G-Shock Pawn

[felixgogo]

Well, I'm a bit annoyed. I purchased what I thought was the perfect Casio G-Shock square:



A lovely thing - bluetooth, Band 6, bracelet, all the toys.

The thing is - I just can't read it. The negative display just doesn't work for my old eyes. So no worries, thought I - I"ll get one with a positive display.

But Casio just don't seem do one with this spec, with a positive display and a bracelet! They do about 10 variations, but none with the the items I want, closesist is this:



But this is the much more expensive version, and only positive comes with a resin strap, not a bracelet. All the bracelet versions are negative. Grrrr!

The only close one is this gold one, which is the sister to the one I have:



But the gold is minging - and the display is goldy green which I'm not to keen on. Any suggestions?

Edited by felixgogo on Thursday 23 May 14:38

[BS62]

felixgogo said:

Any suggestions?

Buy the expensive positive-display one and swap the bracelet/strap with the first one.

But how long have you had the -ve display? Had a similar “I can’t read this POS” feeling when I bought mine but I got used to it and absolutely love the thing now. Today is its turn for some wrist-time as it happens:

[vdn]

There are bracelet positive displays...

[Sa Calobra]

BS62 said:

Buy the expensive positive-display one and swap the bracelet/strap with the first one.

But how long have you had the -ve display? Had a similar “I can’t read this POS” feeling when I bought mine but I got used to it and absolutely love the thing now. Today is its turn for some wrist-time as it happens:

Jesus, that's not Sean Connery's arms, that's not hairy ..that's a pelt

[BS62]

Keeps me warm in the winter.

[Ninjin]

My little collection...

[felixgogo]

Thanks - good idea about swapping the straps, but the more expensive version has a screw back, and the lugs are different with screw in straps. So can't be swapped.

In the end, I got the gold version and swapped the guts over.



A bit of a Frankenwatch - but it'll do.

[BS62]

Nicely done! ’d rather wear a slightly fiddled-with frankenwatch than £10k worth of anyone-could-have-bought-this. Bit like cars, really.

[felixgogo]

Thanks BS62 - agreed, and as I was searching around the internet for a solution, I discovered the whole 'Casio Square Modding' scene.

Wow! I had no idea - but it has set me thinking.....

[felixgogo]

Funnily enough, the negative display in the gold case kinda works as well.

This is with the light shining directly on the display - which is how Casio photo these so you think they have more contrast then they actually do...

[BS62]

Love the -ve on gold....much less garish than the original gold/gold!

felixgogo said:

...I discovered the whole 'Casio Square Modding' scene.

That’s a thing?! The seiko skx modding thing was a deep enough rabbit hole..going down another one could get me divorced. La la la I’m not listening.... </goes off to google>



...I’m going to be in so much trouble...

Edited by BS62 on Saturday 25th May 10:45

[felixgogo]

BS62, Yep, I have 4 Squares now which is ridiculous, and I'm already looking at another - I got it bad!!

[felixgogo]

And just so it's clear how different the displays are in real life and what prompted me down the route of finding a positive display:



Yes - a poor picture, but even though the negative is closer and more direct on, the positive is still much easier to read in this real world dark area.

[Captain Smerc]

My first G-Shock , it's a big'un .

[Sterillium]

I like that... ^^^

I am about to buy one of these as another (hopefully) indestructible daily:

[Sa Calobra]

Wife's just bought me this with 20% off. The Gorrilaz version

https://www.watchshop.com/casio-watch-dw-5600hrgrz...

[Tony1963]

Captain Smerc said:

My first G-Shock , it's a big'un .

Ooooooo, I like that!

[Captain Smerc]

You have excellent taste

[Tony1963]

Captain Smerc said:

You have excellent taste

That’s arguable, lol, but I know when a watch tickles my fancy!

[rambo19]

felixgogo said:

And just so it's clear how different the displays are in real life and what prompted me down the route of finding a positive display:



Yes - a poor picture, but even though the negative is closer and more direct on, the positive is still much easier to read in this real world dark area.

I got a g shock 5081 for my birthday, hate the bloody thing, very difficult to read the display.