Still playing. Just not posting.

Sorry for the lack of activity. A month away from the computer in August sort of killed any momentum I had going for me.

I did get a pic of the watch for August however.



A blue, basic model Gulfman. It took everything the sun, sand and water could throw at it. There may have been a day or two I didn't wear it. It was vacation after all.

September saw the G300 come out.



This watch was the banner model for quite some time on the watchuseek G-Shock forum. The photo was excellent and prompted many "what model watch is that?" questions. I asked that same question myself, and after a time found one for sale.

October's watch is a special edition Mudman.





The TLC Mudman commerates Toyota's Land Cruiser team's entry into the Dakkar rally. The rally was cancelled, so all us watch geeks couldn't live vicariously through the team and wear our fancy watches.

I didn't buy it because of the Toyota connection though. I wanted a colourful G, and this is a very, very bright watch. I've had a few people ask me if it was a kids watch. It realy does get noticed.

GW225A-1

Here' s what Casio has to say about the Frogman:

The Frogman has resurfaced as one of G-Shock’s 25 Anniversary Limited Edition releases. With its Solar Power and Dive Function, the Frogman remains an aquatic masterpiece. Engraved with a commemorative 25th Anniversary logo.



Big, chunky, inexpensive, it's everything a G-Shock is meant to be and more.

DW6900-1V

This is what comes to mind when you say "G-Shock".

GL-7500-9VDR

Time for a dash of colour round here!

This one arrived from Singapore just in time to brighten things up. April was kind of wintery with all kinds of snow and cold. Even today there was a dusting of snow on the ground early in the morning.



But you can see green grass trying to get through. Go little green grass! Grow!

This is a very interesting model. It's quite loaded with features including one I'll probably never use a tide graph. And did you notice that it's yellow?

GW-300

Phew! Don't know what happened yesterday. I must have walked into a reality distortion field.

For those of you following along at home, I have been wearing one G-Shock a month for a year. April's G-Shock is the hated and revered GW-300.



It's big, it's round, it has red highlights (I like red) and it has some fantastic features. Why the hate? Well, a bunch of these have either had a bad rechargeable battery, a bad module, or both. There are stories of perfectly fine watches malfunctioning for no apparent reason, and repaired watches crashing. Fortunately mine has been going strong for about three years and will hopefully keep going for many more.



The two main features on this watch are the solar cell that recharges the watch's battery and Casio's Waveceptor technology which receives the time signal broadcast from Colorado. With these two features the watch should never need a new battery nor need to be reset.

This was my first G-Shock and I'm looking forward to wearing it this month as it has been out of the rotation for awhile. Stay tuned for more.

Tune in tomorrow.

DW-5600E

The third G-Shock of the year is the venerable DW-5600E.



This one should be in any G-Shock collection. The 5600 is a direct decendant of the original G-Shock, the DW-5000C.



Casio's G-Shock brand really took of 25 years ago after the famous "slap shot" commercial. You can see it along with some corporate G-Shock history on this page: http://www.casio-intl.com/wat/g_shock/his.html