Over the past year, I wore out four watches. My first one was an atomic watch. Hard to let that feature go, but the band was too cheaply made. The next watch was a military issue. The winding knob fell off one day. In the morning it was there. At the end of the day, it was gone. Don't know what happened to it.
I ended up getting the G-Shock. I've worn it daily for the last eight months or so. The band is still good. It's not starting to come apart. You can't even tell which eyelet I put the tongue in everyday. There's no wear at all. It's gone through barbed wire, rocks and sand. It's bumped around on humvees, helicopters and airplanes. The battery is still good and the metal still shines. There are minimal scratches.
Negative: It's a trick getting used to which button does which function. It's also a pain to change the analog time when you move across time zones. The hand only advances, there's no counter-clockwise movement for the hands. But that's really it.
I think this is the best watch I've ever had.
One of the folks that I work with also has this watch and he's the kind of guy who will spend $1000 on a watch without flinching.
It's a tough watch. It's attractive. It's not so big that it looks more like a belt buckle on your wrist. It doesn't give you altitude and it doesn't pay your taxes. It does, however, keep time with wonderful consistency. The blue/green light won't ruin your night vision.
If you are going through Amazon's catalogue like I was looking at the $400 watches and drooling. Take a break, save some cash and enjoy this watch.
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Casio Men's G511-1AV G-Shock Ana-Digi Black Shock resistant Sports WatchProduct Description: Powerfully styled with a modern silver resin case, this Casio G-Shock analog/digital men's watch (model G511-1AV) can withstand virtually any punishment you can mete out. It features a black dial and luminous hands as well as three digital subdial windows (for the watch's sport timing features) and an additional digital window displaying day of the week. This large, round case measures 44.5mm wide (or 1.75 inches), and it's completed by a black resin strap that tapers as it winds around your wrist.
It includes a 1/100-second stopwatch with a 60-minute measuring capacity and elapsed time, split time, and 1st/2nd place time modes as well as a 60-minute countdown timer. Other timekeeping functions include 12/24-hour formats, year/month/date/day display (with an autocalendar to the year 2099), daylight savings time on/off, and world time from 29 time zones/27 cities (with city code display). It has four independent daily alarms (with one snooze alarm) and an optional hourly time signal. It also offers a scratch-resistant mineral crystal, AfterGlow LED electro-luminescent backlight, and battery life of up to 2 years.
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Great watch Great buy. Not to big with many features such as stop watch with constent seconds display plus many alarm settings. Duo time display plus date.
