Didn't know who Ray Mears is/was; had to do a look-up. For the benefit of those equally uninformed: http://www.ask.com/wiki/Ray_Mears?o=2801&qsrc=999&ad=doubleDown&an=apn&ap=ask.com
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Agree with their coolness...
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Great old no nonsense Promasters. Wish they would bring back into production at some point, even for a limited commemorative run. I sure do cherish mine.
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You want to talk hard? This is the toughest, roughest, hardest b-stard watch in the world! It's been run over by land moving vehicles, buried for over a year in my garden, used for 8 years every day while I was a mechanic, covered in red hot weld and put in my fridge freezer for a week by my neice and it still works! I've owned that little bugger since '92 and it only needed a replacement battery in Jan 2013. Ray Mears is a short wearing little girlie compared to my G-Shock!
That is the same watch as my brother used to wear, we were both avid cavers (until old age got the better of us) I used to wear a 6105 8110.You want to talk hard? This is the toughest, roughest, hardest b-stard watch in the world! It's been run over by land moving vehicles, buried for over a year in my garden, used for 8 years every day while I was a mechanic, covered in red hot weld and put in my fridge freezer for a week by my neice and it still works! I've owned that little bugger since '92 and it only needed a replacement battery in Jan 2013. Ray Mears is a short wearing little girlie compared to my G-Shock!
Both watches held up pretty well, diving old flooded mines wasn't a problem to either, but cave diving took its toll, sharp rocks, mud and grit
On one particular cave, rated as super severe, we were climbing down a very narrow shaft with the aid of a rope ladder and with the contents of a big stream pouring down over our heads. Alas it was all too much for my brothers Casio and it died, my 6105 survived and at the end of my caving career the crystal was almost opaque, and bezel scratched to hell.
I still have the 6105, the crystal was changed years back and it was recently serviced by John AKA "The Tiger UK" also a Yobokies replacement insert was fitted at the same time.
The G-shock was good, but it didn't beat the 6105.
Wow that's impressive! I thought my little G-Shock was the hardest b-stard on the planet.... in watch terms of course
I couldn't believe it when I found my watch after over a year under my flower beds and it was still telling the time and only about 30 seconds out!
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