I’ve studied and read a lot about the care of steel bracelets. I want to take a similar approach with the resin bands on my Casio watches. While I agree that a simple rinse with tap water and drying with a towel will increase the longevity of the resin, I want to take it a step further.

After reading various threads in this forum, a member (Lawrie) mentioned more than once that Silicone is a good preservative of rubber. I can’t seem to locate any water-based “pure silicone” here in the UK…

Silicone spray on rubber and resin straps?

I’d picked up this 55QS a few months ago. It was a great price but two of the lugs had been badly damaged. This case has a resin core and a steel top and back. It seemed like the bracelet, which I don’t have, was twisted and the lugs broke out. I can only speculate but if someone had installed the bracelet with single shoulder spring bars than they could not have removed it with a typical spring bar tool and may have resorted to breaking the case to remove it.

Regardless, the watch could…

Casio 55QS-24 lug repair

I have been wearing my GW-5000u my go to watch and literally no need for another. However Im really nitpicky and stupidly OCD especially after coffee and noticed that my unit got tiny speck of dust just front of led light. While It Isn’t visible until I turn light on and look for it and It makes little shadow on display too that Isn’t really visible.

How to minimize new dust If I decide to open caseback and does opening case risk water resistance? Watch is maybe 4 years old now.

Yeah I…

Opening GW-5000U case & speck of dust

I won this for just over £25 a few days ago, and got it through yesterday. Sold as not working but I was sure it would be ok.

I like these old, all stainless steel Casio’s, they have a bit of character about them.

These have the 549 module, which has dual time and REM like the 901/691’s did in the 5600C’s/5300’s and probably other vintage Casio’s as well.

So with a few photos, here’s the story from yesterday and this morning:

1. Arrival shots, the crystal and case have marks/scratches…

Nice little vintage Casio W-780 back to life🙂