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It's solar powered. It's ana-dig. It's got the new "tough" movement auto hand correction. It's got an LED backlight for night viewing. And surprisingly, the lume isn't half bad! It's the new Gravity Defier from Casio's G Shock line and it's a beauty.
It's the new GW3500. By "new" I mean it was released in October and it's just now becoming available (at full retail price) on Amazon and Ebay. I usually wait for these things to go down in price but with the natural disaster over in Japan and the worldwide release of only the yellow version, I don't look for this model to be heavily discounted anytime soon. So I bit the 260 dollar bullet and placed the order. Wow. Glad I did. This is a watch enthusiast's watch.
The packaging was pretty nice. Tin G-Shock can with foam insert. The watch had a hang tag and was packaged for retail display. Nice. As soon as I unboxed it, the thing began that freaky hand movement while coming out of the "sleep" mode and headed for Tokyo time. I referred to the instruction manual and figured out how to change my home city to New Yawk and off she went again with the hand movement. THen I realized that it wasn't programmed for DST so I tried to do a manual synch with the Fort Collins clock. Many failed attempts at getting a signal. Finally, around midnight (nighttime is best for signal reception) I synched up with the Navy clock. I've had this puppy for three days now and it's auto synched every night right on my wrist. Sweet.
The crystal is slightly domed and I love the capability of checking the time without tilting my wrist dramatically for a full faced view. What I mean is, I can glance at the dial from an angle (like while I'm driving and my hand is on the wheel) without having to angle the watch for a full face-on view. The side glance capability is awesome and not something that G's are especially famous for.
The reverse display is okay but I suppose I'd rather go with the conventional LCD display. That, however, isn't available on the GW3500 that was worldwide released. So we gotta take it or leave it. No biggie. It's more readable than some reverse LCD displays I've seen. Besides, I'm not a stopwatch user so the only time I have to refer to the digital readout is when I'm messin with the settings or when I'm checking the date. Very infrequent.
Overall I'm thinking this is the watch that will pretty much displace anything else for a good while. I've been looking forward to this model since it was announced and doggedly pursued it for months. The yellow doesn't bother me like I thought it might. It's sort of a tactical green when viewed in some light conditions. This model has everything it's two distant cousins lacked. The GW2500 lacked the Tough Movement and the GW3000 lacked the LED backlight. This watch brings it all together and with the yellow/greenish hands against the dark textured dial it has excellent readability and contrast. If you're in the market for an analog faced watch that is designed to survive. Give this new GW3500 a look.
This watch will force the sale of some other watches both out of necessity (this durned thing was expensive) and out of the sheer lack of need for other watches now that I've landed this beauty. This seems to be the Spyderco Endura of wristwatches. Thumbs up. :thumbup:
It's the new GW3500. By "new" I mean it was released in October and it's just now becoming available (at full retail price) on Amazon and Ebay. I usually wait for these things to go down in price but with the natural disaster over in Japan and the worldwide release of only the yellow version, I don't look for this model to be heavily discounted anytime soon. So I bit the 260 dollar bullet and placed the order. Wow. Glad I did. This is a watch enthusiast's watch.
The packaging was pretty nice. Tin G-Shock can with foam insert. The watch had a hang tag and was packaged for retail display. Nice. As soon as I unboxed it, the thing began that freaky hand movement while coming out of the "sleep" mode and headed for Tokyo time. I referred to the instruction manual and figured out how to change my home city to New Yawk and off she went again with the hand movement. THen I realized that it wasn't programmed for DST so I tried to do a manual synch with the Fort Collins clock. Many failed attempts at getting a signal. Finally, around midnight (nighttime is best for signal reception) I synched up with the Navy clock. I've had this puppy for three days now and it's auto synched every night right on my wrist. Sweet.
The crystal is slightly domed and I love the capability of checking the time without tilting my wrist dramatically for a full faced view. What I mean is, I can glance at the dial from an angle (like while I'm driving and my hand is on the wheel) without having to angle the watch for a full face-on view. The side glance capability is awesome and not something that G's are especially famous for.
The reverse display is okay but I suppose I'd rather go with the conventional LCD display. That, however, isn't available on the GW3500 that was worldwide released. So we gotta take it or leave it. No biggie. It's more readable than some reverse LCD displays I've seen. Besides, I'm not a stopwatch user so the only time I have to refer to the digital readout is when I'm messin with the settings or when I'm checking the date. Very infrequent.
Overall I'm thinking this is the watch that will pretty much displace anything else for a good while. I've been looking forward to this model since it was announced and doggedly pursued it for months. The yellow doesn't bother me like I thought it might. It's sort of a tactical green when viewed in some light conditions. This model has everything it's two distant cousins lacked. The GW2500 lacked the Tough Movement and the GW3000 lacked the LED backlight. This watch brings it all together and with the yellow/greenish hands against the dark textured dial it has excellent readability and contrast. If you're in the market for an analog faced watch that is designed to survive. Give this new GW3500 a look.
This watch will force the sale of some other watches both out of necessity (this durned thing was expensive) and out of the sheer lack of need for other watches now that I've landed this beauty. This seems to be the Spyderco Endura of wristwatches. Thumbs up. :thumbup:
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