new watch.

[SLRdude]

Picked up a G-Shock today. :cheers:
While I doubt that I will wear it much, I have been wanting to join the G-Shock club for a while now.

Here are a few quick shots.

http://static.flickr.com/45/131586771_9b8fbaece2_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/55/131586790_0bd760d713_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/55/131602390_8015abdd27_o.jpg

[JJ Irani]

That Blue/Grey combo does look really very nice, Chip. Congrats! :thumbsup:

[SLRdude]

hard to beat for 60 dollars shipped. :cheers:
Going to Mexico on vacation in a few weeks, so this will be my beater that goes with me.

The dial is some kind of dark olive color.

[dman]

DAMNIT!! First Sam and now you, I really need one of those just for the gadgets alone. Very nice Chip!

[SLRdude]

DAMNIT!! First Sam and now you, I really need one of those just for the gadgets alone. Very nice Chip!

Yeah... it was the gadget factor for me, and I used the vacation as an excuse. :lol:

This the poor man's Breitling Aerospace. :chuckle:

[dman]

Yeah... it was the gadget factor for me, and I used the vacation as an excuse. :lol:

This the poor man's Breitling Aerospace. :chuckle:
I love the hands though. Poor mans nothing, that is a very cool watch pal. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[SLRdude]

USD 63 shipped and the band is shaped like a sport bike tire.
5 separate alarms, stopwatch, countdown timer, world time in 27 cities, snooze, perpetual calendar.

Can't beat that!
And the pushers are operational all the way to 600 ft down.

[mailman]

Nice watch Chip :thumbsup: Good luck with it.

[JJ Irani]

USD 63 shipped and the band is shaped like a sport bike tire.
5 separate alarms, stopwatch, countdown timer, world time in 27 cities, snooze, perpetual calendar.

Can't beat that!
And the pushers are operational all the way to 600 ft down.
WOW!!:thumbsup: Just 63 bucks to the end user....makes you wonder what that watch really cost the manufacturer to produce and then it also makes you wonder what the profit margin on such a watch would be?:thinking: :thinking:

[SLRdude]

Actually if you take away the shipping cost, it was on sale for 54 bucks. :chuckle:

I just could not help myself. Doubt that I will ever wear it, but the other forum I frequent got bit by the G-shock bug and I got infected. (along with Sam, Mike and a few other guys)

[Launch Mini]

Nothing wrong with that one.
My accountant side always thinks, " How can they sell it for that price?"
Think about it, research, setting up the machinery, production, advertising , then add shipping from overseas, to your dealer, then the dealer even makes a profit in selling to you.
Unbelievable.
And it looks good too:thumbsup:

[C.J.]

By the time you get back from vacation, you should know how to use at least three of the functions :rofl: :rofl: Cool watch, that will probably last a lifetime :thumbsup:

[SLRdude]

By the time you get back from vacation, you should know how to use at least three of the functions :rofl: :rofl: Cool watch, that will probably last a lifetime :thumbsup:


HA HA
I actually figured it all out in less than five minutes. AND... just like any real dude, I never opened the booklet. :cheers:

[C.J.]

HA HA
I actually figured it all out in less than five minutes. AND... just like any real dude, I never opened the booklet. :cheers:

I'm impressed :thumbsup:

[mailman]

HA HA
I actually figured it all out in less than five minutes. AND... just like any real dude, I never opened the booklet. :cheers:
:chuckle: :chuckle: We don't need no stinkin directions :chuckle:

[Atomic]

HA HA
I actually figured it all out in less than five minutes. AND... just like any real dude, I never opened the booklet. :cheers:

Instruction manuals are for women. :chuckle:

[Rockrolex]

Nice one, Chip. I've always loved Casios for their complications. Until I got bit by the Rolex bug, I used to wear this one all the time.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a15/edkessler/CasioAtomic.jpg

As for lasting a lifetime, it will last the battery's lifetime. :lol:

[GerardoG]

Nice Chip! Where in this beautiful country will you spend your time?

[SLRdude]

I don't remember Gerardo. :banghead: My wife booked it.
I know that it's close to Cancun. Playa Del Carmen maybe?:thinking:

[GerardoG]

If that is the case....you will be 3 blocks away from me!

[Launch Mini]

I think we need a TRF GTG, Mexico sounds fine with me.:thumbsup:

[GerardoG]

...you will miss 'the' time to be here....next week. Local AD has a one week special: all purchases are divided in 6 if you pay with Amex and you pay it over that time (1/6th every month). They are AD for Rolex, Cartier, Tag, Corum, Blancpain, Breguet, Longines, Movado, Omega, RW, Montblanc....and on and on and on....

[SLRdude]

sounds like my kind of luck! :banghead:

[kingblackbolt]

That is a real beauty at a beautyful price! I went to the states to do some shopping last week and saw some G-Shock watches that connected to the atomic clock and automatically updated itself every day so the time is always dead on...
:thumbsup:
I have to check if we have those here in Canada yet as I am soreley tempted especially for under $100!
:cheers:

[Launch Mini]

I Just got back from Costco, Checked out the G Shocks. Thy didn't have your model, but they had one for $169 and one for $249 CDN.
I think there is something wrong with this picture up here.:banghead:

[dman]

I think there is something wrong with this picture up here.:banghead:
Yes there is John, but the list is so long we won't get into it. :chuckle: :justkiddi :chuckle:

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Yes there is John, but the list is so long we won't get into it. :chuckle: :justkiddi :chuckle:

Spoken like a true Hawaiian/Texan........? :thinking:

[Atomic]

I Just got back from Costco, Checked out the G Shocks. Thy didn't have your model, but they had one for $169 and one for $249 CDN.
I think there is something wrong with this picture up here.:banghead:

Our import duties are insane. :banghead: And you know this is true when even when our dollar sucked against the greenback, it was still cheaper to pay the huge exchange and buy a luxury timepiece in the US and sneak it back in.

I bought a TAG Heuer Kirium (RIP) seven years ago in Jamaica for US$950 when the identical watch in Toronto was priced at CDN$2,600 plus 15% tax. :banghead:

But we do have free healthcare! :cheers:

[Rodentman]

I have a radio controlled solar powered G-Shock which is my travel beater, when I travel. I use it around the house as a beater too, but I am not confident of water resistance so I don't get it soaked. I replaced the polymer strap with a fabric Zulu type strap. That was an improvement.