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Casio Men's GW1500A-1AV G-Shock Ana-Digi Solar Atomic Watch

• Quartz movement
• Auto receive function (4 times per day); signal: WWVB, Frequency: 60kHz
• Auto EL backlight with Afterglow; world Time

Product Description

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For a fresh look, the Casio Men's G-Shock Ana-Digi Atomic Solar Watch #GW1500A-1AV features a dramatic black dial, which is encased in a durable mineral crystal dial window. Stand-out indexes ensure a precise read, and a day-and-date digital calendar display rests at the six o'clock position. Both the bezel and 47-millimeter case are made of stainless steel, and other details include a black resin band, which is accompanied by a sturdy buckle-clasp closure. Presenting a highly accurate timepiece, this striking watch brings your ensembles an innovative twist. Powered by analog movement, this watch is water resistant to 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: 4.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000AQTAI2
• Item model number: GW1500A-1AV
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (73 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,332 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

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54 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review, March 17, 2006

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J. Hyder - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Casio Men's GW1500A-1AV G-Shock Ana-Digi Solar Atomic Watch (Watch)

The atomic function makes this about as accurate as a watch can be. The other functions work okay. Solar energy is nice - never need to worry about a battery. World time is a waste. There are better stop watch functions out there if that is important to you - it is not to me. Coolest feature may be that it automatically illuminates at night when you turn your wrist to look at the time.

This is a HUGE watch. Sits high on the wrist - many long sleeve shirts will not button with this watch on.

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars difficult to make out the time at night, February 22, 2006

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steve42 (NM) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Casio Men's GW1500A-1AV G-Shock Ana-Digi Solar Atomic Watch (Watch)

Sync with the atomic clock is great as is the solar charged battery but #1 drawback of this watch is that it's difficult to read at night. The light comes from 9 & 3 o'clock, not a back light. The minute & hour hands are difficult to make out on the busy surface even on the longer light setting of 3 seconds while the small digital display window remains completely in the dark. Also this unfortunately has only one daily alarm.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Versatile Watch with Good Looks, March 8, 2006

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Mathew Cross (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Casio Men's GW1500A-1AV G-Shock Ana-Digi Solar Atomic Watch (Watch)

Versatile Watch with Good Looks

The GShock GW1500A-1AV is a versatile watch with rugged good looks. I love the Digi/Analog feature combined with the solar power and atomic timekeeping. The one detractor would be the luminescence on the analog hands. They describe the LED light with after-glow (the hands), but without a stronger light there is little "glow" to the hands.
Over all, a very good watch.