What is your latest watch

[Ricardomfs]

Totally an idea, but this is quite a rare model, I rather prefer to pass it to someone who will enjoy wearing it!

[lowtech]

I understand that - If I´m unsure I do ask around if I have a collectors item before I tear into a watch or tool for a mod.
I believe I can mod my stuff anyway I see fit, but no use in turning a collectors piece into a piece only I enjoy unless parts are not available elsewhere.

You could get a set of spare (black) resin and wear the watch - should you decide to sell it down teh road you can put teh original resin back on.

How do you like the Riseman in general (apart from the colour)?

[dks]

so, lowech, are you buying it ?

[lowtech]

No - I somehow never felt attracted to the riseman (of that generation). I do like the older one for it´s quirky design, though.
Apart from that I try to DOWNSIZE the watch collection - Yesterday, for example, by bidding (and winning...) on a momentum Pathfinder Quartz analog. 

[dks]

 

I have been wearing, a lot, the 5600CL - I know that it is hard to read and even the light makes little difference, but i enjoy the look and the weight

[Ricardomfs]

This gulfman I thought it will be bigger, but a really comfortable watch,  good looking, in the wish list I still have is brother the gw-9100, this one is already for sale, the blue earth bla bla, I'm gonna pass it, and for the time I put it on eBay, it was the only one worldwide with this configuration! The riseman is everything I thought, good looking perfect size, weight, you barely feel it in the wrist, I totally do not regret all the persistence in get in one, totally advise the g collector to get one!

And dks, the traditional look and feel of a square in the wrist, it's awesome, and you should get a screw back one, that's something, it's another level, another feel, try one

[dks]

I would love a screwback one, but they tend to be expensive, if they are in good condition, and I do not know whether I can wear it, in case It gets damaged and i can not find any parts....  Lowtech had one. Maybe we can do something about it 


I think i will PM him   

[Ricardomfs]

I think he has dw-5600, grab it:)  you won't regret and you have several screw backs recent models, and it is really easy to find parts for those ones, and inexpensive!

[dks]

I have PMd him   

[Ricardomfs]

Is an awesome g-shock supplier


By the way have you tried the straps?

[dks]

Not yet   

I will try and put one of them on the 5600CL in the next couple of days  -  I really need to use the straps more than you did   

[lowtech]

If we should find a deal and you want to try a "treaditional" strap, I can include an only slightly used strap for the DW-5600(e, CL,...) The classic one has 18 mm lug width while the modern ones have 16 mm.

[dks]

I did put one strap on, and gave up on the other one - just too complicated to actually use. 

It feels good, though it does dwarf the 5600. It also raises it up.

I have played with a similar strap before and never really get the reason for using the two straps - an inside one and an outside one.

Many thanks to Ricardomfs for gifting these to me. 

Really bad photography..... 

[dks]

Croton CA301048SSRD
I can now go for walks in the rain 

This was the cheapest decent pepsi style 300m rated diving watch. The company has a good reputation. They use the invicta system of over-inflated suggested retail price 

rotating bezel, with the proper part coloured red

Japanese movement, quartz.

the overall wrapping and clasp remind me of my Weide....

hefty watch - bigger than the GA100, 206g

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CA301048SSRD-Croton-Aquamatic-Divers-Mens-Date-30ATM-Steel-New-Watch-/381445883109?hash=item58cff244e5:g:k4gAAOSwo0JWKSRhlooks

quite good - does not look cheaply made

worth the money, just for the look

better pictures tomorrow

[dks]

Sunroad FR8204A
cheapest, decent reputation, compass- thermometer - altimeter - barometer watch
there are a few companies making similar products in China, and they all had good reviews and similar specs, so I went for the cheapest.
feels solid, looks good and  seems to function well. the buttons feel a bit loose.
Swiss sensor

 http://www.ebay.com/itm/V1NF-SUNROAD-Sports-Watch-Multi-function-Compass-Altimeter-Barometer-Thermometer-/231417142319?hash=item35e1895c2f:m:mC1ku368HqIL7elUumRveHg

● Time functions: hour, minute, second, year(2000-2099), month, date,   weekday, 12H/24H
● Alarm clock (2 sets alarm clock, hourly alarm)
● Countdown timer( 99:59:59～0) 
● Stopwatch(0～99:59:59), 11sets of data
● Pedometer, step counter, calorie, distance record
● 10 level contrast adjustment of LCD
● Corporates digital compass, altimeter, barometer, thermometer, air pressure trend and altitude trend
● 24hours air pressure trend chart
● 12hours altitude trend chart & Climb rate
● Weather forecast
● Worldtime funtions (daylight saving time switch automatically)
● Button tone on or off
● Battery life remind
● EL backlight

http://www.sunroadtech.com/en/products_view.php?id=115

comes with a spare battery   

[dks]

Some better photographs

Screw down crown









Solid SS links



Compass



Ssteel

[sawman]

dks, really digging the Croton, especially with the screw-down crown. How much did it set you back?

[dks]

 $57.95 + $15.95  for shipping.  I assume that shipping will be a few dollars for you.

I posted a link to the auction in my 1st post about it.

Nobody really bids on these, so the prices are low.

You can also buy it, without bidding, for $2 more.
 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Croton-Mens-CA301048SSRD-Steel-Date-Aquamatic-30ATM-Divers-Watch-/291574479029?hash=item43e33178b5:g:VqkAAOSwVL1WBtak

[dks]

It is a big, heavy, watch.

There is also a 200m version, with slightly different "pepsi" bezel (wrong...) which is about $40 and should be smaller and lighter

[Grathr]

Those look good!
How good is the lume on that Croton?
Do you remeber the model name on that smaller 200m version?


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[dks]

Those look good!
How good is the lume on that Croton?
Do you remeber the model name on that smaller 200m version?


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http://www.ebay.com/itm/381404372600?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

seems unavailable now, but there are other models with different bezel

 http://www.crotonwatch.com/collectionview.aspx?id=1

http://www.timezone123.com/Croton_watches_____17.html

[Grathr]

Those look good!
How good is the lume on that Croton?
Do you remeber the model name on that smaller 200m version?


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http://www.ebay.com/itm/381404372600?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

seems unavailable now, but there are other models with different bezel

 http://www.crotonwatch.com/collectionview.aspx?id=1

http://www.timezone123.com/Croton_watches_____17.html

Thanks!
Its not an automatic though


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[dks]

you just need to change the batteries every few years.

[Grathr]

Sunroad FR8204A
cheapest, decent reputation, compass- thermometer - altimeter - barometer watch
there are a few companies making similar products in China, and they all had good reviews and similar specs, so I went for the cheapest.
feels solid, looks good and  seems to function well. the buttons feel a bit loose.
Swiss sensor

 http://www.ebay.com/itm/V1NF-SUNROAD-Sports-Watch-Multi-function-Compass-Altimeter-Barometer-Thermometer-/231417142319?hash=item35e1895c2f:m:mC1ku368HqIL7elUumRveHg

● Time functions: hour, minute, second, year(2000-2099), month, date,   weekday, 12H/24H
● Alarm clock (2 sets alarm clock, hourly alarm)
● Countdown timer( 99:59:59～0) 
● Stopwatch(0～99:59:59), 11sets of data
● Pedometer, step counter, calorie, distance record
● 10 level contrast adjustment of LCD
● Corporates digital compass, altimeter, barometer, thermometer, air pressure trend and altitude trend
● 24hours air pressure trend chart
● 12hours altitude trend chart & Climb rate
● Weather forecast
● Worldtime funtions (daylight saving time switch automatically)
● Button tone on or off
● Battery life remind
● EL backlight

http://www.sunroadtech.com/en/products_view.php?id=115

comes with a spare battery   

I had to just take a closer look at this, and then I remembered that I had been meaning to get a pedometer. At those prices i might as well just get a watch with compass and barometer too.
So now I have ordered one of theese:
http://m.ebay.com/itm/141467558996



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[dks]

The one I got has a pedometer too 

I got it when they were having a sale so it was about $28

The one you ordered has the more "rugged" look

They do have some cool functions.

[Grathr]

Yes, but its thicker too I think. Ill post pics when it gets here.
Im not a fan of silvered plastic. If you want it to look like metal, use metal. Not painted plastic.


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[Ricardomfs]

I did put one strap on, and gave up on the other one - just too complicated to actually use. 

It feels good, though it does dwarf the 5600. It also raises it up.

I have played with a similar strap before and never really get the reason for using the two straps - an inside one and an outside one.

Many thanks to Ricardomfs for gifting these to me. 

Really bad photography..... 

that doesn´t look bad mate, but it´s a bulky strap... not for everyone tastes

[firiki]

I have played with a similar strap before and never really get the reason for using the two straps - an inside one and an outside one.

If I understand it correctly, I think it meant's to enable the stap to be tightened while remaining comfortable.

I could be wrong though. It happened to me once, in 12643 BC. 

[phil40000]

SubC Date

[sawman]

SubC Date

Looks like one of the newer models with super case. Very nice