D**4
Great looking watch for all occassions.
I was attracted to this watch because it had all the features I was looking for in a watch. It has the analog hands and displays the day of the week, the day’s date and the month. It’s water resistant to over 600 feet, shock resistant, and it has a light to read the time at night. The solar power is an added and welcomed benefit. The date display can be changed to show the date or the time with a single press of a button. The date display windows have a back light feature which glows when the night light is activated.The hand shift feature is amazing. Simply press a button for 2 seconds, and the hands automatically move to a location so the date displays can be clearly seen. Press the button again and the hands return to the current time.The night light is white which illuminates from the 9:00 o’clock position on the clock face and does a good job of lighting the entire face of the watch.The hands do glow in the dark for a reasonable period of time. The white night light on the clock face does help to “recharge” the glow intensity of the hands, making them more visible once the night light shuts off. However, the hour makings on the watch face do not glow. Only the hands will glow in the dark. Without the glowing hour marks, it can sometimes be challenging to quickly determine exactly which hour marks the hands are aligned with.The watch, overall is very attractive with the polished stainless steel, contrasting against the black watch face. It has a slight bit of weight, which gives it a nice solid feel. The black watch band is very comfortable and a nice compliment to the stainless-steel look.The buttons function perfectly and with precision. It’s easy to see this is a well-made watch at a competitive price. Casio claims this watch battery will last for 20 years before it needs to be replaced. They also claim it will have an accuracy tolerance of + or – 15 seconds per month. It is not an atomic synchronized watch, but for the price difference, I can easily adjust the watch’s time fluctuation myself if it only gains or loses a maximum of 1 minute every 4 months. Actually, once you have the watch setup, it only takes a few seconds to readjust the time again if needed.It also features a countdown timer and 5 separate alarms. I found these features to be rather useless due to the very week sounding alarm. The alarm is extremely quiet. Holding the watch more than 3 to 4 inches from my ear, made it impossible for me to hear the alarm tone. To be clear, I do have a very slight hearing loss in my ears, but I suspect a person with perfect hearing would still have a difficult time hearing the alarm tone in a quiet room and nearly impossible in an environment with moderate noise.Overall, I’m very happy with the watch. It looks amazing. Great form and function. Nice comfortable fit and a size that does not look overpowering on my wrist. I wear this watch 24/7 through sleep, shower, working on cars, fishing, and we both cleanup well for date night with the wife.My only complaints about this watch is the quiet alarm tone and the hour marks on the watch face that don’t glow in the dark. Otherwise, this is as near to a perfect watch as I could have asked for. I have no regrets on my purchase.
A**.
Fatal water damage in a foot of water
Right after the warranty expired, wore this watch in a pool. Did not dive deep, in fact, I probably did not even go deeper then a foot as I was with my baby at the time. Water got into the watch, under the glass, and the watch immediately stopped workingThere is no doubt that this watch did not function as expected nor did it live up to any of the claims of durability made by Casio. I would understand if I took this watch scuba diving or went to the bottom of a deep pool, but this watch really failed miserably in conditions where Casio advertises the watchword function well.But I think what really turned me off to cashio, was their customer service. The general attitude of casio's customer service was, too bad, your warranty expired, now you can go and repair at your own cost. I understand how warranties work but a little bit more curiosity by Casio would have been expected to understand why their watch failed so miserably. I really wasn't expecting a brand new watch, but I would have lights to have been given a shipping label and perhaps a credit towards a new watch. In any event, I would not recommend a Casio for the unreliability of their watch and they're miserable customer service.
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