"Welcome back, Commander!". With this text Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun games welcome their player. Well, I try to start a second series of 50 Gs. I know normally I post on Sunday, but I couldn't make it this weekend. With some improvisation I managed to take some pictures. It is still painful, but I seem to be able to type with two hands. 5 years ago it was hard to find information about G-Shock on the Internet in English. With G-Peopleland I seemed unexpected to fill a need for many. More interesting was the start of a
G-Shock forum on the WatchUSeek (WUS) watch portal. A forum dedicated to "plastic watches" on a well respected watch portal. Unbelievable!
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The forum became popular fast, and since "two people know more than one", the G-Shock forum fast became a wealth of information. It was remarkable how much people had information about G-Shock.
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A few years ago the need for G-Shock information in Spanish became clear. Luckily I knew Adan from Madrid, who had helped quite some G-Shock owners. I know Adan from the beginning of the WUS G-Shock forum. As a big fan of the Raysman he often showed his on the sunny beach or his swimming pool.
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Later the
Rising Sun Watch Forum (RSWF) was created on Hablemos de Relojes (HdR, Talk about Watches). This became the platform for G-Shock collectors in Spanish language. The RSWF was actually a forum for all Japanese brands. Specially for G-Shock a new forum was created,
G-Comando.
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G-Comando is a pretty popular forum on HdR with pretty active members. In spring 2008 one of the members created a T-Shirt, which not only became popular on G-Comando, but also on the WUS G-Shock forum. They organized meetings for G-Shock fans. Check out the photo of Bram wearing my T-Shirt.
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In December I found out Adan was working on a new project for G-Comando. It was not even sure which model would been used, but soon I was glad to hear the popular DW-6900 was chosen.
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The first goal was to produce 30 watches, but later the total amount was reuced to 13 pieces. So you can consider this a very rare piece.
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When I told Adan I was interested, he told me you could reserve a number. My favorite number is 303, but that is a bit difficult if maximal 30 were made. The most logic number for was #3.
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Soon after I gave Adan my preferred number, I got conformation. This number was not yet claimed.
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I actually didn't know how fast this series would be ready, but I got before Christmas a mail the watch was on it's way.
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On the afternoon before New Years Eve, the doorbell rang. I got a package, that I immediately recognize as a Spanish Postal bag.
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Since I had a broken left elbow, it took me a while to strip the package, but finaly I got inside. Another box I managed to get open. Finally I could open the tin.
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The watch is based upon the DW-6900E-1ER model, a model that is released only in Europe, also know as "Rough Rowdy".
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Hasty as I was I looked everywhere for my unique serial number. I thought it was etched on the back. In daylight the EL backlight with the G-Comando logo was already very cool.
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When I looked closer, I found the serial number at the bottom of the EL. This must be the rarest G-Shock in my collection.
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Also interested in making Custom EL's? My friend Murphy (Japan) once
made this page with great photo's.
This article is dedicated to Adan's enthusiasm and his G-Comando team!
2 comments:
that is one COOL way of numbering a special and limited g-shock!
congrats on the watch and do get well soon Sjors.
cheers. dave.
this one really gorgeous
where can i buy this one?can u recommend me?
btw,i live in indonesia
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