G FACTORY NOW OPEN IN SURIA SABAH KOTA KINABALU

Last weekend after a movie outing with my family, I stumbled upon the G Factory.
By the looks of it, seems like it was just opened recently.

Collaboration with the Korean Popular All Girl K-Pop group Girls Generation...
My guess is those will be selling like hot cakes.

Wife is interested in getting something to wear during her tennis games with friends... 
OK, let's be real... Do we really need a good reason to buy a watch? :-)
So... I leave the shop with this.

Baby G
Ref: BGA-150-4BDR
Powered by a quartz module 5257.
Sunburst pink dial.
2 hands for minutes and hours with a hint of dark pink tip just to remain fashionable... :-)
Subdial at 3 is for the day, month/date, PM indicator, world time, countdown timer, stopwatch, alarm, and hand setting mode indicator (interchangeable via shoulder buttons.
Subdial at 6 is the indicator for the mode that the watch is in.
Subdial at 9 is for the seconds.



As we all know, these watches are meant for the active lifestyle so I think it will survive a tennis match...
It costs waaaaaay less then Rafael Nadal's RM027 but will get the job done all the same :-) albeit with less prestige... but hey, I ain't complaining.

CASIO G-SHOCK G-1200BD-1A

Another G-Shock that I used to have and have since given to my best friend as a birthday gift.

CASIO G-SHOCK G1200BD-1A

Not to be mistaken with the similar looking G-3000 series.

While the G-3000 series comes with an extra cool function known as the "Multiband 5" (It synchonises the local time with the use of satellite signals) which means the watch is in no need of setting.

But unfortunately, the 5 towers than provides the signals is only available in Japan, China, Germany, UK and the USA.

This is the more entry level G-1200 series which is basically the same sans the "Multiband 5" function.

I like the blue coloured numerals, markers and text on the dial.

Gives out a modern techno feel.

This is by far the coolest looking G-Shocks I have seen.

Legibility is excellent with the nice contrasts of the hands, markers and dial.

Standard caseback fastened with 4 screws.

This particular model is made in Thailand.

Just some extra info, Seiko and Casio actually manufactures alot of models in Thailand.

And once in awhile, they will release some cool Thailand only limited editions.

Too bad there are none in Malaysia.

Some Seiko movements are also produced locally in Malaysia, but fitted into watches that are exported to USA and Europe.

Tough Solar on the dial means that this watch is recharged using solar power and according to the manual, it will work up to 6 months on a full charge and fully kept in the dark after that.

As long as it's worn sparingly under sunlight, I guess the battery won't be in need of any changing.

But since this watch is only a little over a year old, I would have to update you guys 5 years from now? lol

The Chronograph function is cool to play around with as it can be used to time accurately up to 100th of a second.

Enter the chrono functions, all hands line up at 12 o'clock.

Once the chrono start, the seconds hand start racing around the dial once every second, stop and the other gauges will show 10th of a second and 100th of a second. How cool is that?

My friend is enjoying this watch and and it's nice.

Nice watch for a great friend.

He has always been a big fan of G-Shocks.

I hope this watch will provide him years and years of great service.

CASIO G-SHOCK DW5600E-1VDF

I recently got this watch as a gift from a WIS friend. The 4 of us was involved in a whatsapp group chatting everyday non-stop about watches and occasionally some other things.
Casio G-Shock DW5600E-1VDF.

In my opinion, I don't think there's another watch that is as cheap, utilitarian and functional as a G-Shock.
It is one of those watches that can take anything you dish at him, then he turns and spits at you saying "Is that all you got?"
Tool watches are a word that once used to describe watches like Rolex Explorer, Submariners, Panerai and a host of others, but cmon... lets be realistic, who wants to use a USD4000 watch as a tool watch?
This on the other hand, costs less than USD100... beat it till it fails, so what? It's cheap enough to replace.

One look at the dial, you can tell the time, day, date and month.
The backlight is blue when light button is pressed.

On the right side, there are pusher buttons for Stopwatch start stop and also the backlight button.
On the left side is the mode button for you to shuffle between functions such as stop watch, alarm, countdown timer.
The adjust button is to... well, adjust the time or date or timer functions.
A nice touch is that the adjust button is recessed lower than the rest of the buttons as to avoid accidently pushing it during normal wear.

Screw in caseback. Alot of info is engraved there.
And of course these are now made in China.
The made in Japan ones costs a bomb if one could find them.

The 4 of us are suppose to engrave a little something to commemorate it as our "Brotherhood" watch but space is lacking and the need to remove the caseback for engraving makes us scrap the plan.
Now, we only know in our hearts what this watch means to us personally.

There are of course other similar looking models with more functions like solar powered ones or collaboration models.
But I guess this bare bones one still offers the best value for money.

It is next to my Tissot T-Race as my grab and go watch as well.
This is better suited for sporting activities like jogging or hiking (like I am an active person anyway... lol)