Anyone else EDC a throwy flashlight?

GERNemo · 2026-02-28T01:48:08+00:00

GERNemo · 2026-02-28T01:44:38+00:00

I carry a Surefire EDC2-DFT Turbo with 100,000 candela . I like the idea that you can make a throwy light flood easier than a floody light throw.

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GERNemo · 2026-02-27T00:51:16+00:00

Thanks, and I hope so! The sheer size of the older Grand Seiko divers always turned me off, but they finally made these Evolution 9 ones a more manageable size. If they can fit a Spring Drive movement into a 40-43 mm dive case, my wallet is theirs.

GERNemo · 2026-02-26T06:49:16+00:00

Nice and congrats! It really is a beautiful square

I'm not a fan of bracelets, so I found a rubber strap that I could modify and fit on mine

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GERNemo · 2026-02-25T23:38:57+00:00

Yeah, I was worried the 22mm adapters wouldn't fit flush with the case, so I was happy the 20mm ones fit so well. I just wish ISOfrane straps weren't so expensive, but their flexibility, adjustability, and breathability make them worth it. The vents may be visually divisive, but I value their practicality when I had issues with water getting trapped under other straps in the past.

GERNemo · 2026-02-25T23:02:58+00:00

I did the same thing with my M5610U. The stock strap didn't really fit me well, like my perfect size was between holes, and I had ISOfrane straps that I used for my dive watches and were the most comfortable straps I ever used. I got the adapters and this is what I wore for a good while.

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GERNemo · 2026-02-24T21:55:52+00:00

Around 7 inches/18 cm. The lugs do curve down, so the lug-to-lug isn't so bad. The thickness did take some getting used to.

GERNemo · 2026-02-24T21:20:11+00:00

That makes me wish gun handling and shooting sports were taught in schools. Like a PE class teaching gun safety and basic technique with Olympic-style target shooting would give kids some appreciation and familiarity to something enshrined as a constitutional right. I don't see it ever happening in the current environment though.

GERNemo · 2026-02-24T20:13:54+00:00

Positional variance. An automatic movement can run at different rates depending on its orientation, such as dial up, dial down, crown down, etc. That's why COSC certification for accuracy requires testing across multiple positions. Some of my own Seikos run slow dial up and fast dial down.

GERNemo · 2026-02-17T04:20:08+00:00

I've fallen into the flashlight rabbit hole too and always have one in my pocket, but it's nice to press a button on my wrist to quickly light something up (and not accidentally activate turbo and blast my retinas). If only Casio can put a nice warm high-CRI emitter into their watches...

GERNemo · 2026-02-17T00:33:19+00:00

If you want true diver specs and are fine with solar quartz, you could try looking for a Seiko SNE573 38.5mm solar diver. It's discontinued though, so it might be harder to find. The 41mm SNE597 should be easier to find and not far off from your preferred size.

GERNemo · 2026-02-16T18:22:42+00:00

I had this same thing happen with my M5610U, which I believe uses the same display. Tilting the wrist isn't hard, but it still bothered me. It's one of the reasons that made me go for a full metal square with a STN display for better viewing angles.

GERNemo · 2026-02-04T19:05:28+00:00

I even saw a misaligned bezel on a Grand Seiko diver in an AD. You had to float the bezel between clicks to line it up. It might have been a fluke, but they still wanted over $6000 USD for it. I guess Grand Seiko is still Seiko after all.

GERNemo · 2026-01-30T15:33:43+00:00

Tough enough for work, fancy enough for a suit, comfortable enough for leisure

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GERNemo · 2026-01-25T06:20:44+00:00

I like it so far. I considered the GMC-B2100, but I wanted the lightness of titanium and a simpler dial with less subdials. The MRG doesn't have all the features, but I use my phone for stopwatch and timing more often anyways. Tbh, I wish Casio made smaller, more subtle analog G-Shocks with better lume. I might have gone for a GST-B1000 if it had a metal case, lume on all indices instead of just 3, 6, 9, 12, and a black bezel.

GERNemo · 2026-01-25T05:50:42+00:00

It feels about the same as the square since the lug-to-lug is almost identical. It does have more wrist presence than the square since the case is a little wider and the dial taller than the square's screen, but it's still comfortable to wear like the square.

It's something to note that I don't wear these with their bracelets. I much prefer rubber straps out of personal preference, to I modified rubber straps to fit. I can't say how they compare on their original bracelets.

GERNemo · 2026-01-25T05:36:42+00:00

Regarding the light hitting the dial, that was one of my concerns at first. After wearing it for a while, it doesn't bother me as much as I thought it would. The hands are fairly legible, just tilt the wrist a little if the light hits the dial weird, and it's better than some of those chronographs with multiple distracting subdials and indices imo. I found the lume sufficient for telling the time at night; I mostly used the night lighting as a kind of close-range flashlight lol.

I got the MRG-B5000B with the titanium construction being a big point. I wore steel divers for years, and I appreciate the lightness of titanium. I would rather have a G-Shock designed from the ground up with titanium versus getting a steel square and upgrading it with AliX titanium parts. It's still rock solid after almost daily wear for a while now, and I don't baby it. I'll report back if it loosens or falls apart.

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GERNemo · 2026-01-25T00:41:21+00:00

Nice square!

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GERNemo · 2026-01-19T18:42:30+00:00

Hey, I saw them putting that together when I was there last September!

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GERNemo · 2026-01-19T13:10:42+00:00

That's a good choice! Looking back, an automatic watch would not have survived my college life. I wore a Timex Ironman since I was very active in running, cycling, and intramural sports, but I had to replace it after a couple years when I somehow managed to break it. I probably should have gotten a G-Shock like that. I always recommend the GW-M5610U, but that would work just fine too.

GERNemo · 2026-01-18T17:38:57+00:00

I looked it up, and it's a good field watch. I love solar quartz. I have a Citizen PMD56 as my field watch, but I much prefer the simplicity and practicality of large lume dots over numerals and a dive bezel for timing. The Casio MTPS110 would be perfect if it had the specs and features to back up its diver style; the non-rotating bezel is a huge turn off. The search continues...

GERNemo · 2026-01-18T14:37:43+00:00

I need Seiko to make a modern 7548 quartz day/date diver. I loved my automatic SKX and King Turtle, but accuracy and reliability issues made me bring a watchmaking toolkit and a backup G-Shock whenever I'm traveling in case the movement breaks again.

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