So I purchased my GWF-D1000B today. The blue accents are gorgeous, the build quality: out of this world. Makes my other G - Shocks look like toys. I have 17cm wrist and I think the bracelet is at fault for the big size. The watch itself is about the same as GW-9400. Also I am not sure why all CZcamsrs have this drama about the weight. Yes, he is heavy compared to your average G - Shock, but compared to an automatic dive watch? He is really light compared to them. I also ordered JaysAndKays strap adapter so I can put an Isofrane strap on him, which will make him severely more wearable without degrading his premium looks. I can honestly say he is amazing watch and I don't want to stop wearing him.
Congrats on a fantastic choice and I agree with you 100% on your comment regarding the weight of the D1000 Frogman. I’ve seen one on the JaysAndKays adapter and it looks good while not taking anything away from the piece. I personally prefer the straps but that’s just me. Well done and wear it in the best of health mate.
Yeehaaa! Beautiful review of an awesome watch! When I was younger, 22 years old, I received my Open Water (One) Dive Certification, and I grabbed my first dive watch from Casio to compliment my wrist. I was a Sea World Marine Animal Keeper and our animal crew did alot of animal rescues in the ocean. Awesome times!!! Now that I'm older, 55 years now and very active in the oceans of Florida, I made the purchase of hopefully my last dive watch in honor of the first. I'm a fisherman, scubadiver and outdoorsman and I think this watch would be a perfect fit for my active lifestyle. It should last for another 40+ years, or so on my wrist. Haa! Great review and for a diver who uses this watch, simple is always better when in the mode of diving. Bells and whistles will only destract your focus in the open ocean and this watch is just that... Tide currents, moon phase, current time, count down timer, accention, and depth gauge are all you need to make your dive a success! Everything else is extra and not needed, but ill take it! I just ordered the 1000 series as it will be used for what it was designed to do... Thank you for your wonderful review mate!
Wow! This is probably the most detailed reply I’ve ever had to a video. Your diving certification is commendable, well played sir. I’m not a diver but I’m in love with diving and everything that it encompasses. Love watching Orca (in the ocean” and I see the resident pod regularly here in the BC lower mainland. Your experience with Marine World is also very impressive. Please keep in touch with me here and on instagram (desire 68_youtube) also, fun fact, you and I are the same age 🖤🙏🏾🖤
Absolutely mate! I sold my ranch in White Salmon, Washington one and a half years ago, due to Covid. I worked in Portland as an Orthopaedic Specialist. Lost my career at Kaiser Hospital, because I understood the science of MRNA and did not comply to the vaccine mandate. Theythen fired me a year later. Fast forward to the now... I'm now back if Florida, my home state starting my life over with a new chapter creating my own industry using my skills as an Orthopaedic Specialist to create my own products. No more working for someone else and having my life within their hands. I know Astred VanGunniken, from Vancouver Island. Both her and Kenneth C. Balcom photographs both K and L Pod's from the local pods there in Vancouver. I know the pods well from photograph using their flukes for digitals. I used to live in Alaska... but those are stories for other days mate! Yeeeehaaa! 😂 The exact same watch that you are showing in your video, is the one that I've ordered and for a diver who uses this watch, simple is always better when in the mode of diving. Tide currents, moon phase, current time, count down timer, accention, and depth gauge are all you need to make your dive a success! Everything else is extra and not needed, but ill take it! Analog watches were designed before microdigital watches and are inferior to digital ocean dive watches in my minds-eye. With having well over 7,000 hours diving recorded and I can admittedly say, that for myself, I will always go digital. Period. Simply put, no moving parts... and no magnetic variation above the water, or below the sea's. There you go guy's! Thank you again for a great post and I'll see you all on the coast on some ocean somewhere on Earth! I will joined your posts and thank you for your posts mate!
Wow, again, such a full and informative post. Awesome that you know Vancouver Island and the K & J pods. The island was my home for the first five years here in Canada. Can’t wait to hear about your Alaskan adventures. Please keep in touch. Oh and that D Series Frogman that you’ve ordered is one of my all time favourites, you’re going to love it. It just oozes quality from the first time you pick it up, and it continues to impress the more you get acquainted with it. 🙏🏾🖤🐸
David Hemstreet it was my first D series Frog and I now have three in my collection. Friday’s vid will show the third and final D series. Let me just say, she’s a stunna😉
@@desire68frogman98 yes, very stunning indeed. Been looking at the B model on EBay as well as the Antarctic Research. I've got 2 MT-G, and 2 Gravity Masters. I would love to add a Frogman. I need one digital G-shock, right?
Nice review👌🏼 FWIW, and I too am into the Froggies🐸, all G-Shock watches labeled as Frogman are ISO 6425 compliant divers’ watches. Continued Success🍻 RP
Thanks RP. I do try to deliver my reviews to enthusiasts and non enthusiast alike. My thoughts are, someone may not know the history or the general features shared amongst a particular model so I try to take that into consideration when adding the features of each model. Thanks for your continued support and i have a nice treat for all of my Frog enthusiasts incoming any day now, it’s literally just going through customs as we speak so stay tuned.
Any moment now my delivery will arrive from Japan, via DHL mate! I'm so excited.... and it just started raining at my location with the sound of frog's in the background. Has been sunny all week and the forecast says sunny for the next few day's. Amazing coincidence... Yeeehaaa! When it arrives I'll do a video...
I love coincidences like that. Please let me know your initial thoughts when you take delivery and please send me the link to the video when you post it 🐸🐸🐸
@@desire68frogman98 I sure will... Lightning and thundering as we speak! Just looking at a woman bottle feeding a manatee and said to myself... "I use to do that when I was younger, while working at Sea World of Central Florida." It just popped up in my local news feed. Ha! I will make a video showing my initial review and how I personally feel about the watch. I'll report back! Thank you for your CZcams page mate!
@desire68frogman98 Yes... oh my! What a beautiful watch! The build and functionality is a marvel of engineering for such a small crafted device designed by humans. It's perfect for my intended use here in Florida. Wow! I can't thank you enough for your demonstration and review of this timepiece. When I took the watch out of its holdings, I carefully did a simple systems check of the buttons and discovered that the "Light" button does not work. There is no light output on the devise. All the other buttons are working well indeed, accept the "Light" function. Is there a safety system designed, within shipment, to prevent the light button from being depressed via transit? Is there a lock that I need to open, within the menu, to activate the operation of the light button? The watch came directly from Japan and the instruction manual is written in Japanese, so to identify this within the booklet is difficult at best. I may have to send it back for an exchange if this little issue is not solved.... Can you help? Cheers and Thank you so much for your knowledge. Curtis
Your videos are always a great help 👍🏼. Just pulled the trigger on one of these. I'll probably have to pay import fees when it lands here in Australia. Oh well 😅. I'm not a big guy but my wrist is about 7". Wear my GR9110GY gulfman on the 6th hole. Was looking at the smartwatch g shocks but some of them seem even bigger! Plus not a big smartwatch guy.
Thanks for the kind words and support mate. You’re gonna love the D-Series Frogman, the quality is amazing. Please let me know what you think when you get it in hand. Oh and import fees are simply an “occupational hazard”😉
@@desire68frogman98 received the beast today! And on a Sunday which is odd for here. Maybe because it was express from overseas. I'm surprised how well it fits on my smallish wrist. The gap between my wrist and the band isn't really much more than my gulfman either. Not much bulkier than my old burning red GW7900 to be honest. Just wider. It struggled to stay on high charge today but I think that's just due to being just out of the box. Will give it a proper wear this week. It will be my daily so will be getting a spare band and bezel eventually.
Congratulations. That’s awesome. For the charging, just leave it in the window for a couple of days for a natural full charge and you’ll be fine. It was probably in its box for a long period of time before being sold to you. I definitely find this model comfortable on the wrist and it’s such a beautiful design. Enjoy it in the best of health mate.
@@desire68frogman98I believe only 1 colour variant remains in production (the one in this video), whereas all other ones have been discontinued. The analogue Frogman got discontinued entirely, lol.
@StardustLegacyFighter wow, when did that happen? I thought they would at least be continuing with the analog frogman. For those of us that collect the frogman, we need to keep hold of them now. Thanks for letting me know.
We’ll need to agree to disagree there. I personally feel that the metal buckle on the D series Frogman is a good example without being over the top. Imho.
Khairul Eirul This piece was launched in June 2016. When i bought it, i paid $550US back then but i got a discount as i bought it at the same time as i bought “Tiffany” They cost a lot more now and i think your will struggle to find one for under $900.
@@erwin734 metal bracelet would be awesome. Just like the option you get with the latest MRG Frogman series. I don’t mind the long strap though, it doesn’t bother me if I’m honest.
@@desire68frogman98 Awesome! My wrists shrunk this past year from a lack of exercise. I'd like a cheaper/shorter g-shock band that'll fit the D1000B when I'm not snowboarding/surfing. Got any recs?
@@Jamalogo10 yep, two actually. I’ve seen on WUS where someone “trimmed” the oe strap and I’ve also seen where someone fitted the J’s & k’s adapter to the lugs. After that, you literally have the run on any strap you want to fit. If memory serves, I’m sure someone used this method to fit a bracelet to the D-Series Frogman 🤔
Apologies man. It like a set of universal adaptors that convert the lug ends of a watch to be able to take nato and Zulu straps. If you do a search on WUS (watchuseek) you’ll definitely find info on them.
This particular model or the D series Frogman on the whole? Either way, I haven’t heard anything about this. If that’s true, it will push the prices up on whatever is being discontinued as people, look to grab them if they don’t already own one.
I can honestly say no, I haven’t heard that. There are still lots for sale out there though. Just means that if this is true and they do get discontinued, the prices of what’s left, including the 2nd hand market, will be on the rise.
Late reply to this but I recently received my D1000B and the build date is 2022. I was surprised! Not sure if they've continued from there though. I heard it was only the normal black one that's discontinued.
I bought this today as my first Frogman. Very excited
You’re going to love it. It’s a very good looking D-Series Frogman too.
@@desire68frogman98 you think I picked a good first frog?
@@ajacks8007 No, you picked an “amazing” first frog 🐸
@@desire68frogman98 man I really appreciate that! I’m super pumped to get it! I’ll let you know when it gets here👍🏻
Please do, had mine since launch and I still love it.
So I purchased my GWF-D1000B today. The blue accents are gorgeous, the build quality: out of this world. Makes my other G - Shocks look like toys.
I have 17cm wrist and I think the bracelet is at fault for the big size. The watch itself is about the same as GW-9400. Also I am not sure why all CZcamsrs have this drama about the weight.
Yes, he is heavy compared to your average G - Shock, but compared to an automatic dive watch? He is really light compared to them. I also ordered JaysAndKays strap adapter so I can put an Isofrane strap on him, which will make him severely more wearable without degrading his premium looks. I can honestly say he is amazing watch and I don't want to stop wearing him.
Congrats on a fantastic choice and I agree with you 100% on your comment regarding the weight of the D1000 Frogman. I’ve seen one on the JaysAndKays adapter and it looks good while not taking anything away from the piece. I personally prefer the straps but that’s just me. Well done and wear it in the best of health mate.
I love heavy watches, like to feel something on my wrist. Frogmen is just barely heavy enough to be felt. Wouldn't mind if it was two times as heavy
So much better than the Rangeman.
I couldn’t agree more. 🐸🐸🐸
Yeehaaa!
Beautiful review of an awesome watch!
When I was younger, 22 years old, I received my Open Water (One) Dive Certification, and I grabbed my first dive watch from Casio to compliment my wrist.
I was a Sea World Marine Animal Keeper and our animal crew did alot of animal rescues in the ocean. Awesome times!!!
Now that I'm older, 55 years now and very active in the oceans of Florida, I made the purchase of hopefully my last dive watch in honor of the first.
I'm a fisherman, scubadiver and outdoorsman and I think this watch would be a perfect fit for my active lifestyle. It should last for another 40+ years, or so on my wrist. Haa!
Great review and for a diver who uses this watch, simple is always better when in the mode of diving. Bells and whistles will only destract your focus in the open ocean and this watch is just that...
Tide currents, moon phase, current time, count down timer, accention, and depth gauge are all you need to make your dive a success! Everything else is extra and not needed, but ill take it!
I just ordered the 1000 series as it will be used for what it was designed to do... Thank you for your wonderful review mate!
Wow! This is probably the most detailed reply I’ve ever had to a video. Your diving certification is commendable, well played sir. I’m not a diver but I’m in love with diving and everything that it encompasses. Love watching Orca (in the ocean” and I see the resident pod regularly here in the BC lower mainland. Your experience with Marine World is also very impressive. Please keep in touch with me here and on instagram (desire 68_youtube) also, fun fact, you and I are the same age 🖤🙏🏾🖤
Absolutely mate!
I sold my ranch in White Salmon, Washington one and a half years ago, due to Covid. I worked in Portland as an Orthopaedic Specialist. Lost my career at Kaiser Hospital, because I understood the science of MRNA and did not comply to the vaccine mandate. Theythen fired me a year later.
Fast forward to the now... I'm now back if Florida, my home state starting my life over with a new chapter creating my own industry using my skills as an Orthopaedic Specialist to create my own products. No more working for someone else and having my life within their hands.
I know Astred VanGunniken, from Vancouver Island. Both her and Kenneth C. Balcom photographs both K and L Pod's from the local pods there in Vancouver. I know the pods well from photograph using their flukes for digitals.
I used to live in Alaska... but those are stories for other days mate! Yeeeehaaa! 😂
The exact same watch that you are showing in your video, is the one that I've ordered and for a diver who uses this watch, simple is always better when in the mode of diving.
Tide currents, moon phase, current time, count down timer, accention, and depth gauge are all you need to make your dive a success!
Everything else is extra and not needed, but ill take it!
Analog watches were designed before microdigital watches and are inferior to digital ocean dive watches in my minds-eye.
With having well over 7,000 hours diving recorded and I can admittedly say, that for myself, I will always go digital. Period.
Simply put, no moving parts... and no magnetic variation above the water, or below the sea's.
There you go guy's!
Thank you again for a great post and I'll see you all on the coast on some ocean somewhere on Earth! I will joined your posts and thank you for your posts mate!
I'll report back when I feel out the watch and it's movements...😊
Wow, again, such a full and informative post. Awesome that you know Vancouver Island and the K & J pods. The island was my home for the first five years here in Canada. Can’t wait to hear about your Alaskan adventures. Please keep in touch. Oh and that D Series Frogman that you’ve ordered is one of my all time favourites, you’re going to love it. It just oozes quality from the first time you pick it up, and it continues to impress the more you get acquainted with it. 🙏🏾🖤🐸
@desire68frogman98 Coolbeans mate!
Hey, thank you again for your post and remember to keep looking up at the stats above! Enjoy life!
Yeeeehaaaaa!!!
Beautiful watch, nice video. I've been looking at that same model, love the blue accents.
David Hemstreet it was my first D series Frog and I now have three in my collection. Friday’s vid will show the third and final D series. Let me just say, she’s a stunna😉
@@desire68frogman98 yes, very stunning indeed. Been looking at the B model on EBay as well as the Antarctic Research. I've got 2 MT-G, and 2 Gravity Masters. I would love to add a Frogman. I need one digital G-shock, right?
David Hemstreet Absolutely, would be rude not too😉
Awesome video sir, and fantastic frog collection. I just ordered my first G-Shock, the GW9400, but I definitely want me a frogman
Awesome start. You know where to find me if you need any advice on your first frogman purchase 🐸😉🐸
@@desire68frogman98 it may be a year or two but I'll definitely check back in haha
Take your time my friend👍🏾
special watch. very lucky if I can buy it, good luck to you
GSHOCK KU BANYUWANGI Thank you very much. Its a very good piece indeed.
This watches can literally save your Life.. God bless the G- shock
God bless you too brother🙏🏾
I have 1 and I loved ❤ man watche
Best of the Best special when you diving!
Awesome that you use it as it was intended to be used. I’m might not be a diver but I do love my frogman pieces🐸🖤🐸
Awesome review ! Thank you
You’re most welcome, glad you liked it and thanks for your support 😉
Nice review👌🏼
FWIW, and I too am into the Froggies🐸, all G-Shock watches labeled as Frogman are ISO 6425 compliant divers’ watches.
Continued Success🍻
RP
Thanks RP. I do try to deliver my reviews to enthusiasts and non enthusiast alike. My thoughts are, someone may not know the history or the general features shared amongst a particular model so I try to take that into consideration when adding the features of each model.
Thanks for your continued support and i have a nice treat for all of my Frog enthusiasts incoming any day now, it’s literally just going through customs as we speak so stay tuned.
Wow beautiful watch! Thanks for the review.
You’re most welcome Scott, any time😉
Any moment now my delivery will arrive from Japan, via DHL mate! I'm so excited.... and it just started raining at my location with the sound of frog's in the background. Has been sunny all week and the forecast says sunny for the next few day's. Amazing coincidence... Yeeehaaa!
When it arrives I'll do a video...
I love coincidences like that. Please let me know your initial thoughts when you take delivery and please send me the link to the video when you post it 🐸🐸🐸
@@desire68frogman98 I sure will... Lightning and thundering as we speak! Just looking at a woman bottle feeding a manatee and said to myself... "I use to do that when I was younger, while working at Sea World of Central Florida." It just popped up in my local news feed. Ha!
I will make a video showing my initial review and how I personally feel about the watch. I'll report back!
Thank you for your CZcams page mate!
Awesome experience brother. Looking forward to your review.
@@desire68frogman98 I just got the package!!!
@desire68frogman98 Yes... oh my! What a beautiful watch!
The build and functionality is a marvel of engineering for such a small crafted device designed by humans. It's perfect for my intended use here in Florida.
Wow! I can't thank you enough for your demonstration and review of this timepiece.
When I took the watch out of its holdings, I carefully did a simple systems check of the buttons and discovered that the "Light" button does not work. There is no light output on the devise. All the other buttons are working well indeed, accept the "Light" function.
Is there a safety system designed, within shipment, to prevent the light button from being depressed via transit?
Is there a lock that I need to open, within the menu, to activate the operation of the light button?
The watch came directly from Japan and the instruction manual is written in Japanese, so to identify this within the booklet is difficult at best.
I may have to send it back for an exchange if this little issue is not solved.... Can you help?
Cheers and Thank you so much for your knowledge.
Curtis
Tested my GWF-D1000 in swimming pool it is precisely showing even 40cm depth, no need to exceed one meter to get depth reading
Your videos are always a great help 👍🏼.
Just pulled the trigger on one of these. I'll probably have to pay import fees when it lands here in Australia. Oh well 😅.
I'm not a big guy but my wrist is about 7". Wear my GR9110GY gulfman on the 6th hole.
Was looking at the smartwatch g shocks but some of them seem even bigger! Plus not a big smartwatch guy.
Thanks for the kind words and support mate. You’re gonna love the D-Series Frogman, the quality is amazing. Please let me know what you think when you get it in hand. Oh and import fees are simply an “occupational hazard”😉
@@desire68frogman98 😅. No worries. Will do mate 👍🏼
@@mwboost Good man👊🏾
@@desire68frogman98 received the beast today! And on a Sunday which is odd for here. Maybe because it was express from overseas. I'm surprised how well it fits on my smallish wrist. The gap between my wrist and the band isn't really much more than my gulfman either. Not much bulkier than my old burning red GW7900 to be honest. Just wider.
It struggled to stay on high charge today but I think that's just due to being just out of the box. Will give it a proper wear this week. It will be my daily so will be getting a spare band and bezel eventually.
Congratulations. That’s awesome. For the charging, just leave it in the window for a couple of days for a natural full charge and you’ll be fine. It was probably in its box for a long period of time before being sold to you.
I definitely find this model comfortable on the wrist and it’s such a beautiful design.
Enjoy it in the best of health mate.
Casio Grail! Will have one soon. 🐸
It will be a great addition for you🐸
@@desire68frogman98 I think if they discontinue the digital 🐸man. This will only go up in price in future.
I doubt they will discontinue the digital frogman, it still a very useful dive tool and a great seller.
@@desire68frogman98I believe only 1 colour variant remains in production (the one in this video), whereas all other ones have been discontinued.
The analogue Frogman got discontinued entirely, lol.
@StardustLegacyFighter wow, when did that happen? I thought they would at least be continuing with the analog frogman. For those of us that collect the frogman, we need to keep hold of them now. Thanks for letting me know.
Nice! I own the Frogman Blue Black and I love it.
It’s a great Frog Karl. I have a very special one on the way from Japan as we speak. Stay locked man.
European version has black internal carbon coating in the strap. That blue one of Japanese version is far more pleasing
Agree with you there.
Yi pi ka ye
I just bought this watch
Really a super G
5-6-2022
Nice one. Enjoy that 🐸 in the best of health Omar🙏🏾
@@desire68frogman98 thanks
🖤👍🏾🙏🏾
They skimped on the buckle
We’ll need to agree to disagree there. I personally feel that the metal buckle on the D series Frogman is a good example without being over the top. Imho.
It's a metal buckle and metal keeper, how is that skimping?
My thoughts exactly. I love the metal buckle and keeper.
How exactly???
It’s not that big, I mean I regularly wear my gwg1000.
I also have both, and it wears smaller than my Mudmaster.
Truly an awesome Frogman. I’d love to add the Japan Coastguard model, 😬$$$
how much the price is it bro ?and when the first launched the item by casio ?
Khairul Eirul This piece was launched in June 2016. When i bought it, i paid $550US back then but i got a discount as i bought it at the same time as i bought “Tiffany” They cost a lot more now and i think your will struggle to find one for under $900.
There stap sticks out as its too long. Should have been metal bracelet.
@@erwin734 metal bracelet would be awesome. Just like the option you get with the latest MRG Frogman series. I don’t mind the long strap though, it doesn’t bother me if I’m honest.
Hello..why I push 3 seconds and don’t display depth meter?
Which button are you pressing?
Do you think this watch is too big and too heavy to wear every day? I have a 7.2 inch wrist, 6ft, 190lbs.
Not at all, and with the measurements that you’ve added, you sound like an ideal candidate for this awesome Frog.
@@desire68frogman98 Awesome! My wrists shrunk this past year from a lack of exercise.
I'd like a cheaper/shorter g-shock band that'll fit the D1000B when I'm not snowboarding/surfing. Got any recs?
@@Jamalogo10 yep, two actually. I’ve seen on WUS where someone “trimmed” the oe strap and I’ve also seen where someone fitted the J’s & k’s adapter to the lugs. After that, you literally have the run on any strap you want to fit. If memory serves, I’m sure someone used this method to fit a bracelet to the D-Series Frogman 🤔
@@desire68frogman98 for someone one as uniformed as me, what are the j’s and k’s adapters?
Apologies man. It like a set of universal adaptors that convert the lug ends of a watch to be able to take nato and Zulu straps. If you do a search on WUS (watchuseek) you’ll definitely find info on them.
I heard something about this watch being DIScontinued......I hope I'm wrong. Have you heard anything about that??
This particular model or the D series Frogman on the whole? Either way, I haven’t heard anything about this. If that’s true, it will push the prices up on whatever is being discontinued as people, look to grab them if they don’t already own one.
@@desire68frogman98 I was referring to the GWF-D1000 series. Have you heard about that series (...or even the B-1) being discontinued??
I can honestly say no, I haven’t heard that. There are still lots for sale out there though. Just means that if this is true and they do get discontinued, the prices of what’s left, including the 2nd hand market, will be on the rise.
@@desire68frogman98 yea, probably so. Thanks much!
Late reply to this but I recently received my D1000B and the build date is 2022. I was surprised! Not sure if they've continued from there though. I heard it was only the normal black one that's discontinued.
How to turn on the G logo?
The “g logo” appears automatically when the watch has successfully achieved an atomic sync.
Tq sir
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