G-Shockmens watches Casio G-Shock Solar Atomic (GW2310-1)

I purchased this G-Shock model for three primary reasons: 1) atomic timekeeping, 2) solar charging, and 3) readability. I have found over the years of owning G-Shocks that these are the three most important features to me.Atomic timekeeping means that this is a "set and forget it" timepiece. Solar charging means that I never have to open the watch to replace a battery, keeping it water-tight for the life of the watch. Finally, have you ever noticed how "busy" and crowded some of the G-Shock watch faces are? In some cases, it makes it really difficult for older (not ancient, mind you!) eyes to read the time at a quick glance.This model is a basic, no-nonsense EDC. It doesn't have an altimeter, heart rate monitor, GPS, thermometer, or whatever. The watch I wear doesn't really need those things because I think there are better specialized tools for those jobs anyway. It does have the tools I do need in a watch though like a stopwatch, timer, alarm, day/date, back lighting, military time display, and world time. If you need more in terms of lap timers for swimming and fitness training activities, there may be better options for that. Otherwise, this is a tremendous watch.The atomic function works flawlessly. It actually works while on my wrist. I was up late gaming with one of my sons and I noticed that it was setting the time while I was playing on the PS4! My atomic watches in the past were much more finicky. Those things had to be placed in a particular spot in the house, pointing in a particular direction, the voodoo witch doctor had to shake a chicken foot over it, and then maybe it would pick up the signal. Not anymore!When I received the watch from Amazon, it was completely dead with no charge at all. It appeared to have come directly from the manufacturer and had not been out on display or anything like that. It took a couple of days (it's winter time and cloudy up north right now), but now it's good and charged up. Be advised that it can take a little time to get charged to the "High" level, but once there, these watches tend to hold the charge for a long time with the power save feature active. Give it a good bit of sunshine once every few months and you'll never have a problem.The readability on this watch is excellent. Casio did a nice job of keeping the view uncluttered. Many of the G-Shocks suffer from lots of "stuff" on their faces. The older models suffer from the three-eye syndrome that shrinks the size of the useful information you want to see in lieu of useless little circles that nobody needs or cares about. This watch increases the size of the useful information and uses a white background to increase readability.The obvious thing about this watch, of course, is that it's a G-Shock. It is essentially the toughest mass produced watch in the world. Good luck killing it in the normal course of everyday wear. Among other things, I like to go snorkeling and skin diving on vacation, so this will be going with me for those activities with no worries. If these are good enough for Navy SEALS and law enforcement personnel, they're probably good enough for the rest of us. Go ahead and beat it up. It laughs at you for trying to take it down!I do have one small gripe about the watch, more specifically about the strap. Why does Casio insist on producing the world's toughest ADULT watch and then slap a child-sized strap on the thing? I am an averaged-sized, athletic male (6' 2", 230 lbs.). I have to wear the watch right at the end of the band, so it just barely fits. To be honest, I wish there were just a little more band poking through the holder. I worry about losing it. In short, the band could be longer and more robust.All in all, this is a great watch. Get it, charge it up with some intense sunlight, get it set up (it's easy to do, just read the instructions), and you're good to go.

The G Shock line has been widely known as the toughest, most durable watches made for over 40 years now. That reputation is not lost on this one. Great offering with some really nice features. Was looking for something that would be a no nonsense, low maintenance style watch that is always ready to go. Something in contrast to my mechanical watches that need far more attention. This G Shock has fit the bill perfectly. The tough solar feature means never having to worry about a dead battery and the multiband 6 feature means this watch will always tell perfect time without any help from me. On top of that, you get a calendar, multiple alarms, stopwatch, world timezones and countdown timer. Not to mention the usual durable G Shock resin case that can take a beating, plus 200 meters of water resistance. Great watch, exactly what I was looking for and an amazing value at the current pricepoint.

This is a great all around watch. It's always accurate and charged. I purchased this to replace the exact same one that I damaged. I had the original watch for almost 10 years with no issues, this includes 2 deployments overseas. I highly recommend this watch for anyone. Extremely easy to setup and will continue after taking a beating (as G-Shocks are built to do).

Bought this G-Shock, my first one, 6 years back. The reasons I settled on the GW2310-1 were:1) Needed to have accurate reliable time displayed digitally - easier and faster getting to exact time vs. analog watch face. The GW2310-1 is radio controlled and syncs with the Cesium-133 atomic clock based out of Colorado every 24 hours. I have owned this watch for 6 years now and it has performed the auto sync function flawlessly. The ONLY exceptions being when I'm traveling and the auto recieve mode is turned OFF manually and a few rare occasions during severe inclimental weather conditions.You cannot beat the accuracy of this watch once it syncs with the official atomic clock.During international travel to South Asia - with the auto recieve function turned off for over 35 days - when I got back home - it had gained less than 10 seconds! Awesome quartz timekeeping for a fraction of the cost of some men's high-end wrist jewelery.The WORLD TIME option works awesome - before my travels - I set the destination city (DELHI) time. Upon landing at the airport it took me exactly 1 button press to access local time.2) Self-charging - Solar. Check. The charge was on MID when I got it initially. Once fully charged, till date the charge is full. I like the power saving mode - it's like the watch sleeps during the night while I'm resting.3) Date displayed with month - the GW2310-1 displayes day as an additional bonus feature4) Was looking for an understated sportsy style - did not want it visible from the moon. The module is approx 47mm diameter so fits on my wrist just fine. The GW2310-1 fit the bill on this one too.5) Water resistance is awesome - held up in creeks, rivers, ocean, shower, et al. Played hours of tennis, run miles, hiked, climbed granite, this watch has not let me down once, though I have dropped it several times. Lives up to the G-Shock pedigree for sure.6) Till date there are no visible scratches on the display mineral glass. The raised bezel and the perfectly recessed display glass keep the scratches off. The resin band has held up well - it's still original and looks healthy for another couple of years, at least.7) Some of the cool functions I have not really used - but know it's there just in case - the timer and stopwatch features. Operations are real simple and the provided booklet has thorough instructions.If you want a reliable, practical, super accurate, understated, sporty, and unusually affordable wrist watch - think no more : ), you just found it!