My Lovely Collection: Vintage Casio G-Shock "Mission Impossible" DW-5300

Selasa, 12 November 2013

Vintage Casio G-Shock "Mission Impossible" DW-5300

Sports and diets, that was my personal theme along this 2013. Since this two things became my daily activity, i never forget to use G-Shock on my wrist. I do like G-Shock since i was in senior high school and the addiction became more crazy this year. Mission impossible was one of my all time favorite espionage movie, DW-5300 was chosen to accompany Ethan Hunt during all of his mission. Unfortunately we don't find Ethan Hunt wearing G-Shock in MI-4, Ghost Protocol, except his partner Benji who use GX - 56. I do have a DW-5300 before but the condition was poor since the age but i have now in LNIB condition plus the original box... Amazing. The distinction of DW - 5300 was the watch was produced outside Japan, that's why all G-Shock lovers in Japan have to find it overseas. Feature and specification of the watch as follows:

Time display in 12-hour or 24-hour format. In regular timekeeping mode, the current home time is displayed to the second, along with the month, date, and day of the week, without any button presses.
Auto-calendar correctly calculates month lengths, leap years and days-of-the-week between 1985 and 2029.
Alarm: One alarm. An unusual feature is that in addition to the hour and minute, a month and/or date may optionally be set, so the alarm will only sound during the specified month or on the specified day of the month.
Time signal (hourly chime.)
Dual time: Hours and minutes can be set separately for a second time zone (seconds are synchronized with the home time.) The current home time is also displayed in dual time mode.
Countdown timer: Can be set for any duration from one second up to 24 hours, in one-second increments; optional auto-repeat function. The current home time is also displayed in countdown timer mode.
Stopwatch: 1/100th second, with one split; rolls over at 24 hours.
Illumination: Backlight is via a tiny incandescent bulb at the left edge of the display.
Reminder mark: A peculiar feature seldom seen on newer watches, this is a user-enabled display flag which slowly blinks in all modes. It has no function except to serve as a visual reminder to the wearer.
Shock-resistant design, intended to survive a 10-meter fall.
Water resistant to 200 meters.
Battery: One lithium button cell, CR2320 in older models (module 691) or CR2016 in newer models (module 901.) Either was expected to last ten years or more.