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| Casio GW300A-2V Casio Solar, Atomic Watch | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 9 reviews)
Sales Rank: 27538
Category: CE
Publisher: CASIO
Studio: CASIO
Brand: Casio
Label: CASIO
Color: Blue
Media: Jewelry
Memorabilia: 0
Batteries Included: 0
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6 x 5 x 4
MPN: GW300A-2V
Model: GW300A-2V
UPC: 079767792602
EAN: 0079767792602
ASIN: B0000C850S
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| Features:
| • | Blue watch with resin band | | • | Solar powered | | • | Atomic timekeeping | | • | Shock resistant | | • | 200 meter water resistant |
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Product Description
Blue Watch with a Resin Band. Wherever your extreme side takes you, the Atomic Tough Solar G-Shock will be there. GO ahead and give it everything you've got. It's tough resiliency and cutting edge technology will test the adventurer in you. Solar Powered. Atomic Timekeeping. Shock Resistant. 200 meter water resistant. World time. 26 time zones, 30 cities. Daylight savings time on/off. Auto Electro-luminscent backlight with afterglow. 1/100 second stopwatch. Measuring capacity: 23:59'59.99". Measuring mode: elapsed time, split time,1st-2nd place times. 4 alarms with snooze. Hourly time signal. Auto-calendar ( pre-programmed until the year 2039). 12/24- hour formats. Accuracy: +/- 15 seconds per month (with no signal calibration). Back-up Battery: CTL1616. The Casio Atomic watches receive a time calibration signal transmitted from Fort Collins, Colorado. Signal reception is possible within a radius of about 2,000 miles from the Fort Collins transmitter. See manual for an explanation of ideal conditions for setting as well as factors or locations that can create and make reception difficult.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Practically Bulletproof January 11, 2007
If you're looking for a watch that can take tons of abuse and still keep perfect time, this is your watch.
No longer do you have to worry about setting the time when you travel or purchasing a battery because your watch won't run without it. Put it on your wrist and forget it.
Durable, well constructed, and accurate, this watch works as hard as you do.
Excellent product... November 3, 2006
Resistant, sporty, durable... A good piece of equipment for those who have a tough job.
First time G-Shock Owner August 10, 2006
I purchased this watch on a Marine base in San Diego. The reason I had to purchase a watch was that my Timex Helix (which was supposed to be water resistant) fogged up after running a mile and a half. After getting in touch with Timex, I was told that it would cost $50 for them just to look at it. Forget that! I wanted a rugged watch and found the features on this watch exceptional. Atomic time setting is fantastic, it is within a second of my bedside atomic setting clock. Solar powered and never having to replace batteries is great. I travel alot and the World Time is a must. When using the World Time the watch lets you know what time it is back home. Yes, the buttons are hard to reach but maybe that helps in the protection. It is a small price to pay for the great features of this watch!
Superb hi-tech timepiece... April 14, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
So far I have found this watch to be a great investment if you desire a blend of high tech, ruggedness and versatility. I have not expereinced any of the problems of some of the other reviewers.... Gov atomic clock time synchonization worked perfectly right out of the box, whether manually or on auto (perhaps reading the instruction's many caveats helped me avoid typical problems). The buttons are what you would expect as to firmness ...when you consider they have to be leak proof at 200 meters. No regrets at all here and if I were buying a tough, hyper-accurate sports watch, its what I'd buy again today.
 Big, Hard to Use, Easy to Read - A Study in Contradictions March 30, 2006
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
First of all, it works, but it's almost like it has to learn where the radio tower is before it can set the time -- took several days before it began to receive a strong signal.
According to the mileage calculator at:
http://www.symsys.com/~ingram/mileage/index.php
I'm about 1200 miles from the transmitter as the crow flies. This could have been sun spots; who knows? After "training" the watch has updated every night as per claims.
It's a BIG watch. It doesn't look too big in the mirror, but it looks big to me when I look down. Also, my shirt cuffs won't pass over it.
If you have ever worked on your car with a digital watch on, you will know why the push buttons are protected on this watch. There is absolutely no way you can press a button accidentally. There is almost no way you can press one intentionally, as well. Whoever designed this watch had tiny fingers. I suspect that part of the klutziness is because the buttons protect a water proof seal in order to meet the depth rating claimed.
I keep a specially shaped thumb nail handy in case I want to push a button to find out something in addition to the time and date. This is unfortunate because the watch is full of special functions that could be useful if one could get at them easier. The functions are in reverse order of how I would use them. First comes time zone, then stored times, followed by alarms, then the timer. You can't use most of these without the manual, so the difficulty of pushing the buttons is almost irrelevant.
The blue color is a nice touch. The strap and case are what I would call "midnight blue" with just hints of powder blue around the silver colored bezel. The blue lends some class to a plastic covered watch, in my opinion.
A big plus is that the digital display is easy to read without reading glasses because of the BIG numbers. For this reason alone, I will keep it.
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