Casio GWM500A-1 Parts and Accessories

Casio GWM500A-1 Parts and Accessories

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2012

And other versions came out afterwards as well.

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ah cool. I'm asking because someone on the Amazon reviews said they got this exact watch in the 1980s and I wonder if the watch is really that old. Thanks for the answer.

 

From the Casio Watches app:

 

The very similar GW-500 (no M) came out in 2003. I believe this was the first mainstream Wave Ceptor G-Shock (or even Casio in general) for the USDM.

 

The very similar GW-500 (no M) came out in 2003. I believe this was the first mainstream Wave Ceptor G-Shock (or even Casio in general) for the USDM.

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That was the GW-300 that came out one year earlier, in 2002. The GW-500 is not "very similar" its actually a predecessor to the GW-M500 with "M" here meaning modified.

 

Thanks for posting the thread. I see quite a lot of similarity among generations, models, and lines. It's been a dream of mine to create a style taxonomic tree for G-Shocks and I can do so for specific features (e.,g., three eyes) but there are so, so many models, it's daunting.

Soon I'll be starting a thread to capture my fascinations with G-Shock design. It's such a rich domain with so many fascinating branches. There are two big problems with doing this. First, when I discover a piece I want to study, I usually try to buy it. Second, with some of these pieces pushing a quarter century or more of age, it's a race against time.

A library of dead or inert specimens just doesn't excite me as much as a functioning collection.

 

Thanks for posting the thread. I see quite a lot of similarity among generations, models, and lines. It's been a dream of mine to create a style taxonomic tree for G-Shocks and I can do so for specific features (e.,g., three eyes) but there are so, so many models, it's daunting.

Soon I'll be starting a thread to capture my fascinations with G-Shock design. It's such a rich domain with so many fascinating branches. There are two big problems with doing this. First, when I discover a piece I want to study, I usually try to buy it. Second, with some of these pieces pushing a quarter century or more of age, it's a race against time.

A library of dead or inert specimens just doesn't excite me as much as a functioning collection.

That was idea behind creating analog digital watches thread which i created and sustain and welcome any meaningful addition to it.

G-Shock design has all visible stages from early 80s where it was not much of individual design but copy paste from existing models in regular line and watches been utilitarian to late 80s/early 90s when what we consider current G-shocks were born. Cool, marketable and though they borrowed heavily again from existing Casio line it become independent at late 90s and it staying to be this way.

It will be interesting to discuss design and it's development. Though my few attempts here did not extent into lengthy threads.

Keeping park of older watches and keeping them running is sure complex task. Especially watches like G-shocks with plastic build and custom parts. I pass on many because unless you really love it... it better be in perfect condition. Because sometime efforts to fix it are expensive at least in Canada.

 

I wonder if this could be something we, as a forum, could work on together.
With the release of the G-Shock archive on the Casio Watches app, research has gotten easier.

 

It seems like the Waveceptor/MB6 designation would be the "G" on some models, based on the small sample list below. Since they all contain W... I guess maybe the M was added to designate the newer MB6 instead of Waveceptor? It's somewhat confusing IMO.

DW-5000 - non solar/non mb6
DW-5200 - non solar/non mb6
DW-5600 - non solar/non mb6
GW-5000 - solar/mb6
GW-M5610 - solar/mb6
GW-500 - solar/waveceptor
GWM-500 - solar/mb6

 

It seems like the Waveceptor/MB6 designation would be the "G" on some models, based on the small sample list below. Since they all contain W... I guess maybe the M was added to designate the newer MB6 instead of Waveceptor? It's somewhat confusing IMO.

DW-5000 - non solar/non mb6
DW-5200 - non solar/non mb6
DW-5600 - non solar/non mb6
GW-5000 - solar/mb6
GW-M5610 - solar/mb6
GW-500 - solar/waveceptor
GWM-500 - solar/mb6

Yes, the M suffix was added to denote the upgrade to Multi-Band to older models. But in the case of the GW-M5610, it already had a predecessor having MB5 called the GW-M5600 so they called it the GW-M5610 to denote the upgrade to MB6.

 

I have a GW-M500A-1 (black/silver) and a GW-M500F-2 (black/blue) that aren't getting any wrist time these days. If anyone is interested, I'd be happy to let them go at a reasonable price.

 

wow! I genuinely didn't know there's a blue version of that watch!

Tbh I would buy them from you if I wasn't so broke and unemployed.

 

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