Casio

Casio Men's Classic G Shock Watch

Product Description

• This watch does everything you need it to, and nothing you don't
• 49mm x 43mm impact-resistant resin case
• Hardened mineral glass dial window
• Shock-resistant G-Shock technology
• Quartz digital movement is accurate to ±15 seconds per month
• Calendar function with month, day, and date display
• Calendar is pre-programmed until the year 2039
• EL backlight with afterglow for night reading
• One multifunctional alarm
• 1/100-second stopwatch measures up to 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds
• Stopwatch has elapsed time, split time, and 1st-2nd place time functions
• Hourly time signal can be set to beep on the hour
• Countdown timer counts down in 1 second and 1 hour increments
• Counts down up to 24 hours with auto-repeat function
• Supports 12 or 24 hour formats
• Resin band with buckle clasp
• Approximately 2-year battery life
• Water resistant to 20ATM / 200 meters
• Limited manufacturer warranty

Product Details

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• ASIN: B005HRXS2S
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (317 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

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221 of 226 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My personal perfect watch, February 20, 2009

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G. Webster (Perth, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Casio Men's DW5600E-1V G-Shock Classic Digital Watch (Watch)

This 5600 has everything I need, and nothing I don't:
- It tells you the time, date, and day of the week at a glance.
- It has 1 alarm (not 5 like many other G-Shocks -- too fidly).
- A countdown timer (with the current time shown in the upper box).
- A stopwatch (again, time is still shown).

That's it. If you want fancy "features" like inaccurate temperature readings, barometric pressure graph which gets distorted by temperature and altitude, 19 alarms, and world time in 7,000 cities around the world -- look elsewhere! This watch does exactly what a wristwatch should, which in my opinion is tell the time, and take an absolute beating. I don't particularly want to stand in public pressing 15 buttons on my watch, just to set a quick alarm to remind me of something. This 5600 keeps everything relatively simple (obviously go through the manual when you first get it).

(I started collecting G-Shocks; they have all since been given away/sold since I discovered this little beauty. I had a Riseman, Gulfman, Mudman, and G7700 -- and none of them were worn after purchasing this. And I paid AUS$350 for the Riseman!)

The design of this watch is absolutely classic. It is truly a "timeless" design for a digital watch. The best thing about it is the simplicity -- it is one of the few G-Shocks which doesn't have random circles which show the seconds, bar graphs, a bezel 2 inches off your wrist, etc etc. It's clean and simple.

As far as durability, I haven't taken mine off for over 6 months; it's been swimming indoors, at the beach, smashed against shelving time and time again (I'm a storeman), it gets run under hot water about 10 times a day for hand-washing, I shower in it, sleep in it, play with my kids at the park ... It is yet to show ANY visible damage -- absolutely amazing!

The buttons are fine to press. After setting the alarm, starting the stopwatch, whatever, it returns you to the time mode with a single button push. Again, there is no nonsense, like scrolling through 5 more modes just to get back to the time display.

If you are also looking at the "solar atomic" model of the 5600, please consider -- the batteries in this watch will last years and years, and it will keep very accurate time (I reset it against Internet atomic time every few months and it's never been out by more than a few seconds). In my opinion solar & atomic are essentially "gimmicks" in wristwatches (no offense to those that enjoy those features, but, I see them as useless, and I have owned a solar G-Shock).

I 100% recommend this watch for the no-nonsense buyer who wants a relatively slim/sleek G-Shock with all the toughness, and non of the "fluff".

64 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Watch, June 12, 2005

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Terry Field (Albany, NY) - See all my reviews
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I have owned the Casio DW-5600E G-Shock Classic Watch for the past 5 or more years now. I've worn it every day in every condition from mountain climbing to river rafting to scuba diving to business boardrooms and it has always functioned perfectly. It seems at home in every situation. I rely on the easy to use features such as the stopwatch, countdown timer and alarm. It is the only travel alarm I take on trips and it has never failed me yet. My watch gains about 1 minute per month, so every 3 months or so I set it back to keep the time as accurate as possible. I highly recommend this watch.

41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievably Durable, March 23, 2008

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Dee Fish - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Casio Men's DW5600E-1V G-Shock Classic Digital Watch (Watch)

I bought one of the early G-Shocks in the 1980's... and it lasted through 2006 -- over 20 years. The plastic outer case finally started to deteriorate... and oh yeah I tore or lost the strap retaining loop about 10 years ago (no big deal just put on a tie wrap and kept on wearing the watch).

To put this in context, I use my sport watches for sailing, boating, diving and snorkeling (usually in salt water) ...and most other watches have lasted only 2-3 years. The amazing thing is that I never replaced the battery on this original Casio G-Shock -- it just kept working until the casing finally went.

Only slight disadvantage for sailing races it that it doesn't have a synch feature for interim starting signals. But other than that all the functionality that you really use is there *and* you don't have to read the instruction manual to figure out the watch... user interface and buttons are straightforward and obvious.

Classic bulletproof sport watch -- highly recommended. I'm searching for a yellow one just like my old one, and will buy it immediately if/when I find it (may have to settle for black though).

One other thing -- I'm a lefty and unlike other watches, on the Casio G I never had a problem with accidentally tripping the buttons -- as is common when you wear a watch on your right wrist (reaching up and back with your hand can press the watch buttons against your upper arm and on some watches this causes a button-press).

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