I am on the dangerous precipice of starting a third collection hobby.
I saw the GMW-5000-TVB and immediately became obsessed. They’re limited and not super abundant, so when one came up, I couldn’t not.
I usually prefer analogue watches, but this makes me feel like I’m a pilot of a Japanese Mech-tank.
A great watch!
I’m not a nerd, but a very happy owner of two (although much cheaper) G-Shocks.
I’m more of the “Seiko automatic” guy. However, I’ve recently bought the amazing Seiko SBTM323 with radio control and solar.
Ah, the Casioak 
and your G-Square on the right is the spiritual predecessor to mine.
Solar is the way 
yeah, I think my next purchase might be a modded Seiko.
The Casioak was on sale, and with a coupon I was able to get it for about half the official price so I couldn’t resist 
I like the classic G-Shock design of the GM-W6510U!
My favourite Seiko mod is the so-called “Poor Man’s Marine Master”:
(It’s an old photo; now I wear it on a bracelet). It has the case and the dial of the SKX171, the bezel of the SKX007 and the hands of the SBDC001. In addition to that it has a Roman day wheel because I like the red square for Sundays 
Very cool - I’ve never seen the Roman day wheel before 
The mod I’ll probably look at is the Bloodmoon:
Red tipped hour markers and a ‚red sapphire‘ crystal. Gorgeous.
G-Shock pseudo-nerd here. I used to be seriously into them. I actually had a G-Shock when they first came out. I remember the screw-back case. When the battery went dead, I took my bike to a nearby watch service shop to get a new battery and they quoted me a crazy expensive price. “We have to pressure test it.” It was more than what I paid for the watch. Well, they were trying to rip me off and I didn’t know it. Watch went into the drawer and forgotten. Some years later when I decided to give it another go, rescuing it from the drawer turned up a watch with a bezel that had disintegrated (early resin formulation flaw that would haunt some CASIO models later on too). I left it, but then during my time at college my mother did a “room clearing,” tossing out old junk, and she figured it was broken. It was tossed. If I still had it, it would be worth more than the original purchase price!
Resin bezel degradation ruined some models completely, like the DW-1100 and DW-1200. Very few escaped demise. And it’s insidious. You could buy a pristine looking mint example, bezel seems fine, then one day you touch it and it breaks in half. Actually, some models look pretty good without the original resin bezel.
When I’d gotten into using a proxy service to buy off of Yahoo Japan, I found so many CASIO watches up for auction. It was overwhelming. Back then (around 2008~2010), the CASIO watch forum on Watch U Seek was a buzz. Everyone was Frogman crazy. I didn’t like the asymmetric shape. So for me, the G-2000 was king, often called the “poor man’s Frogman.” The problem with the Frogman is that it had no depth sensor. Anyway, the G-2000 was released in so many colorways. I ended up collecting almost every variant, but then found the GL-110, which I found more interesting. That’s a great screw-back design.
I almost bought a GW-5000, which is a terrific watch, but there were always other vintage models catching my eye. I like quirky ones. The G-3000 is one of those. The ML version is a favorite. One great thing about it is a loud alarm. My big beef with most G-Shock watches is the anemic alarm tones. The GW-M5600 / 5610 is the absolute worst. So faint, as to be useless anywhere but a quiet room.
One of my favorites is the original MRG-1. I was able to get a combi bracelet to fit it and it’s such a nice look. My other favorite is the GD-350. It’s a vibration alarm watch with quick access CDT. I set it for 4 minutes and it’s terrific for grilling. A 4 minute interval is great for timing when to check on food grilling.
I never picked up a modern all metal MR-G, but did get an MRG-220. It was the last of this particular all metal MR-G design. Very artful aesthetics. The solar recharged, Bluetooth and Radio sync sapphire crystal MRG models costing thousands was just way out of my budget.
My favorite of the non-GShock models is the all titanium TW-7000. It came out in the 1980’s and was pretty expensive at the time. Later I picked up a couple before the collector fever resurgence. So slim and easy to wear. Very limited functions. Battery changing is a real PITA. It doesn’t have a conventional battery holder. Very tricky to do without using 2 sets of plastic tweezers.
So yeah… I guess you could say I’m a vintage G-Shock / CASIO nerd. 
I have a Baby-G that I wear sometimes. For a long time it was only Ani-Digi Casios for me. But, now I have almost completely switched to Oceanus. It is really hard to go back to anything else.
I was a bit for a while… but then my dad gave me a T-Touch from Tissot some years ago and now I’m looking to upgrade to a T-Touch Connect Solar…
You know which one it is!
Thing is, I hardly wear watches any more, there are timestamps everywhere now, more than we’d really like:
I’m not sure I’m spending 1000 Euros on a watch now… I would have 10 years ago but now I’m not so sure.
As to the Seikos… Many great classics, but I can’t live with that button at 4 o clock. I know it’s safer, bla bla, but it’s either one button in the middle or 2 buttons for me.
I love watches. I enjoy wearing them too. But… I’ve become very picky about how they feel. So many have issues for me. Either the resin band has kinks in it that keep the watch from laying flush, or the metal band has a sharp edge that digs into my skin. On some models, I installed a NATO strap that solved the comfort problem.
But then I got into wearing a smart watch. A Garmin Vivosmart HR. It’s an old one with a cast hard ABS casing, but the strap is so comfortable. There used to be a terrific library of custom display faces you could load onto it. But one day I had to fully reset the watch and it cleared all of the stored faces. So I went on my account to reload… and the whole catalog changed. They got rid of a number of them that I liked. Really bummed me out. Anyway… the good thing about this watch is that it’s fairly useful for sleep tracking. When you’re in REM and deep sleep, you don’t move around much. So it can let you know how well you slept. And of course wearing it during the day keeps track of how active you are. It’s mixed usefulness as it will log “steps” when all you’re doing is moving your arms around at your desk. It does have a heartrate monitor built in and it’s “reasonably” accurate. It was helpful to show me some concerning signs for a bit where my heart rate went quite low during sleep. Anyway, not a medical grade sensor, but good enough for general purposes.
So… if you have a watch collection and you wear a smartwatch… kind of kills the whole point of having a collection! I’ve taken to wearing it less now. I only slap it on when I exercise or when I go to sleep. But yeah, overall… not wearing my old analog and digital watches much these days.
I really like the TISSOT T-Touch. Beautiful design. But yeah, so pricey.
Yeah don’t get me wrong, i love watches but I slowly stopped wearing them over time and now when I do I feel the weight, some discomfort… which years ago I’d be preety happy with… it’s like when you stop smoking and realise smoky rooms are really smoky!!
But i’m not completely giving up, I can wear a watch as a jewel and I can also see myself getting a smartwatch if it is round (no apple watches for me thanks, they’re not round ahah).
BTW, the Connect Solar i’m after has a SUPERB Nato strap 
I don’t think I’ll ever swear a smartwatch. I don’t judge anyone who does, but it would make me more connected, when I want to be less, if that makes sense - I already spend 10 hours a day looking at a screen 
I probably like watches for the same reason I like pencils - incredible engineering, long histories, and a large variety of materials and aesthetics.
I think I’m in this exact same boat as you:
Trying to detangle from all the tech we carry around daily
I did get a smart watch for Christmas one year but to be honest, I don’t wear it much.
But I do wear a wristwatch. (A ratty old Casio - nothing special at all).
I wear a watch because when I’m in meetings (I sit in a LOT of meetings) I try to keep my phone use to a minimum to stay focused but I have a OCD obsession with time, so I’m always looking at my watch (as opposed to my phone).
I do use my smartwatch as a remote trigger and zoom for my iPhone camera though. And I use it when I go on a walk, but that’s about.
Ah, but that’s the thing about Casio - the ratty old ones have just as much credibility as the flagships. (At least, they do for me).
Speaking of “ratty”… as I mentioned earlier, some models suffered resin rot of the bezel, band, or both. There was a DW-5700 model collaboration with BEAMS, which has a nice white face around the LCD screen. The black bezel disintegrated but the band was OK. Even though a replacement bezel can now be sourced, (the 5700 series was revived), I put a metal band on it and it looks pretty sharp.
Just look at the machining of that watch casing. Nicely chamfered. A fine brushed steel finish. Photos don’t do it justice. Looking up close, it’s really striking.
I also prefer analog watches - but only for this reason (which I have never HAD to use, but it’s nice to know you can)
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In September 2024, Casio introduced three special G-Shock models dedicated to the Shiba Inu, Japan’s famous dog breed and national treasure (these watches were launched on the US market in November). I only recently learnt about it by chance.
As we are lucky enough to live together with Kisho*, a Shiba Inu, my wife and I bought a watch from this series. She got the middle-sized white DW-6900SHB-7 and I got the large GA-100SHB-5A.
It’s brown like the coat of the typical Shiba and off-white on the inside of the strap like the fur on the Shiba’s belly.
The details are great: The speed hand is designed like a small Shiba, there is a small Shiba on the keeper and another one, as seen from behind, on the case back. Needless to say that the box is designed accordingly.
I like this watch! 
*He is currently changing his coat, which means we can hoover the house for half an hour every five minutes
@drifand matches pens with pencils, @Gunther matches watches with dogs
That’s a great looking G-Shock, btw!
I am not a big fan of this type of wristwatches, but I have to admit that this particular model is terribly cute and exquisitely thought-of: it does not sell its soul entirely to the kawaii trend, it remains tactical in nature, and yet it manages to look genuinely fun and friendly, with a delightfully charming colour combination. Very well done!
Hehe I like it when things match in colour, especially when they have nothing to do with each other and – unlike this watch – it’s not intentional.
I’m actually not a fan of these oversized watches either, but I’ll make an exception here You’re right – the watch isn’t distinctly ‘kawaii’, and so you can wear it without it looking silly.
Hoover! Wow. I’d forgotten it was a genericization. I do remember saying “Hoover” instead of “vacuum cleaner,” but somehow along the years it seems to have disappeared. I don’t hear anyone ever saying “I had to Hoover the floor.” 
We still use Kleenex (tissue), Saran Wrap (clear thin plastic wrap), and of course Band-Aid (adhesive bandage). We also used to say “Xerox” (Zeer-rocks) for making copies, but that disappeared at some point.
