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Casio Men's DW5000SL-1 G-Shock 25th Anniversary Spike Lee Limited Edition

• Quartz movement
• Reliable Digital-quartz movement
• Shock resistance, multi-function alarm, 1/100 second stopwatch, countdown timer, flash alert and 12/24 hour formats

Product Description

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Iconic yet practical, this Limited Edition Spike Lee Watch #DW5000SL-1 from Casio's shock-resistant G-Shock Collection combines personalized style with a host of helpful features. Designed to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of G-Shock, this collaboration ignites a G-Shock movement into diverse and culturally relevant spheres. An avid G-Shock fan, Spike Lee included G-Shock in his 1995 film "Clockers" and recently created a short film celebrating G-Shocks 25th Anniversary. This watch combines the classic black G-Shock case with Lee's "40 Acres and A Mule logo" in the EL Backlight and an engraved Spike Lee signature on the caseback. Water resistant to 660 feet, this rough and tough watch also offers a multi-function alarm, 1/100-second stopwatch, countdown timer, flash alert, and 12- or 24-hour formats. And it boasts the precision of digital quartz movement for accuracy and precision you can trust. This watch is protected by a one-year manufacturer's warranty.

The Casio Story

With the launch of its first watch in November 1974, Casio entered the wristwatch market at a time when the watch industry had just discovered digital technology. As a company with cutting-edge electronic technology developed for pocket calculators, Casio entered this field confident that it could develop timepieces that would lead the market.

In developing its own wristwatches Casio began with the basic question, ""What is a wristwatch?"" Rather than simply making a digital version of the conventional mechanical watch, we thought that the ideal wristwatch should be something that shows all facets of time in a consistent way. Based on this, Casio was able to create a watch that displayed the precise time including the second, minute, hour, day, and month — not to mention a.m. or p.m., and the day of the week. It was the first watch in the world with a digital automatic calendar function that eliminated the need to reset the calendar due the variation in month length. Rather than using a conventional watch face and hands, a digital liquid crystal display was adopted to better show all the information. This culminated in the 1974 launch of the CASIOTRON, the world’s first digital watch with automatic calendar. The CASIOTRON won acclaim as a groundbreaking product that represented a complete departure from the conventional wristwatch.

Casio transformed the concept of the watch — from a mere timepiece to an information device for the wrist — and undertook product planning based on this innovative idea. We developed not only time functions such as global time zone watches, but also other radical new functions using Casio’s own digital technology, including calculator and dictionary functions, as well as a phonebook feature based on memory technology, and even a thermometer function using a built-in sensor. The memory-function watches became our DATA BANK product series, while the sensor watches developed into two unique Casio product lines of today: the Pathfinder series displaying altitude, atmospheric pressure, and compass readings.

In 1983, Casio launched the shock-resistant G-SHOCK watch. This product shattered the notion that a watch is a fragile piece of jewelry that needs to be handled with care, and was the result of Casio engineers taking on the challenge of creating the world’s toughest watch. Using a triple-protection design for the parts, module, and case, the G-SHOCK offered a radical new type of watch that was unaffected by strong impacts or shaking. Its practicality was immediately recognized, and its unique look, which embodied its functionality, became wildly popular, resulting in explosive sales in the early 1990s. The G-SHOCK soon adopted various new sensors, solar-powered radio-controlled technology (described below), and new materials for even better durability. By always employing the latest technology, and continuing to transcend conventional thinking about the watch, the G-SHOCK brand has become Casio’s flagship timepiece product.

Today, Casio is focusing its efforts on solar-powered radio-controlled watches: the built-in solar battery eliminates the nuisance of replacing batteries, and the radio-controlled function means users never have to reset the time. In particular, the radio-controlled function represents a revolution in time-keeping technology similar to the impact created when mechanical watches gave way to quartz technology. Through the further development of high radio-wave sensitivity, miniaturization, and improved energy efficiency, Casio continues to produce a whole range of radio-controlled models.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001A62NNU
• Item model number: DW5000SL-1
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,317 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic watch for those who missed out on the original., April 3, 2009

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This review is from: Casio Men's DW5000SL-1 G-Shock 25th Anniversary Spike Lee Limited Edition (Watch)

This is one fantastic watch. It's built like a tank, like the lengendary DW-5000 from 1983. The functions are very basic--time (12hr, 24hr), alarm, timer (24hr), and stopwatch. Nothing more, nothing less. Actually, there's more. It's a screwback!

If you're looking at this, you might be a watch nut. If you are, buy this watch. You won't regret it. If you're not, please move on, so someone who can appreciate this watch gets a chance to buy it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Stay away, December 21, 2009

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James E. Black (Knoxville,TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Casio Men's DW5000SL-1 G-Shock 25th Anniversary Spike Lee Limited Edition (Watch)

This watch is very hard to put the back light on.
When the light does go on,you see this red image under the letters and numbers
that makes the important info hard to see.
Way over priced for a G-shock.
This makes my 4th G and it is the worst value out there.
I sincerely regret buying this one.
Jim B.
Knoxville,TN

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nerd snob appeal, April 5, 2009

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Mr. Ben "ctsamurai" (mid-michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Casio Men's DW5000SL-1 G-Shock 25th Anniversary Spike Lee Limited Edition (Watch)

This is the first limited edition G-shock I've purchased (since it was recently on sale for almost half off), leading me deeper into a my love of Casio G-shock watches. Upon opening the very cool 40 Acres and a Mule packaging, you come to the rather plain looking watch inside. It has Spike's signature stamped on the screwback and the 40 Acres and a Mule logo appears when you hit the illuminator. It has no extra features/functions, its just the classic watch with Spike's name on the back and the "40A" logo when it lights up. I like it, I like Spike Lee, this is a perfect combo for me, but there are flashier limited editions around.