Turning to the Dark Side
A couple of weeks ago, I picked up a dingy white Casio G-Shock GLX-5600 from eBay. The watch had seen better times and needed some serious rehabilitation but the price was right and I wanted something to tinker with for fun.
When I received the watch, it was quite obvious that the original glossy white bands and bezel were too deteriorated and dirty to save. So without any hesitation, I took them off and threw them away in the trash bin and set the bin on fire.
What remained was the watch case which required some deep cleaning. The mineral crystal had some light scratches which required some buffing to make it less noticeable and tolerable.
Eventually, I replaced the battery in the module and took out the dried out rubber gasket to put in a new one.
Unfortunately, I didn't have any while GLX parts so this project was becoming less restoration and became more of a modification.
Having had some extras, I used a basic black bezel designed for a GW-M5610. For the bands, I used an extra pair of custom matte black soft rubber watch bands supposedly made for G-Shocks.
Overall, the once gross white watch comes out looking fierce in all matte black.
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Nice. I've been eyeing up the orange version but I don't get along with that style of display in day to day use.
Not bad! Did you have any problem fitting this module into a 5610 case?
Nice!!!!!! Good job mate.
Not bad! Did you have any problem fitting this module into a 5610 case?
No. I didn’t. I did have issues trying to use a regular DW5600 sized case.
No. I didn’t. I did have issues trying to use a regular DW5600 sized case.
Yes, they are slightly different and this is something that came to my attention when I was looking for mod kits.
Wow, that is a great upgrade!
I did something very similar to this with a Black GAW100 that had seen better days (and that was labeled and priced as a GAS100 on ebay) and a white GAS100 that I got on the cheap. Wish I had took pictures of the process. Good job!