I got this in the mail yesterday. I ordered this off of dx.com (SKU 80390) just after the new year and it took the usual 3 weeks to get here. It was $9.20 shipped and the reviews were really good. There were a ton of YouTube videos on this one too. I believe it comes in 5 colors; white, black, yellow, pink, and red. I'm not even sure how I found it, but I'm pretty sure it was because of the "Related Videos" on YouTube that popped up when I was looking up G-shock reviews of the ones I wanted.
I got this one in particular for a few reasons...
- I wanted to try my hand at dying the resin band. I had seen a lot of threads on mygshock.com about people customizing their G-shocks and I just wanted to try. However, I didn't want to do it on a real G-shock for fear of ruining a $100+ watch. So by all means, this one is my guinea pig. :)
- Before I purchase the GWX8900B-7, I wanted to make sure that I would be comfortable with a larger watch. Prior to this, I've always worn Skagens, which are super thing. The next largest would be my cheap Casio Illuminator, and then the Timex Classic that Papa T got me for my birthday. :) This one will not be one of the future ones I dye. This one's just the one I really wanted. :P
- To be honest, I just have a fascination with fakes/replicas. Without going into the economics of things, it's just interesting. This is one of a very small amount (less than I can count on my one hand that I can recall) of "fake" stuff that I own. Researching it is another story. I guess you can say learning about replica items is a bit of a hobby.
From what I learned on myghock.com, these have a different resin composition than that of the real deal. So the dye will still take, but it'll come up a little lighter. That's fine by me. :) I just wanted to test this out and make sure I have the process down. This one's pretty cute as is, though. :3
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