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Bringing retro style to your look, the Casio Men's G-Shock Limited Edition Atomic Tough Solar Watch #GW5525A-1 features a digital, olive-colored with a sturdy mineral dial window. A day-date-and-month calendar provides greater time-telling convenience. Other innovative features include a countdown timer, a stopwatch, and an hourly time signal option. The black resin band comes equipped with a durable buckle closure. The watch also features a stationary resin bezel and a 46.7 stainless steel case. This sharp-looking watch blends technological functionality with classic, sleek design, It is powered by solar movement and is water resistant to 660 feet.
Technical Details
- Multi-Band 5 - Atomic Timekeeping (US, UK, Germany, Japan (2)); Receives time calibration radio signals which keep the displayed time accurate in each of these countries- Auto receive function (6 times per day)
- Tough solar power
- Manual receive function; Signal: US WWVB, UK MSF, Germany DCF77, Japan JJY40/JJY60
- Water-resistant to 660 feet (200 M)
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By TechConsumer
The solar power and atomic clock radio receiver are nice, you don't have to be concerned with battery replacement or resetting the time. The world time zones are nice since I often need to communicate with others in another country. The all black plastic case and band are light weight and give a look and feel of early days digital watches. As a co-work reminded me, this looks like the watch the dog would get a hold of and chew up... it looks a bit "inexpensive" or try low profile given it's technical features. The buttons are hard to push as stated by other reviews, but this will assure settings are not changed accidentally. The case provides good protection around the crystal if you are concerned about scratching potential. Ultimately I think I would have been happier with a metal case and band, but I was attracted to the yellow face.
By Surya (NJ)
This is a great looking watch. Better outside than in the picture. I wanted to write a blog/review about the specific atomic sync functionality, which I couldn't find in google or any other review, about how the watch syncs up time. I thought of writing this down, so if somebody is looking on how this works, before buying the watch, they can read my review.
When i read the specifications online on Amazon that the watch syncs with US/UK/Japan Cesium clocks, i thought i can sync the time whenever i want,by pressing a button, but its not that way. In US its going to sync with the clock in Colorado. It might work, but not all over the US I guess. I tried at different places in NJ, but it always showed a weak signal ( L1) or sometimes no signal at all, after some time it used to error out( i.e., failed to sync). Its clearly mentioned in the booklet like weather, tall buildings might affect the signal, but one don't get to read the booklet until they buy the watch. So i thought of sharing my opinion on this feature.
I almost decided to return the watch as the sync functionality failed, whenever i tried to sync up the time manually, it used to error out. L1 is weak and L3 is strong signal, the watch displays the signal strength when one tries to manually sync the time. There is second option to auto-sync with the atomic clock, for this i had to leave the watch near a window at night, so between 12:00am and 5:00am it tries to sync with the atomic clock. This worked for me. But when I left the watch inside my house ( not near a window) at night, it couldnt receive the signal. So whenever i want to auto-sync I leave it near a window. So now I dont have any issues with the sync.
I couldn't get this information before i bought the watch, so thought of sharing my view on this functionality. Now i decided to keep the watch, as this feature works ( in auto mode) and its a great looking piece.
By anti_pc (Crockett, VA United States)
Totally bombproof. Comfortable too, due to the wide band I suppose. You don't know it's there until you need to know the time or date. Sure you can spend more on a watch but why would you? Too bad this is a limited edition. Get one while they last. Casio would be insane not to let this one stay in the catalog but they still have it listed as a 25th anniv limited. I've been considering picking up a spare just in case they do the unthinkable. This watch does not wear like a hockey puck either. Nice and flat on the wrist unlike some Gs. I wish six stars would have been an option. It's THAT good!
By L. P. Secero
Received this watch as a holiday gift and it hasn't left my wrist.
The sync function works flawlessly when placed on my windowsill facing west.
I have received many positive comments on it's style and the awestruck,"What kind of watch is that!"
I love this watch as it brings me back to 25 years ago when I wore an original G.
One can never go wrong with Casio.
You just finished shopping : Click on this one and be glad you did.
By GumbyTheCat (Akron, Ohio USA)
I've been a digital watch freak since the first LED watches went on the market. I've had dozens of LED and LCD watches in the decades since, and this watch definitely is the best so far.
First off, the watch came well-packed by Amazon. They estimated eight days arrival time, I got it two and a half days after I placed my order.
I've been wanting a solar atomic for some time now. I've had solar, but not atomic. I was a little dubious of the reliability of the atomic timekeeping function, both because of spotty customer reviews on some atomic models from various people and also because I have a couple of atomic weather stations that I always have to set manually because I can never get the signal. However, I have yet to experience a problem with receiving the signal with this watch. I have always kept it on a windowsill at night, I have not tried locations away from windows yet.
I have thin wrists and was a bit worried that the watch might look ridiculously large on me. However, it is fine. This particular model has a bit of a smaller profile than other G-Shocks, which is one reason I got it.
The buttons are a real bear to push. I was surprised at the amount of resistance, even though I had read comments saying the buttons were tougher to push than on most other brands. I would not recommend this watch to people with arthritic fingers for that reason.
The backlight, while serviceable, is not very bright. However, that could be because the battery is not up to full charge yet (when I got the watch the battery was at "M", or halfway). The manual does give some useful statistics on charging times for different lighting conditions.
Speaking of the manual, unless you are blessed with extremely sharp eyesight, I recommend you find a user manual .PDF file online, download it, and print it out. Casio went with the business-card-sized booklet and the corresponding "how many angels can fit on the head of a pin" font, and though well-written and informative, it was darn near impossible for this guy with middle-aged eyes to read.
I kind of have to wonder why Casio felt it necessary to have a 1/100ths second stopwatch that goes up to 1000 hours, but as they say in the wiring biz, better a foot too long than an inch too short. Also oddly, the countdown timer only starts from a maximum of 60 minutes. A little more balance between the stopwatch and countdown timer time ranges perhaps? However, I'm nitpicking here.
Overall, this is an awesome watch with a neat boxy, 80's retro look to it. It works exactly as advertised, and added to my opinion that Casio is the best overall digital watch maker out there. I recommend this watch wholeheartedly!
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