Casio Men's G-Shock Ana-Digi Watch #G601-1AV Review

I bought this watch mainly because I needed a dive watch (i.e. 200m water resistance) which all Casio G-Shock line can handle. However, I also wanted a combination of analog and digital, where now the selection shrinks a lot. Then, discarding the atomic line that I don't want to pay for a feature I will not use, I ended up with a few candidates only, which where all very similar to each other. I decided on this one, though I am not completely satisfied after I got it in my hands...

The watch has an elegant look certainly, but it is much thicker than the picture suggest. Overall thickness is about 18mm! It feels solid and its weight is fine thanks to the resin case. However, the description (not only here) is also misleading with respect to the backlight illumination: the only parts that illuminate are the little LCDs around the face. You need to have the time displayed in the right side LCD in order to see the time in complete darkness. But my old eyes can hardly see those little numbers in bright light... no way with the weak back-illumination. My previous Casio illuminator had the complete face with backlight so you could easily see the handles. In this one the handles can't be seen at night, and even the phosphor coating is so weak that glowing in the dark lasts for a few minutes only. Finally, and the worst thing: this watch can be adjusted almost automatically for the time in any timezone of the world... but only on the digital time! If you want to adjust the handles, you have to do it manually... and the handles only move forward.... so, if you want to set the time back 1 hour, you have to spend a few minutes waiting while the handles move the 11 hours at a moderately high speed... and if you by mistake pass the correct time... aaarrgh!! I don't know if all analog G-Shocks have the same problem. So, be sure to do this while sitting in a boring flight...

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