Casio G-Shock WW-5100C-9 Gold Edition

[nick0123]

Selling a nice and rare G-Shock on eBay (or privately if the offer is right).

These don't come up very often.

Links:

eBay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 1077151547

Website
http://www.liquidcrystal.co.nz/watches/ ... w-5100c-9/

[Seiko&Casio Lcd's]

Very nice G shock.
But what does "wide temp lc" mean exactly ?

[seikosha007]

Very nice G shock.
But what does "wide temp lc" mean exactly ?

The WW series, with their "Wide Temp LC", was an interesting line of G-Shocks released not too long after the first G-Shock model, the DW-5000. They features an LCD panel which could operate and remain visible across a much wider temperature range than normal LCDs (-30 degrees C to + 50 degrees C). Presumably it was to improve its usefulness in really cold climates (perhaps they had northern Japan in mind?), where LCD panels can become sluggish and difficult to read.

The two models released, WW-5100C and WW 5300C, weren't around for all that long, so they are quite rare (especially in excellent condition). They do crop up on eBay etc. from time to time in various conditions. Like many G-Shocks of this era, the rubber bezel and straps deteriorate with time, and whilst you can still get genuine Casio replacement straps, bezels have been out of production for a few years, and are extremely hard to get. I've seen them on Yahoo Japan auctions listed for > JPY25,000 (> USD 256.00!!!) -- just for a bezel -- which is pretty ridiculous. There is a company in Brazil that produces reproduction bezels and straps (I don't know whether they are actually made in Brazil, or they just import them from China), and they sell them on eBay regularly. I've never bought them myself, but from various reports, they aren't too bad, and if it's a matter of deciding to keep your G-Shock "naked" vs. having a reproduction bezel, I think many would choose the latter option.

Judging by the photo on this eBay sale link, it has one of the Brazilian (or other reproduction) bezels. You can tell the difference between them by looking at the font: the original Casio uses a bolder, thicker font, whereas the reproduction one uses a thinner font.

Genuine bezel:

WW-5100C genuine.jpg

Repro bezel:

ww-5100c repro bezel_sml.jpg

Further details and a good write-up of G-Shock history in this interesting post on Timezone:

http://people.timezone.com/library/cjrml/cjrml631728462093125000


Cheers,


seikosha007

[Seiko&Casio Lcd's]

Thanks for the info, seikosha007
Yes , i saw those brazil bezels too, it is noticeable that they are a reproduction, but with prices of more than $200 for an original one, this is the best next thing.

[seikosha007]

Thanks for the info, seikosha007
Yes , i saw those brazil bezels too, it is noticeable that they are a reproduction, but with prices of more than $200 for an original one, this is the best next thing.

Agreed. And to be fair, it was made clear in the auction that is was a reproduction bezel, so clearly there wasn't any intention to misrepresent the watch!

It's a pity that Casio stopped bezel production for the DW-5000/5200/5600C series, but they did continue to make them for > 20 years since the last production of the watch. It is nice that the Brazilians help to keep the G-Shock dream alive!