G - Shock - GW1200BA1AV (Size: men) Review

This is my second G-Shock; my first is still chugging right along even after going through basic training, and 4 years of active duty abuse.I've had my first G-shock for about 10 years.First and foremost when we are talking G-Shock we are talking INDESTRUCTABLE.I mean back over it with a jeep, drop it over 60' onto concrete, getting it ripped off my wrist leaving me bruised and bloodied before a pin in the strap bent enough to pull loose, and finally fill it with sand and water in the desert...G-Shocks just do not quit. Other watches in the field, Timex, Seiko, etc don't have nearly the ability to weather rough conditions and treatment and come out looking and working great.

This new G-shock promises more of the same but in a more visually interesting package stuffed full of techy goodness. The bracelet and the case are standard G-shock bulky (this is no small watch) but instead of the chunky black plastic there is very nice looking two/three tone metal.From a looks standpoint it really stands out when compared to the rest of the G-shock type watches.I get lots of positive comments and questions about this watch which brings me to the coolest and most aggravating aspect of this watch.

SWEET BLUE LED lights...Yeah it's freaking cool!BUT, it's pretty useless...The lights are placed at 3 and 9 on plane with the face, so when lit the light hits the hands of the watch at about 90 degrees and fails to shed light on ANY of the recessed digital readouts effectively.I mean, the BLUE light is super cool and is great for lighting dark hallways, but it just doesn't do it's job nearly as well as the old school "indiglo" type of background illumination. It's frustrating that Casio didn't get this worked out better. Timekeeping?Flawless, I am up in the North West and the watch has no problems communicating with Ft. Collins CO.Needless to say the watch is super accurate.

Power source?The Solar seems to work pretty well and I have yet to have a concern regarding power.The face mounted power meter lets you know where you stand and thus far even in the Cloudy Northwest there have been no power concerns.

Functions?Well there really isn't a whole lot offered but the basics are all here and they work very well.Buttons all have the standard "firm" G-shock feel to them and work well.

Overall I couldn't be happier, the Blue LED illumination is not all that effective but it's unique, the case and bracelet have a quality look and feel to them, and the watch has a great over all feel to it and should last forever.

For what it is it might seem a little spendy for this category of watch, I mean it really is just a pimped up G-shock after all, but with its Atomic and Solar features along with the handsome looks and serious toughness it's a fair value.

Four out of five stars ONLY because of the poorly executed out but SUPER COOL Blue LEDs.

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Combination Analog/Digital display, Dress/casual watch, Silver-tone luminous hands, Four small digital dials, Hourly time signal, Shock proof, Full auto-calendar, Solar, Atomic timekeeping uses a time calibration device that receives data from the atomic transmitter in Colorado, Battery power indicator, Power saving mode, Countdown timer, Auto super illuminator with afterglow, 12/24 hr formats, Five daily alarms, World time for 30 cities, 1/100 stopwatch, Shock resistant, Stainless steel selector buttons, case, screw-in caseback, case & bezel,200 meters/656 feet water resistant

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MEN'S ANA-DIGI ATOMIC WATCH Review

The window is made of plastic, not crystal.After a couple of days use, I already got some scratch.The plastic window makes this watch look tacky.Casio should have used glass with this type of classic design.

Other than that, (almost) everything as described.Looks nice and works fine.
Time calibration is done early in the morning, once a day (not four times a day as in the description, which I guess excessive).For a digital watch, maybe once a month would be acceptable.
Very light-weighted, probably thanks to the plastic window.
Buttons are somewhat inconvenient (hard to push) but with automatic calibration I seldom touch anything.

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Stainless Steel Case Atomic timekeeping, Time calibration signal reception, Auto receve function 4 X per day, Analog digital combination, World time, 29 time zones, 30 cities, daylight saving time on/off, Date alert, flashes when set date is reached, 1/100 sec stopwatch, Measuring mode: elapsed time, split time, 1st-2nd place, 4 daily alarms and 1 snooze alarm, Hourly time signal * Auto-calendar (to year 2099), 12/24-hour formats, Regular timekeeping: Hour, minutes, sec pm, month, date, day , Accuracy: ±20 seconds per month, Approx. battery life: 2 years, Stainless Steel Bracelet

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G - Shock - DW66001V Review

The DW 6600 is a good looking piece! Once you open the box, the watch looks much better than in most of the pictures posted on the Internet. Unlike the DW6600C-1V, the DW6600-1V does not have the G on the watch face background. Things that I like about this watch, besides its good looks, are:

*The chronometer's "target time" feature.
*The chronometer's "auto-start" option.
*Change between 24hr format and military time with the press of a button (in only 1 step).
*The Casio G Shock toughness and quality.

I hope that Casio keeps producing this great G-Shock classic on years to come. Recently, I have been looking at the DW6600C-1V model and that G on the display looks cool! I might add it to my collection :)

Finally, I have to add that buying through Amazon was a nice experience. My purchase was delivered on time and as promised.

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Quartz movement, Chronograph, Day/date display, Alarm, 12/24 hour display, Timer, Stopwatch, Backlight, Stainless steel back, 200 meters water-resistant

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Wave Ceptor Atomic Watch Review

I'm a ham radio operator, and a stickler for accurate time (often setting my old digital watch to WWV on the Shortwave Bands and having considered myself lucky to have discovered a $30 Timex digital with ~1 second variance in about 1 weeks time by setting the time on the watches at the store, and coming back a few days later and checking for variation). I currently own two other WWVB (60kHz) time pieces at home with varying results (regarding reception/sync). I was a little cautious about a watch being able to recieve this very longwave signal, but it does. I live in Oklahoma City (barely within the supposed 600 mile daytime range of WWVB), and haven't had much luck with it during the daytime, but haven't had any trouble getting it to manually sync and autosync at night when I'm asleep. Last night it didn't - and I think that's because my PC on the otherside of the wall from the head of my bed puts out a tremendous amount of Radio Frequency Interference (I notice this on Shortwave, and it is just as likely to happen over the WWVB signal since my atomic clocks don't like to sync near the PC either). However, the fewtimes I've been on the otherside of the house (e.g. kitchen) and manually sync'd - it worked most of the time.

What I really like about this watch - besides the autosync feature - is that you can set a dual timezone - and they have one that is for GMT (Greenwich Mean Time - a.k.a. Universal Coordinated Time). Unlike the LON (London) timezone, try as I might, GMT won't accept a Daylight Savings Time adjustment ... which is a GOOD thing! So - next time I'm logging a contact on the radio - I just press one button and have the current GMT time to write in the log (handy for pilots also!).

Something not evident in any of the photos of this watch - it looks like it has a black dial face - but it is actually semi-transparent. At night, when I push the light button - I can actually see the Hour and Minute hands silhouettes in addition to the digital display at the bottom - all backlit with a aqua-green Elecroluminescent glow. Otherwise, the dial normally looks like a flat black dial. There is no second hand - which isn't a big issue. The light does not stay on as you hold the button down (power saving feature). All it takes is a momentary press, and it stays on for a little more than 1 second (definatly less than 2 seconds).

Another cool feature is that you can adjust the minute hand by '20 second' steps. That means there are 60x3 (or 180) little steps the minute hand takes each hour around the dial. Every 20 seconds, the minute hand makes a small 2 degree jump. This is pretty cool in my book. After I made a simple adjustment in the hand position, I've left it alone, and it's doing great! (The analog watch always sticks with the primary digital time zone - so switching to the secondary time zone view does not change your analog watch.)

There is a type of countdown timer - but it is based upon a target alarm setting (NOT like the type of timer that counts down on your microwave oven where you tell it 30 minutes and watch it countdown). However, if you've set the "target alarm" for 8 AM for when you're supposed to be at work (or set it for when you get 'off' work at 5:30), and you click over to the target alarm and activate it, and it is 10:30 at night... it tells you that you've got 9 hours and 30 minutes until you've got to be at work (sorta handy). I guess if you're into space shots - you can treat this as a handy reminder of the launch taking place into space - or if you're a ham operator waiting for an anticipated satellite flyover - set it and you can see when it is getting close. The time you set rolls over every 24 hours - so it will repeat this every day until you change it.

I've tried setting the 'Snooze' Alarm for early in the morning (when I ought to get up - but often sleep through) - and it hasn't stirred me yet. The snooze alarm, as I understand it, is supposed to repeat up to 7 times every 5 minutes (i.e. if I set it for 5:30 AM, it should go off at 5:30, 5:35, ..., and 6:00 unless I stop it). The hourly 'Signal' is two little pips - a little longer delay than I'm accustomed to hearing on most casio watches. Whenever an alarm does go off - it lasts for only 10 seconds. I gather this is an attempt to conserve battery power (supposedly rated at 2 years - but probably closer to 12-18 months if you take quite a few peeks at the dial using the light and make use of the autosync feature).

There's also a feature for tagging the current time into a memory. I haven't used this yet, but I think it would come in handy if you just started a contact and weren't able to log down the time that it started (or stopped). It could also come in handy if you were traveling and needed to gauge roughly when you left and when you arrived.

I happen to have bought the metal band version at a local super-retailer, and it was a good idea because the jewelry department lady had to remove three of the band links to get it to fit well (it was way too big for my wrist - and I'm not a small person).

If you are a world traveler and change your primary time zone to something other than the four main time zones in the Continental U.S., then be prepared to lose the ability to have autosync work. I guess the watch is only designed to work with the U.S. time transmitter. When you set the primary timezone to something outside of the U.S., it assumes you are too far to be in range to sync to the automic clock, and hence - you're stuck manually setting the time (and manually adjusting DST) as needed.

My only concern is that they don't have a dual analog/digital with the Atomic sync feature AND solar. The G-Shock's have them ... but they are way too big for my tastes (unless I was really active). This watch looks great in the office with out looking like a kid's timepiece.

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50 Meter water resistant. Electro-Luminescent backlight with Afterglow. Atomic Watch, recieves time calibration radio signals which keep the displayed time accurate. Time calibration signal reception Auto-Recieve function. World time, 29 time zones, 30 cities, Daylight-saving time on/off. Date alert, Display flashes when set date is reached. 1/100th second stopwatch, split/lap time, 1st-2nd place times. 4 daily alarms and 1 snooze alarm. Auto-calendar (Pre-programmed until the year 2096). Accuracy +/- 20 Seconds per month. Approximate battery life: 2 years on CR 1620 .

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G-Shock Men's Watch G-Shock Youth Culture Theme Models DW-5600EG-9VQ - WW Review

I got my first G-Shock as a gift in 1980 when I was still in high school.It was a bit of a novelty at the time.Took it to Africa and back, twice.Banged it against tables and walls when people asked, "Is that thing really as tough as they say?".I went through 3 straps, but 20 years later (that's not a typo) when the casing around the watch itself finally cracked off, it was STILL RUNNING ON THE SAME BATTERY.No kidding.I've still got it in a box somewhere.The battery is dead now, but the legend of this incredibly durable, useful watch was by then well made.Recently, a terrific aluminum Swatch I was using deteriorated, and i needed another capable work piece.I was thrilled that Casio was still making these, even if they're no longer made in Japan.I'm so happy with this one.If you're looking for a watch that can really take a beating and just grin at you, this is the one.Enjoy.

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CASION G-SHOCK MENS WATCH - G-100-2BVMES Review

I wear it as my Saturday watch, whether saltwater kayaking or working. My Rolex-wearing co-workers compliment me on the handsome rugged appearance. The bonus is that it is designed to resist electrical shocks (as well as G-shocks), which happens in my field of technology repair.

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G-Shock Men's Watch G-Shock G-300 G-315RL-4AVDR - WW Review

The watch looks great.The orange color pops.I even wore this watch on a basic shallow dive and it still works great...highly recommended purchase if you're looking for a cheaper watch that can take a beating and keep ticking.

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