john fink ok!! :goat:Mar 9
welp I ordered that skmei watch
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Welp #Skmei watch came in. For $20 it has astonishingly good build quality. At least thus far. Will report on whether or not it turns my wrist green. It has *heft* - definitely not just a plastic shell. The negative display is regrettable but manageable. But *weirdly* - and maybe this is a Skmei thing, dunno, this is my first one - this is the very first digital watch I've ever seen that *doesn't hack* - that is, you can't set the seconds!!

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Show threadjohn fink ok!! :goat:Mar 16
Oddly for Skmei afaict this is not a rip-off of any specific watch, like a Casio or whatever. If this was LED, it would fit right in with, like, a 1970s Pulsar or something. As it is it really does have cool beans futuro 1970s vibes. If it hacked and had a countdown timer it would be pretty much fully terrific.
Show threadjohn fink ok!! :goat:Mar 16
Oh yeah it's solar and the backlight is pretty okay? Damn, Skmei. I wasn't expecting too much but good job.
Show threadjohn fink ok!! :goat:Mar 16
A little bit better photo.
Show threadjohn fink ok!! :goat:Mar 16
Oh, had to show you the display in action and how the seconds sort of flip! Neato!
Show threadjohn fink ok!! :goat:Mar 18
still really digging this watch and I'm not even mad about the seconds not hacking thing. It's just so jankity 1970s in design, I just love it. It's sort of the polar opposite of the *other* 1970s-ish design watch I have, the *very wonderful* Steeldive SD1970, which is -- unlike the Skmei -- absolutely a *very* faithful homage to a Seiko Uemura/Willard.
Show threadjohn fink ok!! :goat:Mar 18
if I get another Skmei will almost certainly be the Ripley Alien Casio A100, uh, homage. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005010388412894.html
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Show threadRuth / AnarchaeMar 16
@adr The flip animation would be highly distracting to me but is very cool.
Show threadRuth [☕️ 👩🏻‍💻📚✍🏻🧵🪡🍵]Mar 16
@adr nice aesthetic!
Show threadStewart RussellMar 16

@adr if it's at all openable, flip the filter on the front LCD and you have an un-reversed display.

Us cool kids were doing this with our Commodore LCD watches in the late 1970s

Show threadjohn fink ok!! :goat:Mar 16
@scruss saaaaaaay