G shock waveceptor bitch/moan

Pat Mustard

Just spent the best part of an hour digging out the manual and trying to manually adjust the time on this watch.

Those instructions were bloody awkward to follow.

I eventually managed to switch on the auto daylight savings time setting, so no more hassle until I upset the settings again.

Here's the watch.



I like the watch though. It's kinda pretty, in an inelegant sorta way. I thought that I'd be able to wear it with a suit, but it doesn't quite look the part for that.

I've Had it for 5 years or more, now. It's been with me hiking, scuba diving, etc. Perfect apart from a few scratches to the paint on the bracelet. Fairly bulletproof.

But if anyone is thinking of getting one, maybe consider something a bit more straightforward.

/moan

Wibbs

I do love G-shocks TBH. If we were to look entirely logically at the "best" watch, a G-shock type design would be well ahead of a dress Patek Phillipe. Though I get your point re the complexity of some of them. They can sometimes be too "busy" of dial and setup. As you said though, near bulletproof.

bluefinger

aren't all g shocks simply a case of holding in the 'adjust' button?

Pat Mustard

bluefinger wrote: »

aren't all g shocks simply a case of holding in the 'adjust' button?

If only! Maybe the digital G-shocks are more straightforward.

run_Forrest_run

I dunno, I recently purchased the GW4000 model and to be honest with you I thought the instructions were fairly straightforward. For the main operations like checking to see if the last time signal was received and switching manually between STD and DST times were easy enough. Granted you have to remember whether the 'A' button has to be held down for 2 seconds or 5 seconds...there is a bit of that alright.

Selecting world time was easy too, once you know that everything starts from the timekeeping mode and you go from there.

On some of their very expensive models (€1000+) I've seen a crown where you turn to select various modes, probably reducing the need for holding down various buttons for specific durations.

Still though, love the watch.

Graham_B18C

I have a GA-110EH but I live in Oz and the instructions are in Ireland. On hols atm and have no idea how I managed to change the time on the bloody thing! Dreading trying to change it back when I arrive back tomorrow!

Also it's 5 mins fast as I've been afraid to try fix it, last time I did I set the alarm for every hour after 12 for some reason I just can't find how to change the minutes! I really should sit down and google it but I've gotten used to knocking 5 mins off the time I read!

Deep Thought

Graham_B18C wrote: »

I have a GA-110EH but I live in Oz and the instructions are in Ireland. I really should sit down and google it but I've gotten used to knocking 5 mins off the time I read!

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=GA-110EH+Manual

Pat Mustard

Graham_B18C wrote: »

I have a GA-110EH but I live in Oz and the instructions are in Ireland. On hols atm and have no idea how I managed to change the time on the bloody thing! Dreading trying to change it back when I arrive back tomorrow!

Also it's 5 mins fast as I've been afraid to try fix it, last time I did I set the alarm for every hour after 12 for some reason I just can't find how to change the minutes! I really should sit down and google it but I've gotten used to knocking 5 mins off the time I read!

You can download the manual. I managed to download mine and almost went blind trying to read the tiny print, before I decided to dig out the physical manual. Magnifying glass ftw.

http://mygshock.com/casio-manual/

Graham_B18C

Deep Thought wrote: »

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=GA-110EH+Manual

Smartarse!

I had no doubt I could google it. I just never bothered!

I'll actually screenshot the relevant part and get this sorted on my flight

Edit: the page The Mustard linked to is spot on, thanks very much for that

Mredsnapper

Graham_B18C wrote: »

Smartarse!

I had no doubt I could google it. I just never bothered!

I'll actually screenshot the relevant part and get this sorted on my flight

Edit: the page The Mustard linked to is spot on, thanks very much for that

It took me an hour to change my Protrek to Summer time last weekend. I can see why the radio watches are so popular especially if they come with a a dst function.