Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2378 in Watches
• Brand: Casio
• Model: GW500AJP-1AV
• Dimensions: .0 pounds
• Band material: Resin
• Bezel material: stainless-steel
• Case material: stainless-steel
• Clasp type: Buckle
• Dial color: black
• Dial window material: Mineral
• Movement type: digital-quartz
• Water-resistant to 660 feet

Features

• Buy with confidence!
• Black G-Shock Atomic Solar Watch with resin band.

Amazon.com Product Description
Make a powerful statement with the Casio GW500AJP-1AV G-Shock men's atomic solar watch, which receives time calibration radio signals which keep the displayed time accurate. It's also solar-powered--charging in either sunlight or indoor light--so you'll never have to deal with changing the battery. This shock resistant watch features an Auto LED light with afterglow, world time for 30 cities, a 1/100 second stopwatch, daily alarm, hourly time signal, full auto-calendar, 12/24 hour format, and a battery power indicator. The watch has water resistance to 200 meters (660 feet).

History of G-Shock
In 1983, Casio launched the shock-resistant G-SHOCK watch. This product shattered the notion that a watch is a fragile piece of jewelry that needs to be handled with care, and was the result of Casio engineers taking on the challenge of creating the world’s toughest watch. Using a triple-protection design for the parts, module, and case, the G-SHOCK offered a radical new type of watch that was unaffected by strong impacts or shaking. Its practicality was immediately recognized, and its unique look, which embodied its functionality, became wildly popular, resulting in explosive sales in the early 1990s. The G-SHOCK soon adopted various new sensors, solar-powered radio-controlled technology (described below), and new materials for even better durability. By always employing the latest technology, and continuing to transcend conventional thinking about the watch, the G-SHOCK brand has become Casio’s flagship timepiece product.

G-Shock and Baby-G Brand
G-Shock represents the inner force that’s within all of us and it’s with this inner force that G-Shock was developed more than two decades ago.

Two engineers, with a vision to create the ultimate watch, assembled a rogue team of engineers and named their mission, "Project Tough." Through perseverance and unusual testing methods, such as throwing prototypes out the second floor bathroom window to the asphalt below, they developed the first G-Shock in 1983. This watch was able to withstand their then benchmark of "Triple Ten" criteria, namely 10 years of usage, 10 atmospheres (water resistance) and a 10m fall (shock resistance).

Today more than two decades later, G-Shock watches have exceeded the designers’ original benchmark and pushed the limits of what a watch can endure. With 200M water resistance & shock resistance at the heart G-Shock’s strength and numerous technological advances such as Tough Solar Power and Atomic Timekeeping, you’ll have no doubt why G-Shock is called the Toughest Watch in the World.

Customer Reviews

Not Good
I bought this thinking about the daily update to a nuclear clock and solar power to have a watch last longer than four years. This one lasted about four months before it stopped working altogether. I wouldn't buy this watch again.

Synching atomic clock can be better
My Pulsar digital chronograph just died on my after 16 years of dependable service. Electric backlighting, extra alarms (5 vs 3) and the atomic clock sync are an improvement over the Pulsar. In addition, I like that the stopwatch function will keep track of hours. Two time zones are convenient for travel reducing the times to reset the watch. What I don't like about the watch are the little circles in the display showing synching just takes up valuable display space. I would rather they show the day and date together rather than pressing another button to get the missing info. Also the AM/PM indicator is inconspicuous and not where you would ecpect to see it. I bought a display model at JC Penney's (52% off) and noticed that the last synch with the atomic clock was 4 months ago and was off by 2 minutes. when I tried to set it manually, if failed no matter the location nor signal strenght. The automatic synching that occurs at midnight up to I think 4 AM finally worked when I set it and placed it near the window. The battery in the Pulsar would last about 4 years. Given that this is a special battery, if it doesn't last 10 or more years, I would think this is a marketing gimmick. Only time will tell if this watch is worth the premium over cheaper watches that have most of the same functions. I am tempted to try a heart rate monitor watch from ebay for only $10 that has most of the funciton of the Casio.

Best watch I've ever owned
I've owned lots of watches. Most notably from: Swiss Army and Breitling. But also less expensive ones including one 10 dollar one covered in fake diamonds.

This g-shock is the *only* one that's lasted more than a few months. I've slammed it into metal railings, had 2x4's fall out of a demolished stud wall onto it, and been in pits at metal concerts with it on.

after all of that here's what's wrong: some of the printing on the plastic parts is worn down, seriously, the g-shock logos lost their red paint, omg!!

here's the good:
* The band has never broken. or needed replacing.
* It keeps trying to get an atomic signal from colorado (i live in virginia) several times a night at 2 , 3, 4, and 5am. and it succeeds some 95% of the time (so long as i don't have it next to electronical equipment or am running around with it at that time).
* it flawlessly figured it out when george w. bush changed daylight savings time.
* the battery has never needed changing and it's indicator has never dropped from "high" charge.
* when i go to a different timezone all i have to do is change the watch's zone during the flight and it's ready to go.
* the electronics and lcd face have no scratches and show no wear.