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Casio Men's DW6900CC-3 G-Shock Metallic Green Digital Sport Watch

• Shock resistant, EL backlight, flash alert
• Multi-function alarm
• Countdown timer

Product Description

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Ideal for the active, modern man who needs a timepiece that can stand up to tough conditions, the Casio Men's G-Shock Sport Watch features vibrant colors and a glossy finish for a modern look. Framed by a metallic green resin bezel, the light green dial offers an alarm, stopwatch, countdown timer, 12- and 24-hour formats, and day, date, and month display with easy-to-use push buttons. Three sub-dials sit at the top of the dial and a rectangular digital dial displays the time in the lower half of the round watch face. An EL backlight ensures easy viewing night or day, and the durable green resin band wraps comfortably around the wrist, fastening with an adjustable buckle clasp. Shock resistant for protection against strong impacts and shaking, this distinctive timepiece is also water resistant to 660 feet (200 meters).

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 (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00284ADCQ
• Item model number: DW6900CC-3
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,658 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible color. Lots of compliments, January 31, 2010

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Bryan B. "Techie and Gadget Geek" - See all my reviews

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Great watch. The green is a metallic color that is not done justice in these pictures. Very cool color and a great contrast with the lighter green on the dial. Durable, as you would expect from a G-shock, and a standout watch that is sure to get compliments.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not quite what it looks like in the picture., March 22, 2011

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M. Hawkinson (CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This is a fine watch, it just isn't what's in the picture. The colors are VERY vivid and bright, it's a bright green and a bright neon green. Also kind of sparkly... My wife says it looks like something a ninja turtle would wear. The band feels more like it's a plastic and not a rubber - I wouldn't use it out in the field.

I'm in the military and I was trying to get a watch that would be functional and wouldn't fail my inspections.


That being said, I do like the watch. I do get hell from the guys in charge of me for wearing it though.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars hot, December 28, 2010

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Ronn Royster - See all my reviews
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my son loves it. very attractive- much more in person than the picture. i think it looks better than the black models.