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Casio Men's G2800B-1V G-Shock Classic Tough Solar Digital Sports Watch

• Quartz movement
• Mineral crystal
• Resin case; Grey dial
• Water-resistant to 660 feet (200 M)

Product Description

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Take to the streets or the bike trails with the Casio G-Shock men's digital sport watch (model G2800B-1V), which is solar-powered--charging in either sunlight or indoor light--so you'll never have to deal with changing the battery. Light enters the watch through the sapphire crystal and dial, and hits a solar cell beneath the dial. Current is created and stored in the battery. It also features a 30-page databank that allows you to store phone numbers and other valuable contact information (8 characters for name and 12 characters for telephone number). For timing your sports training sessions, it offers a 1/100-second stopwatch with a 100-minute measuring capacity and elapsed time, split time, and 1st/2nd place time modes as well as a 24-hour countdown timer.

Sleekly stylish, it has a large, round black resin case that's complemented by a silver top ring and a black resin strap that tapers as it winds around your wrist. Timekeeping features include four independent daily alarms (with one snooze alarm), an optional hourly time signal, world time from 29 time zones/27 cities, year/month/date/day display (with an autocalendar to the year 2039), and a battery power indicator. It also offers a scratch-resistant mineral crystal, and AfterGlow LED electro-luminescent backlight.

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: 4.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000FQ0WDE
• Item model number: G2800B-1V
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,078 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Value, March 19, 2007

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Dave "Wind rider" (Hawaii) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Casio Men's G2800B-1V G-Shock Classic Tough Solar Digital Sports Watch (Watch)

Glad I bought this watch.
Had it for about a month so far and am very happy with it.
Comfortable, easy to read, durable(I windsurf and swim with it), used as my alarm clock every morning.
Highly recommended, especially for the low price here on Amazon, compared to department stores.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Nice idea; poor execution, July 20, 2007

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Nostradamus "The Reverend" (Seattle, WA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Casio Men's G2800B-1V G-Shock Classic Tough Solar Digital Sports Watch (Watch)

This watch promised a lot, and delivers a little. I lost my previous G shock Casio, and decided to replace it with this solar powered watch to avoid the future need for batteries. (Plus it looked cool). so far so good.

But...the solar pholtaic charger is puny, and the watch often runs out of juice. Which means you get a blank screen until you stick it under a light for half an hour and recharge it. This has happened even in the summer, which is strangem because in Seattle the summer is often sunny.

I tried calling custmer service, but there is no category for watches, and I could never contact anyone.(I admit I am impatient). But be careful before buying this watch.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It ain't beautiful, but it's every bit as good as advertised., October 4, 2007

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Catydad (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Casio Men's G2800B-1V G-Shock Classic Tough Solar Digital Sports Watch (Watch)

I destroyed watches on an annual basis until about 5 years ago when I bought a version of this watch. Ocean swimming, chemical splashes, sports, bumping into brick walls, whatever. It's just plain indestructible. I haven't even scratched the mineral crystal.
Don't worry about the review that says it doesn't hold a charge. It sort of gains strength over time if you don't use the backlight too much.
Beware of paint spatter, its one weakness. It sticks to the watchband like crazy, and I've yet to find a suitable replacement band.