@@alex_irl6732 such is the opportunity for a good engineering solution. I suppose you could make the sd slot a descending slot, sort of like how cassette readers used to be like, and have the seams be lined with rubber or something. Even then it might be too risky, if not just flat out stupid to be playing in the water with your 1tb micro sd.
@@Matyanson its just a slot, casio can't read the card.. its rather a sneaky usb (well, micro sd this time) drive, that won't forget at home as its always on your wrist. and as was mentioned by the author of the video: "yeah, you can get a smart watch, but they spy on you'. if that doesn't make the matter self explanatory - keep on scrolling
"Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea."
You should do a Kickstarter for a really simple but powerful smart watch, with just a simple lcd showing the time, that's it. But it has thing like the nfc, sd card, and maybe a vibration motor hooked up to an electronic compass so it vibrates when you look north, button operated of course lol
Vibrates when you look north? That sounds like a hellish way of navigating. If anyone would actually need to navigate with a compass they’d never want to do it without visuals
BenRangel besides that, you can find out where North is using the sun relative to any watch hand position, you don't need a smart watch with sensors and a vibration motor at all for that.
The watch looks really clean, great job. Ive always wanted some of the functionality of smart watches but having to charge them everyday was a turn off. Sick watch!
Absolutely in love with your watch mods, I purchased an F91W due to your videos and have loved it ever since. i think it would be awesome to have a tap to pay watch, am really excited! Looking forward to it. I just ordered another one to experiment with and mod.
Truly I think the YT algo has learned to read my mind. First video I’ve seen from your channel and I’m impressed! Just picked up vol 2 and I’m really hopeful to see more watches on the site soon.
Yo I’ve had a f-91 steel frame since 2017. Wearing it everyday wondering if I could make it better. Saw this video today and I’m pleasantly surprised. Keep doing what you’re doing mate. I’m from India and most parts needed to mod it are unavailable in here due to covid situation. Rest assured I’ll get from your shop once the restrictions are lifted. Nothing but ratings for ya
Its so limited due to its small size but you managed to squeeze in some really cool stuff into it, impressive!! I hope you get something cool accomplished someday with one of these!
HI N-O-D-E, this genuinely on of the most creative modes I have seen on the net, taking an old digital watch from the good old days and giving it a new less of lief, top man yourself (This is the fist of your videos I have seen and it made me sub).
It's not lasting long and it's not bright enough after a couple minutes, additionally, the watch gets harder to read after you removed the reflective back foil from the LCD. The luminous foil has no reflective properties, so the LCD will look dull after the mod. It's even worse if you do it with inverted LCDs, although it looks cool for a couple minutes after charging under a bright lightsource.
You don't know how much I'm amazed to see the production quality and your effort to do all this work. I was subscribed. I am subscribed. I will be subscribed.
@@mkay2223 a linear actuator, basically the same technology used in the hd rumble in joycons. the cool thing is that it can be scaled down for the same purpose
I think this is great man. Yes, you can mod SKX’s all day, but this is nitty gritty diy functional engineering and I fully applaud it. More people need to be looking at the world like this. “How can I make this *thing better?” *variable option* Keep on man. Cheers from the U.S.!
Holy. Crap. Like it just kept coming... This watch has achieved escape velocity from the whole idea of "modding," you built an entirely new machine. Just an amazing video!
Thank you for this amazing project! I build it my self and its amazing! People think I am James Bond :) For me as an beginner in the electrics its one of the best thinks I ever made. Those mods made my first Casio Watch mch cooler.
Well the main problem is the power required, I imagine it's several orders of magnitude greater than what the watch would normally use, thus drastically reducing the battery life.
@@Vysair Let's hope tesla's battery day isn't going to get postponed a lot more. I honestly can't wait for the technology, even though the price might be 3 times higher compared to current batteries.
@@T19R0N with a smaller motor, probably not much of an issue, you don't use alarms THAT often, do you? I think more of an issue is that smaller motor would not be felt much, so if you're busy, you might just miss it... assuming "smaller is lower power requirements" is true, ofc
I would sooo buy this. Either as a kit to modify my own F91w, or a ready to go mod. We use wireless access cards at work, it would be amazing (and probably against company policy) to clone the card and make it work through in this beauty.
so fucking cool. I was wanting to do a project similar to this so its great to know I don't have to do the hard work when I get around to it. I love the aesthetic look of the Casio, it's simple yet beautiful. thanks :)
Sick project; very clean look. I wonder if a G-Shock body would give you more room for more features? Or you could come up with an external battery/haptic/etc module that fits on the watch band.
Really interesting stuff, the look is quite clean, never thought about modifying the internals of a casio, its got me thinking now.
I bloody need this watch
no
@@ugugaga4992 no to what?
@@RavenWindrunner nope
He definitely has a keen eye for design!
I went broke over modding mechanical keyboards
I went broke over modding custom Game Boys
...
Forgive me boys, I'm gonna sin again
@souhail You underestimate me
@souhail custom parts ain't cheap depending on the project. And some times getting an actual cheap part costs a lot in shipping.
@Pusalieth you clearly don't mess aroud too much. It's more common to get broke for no results than landing somewere succesfully.
It's not your fault man, the need to understand and tinker is a serious condition....
Hardest choices often requires the strongest will
0:44 Damn bro, put that watch on tight
Mod #1: buy a bigger strap 😂
Nobody:
Kid in the classroom with the casio watch:
*BEEP* *BEEP*
Me: just minding my own buisness scrolling through
UA-cam: W A T C H
watch what?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 me too
Yes, it is about watch.
do you write for theatre?
Scene 1.
characterA: ...
characterB: ...
Same here I was like hmmm wonder what this is UA-cam
😯 oh nice subscribe
Well, the only thing remaining is waterproofing
The micro SD slot might make that an issue
@@alex_irl6732 such is the opportunity for a good engineering solution. I suppose you could make the sd slot a descending slot, sort of like how cassette readers used to be like, and have the seams be lined with rubber or something. Even then it might be too risky, if not just flat out stupid to be playing in the water with your 1tb micro sd.
Just fill it with oil🤷🏼♂️ ive done mine and is now waterproof to thousands of meters.
@@Gogglesofkrome what do you need so much memory in a watch for? You will always have phone somewhere near by.
@@Matyanson its just a slot, casio can't read the card.. its rather a sneaky usb (well, micro sd this time) drive, that won't forget at home as its always on your wrist.
and as was mentioned by the author of the video: "yeah, you can get a smart watch, but they spy on you'. if that doesn't make the matter self explanatory - keep on scrolling
Nobody:
UA-cam algorithm: YOU NEED THIS WATCH
UA-cam: You gotta *watch* this.
well I do
every f** ime no mater how many times I press the not interested button it keeps recommending me this channel
@@itsjimmm there's a 'don't reccomend this channel' button too
go for it, it costs only around 11$ lol
I switched to a Casio f91w after using a smart watch for 2+ years, simply for its simplicity. You’re work is amazing. Keep it up mate.
"Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea."
Its like a passive aggressive Carl Sagan lmao
Got a towel handy, mate?
Chougule DN lmao
You should do a Kickstarter for a really simple but powerful smart watch, with just a simple lcd showing the time, that's it. But it has thing like the nfc, sd card, and maybe a vibration motor hooked up to an electronic compass so it vibrates when you look north, button operated of course lol
thats what pebble was but it shutdown after a while
Vibrates when you look north? That sounds like a hellish way of navigating. If anyone would actually need to navigate with a compass they’d never want to do it without visuals
@@BenRangel yeah I don't know why the op said that, just vibrate with my alarm and it's enough for me
BenRangel besides that, you can find out where North is using the sun relative to any watch hand position, you don't need a smart watch with sensors and a vibration motor at all for that.
A compass is possible with this PCB for the f91
hackaday.io/project/165418-pluto-watch-r2
Please keep going with this project! The F91w projects are my favorites on your channel.
The watch looks really clean, great job. Ive always wanted some of the functionality of smart watches but having to charge them everyday was a turn off. Sick watch!
There is a "kinda smart" Casio GShock available
Haylou LS05 is pretty cheap and the battery lasts up to 2 weeks (with constant heart monitoring turned off)
could be less, i don't have it
Garmin Instinct.
im glad to see you making new vid's
Absolutely in love with your watch mods, I purchased an F91W due to your videos and have loved it ever since. i think it would be awesome to have a tap to pay watch, am really excited! Looking forward to it. I just ordered another one to experiment with and mod.
I really want to know if this is possible, have you had any luck with tap to pay?
Truly I think the YT algo has learned to read my mind. First video I’ve seen from your channel and I’m impressed! Just picked up vol 2 and I’m really hopeful to see more watches on the site soon.
Yo I’ve had a f-91 steel frame since 2017. Wearing it everyday wondering if I could make it better. Saw this video today and I’m pleasantly surprised. Keep doing what you’re doing mate. I’m from India and most parts needed to mod it are unavailable in here due to covid situation. Rest assured I’ll get from your shop once the restrictions are lifted. Nothing but ratings for ya
where did you get the steel frame?
@@chyrt Seriously. Does an F-91 with a steel frame even exist?
BRUH tell us how you got the steel frame for the f-91
Its so limited due to its small size but you managed to squeeze in some really cool stuff into it, impressive!! I hope you get something cool accomplished someday with one of these!
Loved it, mate.
I can't wait to pick up the watch when it's done!
Keep up the amazing work!
This is an amazing project, im looking forward to playing with it myself! Looking forward to more, even just minor updates to the data runner
TFW when a payment terminal wants you to physically insert the card for PIN verification.
Dude, it's CRAZY ! So many ideas ! The NFC feature is so powerful ! Great job !
HI N-O-D-E, this genuinely on of the most creative modes I have seen on the net, taking an old digital watch from the good old days and giving it a new less of lief, top man yourself (This is the fist of your videos I have seen and it made me sub).
Just wanted to thank you for all this cool stuff man, severely underappreciated channel
youtubes recommendations on point lately, great stuff!
Nice, always love these vids.
I wear casio watches everyday, and have done for as long as i can remember. This is brilliant.
That afterglow / luminous LCD background was a really smart ideal. And i always wondered why this was never really used more commonly before?
It's not lasting long and it's not bright enough after a couple minutes, additionally, the watch gets harder to read after you removed the reflective back foil from the LCD. The luminous foil has no reflective properties, so the LCD will look dull after the mod. It's even worse if you do it with inverted LCDs, although it looks cool for a couple minutes after charging under a bright lightsource.
You don't know how much I'm amazed to see the production quality and your effort to do all this work. I was subscribed. I am subscribed. I will be subscribed.
Most recent Casio video of yours came up on my recommended, awesome work man💖
I love the idea of having functionality with such a small form factor
For the "haptic" motor, I have seen watches for the deaf that vibrate. They must have something small and low-power in them.
Iphones use a copper coil vibrator for their force touch feedback wich is very small and runs on low energy
@@mkay2223 The taptic engine is way too big for this, conventional motors are much smaller
@@mkay2223 a linear actuator, basically the same technology used in the hd rumble in joycons. the cool thing is that it can be scaled down for the same purpose
Dang u guys sound so smart,
I'm a noob as of now
I think a vibrator motor from an old iPhone would be small and low power enough to work
This has me thinking I need to start playing with much smaller microcontrollers than my beloved Teensys.
always like you f91w videos. happy to see you are back at it!
my favorite type of videos on Your channel is back!
Good content, not disappointed at all.
Love the thumbnails of your videos.
Great channel 😊
yooooohhhhh, I love your video style.... this is only the second video and I can tell I'm going to be binge watching your channel today
I think this is great man. Yes, you can mod SKX’s all day, but this is nitty gritty diy functional engineering and I fully applaud it. More people need to be looking at the world like this. “How can I make this *thing better?” *variable option* Keep on man. Cheers from the U.S.!
Holy. Crap. Like it just kept coming... This watch has achieved escape velocity from the whole idea of "modding," you built an entirely new machine. Just an amazing video!
Oh, man, black front plate looks amazing! With inverted lcd it will look absolutely fantastic.
Inverted LCD?
Just stumbled on your channel. Love the aesthetics of your video
Just run over your channel today. Such nice design you have! Added some stuff from your shop to my wishlist :).
Thank you for this amazing project! I build it my self and its amazing! People think I am James Bond :) For me as an beginner in the electrics its one of the best thinks I ever made. Those mods made my first Casio Watch mch cooler.
What a brilliant idea. Well done. I also liked the other projects.👍
I hope that one day smart watches get this thin and last as long as these.
Personally I prefer a Casio databank for my daily use.
Finally someone did it. I was thinking about it for two years!
love your editing and hacks. Keep up the good work. Keep innovating :)
Need this watch, would love to buy it as soon as available, amazing work mate, 🔥
I really enjoyed this video. This kind of watch is also one of my favorites ^^
What a great job on the visual side !!!
Yay. You're a genius. I've got my fav Illuminator B640W and never dreamt about they can do NFC, especially the payments
Ive been dreaming about a casio style smartwatch for years now
all I want is a simple casio style watch that vibrates when I get a notification
I was stoked for this video
4:20 couldn't you use a smaller phone vibrator? I don't know much about them, it might be a bad idea.
Well the main problem is the power required, I imagine it's several orders of magnitude greater than what the watch would normally use, thus drastically reducing the battery life.
@@T19R0N I guess we can only wait for that solid state battery
@@Vysair Let's hope tesla's battery day isn't going to get postponed a lot more. I honestly can't wait for the technology, even though the price might be 3 times higher compared to current batteries.
@@T19R0N with a smaller motor, probably not much of an issue, you don't use alarms THAT often, do you? I think more of an issue is that smaller motor would not be felt much, so if you're busy, you might just miss it...
assuming "smaller is lower power requirements" is true, ofc
Well, I think you're my favorite youtuber right now lol awesome project
Nice - can't wait to see this in the shop!
This is such cool stuff, You're like Q from James Bond lol :)
Man this is some James Bond stuff
love the clean and modern aesthetics
You are a beautiful person, first video I've seen and it's already a subscribe
find a way to add 2 tritium cylinders on the LCD for light all the time
Probably to dull...
Tritum tubes are duller than glow in the dark pigments...
Tritium barely emit any light, so it will be hard if not impossible to read the time while it's pitch black.
It does work, but you will need a whole row of them ua-cam.com/video/E_xldP-Xcxs/v-deo.html
On demand light is better. Honestly times indeglo has the best light configuration and is a switchable light.
Sir. You just won my heart..
Also you got a new subscriber.
Wow.... brilliant. I am so impressed that I have subscribed to your channel. 😁
Just noticed you've started posting again. Welcome back.
cool idea 😮👏
I also had the idea of adding my eTransport card into my watch so that I could just have it with me all the time.
Real cool 😎 mate love it .....Great work
Long have I waited for another Casio video
coolest mod I've seen for a watch period
Genius my man. Thanks for modding a watch that respects privacy.
Nice website design! From a frontend developer and casio watch lover obviously
Why is this so interesting?!?! This dude speaks with such direction
Ahh, now i want one, glorious work!
You are supremely underrated!!! ❤️
That black front plate looks amazing.
holy shit this channel is cool. it's like Ahoy but instead of video game documentaries, it's watch modding
Gadgets galore! Thanks for the ideas, hope I can implement them ony Casio. Cant stop the signal!
You earned a sub man 💯💯💯
Wow that's so cool, and to think I could potentially do that with my watch is eye opening.
I know its pedantic but I'm so glad you turned down the volume and lowered the pitch of the intro
Why would saying that be pedantic?
Dam, you bring modification to a whole new level it's like. I wouldn't be surprised if you're banished to fit a whole Windows 7 /xp in it.
I like the micro SD slot and the front plate. Really love the front plate.
Would love to see you selling these with inverted LCD! I have one of the inverted LCD ones currently and I love its aesthetic.
Oh man, I'd love to mod one of these for door access. Would be so handy for going in and out of my office building and server room.
Amazing execution 👌🏽
Great job mate 👍!
I like that idea of opening doors . A casio is so discrete and commonplace.
It looks dope man.....
You should make more videos on casio modes
it looks great man!!!
Thank you! Love the video! Subscribed.
i love your thumbnails
holy crap this channel is so high quality why am i just seeing this now??? smh yt algorithm
Have you done any testing after your modifications I’d be interested to know if it can survive a splash of water 🧐
I wouldn't wash my hands wearing this watch.
Watching really made me miss my Nexus 7. One of my favorite devices ever.
Man you definitely could be Q from james bond....wicked work, keep it up
I would sooo buy this. Either as a kit to modify my own F91w, or a ready to go mod. We use wireless access cards at work, it would be amazing (and probably against company policy) to clone the card and make it work through in this beauty.
Im 16 and F91W is my favourite watch and i saw this video. i am really hyped to do something with it
so fucking cool. I was wanting to do a project similar to this so its great to know I don't have to do the hard work when I get around to it. I love the aesthetic look of the Casio, it's simple yet beautiful. thanks :)
I'm so sad that I can't get a molded one 😭😭 happy you managed to sell them all though. Well done
Amazing project!
Awesome work!
Sick project; very clean look. I wonder if a G-Shock body would give you more room for more features? Or you could come up with an external battery/haptic/etc module that fits on the watch band.