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GPW : "T H E B E A S T" THREAD OF AWESOMENESS - Title says it all.

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#1 ·
This is the official GPW B E A S T THREAD OF AWESOMENESS the only purpose of which is the glorification, showing off, celebration and general awesomisation of our BEASTs....

If you have a GPW. If you are skydiving with it from a Space Capsule. If you are driving 300kph on a race track in a Bugatti Veyron Spider. If you are piloting a WW I fighterplane. If you are eating a XL doublecheesegoldencrust megapizza with pineapples and barbecuesauce all by yourself. If you are doing anything remotely awesome while wearing your BEAST - we want to know. We want to SEE it. So far these incredible devices have been shown in their cozy little boxes, on their pillow surrounded by dark leather and golden writing.

This ends NOW! And this here is the place to show off your heroic deeds! GO! :rodekaart :rodekaart :rodekaart :rodekaart :rodekaart :rodekaart:rodekaart
 
#450 · (Edited)
Did it !

pulled the trigger on a GPW-1000-1B, at a store called Takeya in Tokyo. Best price I found, and I did a lot of checking .....

Will post pix tomorrow. So far so good. watch is running fine. Although even after a GPS sync, exactly 1 second behind my Breitling Aerospace, which I set up using my Wave-Ceptor ProTrek before leaving Germany. Maybe its a Leap-Second issue.

BTW, I may also acquire a PRW-6000 (the orange one), but not sure yet.
 
#451 · (Edited)
I've had my Astron for a while now (18 mo) and been very happy with it but wanted to see the same capabilities in a good field watch. Thanks to a motivated seller on eBay, I was able to score a GPW-1000-1A for a decent price. This also happens to be my first G-Shock too! Love how it syncs so much fast than the Astron for time, seems about the same duration for location sync. Kinda miss having a fuel gauge though but the built-in LED was already put to use in a pitch black garage. Love it!
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Here is a video of my Astron and Beast in GPS-synchronous harmony.
 
#452 ·
GPW-1000-RAF ................................................... 21 watches (LukeDuke100, Cbrbamby09, Time4playnow, Timesurfer, Showtime240, D1cky986, Sengyoku, Raff_Christ, Chypmun77, RHJones, Scottydoesnt, Adam020, Yto1312, Jantyc, Hein W, Flyjakey, VigilantRaven, Phantasm, Gizzmo, JohnQFord, Kawei)

GPW-1000-1A ..................................................... 20 watches (Gripmaster, Olyeller68, Timesurfer, Sleeman, GunSmoke16610, Meridian, Eric5964, Boska, Andyahs, Shaggy2002, Nelamvr6, Drash11, Steven68, Rwhite692, Bulldog, Togaflexed, Devastator01, JSM9872, Suaku, Haymant)

GPW-1000-1B ..................................................... 19 watches (Steelinox, Knives and Lint, D1cky986, John_Harrison, Bulldog1, Shms59, aRogue, Chrisboy, Wotch, Stan54, Emergency, Ericwanch, JSM9872, PeeDee, Fendushi, G-Frank, Mudman, Ryan Bishop, G-Shock Protection)

GPW-1000-4A ..................................................... 16 watches (iJeff, Kawei, JonL, Timesurfer(2), Altan, D1cky986, Superflask, GeSte, Tgdtown, Raff_Christ, JohnQFord, Aydrian, Mrcrooka1, Foxman2k, Bobbyc02)

GPW-1000-2A ..................................................... 11 watches (Gripmaster, Time4playnow, JonL, D1cky986, Erikm82, FilipinoTimeIsOnTime, Heuer_1153, GrafiXepressions, Mrcrooka1, Andyahs, Soulbridgemedia)

GPW-1000FC-1A9 ................................................. 5 watches (Time4playnow, JonL, TG8OH7, Kawei, GilbertMark)

GPW-1000FC-1A .................................................. 1 watch (10-Dee-Q)

Together ............................................................ 93 watches

GGGGPPPPWWWW - Timesurfer, D1cky986 (4 watches)

GGGPPPWWW - Time4playnow, JonL, Kawei (3 watches)

GGPPWW - Gripmaster, Raff_Christ, Mrcrooka1, JohnQFord, Andyahs, JSM9872 (2 watches)

GPW - iJeff, LukeDuke100, Cbrbamby09, Steelinox, Knives and Lint, Olyeller68, Showtime240, Altan, John_Harrison, Sleeman, Superflask, Sengyoku, GeSte, Tgdtown, GunSmoke16610, Erikm82, Chypmun77, RHJones, FilipinoTimeIsOnTime, Bulldog1, Scottydoesnt, Adam020, Shms59, aRogue, Meridian, Yto1312, Jantyc, Eric5964, Chrisboy, Hein W, Boska, Wotch, Flyjakey, VigilantRaven, Shaggy2002, Emergency, Phantasm, Heuer_1153, Nelamvr6, Drash11, Gizzmo, GrafiXepressions, Aydrian, 10-Dee-Q, Foxman2k, Ericwanch, TG8OH7, Steven68, Rwhite692, Bulldog, Soulbridgemedia, Togaflexed, PeeDee, Fendushi, G-Frank, Mudman, Ryan Bishop, Bobbyc02, Devastator01, G-Shock Protection, Suaku, GilbertMark, Haymant (1 watch)

Cheers, Piowa
 
#453 · (Edited)
Here it is.
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One thing I noticed, today was sunny in the morning, so I went out to drive about Tokyo while my wife was shopping with her friends, and while stopped at a traffic light, at about 12 noon, the watch started doing odd things by itself, noticed the seconds hand stopping for a bit and the mode hand went to 12 o'clock, then all went back to normal. I wasn't fast enough to video it but snapped a pic right after.
I guess was doing some syncing, since during the night it was sitting in the car deep in the hotel's parking lot conveyor belt.
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Couple of days ago I snapped this near Mito. BTW, been measuring radiation with my GammaScout and haven't found any in Tokyo, and also all the way up to Mito. I also measured there in the coast, and it was just like normal background radiation in Germany. 0.08 Microsieverts/hr. I always measure water runoffs. Also food, so far so good.
Enjoy this pic:
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#454 ·
GPW-1000-RAF ................................................... 21 watches (LukeDuke100, Cbrbamby09, Time4playnow, Timesurfer, Showtime240, D1cky986, Sengyoku, Raff_Christ, Chypmun77, RHJones, Scottydoesnt, Adam020, Yto1312, Jantyc, Hein W, Flyjakey, VigilantRaven, Phantasm, Gizzmo, JohnQFord, Kawei)

GPW-1000-1A ..................................................... 20 watches (Gripmaster, Olyeller68, Timesurfer, Sleeman, GunSmoke16610, Meridian, Eric5964, Boska, Andyahs, Shaggy2002, Nelamvr6, Drash11, Steven68, Rwhite692, Bulldog, Togaflexed, Devastator01, JSM9872, Suaku, Haymant)

GPW-1000-1B ..................................................... 20 watches (Steelinox, Knives and Lint, D1cky986, John_Harrison, Bulldog1, Shms59, aRogue, Chrisboy, Wotch, Stan54, Emergency, Ericwanch, JSM9872, PeeDee, Fendushi, G-Frank, Mudman, Ryan Bishop, G-Shock Protection, Robert Hoffmann)

GPW-1000-4A ..................................................... 16 watches (iJeff, Kawei, JonL, Timesurfer(2), Altan, D1cky986, Superflask, GeSte, Tgdtown, Raff_Christ, JohnQFord, Aydrian, Mrcrooka1, Foxman2k, Bobbyc02)

GPW-1000-2A ..................................................... 11 watches (Gripmaster, Time4playnow, JonL, D1cky986, Erikm82, FilipinoTimeIsOnTime, Heuer_1153, GrafiXepressions, Mrcrooka1, Andyahs, Soulbridgemedia)

GPW-1000FC-1A9 ................................................. 5 watches (Time4playnow, JonL, TG8OH7, Kawei, GilbertMark)

GPW-1000FC-1A .................................................. 1 watch (10-Dee-Q)

Together ............................................................ 94 watches

GGGGPPPPWWWW - Timesurfer, D1cky986 (4 watches)

GGGPPPWWW - Time4playnow, JonL, Kawei (3 watches)

GGPPWW - Gripmaster, Raff_Christ, Mrcrooka1, JohnQFord, Andyahs, JSM9872 (2 watches)

GPW - iJeff, LukeDuke100, Cbrbamby09, Steelinox, Knives and Lint, Olyeller68, Showtime240, Altan, John_Harrison, Sleeman, Superflask, Sengyoku, GeSte, Tgdtown, GunSmoke16610, Erikm82, Chypmun77, RHJones, FilipinoTimeIsOnTime, Bulldog1, Scottydoesnt, Adam020, Shms59, aRogue, Meridian, Yto1312, Jantyc, Eric5964, Chrisboy, Hein W, Boska, Wotch, Flyjakey, VigilantRaven, Shaggy2002, Emergency, Phantasm, Heuer_1153, Nelamvr6, Drash11, Gizzmo, GrafiXepressions, Aydrian, 10-Dee-Q, Foxman2k, Ericwanch, TG8OH7, Steven68, Rwhite692, Bulldog, Soulbridgemedia, Togaflexed, PeeDee, Fendushi, G-Frank, Mudman, Ryan Bishop, Bobbyc02, Devastator01, G-Shock Protection, Suaku, GilbertMark, Haymant, Robert Hoffmann (1 watch)

Cheers, Piowa
 
#456 ·
Are you after a new or second hand watch? With new ones, they usually go for about $900 AUD online, but at that price, I'd rather purchase them in an AD in Australia. Melbourne Myer has a G Factory, and they usually participate in Myer's sales, there was a 20% off sales about a month ago, which means $1199 * 0.8 = ~$960 AUD

If you are comfortable with second hand ones, have a look at the sales section of the forum, they can be had for around $700 - $800 AUD. Think I saw one listed this week for $590 USD ~ $760 AUD
 
#459 ·
I just got my 2nd gpw1000-4a delivered today. This one has the orignal orange band, and the black link band. I bought it because I wanted a black band, but they (pacparts) were out of stock. I suppose I could have bought a GPW1000FC... but I guess what's done is done.
So for now I own two! I will be selling my original one though to pay off the 2nd!
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#460 ·
I basically did the same thing bobbyco. I bought the 1B, ordered the bracelet from pacparts, then found a 1A with bracelet and bought it, then canceled my bracelet order haha. I like the 1A more now so I'm keeping that one.

The 4A is definitely great looking too, something about that orange band that I really like.

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#462 ·
I basically did the same thing bobbyco. I bought the 1B, ordered the bracelet from pacparts, then found a 1A with bracelet and bought it, then canceled my bracelet order haha. I like the 1A more now so I'm keeping that one.

The 4A is definitely great looking too, something about that orange band that I really like.

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We had a HUUUUUUGE discussion with my wife about the 4A.

1. She LOOOVES orange.
2. She HAAAATES gold.

I tend to agree with her, although this is my watch, it needed to pass wife-control.

So, she wanted me to go for the orange band, but the RING on the bezel was "a bit too much on the gold side". Had it been just a TAD more coppery, and maybe the letters instead of Blue, would have been White, I would have gone for it.

But the 1B was the end decision. A bit more subtle I guess.
 
#461 · (Edited)
First impressions on my GPW-1000-1B
seen here next to my Breitling Aerospace for size comparison:

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1. CON: I find the black "counterweight" on the minute hand a bit too large, and it obscures the hour hand too much
2. PRO: Alarm is quite loud when watch is on glass table. It woke me up today, and I snore like a woodchipper !
3. PRO: The weight of the watch is barely noticeable after a day at Tokyo Disney Sea (walked 16400 steps according to my phone).
4. CON: The steel "ring" on the strap could have been 0.5mm tighter, sometimes it slides off the "overflow" (or however you call the piece of leftover holed strap past the buckle)
EDIT: 5. CON: When trying to set up the alarm for say 7:15 AM, now being 7:35 PM, the hour and minute hands almost fully obscure the alarm dial.
here is the proof:
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#464 ·
I reckon it's fads. Like the cars, in the 40's-50's they were round blobs, in the 60's-70's square, (the 80's we can forget, like the bee gees), in the 90's-00's they were blobs, and now apparently square is coming back, the new audis are all flat.

With watches it's the same I gather, thin and tiny will be back "in" in a decade or so.

Personally, if I go out to dinner with wifey, I would take the breitling, it tells the time and it's barely noticeable, both from the weight and the bulge in the shirt sleeve.
But if I go on my motorbike for a ride, and then some swimming in the sea, then I'd rather have some real device on.
 
#467 ·
Oh man I have a dilemma. My wife gave me the go-ahead on this watch but my OCD is telling me that if those 4 screws are asymmetrical it will drive me nuts. So, it's between the GPW-10001A or the GWA-11001A or GWA-11002A. My question is how tight are those screws? Do you think if I needed to I could adjust them to satisfy my OCD craving. Any help is appreciated. I love all three watches that I mentioned pretty much the same and I just don't know, lol. I want all 3!!
 
#468 ·
Being a "math" guy myself, instinct tells me that you can definitely get 3 out of the 4 screws to point in the same direction without much effort, and the 4th one you'll have to coax. By coaxing I would mean unscrew and add a small black nylon-fiber sewing string loop as washer, and screw back in.
(say something like this here: nylon monofilament sewing thread, View monofilament sewing thread, VEKSTAR Product Details from Jinhu Vekstar Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. on Alibaba.com will probably never rot or disintegrate)
 
#474 ·
GPW1000-1b. Purchased from eBay 2 weeks ago. Turns main out body and circuit board needed replacement. Got half my money back from seller and sent to Casio repair in New Jersey. Works like brand new. They even sent me a case and new instruction booklet like I had purchased a new beast. Highly recommend Casios repair. View attachment 3715154 View attachment 3715162
Did the seller explain why/how the watch was fried ? or did it come like that from factory ?
 
#475 · (Edited)
No I purchased from ebay seller. Came with hour and second not moving. Also the 24 hour sub dial as not moving. I followed all the instructions and could not get any movement. I called Casio repair and they said send to repair facility in NJ. No the seller did not disclose any issues with the watch. But he offered me 50 percent refund which I gladly accepted. Repairs cost 139 and somechange. I took my beast out of the box and it promptly went into receive mode by GPS. It set by itself with no assistance. I am extremely happy there was no major issue with the watch. Casio said the movement alone was half the price of the watch.
 
#479 ·
Only four to 100 !!!

GPW-1000-RAF ................................................... 21 watches (LukeDuke100, Cbrbamby09, Time4playnow, Timesurfer, Showtime240, D1cky986, Sengyoku, Raff_Christ, Chypmun77, RHJones, Scottydoesnt, Adam020, Yto1312, Jantyc, Hein W, Flyjakey, VigilantRaven, Phantasm, Gizzmo, JohnQFord, Kawei)

GPW-1000-1B ..................................................... 21 watches (Steelinox, Knives and Lint, D1cky986, John_Harrison, Bulldog1, Shms59, aRogue, Chrisboy, Wotch, Stan54, Emergency, Ericwanch, JSM9872, PeeDee, Fendushi, G-Frank, Mudman, Ryan Bishop, G-Shock Protection, Robert Hoffmann, Dwsjr50)

GPW-1000-1A ..................................................... 20 watches (Gripmaster, Olyeller68, Timesurfer, Sleeman, GunSmoke16610, Meridian, Eric5964, Boska, Andyahs, Shaggy2002, Nelamvr6, Drash11, Steven68, Rwhite692, Bulldog, Togaflexed, Devastator01, JSM9872, Suaku, Haymant)

GPW-1000-4A ..................................................... 17 watches (iJeff, Kawei, JonL, Timesurfer(2), Altan, D1cky986, Superflask, GeSte, Tgdtown, Raff_Christ, JohnQFord, Aydrian, Mrcrooka1, Foxman2k, Bobbyc02, Alanarkadia)

GPW-1000-2A ..................................................... 11 watches (Gripmaster, Time4playnow, JonL, D1cky986, Erikm82, FilipinoTimeIsOnTime, Heuer_1153, GrafiXepressions, Mrcrooka1, Andyahs, Soulbridgemedia)

GPW-1000FC-1A9 ................................................. 5 watches (Time4playnow, JonL, TG8OH7, Kawei, GilbertMark)

GPW-1000FC-1A .................................................. 1 watch (10-Dee-Q)

Together ............................................................ 96 watches

GGGGPPPPWWWW - Timesurfer, D1cky986 (4 watches)

GGGPPPWWW - Time4playnow, JonL, Kawei (3 watches)

GGPPWW - Gripmaster, Raff_Christ, Mrcrooka1, JohnQFord, Andyahs, JSM9872 (2 watches)

GPW - iJeff, LukeDuke100, Cbrbamby09, Steelinox, Knives and Lint, Olyeller68, Showtime240, Altan, John_Harrison, Sleeman, Superflask, Sengyoku, GeSte, Tgdtown, GunSmoke16610, Erikm82, Chypmun77, RHJones, FilipinoTimeIsOnTime, Bulldog1, Scottydoesnt, Adam020, Shms59, aRogue, Meridian, Yto1312, Jantyc, Eric5964, Chrisboy, Hein W, Boska, Wotch, Flyjakey, VigilantRaven, Shaggy2002, Emergency, Phantasm, Heuer_1153, Nelamvr6, Drash11, Gizzmo, GrafiXepressions, Aydrian, 10-Dee-Q, Foxman2k, Ericwanch, TG8OH7, Steven68, Rwhite692, Bulldog, Soulbridgemedia, Togaflexed, PeeDee, Fendushi, G-Frank, Mudman, Ryan Bishop, Bobbyc02, Devastator01, G-Shock Protection, Suaku, GilbertMark, Haymant, Robert Hoffmann, Alanarkadia, Dwsjr50 (1 watch)

Cheers, Piowa
 
#480 ·
Oh one more thing, I thought I would finish my Japan trip with the one and only best iced coffee on the planet, namely a "Hoshino Hand Drip Coffee" iced version.
Note the size of the utensils compared to the GPW, and also the frost on the copper mug !!!!
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And I made a video with the preparation procedure:
http://www.servermasters.com/stuff/japanese_iced_coffee.3gp

enjoy.
 
#483 ·
GPW-1000 high over Russia, plus a small problem I detected.
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Now, when I was up there, I tried syncing the watch to GPS several times. The first time (closer to china, earlier in the flight), it succeeded. But about the time of these pix, it did not. I tried then to try and change the timezone, and as you can see, I failed when "pushing the crown back in", I didn't wait until it finished moving the hands (PEBKAC), Ergo the watch became "out of sync" with the UTC one (smaller 24 hour dial). Check this pic:
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This pic was snapped about 30 mins after the first one above, by looking at the UTC clock, and the position of the airplane on the map, but look at the time on the large hands LOL.
Interestingly, I then tried setting manually Helsinki time (which is same as Athens), and the hours/mins became "back in sync" with the UTC clock, tried setting it back to Tokyo time, and it was "wrong again". Funny experience.

When I got home (Berlin), I manually set it to PAR timezone, and I left it next to my PRW-1300 on the window sill, and at about 5 am it synced with the radio signal. The PRW synced at 03:02.
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(I know cuz I am still in Tokyo time, and my clock still wants me to go for iced coffee LOL)
 
#484 ·
Well... just bit the bullet and ordered a second beast (GPW-1000-2A).

Definitely not in the budget but selling my Luminox 1879 and G-Shock GWA-1100-1A3 to try and recoup a couple bucks.

I'll post pictures when it arrives.
 

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#487 ·
Well... just bit the bullet and ordered a second beast (GPW-1000-2A).

Definitely not in the budget but selling my Luminox 1879 and G-Shock GWA-1100-1A3 to try and recoup a couple bucks.

I'll post pictures when it arrives.
Sorry for the dumb inquiry,but did you just spill your ashtray on the GPW ? it looks like it's full of ash...
 
#485 ·
Only three to 100 !!!

GPW-1000-RAF ................................................... 21 watches (LukeDuke100, Cbrbamby09, Time4playnow, Timesurfer, Showtime240, D1cky986, Sengyoku, Raff_Christ, Chypmun77, RHJones, Scottydoesnt, Adam020, Yto1312, Jantyc, Hein W, Flyjakey, VigilantRaven, Phantasm, Gizzmo, JohnQFord, Kawei)

GPW-1000-1B ..................................................... 21 watches (Steelinox, Knives and Lint, D1cky986, John_Harrison, Bulldog1, Shms59, aRogue, Chrisboy, Wotch, Stan54, Emergency, Ericwanch, JSM9872, PeeDee, Fendushi, G-Frank, Mudman, Ryan Bishop, G-Shock Protection, Robert Hoffmann, Dwsjr50)

GPW-1000-1A ..................................................... 20 watches (Gripmaster, Olyeller68, Timesurfer, Sleeman, GunSmoke16610, Meridian, Eric5964, Boska, Andyahs, Shaggy2002, Nelamvr6, Drash11, Steven68, Rwhite692, Bulldog, Togaflexed, Devastator01, JSM9872, Suaku, Haymant)

GPW-1000-4A ..................................................... 17 watches (iJeff, Kawei, JonL, Timesurfer(2), Altan, D1cky986, Superflask, GeSte, Tgdtown, Raff_Christ, JohnQFord, Aydrian, Mrcrooka1, Foxman2k, Bobbyc02, Alanarkadia)

GPW-1000-2A ..................................................... 12 watches (Gripmaster, Time4playnow, JonL, D1cky986, Erikm82, FilipinoTimeIsOnTime, Heuer_1153, GrafiXepressions, Mrcrooka1, Andyahs, Soulbridgemedia, TG8OH7)

GPW-1000FC-1A9 ................................................. 5 watches (Time4playnow, JonL, TG8OH7, Kawei, GilbertMark)

GPW-1000FC-1A .................................................. 1 watch (10-Dee-Q)

Together ............................................................ 97 watches

GGGGPPPPWWWW - Timesurfer, D1cky986 (4 watches)

GGGPPPWWW - Time4playnow, JonL, Kawei (3 watches)

GGPPWW - Gripmaster, Raff_Christ, Mrcrooka1, JohnQFord, Andyahs, JSM9872, TG8OH7 (2 watches)

GPW - iJeff, LukeDuke100, Cbrbamby09, Steelinox, Knives and Lint, Olyeller68, Showtime240, Altan, John_Harrison, Sleeman, Superflask, Sengyoku, GeSte, Tgdtown, GunSmoke16610, Erikm82, Chypmun77, RHJones, FilipinoTimeIsOnTime, Bulldog1, Scottydoesnt, Adam020, Shms59, aRogue, Meridian, Yto1312, Jantyc, Eric5964, Chrisboy, Hein W, Boska, Wotch, Flyjakey, VigilantRaven, Shaggy2002, Emergency, Phantasm, Heuer_1153, Nelamvr6, Drash11, Gizzmo, GrafiXepressions, Aydrian, 10-Dee-Q, Foxman2k, Ericwanch, Steven68, Rwhite692, Bulldog, Soulbridgemedia, Togaflexed, PeeDee, Fendushi, G-Frank, Mudman, Ryan Bishop, Bobbyc02, Devastator01, G-Shock Protection, Suaku, GilbertMark, Haymant, Robert Hoffmann, Alanarkadia, Dwsjr50 (1 watch)

Cheers, Piowa
 
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