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But you’d have also spent 30 years wearing a watch that looked like a ten year old was asked to design a super hero watch

interfixus 6y ago
Beg your pardon? G-Shocks come in a wide variety of designs and price ranges. At a glance, mine could easily pass for an F-91W - a cheap, digital watch about as far from pretence as it is possible to get. Durable, radio sync'ed, solar cell driven, and watertight down to some ridiculous level of pressure. Just about the most functional piece of hardware I have ever owned. The unflashiest of black boxes, just there when I need it, shows me the time to the second every time, no discussion about it. And it doubles as a signaler, a very neat expression of who I am or at least would like to be. I wouldn't swap it for a Rolex even if somebody gifted one on me.
- peteretep 6y ago
  > And it doubles as a signaler, a very neat expression of who I am or at least would like to be. This is a lot of weight for a mass-produced, low-cost piece of consumer electronics to bear.
  - sangnoir 6y ago
    It's not a hard weight to bear when the intended signal is "I'm a utilitarian who prefers wearing non-flashy, reliable, mass-produced, low-cost consumer electronics"
- ibiza 6y ago
  Of course, every ten years you have to replace the battery, which you can do yourself, w/ an easy-to-find part. I wonder where today's Apple Watches will be in 10 years.
lwigo 6y ago
This is what I wear: https://slimages.macys.com/is/image/MCY/products/6/optimized/8541556_fpx.tif https://slimages.macys.com/is/image/MCY/products/6/optimized...
- peteretep 6y ago
  In concession, this is far more attractive than any G-Shock I have seen before, and indeed if you put a gun to my head and forced me to wear a GMW-B5000D-1ER I would consider it only a minor inconvenience.
- accrual 6y ago
  Looks to be a DW5600BB, I own one of these. It's quite durable but maintains an nice understated appearance. I wore it non-stop for about a year then migrated to an Apple Watch. The G-SHOCK keeps on ticking as a backup watch, though.
russellendicott 6y ago
You're the real super hero for this comment.

interfixus 6y ago

Beg your pardon? G-Shocks come in a wide variety of designs and price ranges. At a glance, mine could easily pass for an F-91W - a cheap, digital watch about as far from pretence as it is possible to get. Durable, radio sync'ed, solar cell driven, and watertight down to some ridiculous level of pressure. Just about the most functional piece of hardware I have ever owned. The unflashiest of black boxes, just there when I need it, shows me the time to the second every time, no discussion about it. And it doubles as a signaler, a very neat expression of who I am or at least would like to be. I wouldn't swap it for a Rolex even if somebody gifted one on me.

peteretep 6y ago
> And it doubles as a signaler, a very neat expression of who I am or at least would like to be. This is a lot of weight for a mass-produced, low-cost piece of consumer electronics to bear.
- sangnoir 6y ago
  It's not a hard weight to bear when the intended signal is "I'm a utilitarian who prefers wearing non-flashy, reliable, mass-produced, low-cost consumer electronics"
ibiza 6y ago
Of course, every ten years you have to replace the battery, which you can do yourself, w/ an easy-to-find part. I wonder where today's Apple Watches will be in 10 years.

lwigo 6y ago

This is what I wear: https://slimages.macys.com/is/image/MCY/products/6/optimized/8541556_fpx.tif https://slimages.macys.com/is/image/MCY/products/6/optimized...

peteretep 6y ago
In concession, this is far more attractive than any G-Shock I have seen before, and indeed if you put a gun to my head and forced me to wear a GMW-B5000D-1ER I would consider it only a minor inconvenience.
accrual 6y ago
Looks to be a DW5600BB, I own one of these. It's quite durable but maintains an nice understated appearance. I wore it non-stop for about a year then migrated to an Apple Watch. The G-SHOCK keeps on ticking as a backup watch, though.

russellendicott 6y ago

You're the real super hero for this comment.