⌚📷 The Casio WQV-1 Wrist Camera from 2000 is the first digital camera built into a wristwatch. It can store 100 black and white photos with a resolution of 120x120 pixels.
😎 It's not hard to imagine how it sparked the interest of gadget enthusiasts back then. Thanks to a kind donation to the museum, we hope that, like with the recent Gameboy Camera, we'll soon be admiring its photos as well.
Hey #CasioCult, did you know there's a dressy F91-W that's even better than the A168? The A700 is slimmer and has a nice amber backlight. #watchesofmastodon
I have been alternating between these 2 lately. Still wearing the #GrandSeiko more obviously but having something very lightweight is a nice change of pace. #watches#watchesofmastodon
I came across a Datejust with tapestry dial aka “American Psycho”. I will obviously pass on it as I already own the same 16013 reference but with another dial. I found it funny though 😂 #watches#watchesofmastodon
Having a Spring Drive one and a Quartz one in my collection already, it is only natural that my 3rd #GrandSeiko would be a Hi-beats automatic. When I saw the radial snowy dial, the 44GS case and the blue GMT hand, I knew that the SBGJ201 aka “Mt Iwate” was the one. It’s not the first watch that can handle timezones in my collection but definitely the first regular GMT. #watches#watchesofmastodon
I have been wearing the #GrandSeiko SBGJ201 non-stop in the last 5 days. A few things I have noticed:
I have yet to wind it again. Rotor seems very efficient despite my low daily activity.
it’s definitely the heaviest and the thickest case out of the 3 GS I own. Stainless steel and GMT complication are likely the reasons.
Mt Iwate is probably my favorite dial out of the 3 #watches. I still like the Snowflake’s though and nothing is quite like Spring Drive and titanium. #watchesofmastodon
I don’t know how controversial my opinion is but I find the modern #Rolex Air King extremely unappealing. It has lost a lot of the traits from the original looking more like a weird downgraded mix between an Explorer and a Milgauss. And it doesn’t even live up to its name anymore as its design is inspired by a car and has almost nothing to do with airplanes/pilots. #watches#watchesofmastodon
Now that the weather is getting sunny again here, I can show a little something about my #Rolex Datejust. People tend to think that the cream Buckley dial is just a flat colored dial and they are not wrong. Most of the time it does look uniform. But as soon as you put it in the sunlight, you’ll notice that it has some texture/graininess in the way it reflects strong light. I don’t think I’ll ever get bored of that. #watches#watchesofmastodon
Boderry titanium field watch automatic NH35 screw down crown. Available at Boderry.com. Chinese made made well. There's a bronze version too. #watches#watchesofmastodon
Probably the 2 watches I wear the most lately. I usually don’t swap midday like a weirdo but I exceptionally did today because having the wrong date on one of them was bothering me 😂 #watches#watchesofmastodon
After a whole week of wearing only the #GrandSeiko SBGJ201 I thought it was time for a change. I went back to the trusty #Rolex Datejust as I need all the good luck I can today 🙏 #watches#watchesofmastodon
I don’t really wear my #Rolex 6244 often but today was kind of the right day. Lots of walking around in touristy places so I wanted something small, lightweight. Pretty much unnoticeable and inconspicuous. #watches#watchesofmastodon
With how sunny it is right now, it is not too hard to get a lum shot of my Seiko SNK809. Field watches are so easy to read 👌 #watches#watchesofmastodon
My 3rd #GrandSeiko is secured. I had been looking for one for weeks and stumbled upon an opportunity to get one that meets literally everything I wanted. l will post about it later but if you know that I already own a Spring Drive one and a Quartz one, you can guess where this is going 😉 #watches#watchesofmastodon
I just bought my 2nd #GrandSeiko. Will talk about it and explain the choices I made once I actually get my hands on the box. The only thing I will tease is that this reference is very plain and simple, and probably not one I would have considered 3 months ago before I had owned the very fancy SBGA259/Golden Snowflake. #watches#watchesofmastodon
Reference is SBGP005. I was looking for a good everyday watch. I had 3 criteria:
can work both in casual and formal if needed, 44GS case and incredible finish are classy but sunburst dial with no extra pattern is relatively simple for a #GrandSeiko
blue dial, blue was the one glaringly missing color in my collection so far
convenience, date is a must and 9F85 quartz rated at +-10s/year means that I don’t have to babysit it, battery swap after 3 years is trivial #watches#watchesofmastodon
Comparing the side view of the #GrandSeiko SBGA259 and SBGP005, unsurprisingly the case of the watch with quartz movement is much slimmer than the one with Spring Drive. But due to titanium instead of steel the bigger case is still lighter. #watches#watchesofmastodon
The #GrandSeiko SBGP005 has basically taken the place of both my SBGA259 which I find a bit too fancy for everyday and my #Citizen E650 S086728 which I don’t wear often anymore because it’s too heavy, too big (42.5mm) and a bit too complicated. The SBGP005 is 40.5mm, has one date complication and is steel instead of titanium so it is definitely heavier than SBGA259 but still nowhere near as heavy as the massive Citizen. #watches#watchesofmastodon
I am not sure why it took me so long to get a proper set of tools for #watches instead of relying on tools for electronics that sometimes did ok sometimes not ok. I don’t plan to do anything touching the movements themselves but it’s certainly going to help for basic maintenance like a battery swap or a bracelet adjustment. I also took the opportunity to grab a 2-slots travel pouch just in case. #watchesofmastodon
I went out to look at watches, and I saw some beautiful Tissot PRXs. They are pretty but far from perfect. Especially the quartz ones seem hit and miss (miss really) when it comes to hitting the markers.
Then I saw some Citizen Tsuyosas in various colours, which are also very beautiful! I was impressed.
Then I saw the Grand Seiko range next to Rolex and Omega and GOOD GOD! How can humans manufacture something as perfect as a Grand Seiko. 🤯 #horology#watchesofmastodon
I bought some refill of Polywatch. Pretty great to polish and smooth out a few decades worth of scratches on plexiglass surface. It’s night and day on the crystal of the Speedking 👍 #watches#watchesofmastodon