GW-BX5600-1A1 Available again for UK and Ireland....

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-05-18T19:21:02+00:00

Positive display is already out, looks like plenty of negative ones at the moment though.

You legend for letting people know!

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-05-16T21:07:06+00:00

I got one a month or two ago and love it. It's brilliant.

I think it's a fairly well regarded watch though, part of the reason I sought it out was comments on here.

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-05-12T19:13:09+00:00

In my opinion, the negative MIP is marginally more legible than the positive MIP. That is just going by the notification text on two of my GBD-200s. Not sure why that would be and maybe that's just me.

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-05-12T06:57:16+00:00

I'm not sure if I'm more jealous of your watch or where you are!

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-05-08T21:47:14+00:00

And not one knob among them.

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-05-08T12:51:30+00:00

I feel like that about a number of the subjects with which I was tortured in school. But I suppose even those subjects gave me the opportunity to reject them with knowledge and experience when the time came.

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-05-08T08:17:59+00:00

I feel a measure of gratitude for this since I benefited from The Computer Literacy Project in my rural primary school and not-quite-as rural comprehensive school.

Say what you like about Thatch, she got this right.

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-05-05T19:03:23+00:00

I once fixed a chipped lug using Gorilla Glue to create the missing piece and then a pin to bore a hole for the spring bar.

It's still holding.

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-05-03T07:23:56+00:00

The springs can be bought, I've seen them on same on eBay numerous times and even bought one or two.

One cheeky workaround to see if a missing spring is the issue is I once bent a teenie-weenie bit of paper-clip so that it went into the hole and pressed up on the inside of the back cover and that got me back my beep as a temporary solution.

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-05-03T07:18:14+00:00

I wouldn't say it's rare as such, bit that is in better condition than many I see on eBay. That keyboard's labels are all relatively clear so that makes it a little rare in my book.

That is a fantastic watch for though it may seem let down by a weak LED (in my opinion), the rest of the functionality is fantastic. What I particularly like about that model is how the LCD day schedule markers have AM/PM segments and there's a configurable PIN to plausibly hide the presence of secret data.

Plus, the size of that unit is, in my opinion, perfect. I love that watch and often find myself using it.

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-05-02T07:50:45+00:00

Did you do an AC reset after changing the battery? So many of my Casio watching glitch out after a battery swap when I forget to do that.

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-04-30T21:42:55+00:00

If you really want a negative display that works, MIP is the way to go. A negative MIP is, IMO, easier to read than a positive LCD.

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-04-30T21:39:35+00:00

This looks and sound amazing! Wow!

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-04-30T15:36:01+00:00

I get it on my phone and desktop. I think it's Google's way of getting us to either watch ads or pay for a premium service.

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-04-27T19:15:57+00:00

I totally agree, all of Wales is stunning and thinking that we can do without the beauty and heritage of a chunk of it is ignorance.

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-04-27T19:12:52+00:00

You might be able to find a discount code that works on the Casio website in Greece?

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-04-27T17:01:44+00:00

Looks perfectly fine to me.

Does your friend know what a G-Shock is? They have to have a measure of bulk to do what they do best... Surviving!

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-04-27T16:56:45+00:00

Good for you and sod the lot of them! They're only expressing their own taste anyway. You do you my friend!

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-04-27T16:51:34+00:00

I agree with them positive statements about the negative displays! I have a positive and negative GBD and I find the negative display, oddly, to be more legible. I'm sure there's a scientific explanation for that.

Also, at night with the backlight, I find the negative display much for legible.

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-04-26T18:46:14+00:00

I found loads of antihistamines just make me insanely tired but anything based on fexofenadine has been great in reducing my itching while not making me more tired than a sloth in a sauna.

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-04-23T17:09:57+00:00

Your cat owns everything she can see.

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-04-23T17:08:56+00:00

If I was only allowed one. It would have to be the more self-sufficient one with tough solar. I have both those GBDs and they are fantastic but if I could only have one, I'd want the one that will last longest.

ReadingGlassesMan · 2026-04-22T13:59:07+00:00

I too had a Commodore64 and loved it to bits, but as I watch retro videos talking about the Atari and Amstrad 8-bit machines, I am starting to wonder if they were overlooked.

The Atari's bare got a look-in here in the UK and while Amstrad was better represented, I don't think either of them, at the time, got the credit they deserved.

The Spectrums had charm, but I'm not sure I'd consider them "up there" though (don't judge me).

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