FrightenedTomato

FrightenedTomato t1_jd3s4t4 wrote

Objectively this particular G-Shock is one of the greatest watches ever created -

  • It's incredibly rugged which means it will take almost anything you throw at it. Even if you break something you can easily get replacement parts and fix it yourself.
  • It's light-powered which means it will keep ticking as long as you expose it to light - even indoor lighting. Maybe in 12 or 15 years you'll need to replace the capacitor in it but that's cheap and easy to fix.
  • It's damn near waterproof and can survive water pressures higher than everyone but the most dedicated divers may need.
  • It's a quartz watch which means it will stay accurate better than the best mechanical watches and what's better it's synced to atomic clocks which means it will always be accurate.
  • It has additional feature such as a stopwatch, alarms, etc.

It's probably the last true "tool" watch left and it's cheap and fairly compact unlike most other G-Shocks with a similar set of features.

Subjectively people may find it fugly and I can't blame them for that. It is a very ugly watch though that's half the charm of G-shocks.

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