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Cruel World CW88, low front profile — matte black case with monochrome GMK Cosmos keycaps and an embossed badge
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ARCHIVE ENTRY // N° 017

Cruel World CW88

The black sibling — monochrome Cosmos, a Big Ass Enter, the same grinning weight below.

BLACK ANODIZED HALF PLATE · GASKET DRY MX BLACK GMK COSMOS · BAE
FIG. 0953 — FRONT ELEVATION SCROLL ▾

Specification

BUILD SHEET // 017-CW88
01
Chassis
Cruel World CW88 — BlackMatte black anodized aluminium
02
Switches
Cherry MX BlackDry, spring-swapped
03
Plate
Aluminium Half PlateGasket mount
04
Stabilizers
TypePlusTuned, no rattle
05
Keycaps
GMK CosmosMonochrome charcoal & silver, with BAE

Plates

9 EXPOSURES // FUJIFILM
Head-on view of the full CW88 board with GMK Cosmos
0948 PLAN VIEW — GMK COSMOS
Low front-edge profile with the embossed dual-face badge and bokeh
0953 FRONT — EMBOSSED BADGE
Top-down close-up of the right half, nav cluster and Big Ass Enter
0950 DETAIL — BIG ASS ENTER
Top-down close-up of the left half, Esc and alphas
0951 DETAIL — ALPHAS
Angled macro of the stepped Big Ass Enter and right keys
0960 DETAIL — STEPPED BAE
Macro of the spacebar and lower alpha row
0958 DETAIL — SPACEBAR
Macro of the interlocking dual-face engraving on the underside
0956 WEIGHT — DUAL FACE
Full underside plan view of the bottom plate
0957 UNDERSIDE
Close side-profile corner with shallow depth of field
0949 SIDE PROFILE — CORNER
FIELD NOTES

The CW88 is the CW87's murdered-out twin — same Cruel World grinning-and-grimacing weight, none of the color. A matte black case carries GMK Cosmos in charcoal and cool silver, tone on tone, capped by a stepped Big Ass Enter. Half plate on a gasket mount, dry Cherry blacks. Read the two side by side: same bones, opposite mood.