Need a new G

[Civpilot]

B16JUS said:

CommanderJameson said:

Nagra said:

Dan_1981 said:

Nagra said:

G-Shock watches are the nastiest cheapest watches around, why not just buy something half decent instead?

Such as?

Depends on a lot of factors like budget, requirements, purpose etc

I have just never understood the appeal of G-Shock watches.....

Do you want to understand it?

i cannot understand people who dont like G shocks but feel the need to post on a topic about them ?

Thats like me hating cayenne's and reading all the post about them crazy !

to me my G is perfect for what i want it for as is my yachtmaster for what i want that for

Not only that but anyone who calls G-Shock the "nastiest and cheapest watches around" clearly has only looked at a few pictures and has no actual knowledge. Maybe if the brand wasn't "Casio" or the price range started in early 4 figures some people would rate them higher .

If you need a tough hard wearing watch that you want to put on and forget about whilst doing, well, anything really then there is no tougher watch. I've broken watches 3 times the price of my G-shocks buy accidentally hitting my arm on a wall in passing (scratched cases and in one case scratched crystal) or falling over and banging them on the floor. I've demo'ed G's by taking them off and throwing them at a wall bloody hard with no ill effects whatsoever. Hardly cheap and nasty.

Just look at the NASA approved list or on the wrist of pretty much every soldier serving in combat zones.

[ShadownINja]

B16JUS said:

to me my G is perfect for what i want it for as is my yachtmaster for what i want that for

Although, to be fair, I just ask the captain what the time is before getting back to having my back massaged by Sophie and Caprice whom I had helicoptered in an hour ago.

[cyberface]

ShadownINja said:

B16JUS said:

to me my G is perfect for what i want it for as is my yachtmaster for what i want that for

Although, to be fair, I just ask the captain what the time is before getting back to having my back massaged by Sophie and Caprice whom I had helicoptered in an hour ago.

Just like all you chaps with G-Shocks have just popped back from Afghanistan for a weekend on the piss without the Regiment knowing, because you *ran* all the way back from Helmand Province, stopping only to have a few Stellas before swimming the Channel, evading every militia in bandit country and then all the border forces in eastern europe and even the ticket inspectors on the train from Dover.



So they've got military credibility, but short of actually *demonstrating* their toughness to your mates after one too many, does anyone really *need* the level of shock protection a G-Shock actually offers?

I'm not a hater BTW nor am I questioning the point of them - it's clear what the point is, and those who like the watch because of what it stands for are in exactly the same boat as me, who likes my watches mainly because of what they are and do and intend to do

[CommanderJameson]

cyberface said:

So they've got military credibility, but short of actually *demonstrating* their toughness to your mates after one too many, does anyone really *need* the level of shock protection a G-Shock actually offers?

Of course not. But what it does mean is that, for all practical purposes, they are indestructible.

Which is nice.

[LDN]

CommanderJameson said:

cyberface said:

So they've got military credibility, but short of actually *demonstrating* their toughness to your mates after one too many, does anyone really *need* the level of shock protection a G-Shock actually offers?

Of course not. But what it does mean is that, for all practical purposes, they are indestructible.

Which is nice.

Same goes for diver watches; when was the last time any of us went 200 metres into the Abyss?

[cyberface]

LDN said:

CommanderJameson said:

cyberface said:

So they've got military credibility, but short of actually *demonstrating* their toughness to your mates after one too many, does anyone really *need* the level of shock protection a G-Shock actually offers?

Of course not. But what it does mean is that, for all practical purposes, they are indestructible.

Which is nice.

Same goes for diver watches; when was the last time any of us went 200 metres into the Abyss?

Surely you mean 2000 metres? I'd guess a few serious divers here have done 200 metres? Dunno, being underwater *2* metres scares the st out of me, I'd rather fall out of an aeroplane than drown.

And for some reason the word 'abyss' brings up idiotic images of a teenage mate in my school days thrashing around chanting the 'lyrics' to a Christian Death 'song' - 'your church makes me vomit - into the vertiginous abyss!' You probably had to be there, but imagine *anyone* maniacally shouting that whilst jerking around like a particular kind of grand mal epileptic fit. Mental

Hmmm. Where were we?

[LDN]

cyberface said:

LDN said:

CommanderJameson said:

cyberface said:

So they've got military credibility, but short of actually *demonstrating* their toughness to your mates after one too many, does anyone really *need* the level of shock protection a G-Shock actually offers?

Of course not. But what it does mean is that, for all practical purposes, they are indestructible.

Which is nice.

Same goes for diver watches; when was the last time any of us went 200 metres into the Abyss?

Surely you mean 2000 metres? I'd guess a few serious divers here have done 200 metres? Dunno, being underwater *2* metres scares the st out of me, I'd rather fall out of an aeroplane than drown.

And for some reason the word 'abyss' brings up idiotic images of a teenage mate in my school days thrashing around chanting the 'lyrics' to a Christian Death 'song' - 'your church makes me vomit - into the vertiginous abyss!' You probably had to be there, but imagine *anyone* maniacally shouting that whilst jerking around like a particular kind of grand mal epileptic fit. Mental

Hmmm. Where were we?

Wow, your tangent has impressed me. Nothing more to be said surely!

[ShadownINja]

cyberface said:

does anyone really *need* the level of shock protection a G-Shock actually offers?

In a word, yes. Rock climbing ruins Rolexes. If you commit to the move, you haven't got time to be worrying about whether you're going to scratch a bracelet or crystal or knock the movement. You do the move and if your left arm happens to whack something hard, then you'll have a bruise/graze as will the watch. My G has loads of scratches; the bezel is like a serrated blade. My friend took a Citizen dress watch up Everest. It certainly looks like it's been up Everest. It's pretty cool but then she's pretty cool.