...