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3/17/2010

Casio Men's G-Shock G-Aviator Chronograph Sport Watch #GW2500-1A

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Casio - G-AVIATIOR - Resin Band - GW-2500-1A - Designed with pilots in mind, the new G-Shock G-Aviation combines superior technology with practical functionality. Advanced features and refined style make this mens watch perfect for the boardroom and the cockpit. Reminiscent of an aircraft console, the G-Aviation features an Arabic luminous index so 12 Oclock is instantly visible, the no reflection face provides visibility in the sunniest condition, the large buttons make operation a breeze and the function indicator shows mode, battery level and radio wave reception. Non-Stop, Tough Solar Power & SelfAdjusting, Multi-Band 6 Atomic Timekeeping technology, lightweight aluminium hands reinforced by a brass joining ring, and a two-piece shock dispersing bezel construction for the ultimate in accuracy and performance. Shock Resistance, 200M Water Resistance, Full Auto LED Backlight, Neo-Brite Luminous Hands & Markers, World Time, and Daily Alarm with SNZ.
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Technical Details

- Tough solar power, multi-band 6 atomic timekeeping, shock resistant
- Full auto LED back light, luminous hands and markers, world time
- Daily alarm with snooze, chronograph, 12/24 hr formats
- Water resistant up to 660 feet (200 M)
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Customer Buzz
 "Casio goes High Tech!" 2010-01-31
By Jeff Christopher (Lawrenceville, Ga.)
I bought this G Shock as I do like the analog/digital look to it. I must admit that I would prefer a full analog; but they are now discontinued.

I choose the negative display so the watch would have a full analog look to it, and for this it is spot on.

One will have to spend some time to get familiar with this watch as it has many features, some which can change or turn off if not to your liking. One of those I turned off others may not is the auto light feature. This turns the LED light on when wrist is turned a certain angle. This bothered me so I turned it off. I would suggest you go to Casio's web site and download the manual and yes you may have to read it more than once as it is like many user manuals that are written by some geek and not your common Joe.

This is my third G Shock and all have surpassed my expectations. This readily stays fully charged when exposed to light and easily receives the atomic signal,(even when put into a drawer for many days). One good feature is if it is placed into a dark spot it goes into a power saving mode, thus not running down the battery.

Customer Buzz
 "Great Timekeeper with 3 Issues" 2009-11-27
By Anthony Jagodnik
The 3 Issues:

1. No second hand. You need to rely solely on the small but daylight-readable digital display. This omission may have been to save energy, given its solar power.

2. Non uniform illumination. The mechanical hands & dials are well lit, the "6" at bottom is overly bright, but the digital displays are barely readable. I solved this problem for the lower display by sticking, using thin transparent weather stripping tape, a small aluminum foil reflector over the "6". It is shaped like a circular segment (also circle segment-see wikipedia), with the flat edge lined up with the bottom of the lower digital readout and the curved edge allowing you to just see the tip of the minute hand. It may take a few trials to get it right, but it greatly improves illumination of the more-important lower display, including seconds, and blocks the glaring "6".

3. The alarm is not very loud and directional (loudest facing the front), I can't imagine hearing it in a noisy cockpit and it definitely won't wake me from a sound sleep. But my wife says it's loud, so it may just be that my age 66 hearing notch happens to match it's frequency.



Everything else is very positive. It came on the day before we switched back to EST and automatically adjusted well before the other two atomic clocks in the house. I have the "SIG" enabled to double beep every hour and it aligns EXACTLY with this Mac laptop's hourly time announcement. The mode dial is well thought out and tells you at a glance what is going on. After less than an hour in sunlight, the charge level has remained at "H" with just normal exposure inside. All of the functions are well designed and intuitive, so you don't need to carry the book after a day or two. It's big, but feather weight compared to the similarly-sized Timex IronMan it has replaced, which also wasn't very loud.

Customer Buzz
 "sent it back" 2009-09-30
By J. Johnson (wet pittsburg,pa)
was excited to get this one but sent it back the day i got it. unless you have x ray vision you will not see the lcd readouts. icant believe they left this one leave the factory at casio.


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2/04/2010

Casio Men's G-Shock G-Aviator Chronograph Sport Watch #GW2500B-1A

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Designed with pilots in mind, the new G-Shock G-Aviation combines superior technology with practical functionality. Advanced features and refined style make this mens watch perfect for the boardroom and the cockpit.

Reminiscent of an aircraft console, the G-Aviation features an Arabic luminous index so 12 Oclock is instantly visible, the no reflection face provides visibility in the sunniest condition, the large buttons make operation a breeze and the function indicator shows mode, battery level and radio wave reception.

Non-Stop, Tough Solar Power
Self-Adjusting Multi-Band 6 Atomic Timekeeping
Shock Resistance
200M Water Resistance
Full Auto LED Backlight
Neo-Brite Luminous Hands & Markers
World Time
Daily Alarm with SNZ
46.9mm case

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Technical Details

- Tough solar power, multi-band 6 atomic timekeeping, shock resistant
- Full auto LED back light, luminous hands and markers, world time
- Daily alarm with snooze, chronograph, 12/24 hr formats
- Water resistant up to 660 feet (200 M)
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Customer Buzz
 "Quite conventional and smart looking" 2010-01-25
By Derek (Sacramento, CA)
This is my third G-shock over time and one of two I've bought again recently. In fact I really missed the first one from 20 years ago. It went missing, but I still had years use with it. I don't think I'll ever go without a G-Shock wristwatch again. I made one previous review for the GW-6900. Now this is for the GW2500B-1A. I've had it for about six weeks.



I've quite happy to be wearing these types of watches again. One gets used to whatever he has to use. I've been wearing mostly Seikos in the last 10 years, and I like them very much. Could say many good things about Seikos too. But G-Shocks fill in some important gaps with watch use. In fact all of the G-shocks are tough, heavily water resistant, practical, and keep very good time. They all have a kind of manly look as well. In particular to this analog/digital beauty (and others with the GW naming) you have the added benefit of radio receiving(multi-band 6) for atomic clock based time, and solar recharging. I've seen pretty much routine resets on this based off the radio receiving with just a few details to take care for. You will feel good about setting clocks and other watches to this one without having to rely on telephone time or computer clocks. If you're like me you won't always have the computer on or with, you nor will you always want to use the phone or have a phone with you. Unless you live in a very hilly area or live at an extreme point in perhaps Maine or south Florida, you will probably have good reception as well, even with storms. It's actually a wonder to me. As for the Solar recharges, it cranks up to the highest level (high) from medium after perhaps two hours of close floresent bulb or good sunlight. Use your common sense here and mind the heating! It pays to make your estimates and give it 100% charging ASAP. Once you've done your bit there, you've got six months reserve. The sub dials take a little more power so the pure digitals would give you a little more time.



With regards to reading the time, the analog hands are pretty easy to see in all light, and have adequate illumination without it, even hours into the night. Yes, in the dark you can't really see the digital readout. But you wouldn't be about to see the digital numbers in the dark with anything else anyway without using the light. It's illumination light is a little bottomed on the watch but it does what you need. Also the digital numbers are of a standard kind of color that makes them pretty easy to read, understanding that they are smaller than normal. Since it is a mixed read watch (ana-digital) you have to expect this. Someone without his glasses who needs them might be not able to see them, I have to admit. My eyes are normal and I have no problems under varied light, honestly.



Lastly as to looks, this is really a fine looking watch. Unlike digitals in general which kind of look a little too sporty for going out, I feel perfectly respectable with this. (Yes I'll wear my alternate G-Shock too anyway since it still looks good.) It has an analog face and looks quite a lot more conventional (per my definition) than a big black or small black digital watch. It's also not all rubber since it has a large amount of metal in the frame. Thus so it's also somewhat smaller in width than the 6900 type frame.



I think it has few negatives and I highly recommend this G-shock watch, especially if you appreciate conventional looks and like analogs. It's a very versatile wristwatch.







































Customer Buzz
 "Superb watch for $$" 2009-12-31
By Zuludigital
I bought the GW2500B-1A to replace the Swiss Tissot T-Touch 3000 (a more expensive timepiece). Since the US has changed it's DST, a lot of watches with world time functions, and with preset DST, are more than useless - they're confusing/frustrating. This problem alone made me look at watches that have Atomic Timekeeping. I was apprehensive about how well this time sync would work (I returned a clock because it could not sync at my house). I am happy to report the GW2500B-1A syncs every night while I sleep with the watch on my wrist - no holding it up to a window in Contra Costa or San Jose CA. The coolest feature about this watch is, like the Tissot, it will swap the main dial hands from you home time to the city you select as your 2d time zone - you see the main hands move to the correct time from say NYC to Madrid (and just do one button press to swap back to NYC when you return). Or you can have the small-right-dial's hand show the hour in Madrid while you keep NYC's time on the main dial and have the digital screens show DAY of Week, DATE and SECONDS. This is really nice for me as I keep China's timezone on the right when I'm working. The LCD can be seen clearly for me (I hear is is a problem for the other colored models in this series). The night light works great for looking at all the analog dials - it could be better for the LCD. Finally I have become a frequent user of timers and alarms on wristwatches for cooking and travel and these features work well on this watch.

Customer Buzz
 "GW2500B-1A Watch review" 2009-10-06
By David Davenport (florida)
I researched this watch extensively. I ordered it through Amazon as they provided the best price, including the whole deal! Shipping and all. shopemco was the vendor and they provided excellent service - all the way. I am very pleased with the watch. The 5 alarms are plenty and there is a countdown timer as well. I wanted a countdown timer that you could program in intervals of seconds, starting at zero. but this watch starts at one minute and goes in increments of minutes. So, you can count down one , or two, or three, etc minutes. This is fine and this feature works well. The alarm is loud and clear and there is even a snooze feature. The watch is primarily an analog watch with digial features in the background, which can be hidden by the moving hands. This can be difficult until it gets used to. I brought this watch as it is solar powered and it is atomic powered. Being solar, I will never have to buy another battery, like I did for my Timex, that I said, no battery- no more Timex - so I threw it away and replaced it with this watch. This watch has performed flawlessly for 31 days. It has not come off and is comfortable to wear. The styling is exactly what I was looking for - tough, rugged, sophisticated adventure, and just downright cool. Thank you to Amazon and shopemco - I will be a repeat customer!

Customer Buzz
 "Many Features - Great Value" 2009-09-09
By Pete D. (Ventura, CA United States)
After a battery powered watch stopped working I decided to find an alternative and this solar powered watch caught my attention. I also have a kinetic self-charging watch which is nice but is heavy. This G-Shock watch is light and has several useful features. At first I noticed was there's no crown, but rather 4 buttons for set-up and adjust the watch. With that said there's a little bit of a learning curve to get the full use out of the watch. Also, the watch is bulky & thicker than I anticipated - fortunately it's fairly light. I've had the watch for almost a month and have been happy with it.



Suggestion: Rather than struggling with the tiny owners manual, visit the Casio web site and check out the online owners manual [.pdf file], which is much easier to read.



Pros: Light attractive design. Multiple features including solar recharging and auto-calibration. Great value for the price.



Cons: Poor night illumination, the time can be seen, but the LCD displays are hard to view, [should be back-lit].

The upper LCD has both large and very small acronyms - they shouldn't expect the user to have a magnifying glass handy to view the small acronyms.



Would I recommend this watch: Yes

Customer Buzz
 "good, but" 2009-09-05
By Jesse Cervantes (Fl)
As a Pilot and watch enthusiast/collector I can tell you this is a very good aviation watch, with many features that are very useful, all in a very attractive design, but it needs some minor improvements

1-they should incorporate a back light for the LCD, right now it doesn't have any kind of light for the LCD, my suggestion a cool red for the LCD's so that we can see whatever we select on those displays, as the light that it comes with at the 6 o'clock position when illuminates it actually blinds those LCD's, the dial light should remain but they should replace that light for a dial indiglo and make it "softer" and more adequate, may be of a cool blue or cool green color, to contrast with a future LCD back light without blinding the LCD as it does now the light that it has now is my biggest complaint and then again I'm afraid Timex has a patten on the indiglo

2-the countdown timer should be 24 hrs and not just limited to 60 min, I'm disappointed about the 60 min countdown timer limitation on the current model, many casio cheaper model watches come with a 24 Hr countdown, I don't see why they would limit this one to just 60 min

3-add more cities, my suggestion at least 100 cities just like you have on one of the data bank models, although the ones that are programed now are adequate

4-make the numbers displayed on the left lower LCD as big as the ones displayed on the lower right LCD which displays the seconds

5-the alarm sound should be of higher decibels (louder, a lot louder) since this watch is supposed to be used in high noise environments like airplanes, and noisy airports

6-all of these alarms should be interchangeable between local and UTC or any other city selected on world time without having to change the home town time or T1 as it is right now

7-It would also be nice if they incorporate a data bank even if it''s just a 30 page, that would be fantastic, but I''m not sure if this is wishful thinking on my part, and if it''s too much technology to pack in a little watch

8-the right analog dial should only move in whole numbers since you can always see the minutes on the bigger hands of the watch, sometimes it's confusing especially in low light conditions when it's in between times, ( I.E 8:45 ) and I would also opt for a more classical lay out of the times on the 3 o'clock dial with 12,3,6,9 instead of 12,4,8 as it is right now, I think it would be more intuitive and easier to read but that just may be my personal preference and it's not a big deal

Over all it''s a great watch for the money, but I''d like to see some of those design improvements in the near future and I think with those this model would sale even more than what it probably does right now. would I recommend this watch, Yes


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1/02/2010

Casio Men's G-Shock G-Aviator Metal Chronograph Sport Watch #GW2500BD-1A

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Designed with pilots in mind, the new G-Shock G-Aviation combines superior technology with practical functionality. Advanced features and refined style make this mens watch perfect for the boardroom and the cockpit.

Reminiscent of an aircraft console, the G-Aviation features an Arabic luminous index so 12 Oclock is instantly visible, the no reflection face provides visibility in the sunniest condition, the large buttons make operation a breeze and the function indicator shows mode, battery level and radio wave reception.

Non-Stop, Tough Solar Power
Self-Adjusting Multi-Band 6 Atomic Timekeeping
Shock Resistance
200M Water Resistance
Full Auto LED Backlight
Neo-Brite Luminous Hands & Markers
World Time
Daily Alarm with SNZ
46.9mm case

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Technical Details

- Tough solar power, multi-band 6 atomic timekeeping, shock resistant
- Full auto LED back light, luminous hands and markers, world time
- Daily alarm with snooze, chronograph, 12/24 hr formats
- Water resistant up to 660 feet (200 M)
See more technical details
Customer Buzz
 "Great watch, could be better though..." 2009-12-03
By Miguel Aguiar (Lisbon, Portugal)
Love the watch. Bought it trough Amazon, delivered on time. Amazing functionalities!

The ligth can turn on automaticly wich is great, but the led is too poor. I think it would be great if all the digital parts would turn on, instead of just a little led in the lower part of the watch.



Nevertheless, I would by it again.

Customer Buzz
 "Excellent, but not simple" 2009-11-18
By N. Teal (Atlanta, GA)
Excellent watch! Sturdy, well made. Functions perfectly -- world time, solar recharging, synching with atomic clock. Feature packed with everything I need and a lot more. I travel often and the World Time and dual time features are VERY useful.



The only thing that keeps it from 5-stars is the complexity. Keep the manual handy for a while till you get used to HOW to use the features; it's not always common sense. Otherwise, I'd buy this watch again and for friends and family.

Customer Buzz
 "Concur with Jim G's review- awesome watch with one big flaw" 2009-11-18
By S. Schindler (Florida)
I love this watch- it is beautiful and looks amazing. Fit and finish are top notch. It will probably last forever. Has 6 band reception of atomic time signal radio stations from the USA (WWVB from Fort Collins, CO), Europe, Japan, and China. I live in Florida and it receives WWVB without any trouble. Even just sitting on my desk on the east side of the house, it receives the signal, even though Colorado is west of Florida, so the signal makes it through the house (the manual states you should place the watch near a window at night). The way to help ensure reception is to point the top of the watch towards Colorado. LED light is very bright which lights up the watch face. Metal band is of good quality and looks great. Will probably show scratches fairly easily since it is simply black finished stainless steel. However, the twin LCD displays are of the "reversed" type and are super hard to read 90% of the time. So, I am going to return it for the GW2500B-1A model, which is less expensive because it has a resin band instead of a stainless steel band. It has a regular LCD display instead of the reversed display, so it will be much more readable. This watch is a little better looking than the GW2500B-1A because it is all black with white lettering and the metal band looks great (at least until it would likely get scratched up with use). However, I need to see the LCD displays and while I knew the reversed type would be harder to read than regular LCD's, I didn't expect it to be this hard to read. I love the watch otherwise and can't wait to get the replacement! If you don't need to see the LCD's all that often, this is the best looking watch of the three in the G-Shock Aviation series. I love G-Shocks and own three G-Shocks, a Casio Pathfinder, and two Oceanus watches also (Casio's "high end" line)!

Customer Buzz
 "exceeds expectations" 2009-11-01
By Gerry A (York, UK)
I bought this watch based on the discussion on a number of forums, and I was not disappointed. Although more bulky than my usual watches (which are 'fashion' watches), it is not too bulky. The bracelet is *very* comfortable, and easily adjusted in a jeweller or at home if you have a watch or eyeglass screwdriver (you may need a tool with a very fine point also if you want to adjust the last link into the clasp). The digital displays are not easy to read in dim light, but they're fine if you simply use them to change settings or for occasional reference. The built-in light does not illuminate the digital displays, so in the dark you'll only be able to read the time. If you will be relying on the digital displays, get one of the other models with the black-on-grey display (this is the orange-on-black version, which looks fantastic). The other versions don't come with the metal bracelet, though. The combinations of button press for the different settings are easy to remember (and you can download the instructions from Casio - you need the 4 digit number on the back of the watch to get the right version) or just refer to the booklet. I've been in both the US and UK and it picks up the radio signal effortlessly in both (hotels are always a challenge - leave on the windowsill). In terms of functionality, the ability to swap between time zones is really useful and easy. This is a great watch for the frequent traveller. The watch shows its charge, which will vary between medium and high. It charges very quickly even under artificial lighting conditions. I can't speak too highly of this watch. If you *think* you'd like it, but aren't sure, just go for it. There are few watches out there that pick up radio signals just about everywhere that has them, are solar-powered, and water resistant down to 200m. This is a terrific watch. I wish I'd bought two!

Customer Buzz
 "Nice watch - poor LCD display" 2009-10-24
By Jim G
Nice looking watch. The bold hands on the dark background with large numbers at the 12 and 6 positions made for a clean, smart display. Unfortunately the two LCD screens had a dark background with a light orange, alphanumeric display and that combination on the LCDs was nearly invisible unless viewed under bright light and from a particular angle. I returned the GW2500DB-1A watch and ordered the GW2500B-1A which has a light LCD background with dark alphanumeric display (and resin wristband).



In related news, the watch arrived and the internal battery was depleted. This was not a problem because I exposed the watch to sunlight for about 4 hours and the internal solar cell was able to recharge the battery. Also, the pointer on the left sub-dial did not register the correct function (stop watch, world time, etc.). This was easily corrected by following the Hand Home Correction procedure in the owner's manual. I live near Boston and the watch did sync easily with the time signal from Colorado which is near the extreme range of the Ft Collins signal.


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