What time is it? Watches and horology

Ho ho ho

The lume is minty!

Sorry to sully this thread with plastic/titanium cheapness but I just sent one of these...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-WBOt95xAc

... back to Casio via the G-Shock shop for a new battery and got a reply basically saying 'sorry it's too old to 'repair' - call us if you want it back, otherwise have a discount on a current model'.

That's possibly more than fair enough from them, but I don't particularly want a new one and the eco-warrior in me is loathe to just throw it out (particularly given people seem to be still asking where to get them on that youtube video).

Any ideas for a satisfactory disposal, or am I just being a twat?

or a new battery

Dont want to give it a go yourself?

dose it need a fancy battery?

Just get a cheap case back opener and see what battery it needs and get a small tube of silicone grease for the o-ring when closing it back up

doing a quick google, it does sound like this model suffers from catastrophic failure of the analogue module fairly frequently.
Unfortunately, its probably terminal.

I'd get it back to keep as a memento, and buy a new G Shock for actual time telling duties.

My current favourite g shock:

battery..

well, it was working fine a few years ago and hasn't been touched since so I was assuming it was just the battery that needed replacing. Casio just say they 'can't get the parts' though, without being specific, so it may well be more trouble than it's worth either way.

I'll get it back.. and probably leave it in a drawer for another 10 years pointlessly.

Was it @mattyc who was on the look out for a Mad Men Tudor?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363162512558

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I've got a similar era G-Shock and the case back is held on with screws around the perimeter, battery is readily available and I've changed it a few times with no mishaps. Happy to take a look if you want me to when you get it back?

I can second that.. 1998ish G-Shock which I sent back to Casio for battery changes for the first decade or so.. since then I’ve changed the battery a few times myself with little fuss and no issue around water ingress (I’ve swum in it many times since, not dived)

That’s... perfect.

If it has sat for a few years with a dead battery, the battery has likely split. If that is the case, the movement is dead. Most likely the reason they are saying that a new part (movement) cannot be sourced. It will prob have two batteries in it, a 377 and a 2032 or something.

Thanks for the reply. Yes that would be quite a likely explanation given the circumstances, and if Casio had said that I wouldn't be posting here at all - except to maybe offer it up for spare parts..

@cagimaha cheers for the offer. If I remember, I'll bring it along to the next TNRC and you can use your blowtorch and chain whip on it..

And also mine looses about 1-2s during the night if stored crown down

Tested this last night. Yeah, stored crown down it doesn't shit the bed like it would if stored flat. Curious.

I was’t, but that is lovely @PawG

Ah ok, soz. It’s got some movements issues and won’t go cheap because of the Mad Men connection but it sure is a looker. I lust after a UG Polerouter with the micro rotor which is very similar.

https://wornandwound.com/a-brief-history-of-the-universal-geneve-polerouter/

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That's just how gravity and balance wheels get on. The idea of the tourbillon is to counteract this by rotating the balance constantly. Doesn't necessarily work though. The best solution is just to make the movement more accurate (with finer adjustment, amagnetic balance springs etc).

Yeah figured. Just weird that it affects that movement so badly. The other autos I have - Zenith / Seiko / Junghans don’t seem to mind being left flat, face up so much.

My Seiko 5 seems a bit all over the place, I usually leave it on while I sleep and often it's dead on but sometimes it seems to lose a couple of minutes in as many days.

Who was after a cheap watch with mineral crystal? Amazon have Timex Expedition Scouts on sale for £26 at the moment:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Timex-Expedition-Scout-Black-T49961/dp/B00HF49WWG?ref_=ast_sto_dp

Feeling flush and you can get the solar one for £41
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07PJCCHMZ

It could probably be 90% remedied with adjustment. Seiko have never adjusted the 7S / 4R / 6R movements at the factory so it's really just pot luck whether you get one that has better or worse positional consistency. The SPB053 I had (6R15) ran at +2.5s/day and it was more or less the same +2.5s whatever I did to it - crown up or face up made no more than 1 or 2 seconds difference to it. All the other Seikos I've had since (apart from the SLA017) have been a lot less consistent even if they keep better time while being worn.

Says £56 and 52 for me...

Looking at other sellers it says £26, not sure why that's not the main choice.

Oh ta!