Casio Men’s G100-1BV G-Shock Classic Ana-Digi Watch
- Reliable Analog movement
- Protective mineral crystal protects watch from scratches
- Case diameter: 47 mm
- Resin case; black dial
Amazon.com Product Description
The simply designed Casio G-Shock Classic analog-digital watch for men offers shock resistance that’s great for your most vigorous sporting activities as well as anti-magnetic properties. The durable round black watch case measures 47mm wide (1.85 inches), and it’s matched to a comfortable black resin sports strap. Timekeeping features include a 1/100-second stopwatch with a 24-hour capacity and elapsed time mode, dual time for tracking a second time zone, daily alarm, and 12/24-hour formats. Other features include an Auto Calendar (pre-programmed until the year 2039), ±15-second accuracy per month, Afterglow backlighting, and water resistance to 200 meters (660 feet)–which will stand up to the rigors of recreational scuba diving.
Note: Though this watch is designed to withstand exposure to magnetic force, you should still keep it away from machinery and appliances that generate a strong magnetic field.
Casio Men’s G100-1BV G-Shock Classic Ana-Digi Watch
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Tags: AnaDigi, Casio, Classic, G1001BV, GShock, Men's, Watch
August 13th, 2010 at 2:18 am
What’s not to like about a seventy dollar waterproof, shockproof multi-function watch that also looks good. It’s a seriously rugged-looking watch but very light weight. An inset digital screen is controlled by a mode button that advances through the date, digital time, alarm time, stopwatch, and second time zone functions. The screen can be backlit in a cool (really) blue light for night viewing. The rectangular screen is a bit small and not easily read with these baby boomer eyes in certain offlit situations. It is also difficult to read the screen when the analog minute hand sweeps across the screen through the 4 to 8 hour period. I’d pay another ten bucks to see this screen replicated on the top of the watch face (between 10 and 2 o’clock)to avoid this. No big deal. Hey, it’s only seventy bucks!
Rating: 4 / 5
August 13th, 2010 at 4:01 am
Pros: This watch is quite accurate. I’ve never had to make any adjustments to it and have been wearing it for nearly two years. Still on the first battery. This watch is also incredibly rugged. I am an active, active outdoor adventurer and have ABUSED this watch. It’s never once asked me to ease up on it; it just keeps telling me the time. This includes a couple SCUBA dives.
Cons: The light only lights the small digital display at the bottom of the watch. If, like me, you keep the digital display on the date mode, the night light won’t help you much. I don’t believe this watch has ever leaked, but if the temperature is cool, this watch fogs up. And finally, if the time is between 25 past the hour and 35 past the hour, don’t even think about being able to read the digital display at the bottom; the minute hand WILL obscure your view.
Overall this is a great, rugged watch for the price.
Rating: 3 / 5
August 13th, 2010 at 4:21 am
I have been a fan of Casio watches for quite a while. I always liked them for the numerous features that each watch contained for what I considered a reasonable price. This is my first G-Shock however and while I love it, I feel the guys at Caiso should have packed more features in this model.
Now, I know that we are only talking about a watch here but when you spend $60 on something that tells time and only has a few extra features (aside from its’ rugged design) I guess that you’d expect more.
As for the design, what can I say, it is built like an Abrams’ tank. This thing was made to take the abuse. The band is thick and so is the watch case although on the wrist, it doesn’t feel too heavy. The watch is listed at being water-resistant to 200 meters or 20 Bar of pressure. I am not too good with metric conversion but I would imagine that is deeper than most people would ever encounter in their lives.
The hands and numbers are easy to read but I am going to continue a complaint that others at amazon.com have also mentioned, the hands cover the LCD screen on the bottom of the watch from about 4:30 to 7:50. As the watch hands are not back-lit (they have a glowing material coated on them but it only lasts a few hours), this can make it hard to read the time in the dark, especially if you use the LCD back-light but the hands cover the screen.
Also, I was a bit disappointed with the spartan number of features this watch has. I ordered my wife a pink Baby-G at the same time and her watch has many, many more features than mine including a full face back-light (something even the cheapest Wal-Mart watch has) multiple alarms, multiple tones, a countdown timer (something my G doesn’t have) and much more.
On the LCD of my G-shock, you can choose between a display that contains Day, Date, and day of the week, a digital display of the time, one alarm, a stopwatch (but no countdown timer) and a dual time display (helpful if you travel between time zones.)
I feel that it is for the lack of features and some lighting issues that I cannot give this watch 5 stars. It is the watches overall ruggedness and easy to read (in the day-light) hands that keep me wearing it everyday. Think of this watch as a basic military spec Humvee, functional features and a rugged, go anywhere design, but lacking luxuries.
Rating: 4 / 5
August 13th, 2010 at 6:14 am
Very nice watch in terms of appearance, accuracy, and reliability. The analog hands feature is great, in that it combines the accuracy of a digital movement with a display that can easily be read without glasses (great for us increasingly-senior citizens). BUT — adjusting the time display (analog hands) is a major pain, at daylight savings time. The hands can ONLY be advanced in the forward direction. So plan on spending a good while slowly rotating the movement through a full 12 hours when you need to adjust the hands only ONE hour back. The upside is that the movement is accurate enough that you should not need to adjust the hands, other than at DST changeovers.
Rating: 4 / 5
August 13th, 2010 at 6:46 am
I prefer dual analog/digital display Casio’s but this one was a mistake. The digital display is too small with too little contrast between the characters and the background. One cannot glance at the digital display, one must pause and focus on it to read it. I too usually leave it displaying the date and just glancing at the watch, like when signing a check, isn’t a causal gesture, it requires holding the watch at the right angle, right distance and without motion. And give up on the digital display between :22 and :37 minutes past the hour.
Rating: 2 / 5