Casio

Casio G-Shock Solar Powered Atomic Watch

• Radio-controlled atomic timekeeping capability
• Solar powered, never needs new battery
• 4 alarms and time recorder

Product Description

Solar Powered. Atomic Timekeeping. Shock Resistant. 200 meter water resistant. World time. 26 time zones. 30 cities. Daylight savings time on/off. Auto Electro-luminscent backlight with afterglow. 1/100 second stopwatch. Measuring capacity: 23:59 minutes 59. 99 seconds. Measuring mode: elapsed time, split time, 1st-2nd place times. 4 alarms with snooze. Hourly time signal. Auto-calendar ( pre-programmed until the year 2039). 12/24 hour formats. Accuracy: +/- 15 seconds per month. Back-up Battery: CTL1616 .

Product Details

Product Manual [835kb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• ASIN: B00009NH3R
• Item model number: GW-300
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,896 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Atomic Solar Great Everyday watch, December 25, 2003

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"kd6zbs" (Olympia, Wa United States) - See all my reviews

I have owned this watch for over 6 months now.
It has many positives and one negative.

1) For the money/features its a 10 out of 10
I own several watches, I choose to use
this one everyday

2) I was tired of buying watch batteries for my watches, even
ones that I haven't worn in many months.

3) I want a accurate watch, even my citizen watch lists
+/- 30 sec a month? It fortunately is much more accurate
than that.
The G-Shock atomic is set 3 times a day to the atomic clock
in Colorado, it also tracks daylight savings so you don't
have to ever have to reset the time.

4) The G-Shock case is sturdy plastic and the face is recessed
to avoid scratches.

5) Its inexpensive enough that if I do seriously damage it
I am not worried about the cost of a replacement.

6) Good to 200m. I don't dive but I might go swimming.

Only downside is the time recorder feature. It will record a time/date event. ???? So what... I would rather have had a countdown timer instead of the mostly useless time stamp feature.

Hence my 4 of 5 (better would be 9 out of 10) rating.
I just bought another one of these for my father, and am
thinking of buying a 3rd one for my brother!

You can find this watch at Amazon.com, Costco and even Walmart!

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If a Crash Test Dummy Needed a Watch..., March 8, 2004

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Nathaniel C. Moffat "Nat" (Bethesda, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This watch is a huge bargain. It is the last word in accuracy, tough as a hockey puck, and never needs battery replacement. On top of that, it has rugged good looks.

Once you start using an atomic watch, there's no going back: A luxury once sampled becomes a necessity. You will no longer tolerate clocks or watches that drift further off every day. A car clock off by three minutes will actually start to annoy you.

The solar cell in the watch face doesn't need direct sunlight -- ambient light is sufficient to recharge its permanent battery. There is even a charge indicator that reads High/Mid/Low to let you know when the watch needs light. In ordinary use, mine reads 'High' about 95 percent of the time, and I'm no sun worshipper.

The watch face, body, and buttons are protected by tough, shock-absorbing rubberized cladding. This protects the watch against catastrophic failure, but it also protects the bezel from little scratches.

It is water resistant to 200 meters, which is better than a WW2 submarine. If you start flooding the engine room on this Casio, you are way...too...deep.

Style-wise, this is a handsome watch, and looks a lot better in person than it does in pictures. It is big, but unlike many big watches, you don't need a beefy wrist to carry it off. I have fairly thin wrists and it looks fine.

Readability is excellent. The day of the week appears at top, the month and date below, and the hour and minute are oversized. For night viewing, the face illuminates with a soft blue glow.

What about shortcomings? First, the buttons require moderately high effort to push (maybe related to that 200M water resistance). Secondly, if stealth is important, two things to know: In daylight, the chrome trim is reflective; for night use, if you're not careful, you can accidentally engage a feature that turns on the backlight when you flick your wrist, possibly giving away your position.

This watch can survive things the wearer can't -- perhaps the perfect watch for the fashion-conscious crash test dummy.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good watch - quirky battery, February 29, 2004

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The Dave 3000 "td3k" (Arlington, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Casio G-Shock Solar Powered Atomic Watch (Watch)

I have now purchased two of these watches and both batteries have died after exactly 2 months of use. Overall, this is a really great watch; well made and solid. I've had no problems receiving the atomic signal each night at 5:03AM. The only problem I've had is the fact that the battery does not seem to recharge itself under normal conditions. I wear the watch everyday, outdoors and indoors and in all types of light. I have since discovered, however, that if the display ever goes blank (like mine did) then all you need to do is get into some direct sun light and it should recover. I can't seem to ever get the battery to show a "full" charge regardless of how long it's been in the sun. I turned off the auto light feature on my watch as I believe that was probably contributing to excessive battery wear. Again, a great watch but a bit of an annoyance with the quirky battery performance. I had to edit this review and revise my rating on the watch once I discovered the trick to the battery. I would recommend this watch but just be aware of how to solve the problem if the battery goes dead and the display goes blank.