--- Warning:Long, opinionatedreview ahead ---
I could go on and on about how many watches I own (40+), I could list off the caliber of watches I have (Jaeger-LeCoultre, two Rolexes, Zeneth, Franck Muller)... but what I do want to go on about is my love of this Giez watch.
I have many watches (see above) and many of them are the various models of Casios which have been released over the years; from the first pathfinder watch to the current Riseman.The Giez GS1100 is by far one of my favorites.Reason - Form, Function and a wondrous movement.
Form - Simple and clean at first glance, then as you look closer the detail comes to light.
Function - it does what it should do.It is one of the most accurate timepieces on the planet. On the most basic of levels, it tells time, has a stop watch, one daily alarm, day and date. For those who need it;it has world time mode and it (the watch) supports the National Institute of Standards and Technology reception standards for the US as well as those for Japan, The UK and Europe.
Here is a little, how shall we say... commentary:
The watch is fluid, it has a gear driven movement (the same as the $900 Oceanus line by Casio).It should be looked upon not as a digital watch but as a precision time keeping instrument.The few reviewers whom complained about the movment taking forever; stop playing with your watch, it's not a toy.Set it and know that it works.As an aside, if you are a global jet setter and you need to change the world time city, press the mode button and then immediatly hit the reset/advance button; it will advance the second hand/city indicator with out having to wait for the current setting to queue up.
The other complaint about reception, I have no comment other than "Please know that it is a low power radio wave which the watch is receiving.If you live in a basement or a structure which is not "wave friendly", please know that when your watch does pickup the signal that it is not like it is going to lose that much in accuracy before it's next acquisition (unlike my Texas Timex.. Rolex Air King, which can and does).
My only complaints about the watch are very minor: I wish it had an hourly chime and I also wish the alarm was louder.
In conclusion - If you like Casio watches and you have a modocum of patience; you will not be dissapointed with your purchase.
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Casio Men's GS1100-1A G-Shock GIEZ Series Multi-Band Solar Atomic WatchProduct Description: This Casio men's G-Shock watch has a classic analog display but is filled with high-tech features. The stainless steel case is shock resistant and houses a black dial that has white dashes for indexes. Three sub-dials provide chronograph functionality, and there is a date window between the four and five o'clock positions. The watch runs on solar power, and will last for four months on a full charge without need for further sunlight. The watch calibrates itself to the official US atomic clock for unsurpassed accuracy. The watch has a daily alarm, world time for 29 time zones, and a calendar pre-programmed until the year 2099. It has a black resin band and is water resistant to 660 feet (200 meters).
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The watch is nice, but.... the display in the picture is easily visible, whereas in reality the display is dim and the watch light does not illuminate much.Also, the programming is complicated and I don't want to have to refer to the manual whenever I want to use one of the functions.In addition, with all the activity that the display has going on, I fear (perhaps unfounded, I don't know) that the battery will not last long.It's a nice watch, but there are other watches at amazon.com that I feel will be better worth the money.I'm returning it and picking out a different one.
