25-year old DW6900 Gshock - to full metal

The 25-year old plastic case cracked on my mid-1990's Gshock DW6900 - due to old age.
I ordered a new metal case = £24 from Ali-Express, strap adapters (16mm-22mm), and a 22mm mesh from Ebay.
Total cost = £33.

I am chuffed with the results - The old beater is like a new watch.
The watch has been multi-purpose, from snorkeling in the Caribbean, to washing the car, gardening, and at work when I was a chemical engineer dispensing Hydrochloric acid and I needed something that did not corrode on the wrist.

The beast is back.

https://www.safetydoc.co.uk/12-board.JPG https://www.safetydoc.co.uk/G00.jpg https://www.safetydoc.co.uk/G01.jpghttps://www.safetydoc.co.uk/G03.jpg https://www.safetydoc.co.uk/G02.jpg

Wow that's some transformation and looks great. Ready for another 25 years!

Great work sir. Definitely transformed it. Out of interest, do they sell black cases?

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Originally Posted by Kaffe

Great work sir. Definitely transformed it. Out of interest, do they sell black cases?

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Yes - shiny black, gold bling, and a titanium blue-ish rainbow colour.

I wanted to swap between the mesh and a nato on the 22mm adapters, but the case would have been very top heavy.
The mesh or a metal bracelet will be the best the way to go.

I ordered the parts Pre-Brexit / and pre-VAT.
The delivery time was 4-weeks over the Christmas holidays, during the French port blockade due to Covid
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005...archweb201603_
Ali will do the metal band to match the case colour - full set at £55 +vat = £66.
16-22mm adapters were from Ali. / The mesh was a better price at Ebay.

Excellent. Thanks for the link. My old G-Shock is not looking it's best these days. :)

The case is great value for the money - I nearly pressed the button on a titanium case to use for gardening.
I did not consider the metal bracelet because I knew the mesh would be comfy, and suit me better.

The only minor problem is the light button needs a good old press to activate when cased up (it is OK out of the case) - but that could be the watch rather than the case alignment.