Casio

Casio GWM5600-1 G-shock Watch, Black Multiband, Atomic for Men

• Quartz Movement
• 38mm Case Diameter
• Mineral Crystal

Product Description

The GWM5600 possesses Tough Solar and Multi-band 5 Atomic Timekeeping technology housed within an even slimmer profile square case than the original. Non-Stop Tough Solar Power provides energy via a tiny solar panel combined with a large-capacity rechargeable battery that enables a variety of energy-hungry functions to operate smoothly. Black Resin Band with a Digital Dial Code.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• ASIN: B001GUL9F8
• Item model number: GWM56001
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,330 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great digital watch for the price, January 11, 2009

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I had a G-Shock when they first came out 25 yrs. ago. I put it through it's paces while in the military and ended up giving it to a friend who was in need of such a tough watch. A few years later when I took the time to look at the G-Shocks again I was surprised to see how greatly the styling had changed. Gone were the rugged-looking squared off edges and straight lines, replaced instead by near-bizarre looking faces with all sorts of whistles and bells. I was therefore glad to see Casio recently offer up a few "throwback" models. In addition to the ruggedness and great styling, the solar powered aspect is a really comforting thing--it charges effortlessly; the battery has a much, much longer expected life than a typical quartz one; it keeps quartz-like accuracy; and you're "going green" with a watch like this. Add to all of this the middle-of-the-night signal adjustment from Ft. Collins (mine receives it's signal almost every night, even if I'm wearing it while sleeping) and it's tough to think of a better looking, better performing digital watch.

31 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good idea, bad execution., May 22, 2009

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John Braun (Earth) - See all my reviews

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You'd think with the "5600" suffix they would have just taken the venerable DW5600 and just added solar and atomic time - but they had to go and mess with it. In short, the watch has a couple "Huh?" moments that make you wonder what the designers were thinking:

Countdown timer is only an hour, not 24 hours - but the stopwatch goes for 999 hours. Huh?
Doesn't show time in all modes. (nice to have in the 5600)
No second time zone. (to be fair, the new 5600s dropped this too)
Can't set countdown in seconds, but it counts down in 1/10 seconds? (can't use it for interval training, this irked me the most)
No auto-repeat of timer. (same as above)

Plus I hear that the batteries in these solar models don't last any longer than if you bought a 5600 and just used regular ole dimestore lithiums - which are like a fifth the cost. Note that I didn't ding it for this, but go do your own research on how long the batteries really last if you are buying this in order to not have to buy batteries again. People have had non-solar 5600s running on their original batteries for ten years.

I sent this one back and bought a DW5600E. If the GW5000 turns out OK I might get one of those.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent watch!, May 25, 2009

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John Burroughs (Arizona) - See all my reviews

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Great watch, better than I expected. Syncs itself every night to the Atomic Clock, charges itself from sunlight, has a feature to disable the Daylight Savings Time (great for us Arizona residents). Automatically shuts down the display when it sits still in darkness in order to save battery life, it will come back on when moved or when it gets bright enough. Much slimmer profile than I thought, too, so it's not such a monster on your wrist.
Great, tough watch with some nice features!