I've noticed that the settable calendar in my digital waches (needed to automatically figure out the day of the week, given the date) goes up to a certain arbitrary year in the second half of the XXI century. This has got me thinking. Given that t…
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Vintage YEMA LCD (B2 593 1K)
Hi guys,
Here's my review of this old YEMA LCD.
Not much info about this one. Probably from the 70s'
She arrived in a ve…
Continue readingAnyone heard of or own one of these MAG Solar Dual Power JDM watches?
Saw these interesting JDM digital watches on eBay. Was looking at this and…
Anyone heard of or own one of these MAG Solar Dual Power JDM watches?
Continue readingSpeedmaster lcd (1977)
I've triple-posted this thread (in the Omega forum & HEQ but I realize this watch might not be considered "HEQ" towards subforum definition so I reposted the thread here. It's definitely a digital watch hey ? )
I've deci…
Continue readingWatches in TRON 1982
Hi guys,
I recently got a CASIO A100, a watch I didn't know even existed until very recently.
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AE1200 mod for flash alarm!
Saw this on Wrist Action on YouTube, he did an instructional video on how to modify the pcb to enable flash alarm on the AE1200. It involves soldering a jumper together, looks fairly easy if you have a soldering iron (or conductive paint pen). I think …
Continue readingCasio steel case mods – 2025 edition
It all started with Kranio Designs then followed by the more popular SKXMOD. Turning your AE-1200/1300 WS-1600 into stainless steel Casios. Wildly popular but also kinda expensive. Thankfully now we have several options from AliExpress and Ebay that ar…
Continue readingWhere was this module from and what can I do with it?
Probably some OEM left overs, saw it was on sale for couple thousand of them. The backplate and display looks quite premium, do people still make digital watches in this level of detail? Nixon maybe? Or some other microbrand? Got me quite curious and w…
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