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nednobbins t1_jd3arqu wrote

Those things are beasts.

My dad bought gave me one before I went on an exchange program to the USSR (back during Glasnost when absolutely nobody predicted they were going to spectacularly collapse a few years later). When we got there the black market guys all tried to trade for hard currency.

The common items for sale/trade were crappy rabbit fur hats and cheap Komandirskie "military" watches. They asked to trade one of those for my G-Shock.

I told them I'd trade but only for a sable hat. They didn't think it was worth it so I took off the G-Shock and threw it on the concrete as hard as I could. One strap popped off and they laughed at me. Then I put the strap back on and asked if they wanted to put their watches to the same test. They just walked away.

It's got a few more scratches but it still works as well as it did when it was brand new.

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LifeofSMILEY OP t1_jd3e5cl wrote

I was pretty p.o.'d at myself when I found it because I've only had it for a year or so. Thought for sure I'd be buying a new one.

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Pondiferous t1_jd3g2j4 wrote

Really glad you didn’t spent 2 days in the tub with him 😬😅

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LifeofSMILEY OP t1_jd49nq3 wrote

Nope, although there are worse places to spend 2 days!

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Mines_of_Moria t1_jd4aw55 wrote

bro you would die a horrific death where your skin falls off. not many worse places.

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glassteelhammer t1_jd4czp6 wrote

One of my buddies has a favorite story. He used to work as a paramedic. They got a call for a wellness check for a senior.

Guy passed in the tub, was in there for a week before the wellness check.

Buddy said everything just kinda sloughed off the bones when they finally went to move him.

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jimonabike t1_jd4nzs0 wrote

We got a call a lady died in her tub hadn't been found for about a week. Later I asked the coroner what the scene was like. His answer......soup.

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Budget_Preparation_8 t1_jd6t8nj wrote

Someone told me they saw a ladys body who committed suicide by jumping in a well, when the body was removed from water they skin came off in sheets and i thought he had lied for dramatic effect. Nice to know he was truthful

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nednobbins t1_jd3hohf wrote

Haha. That thing will outlast you.

They have a world record for driving a bunch of trucks over it.

~~People have shot them and they keep going. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4G1wFLVgcc ~~

And tried to explode them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2NMhP-utCY

Edit: The bullet one is a hoax. Dumb on me for not double checking. There are still plenty of legit videos of people subjecting the watch to damage that would maim or kill anyone wearing it. I think it's still safe to say the watch will outlast you :)

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drzowie t1_jd40dev wrote

I found one (freewheeling, not radio/atomic) in a dry rocky wash halfway up a mountain in the Desolation Wilderness, CA, a couple of decades ago. It was half-buried -- it had obviously been dropped at least a year earlier, and washed down the cwm in spring thaws. You could barely read the face. We took it back to the tent, and the next morning its tinny alarm went off at 6:30am.

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WgXcQ t1_jd55y7t wrote

> the next morning its tinny alarm went off at 6:30am

Wow, some troll really played the long game there :D

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IndigenousOres t1_jd5jc9o wrote

I lost a G-Shock from hiking a couple of years ago, but in a completely different area. FeelsBadMan Spent at least an hour pacing back the trail hoping to find it again. I tried again next morning hoping to hear its 7am Alarm

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LifeofSMILEY OP t1_jd3k2zz wrote

That's hilarious. Here I am just mesmerized by the solar charging.

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ThisTimeIChoose t1_jd3wzfm wrote

I have one with solar charging and radio time setting, so I never have to do anything to it. I love the thing. Hope yours lasts many years.

Edit: just realised yours is radio set too! Enjoy.

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glassteelhammer t1_jd3no7v wrote

Just cuz you never know... You know that bulletproof test is fake, right?

The explosion one I believe is legit.

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Chaosr21 t1_jd45wuf wrote

Lol in the rifle video I'm pretty sure he just threw a bullet at the watch. It wasn't straight and still had the casing on it

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brutonhoborunner t1_jd802ai wrote

The amphias got better diving rating compared to g shock. But the g shock can absorb way more shock and beating for sure.

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