Watches - another OCD problem
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I thought that you'd have gone for something a bit more tactical @DougNg!
On that front, here's the IWC Top Gun Double Chronograph in Ceratanium, which falls into the none so black category.
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I've seen Zenith do the date window cutout differently such that a bit of the chapter ring tach is left intach-ed rather than rendering the markers on the date window.
Love the case (especially the radial brushing contrasting the polished flanks) but find the dial to be a bit busy.
Kinda dig the TG too.
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I’m REALLY not in the market for a new watch but if I were an El Primero would top the list.
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I want to like that IWC, but the specs just irritate. 21mm strap, so aftermarket options are limited. 16.7mm thick, which is just huge. A screw down crown, but only 6 bar water resistance; that's just badly done. And why, I ask, does it have a movement decorated with Cotes de Geneve and perlage when it has a solid case back?
A titanium/ceramic case sounds fascinating, though. I wonder if IWC will roll out colors other than black…
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I've seen Zenith do the date window cutout differently such that a bit of the chapter ring tach is left intach-ed rather than rendering the markers on the date window.
Love the case (especially the radial brushing contrasting the polished flanks) but find the dial to be a bit busy.
Kinda dig the TG too.
That wasn't necessary. Not to mention tacky. Pun Patrol alert!
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Casio are bringing out a titanium version of the G-Shock. It's got a Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coating, which makes it black and imbues it with a rubber like texture. The mineral glass of the original has also been upgraded to sapphire. So has the price, to ¥150,000, about $1400.
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This is my cheap $50 g-shock that I bought 3-4 yrs ago. Still going strong. Not sure how long batteries last on these though
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I've had this one for a few years and it's my favorite square G-Shock
https://www.seiyajapan.com/products/g-gw-s5600-1jf
It's a Japan exclusive but it's not difficult to find in the West.
I've swapped out the bezel and band for a standard set for a more toned down look
It's lighter than a standard square because of the titanium caseback, and the alarm is louder because it's a thinner caseback.
A good video on it:
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Yep, it is this one. Bday prez from H…
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Is today Casio day?
Thats mine:
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You guys are all sporting the fancy BMW version G-shocks. Mine is the AMC Gremlin of G-shocks
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…if not before the plasticizer is out of the plastic. I belief steel lasts longer
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We went through this with the gun market in the 80s and 90s with pistols when glocks showed up, then the knife market went through this with folding knives in the late 2000s.
Metal has a memory with impact, so it dents. Plastic doesn’t have that problem, it flexes back. Metal is still used when there are high heat applications so slides and barrels are still metal. Metal also takes a sharper edge than plastic so blades are still metal. Metal has a higher abrasion resistance than plastic too.
Depends on your application, but metal is not universally tougher than plastic.
If you’re going to be bashing your watch around a lot, plastic is better. A metal bracelet will eventually deform and plastic will just scuff.
Edited to add: if you're talking about plastic off gassing to the point where it becomes brittle, your G-Shock will be just as fucked as the rest of ours. Underneath your metal bezel the housing is made out of a plastic. Depends on the plastic, but I believe it takes decades for the plastic that G-Shock uses to degrade.
