I mentioned in my old blog that I have a Casio Wave Ceptor watch and that I love it.
I love the way it always has the right time.
The only reservation I had about my old watch was that it only had room for a four character digital display.
So you could not see hours, minutes and seconds at the same time (what’s the point of a watch which is accurate to a traction of a second all the time if you cannot see the seconds!)
Similarly you could not see the date and time at the same time.
So for Christmas I got the perfect watch. It is digital and it shows all of the above at the same time (plus am/pm and the day of the week!)
The watch is a Casio Wave Ceptor G-Shock. The specific model number is GW-M5610.
For me it had to be a Wave Ceptor so that it would always have the right time.
Originally G-Shock watches were designed to achieve “Triple 10” :10-meter free-fall endurance, 10-bar water resistance and a 10-year battery life.
My watch is actually water resistant to 20 bar, and (because it has solar power) the battery should last much longer than 10 years.
Casio now talk about 7 elements: electric shock resistance, gravity resistance, low temperature resistance, vibration resistance, water resistance, shock resistance and toughness.
So as well as being robust, waterproof, radio-controlled, and solar powered, my watch also has a backlight and (because it can detect its orientation and the lighting conditions) the backlight comes on automatically in low light when you tilt the watch to look at it!
The watch is genius! So I now have a Casio that’s dressy, and another one that’s incredibly functional. Here’s a photo:
