SlasherPay
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Hello Friends,
How many times you find yourself in a situation where you love a watch for its specifications, features looks etc but there is something about its design that bothers you. Sometimes the designers at Casio leave some glitches which are silly and unprofessional. Their Solar Models are great, however given the fact that you have to rely on Light to charge the battery and expensive rechargable battery every year or two, is a bludy botheration. Casio's website states that using Illumination once eats as much battery as it charges in 5 minutes of full light. So a person who uses light often, can think of this as an issue. Moreover I find it silly to have their solar panels replaced every 5 years or so in service as their efficiency degrades by that time. Casio should introduce 2 variants of a single model, one with solar and one without so people can have a choice!!!!
Back to the subject, I have a Casio Gulfman G-Shock G-9100-1DR (G218) watch which I like very much (I like other ones more but they are solar and I don't want any botheration other than normal battery change) The one thing I didn't like about it, is its Frame Design, especially that silver thing sticking out on the face, and puts a giant shadow on the area where seconds are displayed. So I'm looking forward to modify its internal frame and this is what I've planned to do with it. This part will be made out of a good metal or an alloy to have a high quality feel and it will be of the exact fit in the frame, will be carved out using a CNC. Any gaps will be covered with textured epoxy (matching rest of the frame texture) and after sanding-painting-polishing, even casio will not be able to tell if its done outside the factory. If I get this frame out, I will be able to do it. I haven't opened the watch yet so expert inputs will be appreciated.
The first picture below is the original watch, second one is after the mod, the third one is the actual part.
How many times you find yourself in a situation where you love a watch for its specifications, features looks etc but there is something about its design that bothers you. Sometimes the designers at Casio leave some glitches which are silly and unprofessional. Their Solar Models are great, however given the fact that you have to rely on Light to charge the battery and expensive rechargable battery every year or two, is a bludy botheration. Casio's website states that using Illumination once eats as much battery as it charges in 5 minutes of full light. So a person who uses light often, can think of this as an issue. Moreover I find it silly to have their solar panels replaced every 5 years or so in service as their efficiency degrades by that time. Casio should introduce 2 variants of a single model, one with solar and one without so people can have a choice!!!!
Back to the subject, I have a Casio Gulfman G-Shock G-9100-1DR (G218) watch which I like very much (I like other ones more but they are solar and I don't want any botheration other than normal battery change) The one thing I didn't like about it, is its Frame Design, especially that silver thing sticking out on the face, and puts a giant shadow on the area where seconds are displayed. So I'm looking forward to modify its internal frame and this is what I've planned to do with it. This part will be made out of a good metal or an alloy to have a high quality feel and it will be of the exact fit in the frame, will be carved out using a CNC. Any gaps will be covered with textured epoxy (matching rest of the frame texture) and after sanding-painting-polishing, even casio will not be able to tell if its done outside the factory. If I get this frame out, I will be able to do it. I haven't opened the watch yet so expert inputs will be appreciated.
The first picture below is the original watch, second one is after the mod, the third one is the actual part.