Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #519 in Watches
• Brand: Casio
• Model: GW9010-1
• Dimensions: .85 pounds
• Band material: Resin
• Bezel material: Resin
• Case material: Resin
• Clasp type: Buckle
• Dial color: digital
• Dial window material: Mineral
• Movement type: Quartz
• Water-resistant to 660 feet

Features

• Quartz movement
• Tough Solar Power; Shock Resistant; Auto EL Backlight with Afterglow
• World Time - 29 times zones (30 cities), city code display, daylight saving on/off
• Water resistant up to 660 feet (200 M)
• Water-resistant to 660 feet (200 M)

Amazon.com Product Description
Featuring G-Shock's legendary shock and mud-resistant case, the Gulfman Rally #GW9010-1 Watch is solar powered, so you'll never have to worry about replacing a battery. Water resistant to 200 meters (660 feet) this sporty style offers both 12 and 24 hour formats, auto EL backlight with Afterglow for low light conditions, and four multifunction alarms plus one snooze alarm. It also comes equipped with a Rally Mode timer that allows for simultaneous time control over an entire race, as well as a 1/100 second stopwatch, power saving function, and countdown timer. Boasting the precision of digital quartz movement, the Gulfman Rally has a day, date, and month calendar to help keep you organized and on-track.

The G-Shock Story

G-Shock - Absolute Toughness

With the launch of its first watch in 1974, Casio entered the wristwatch market at a time when the watch industry had just discovered digital technology. Armed with cutting-edge technology developed for pocket calculators, Casio entered the field confident it could develop timepieces that would push watch technology forward.

Casio’s G-Shock line was created on just such a directive: to build a watch that never breaks. And in 1983, this product was developed to shatter the notion that a watch is simply a fragile piece of jewelry that needs to be handled with care.

G-Shock is renowned as the world’s toughest watch and is in the midst of a huge renaissance since its 25th anniversary celebration last year. It is the best trending watch brand in the industry right now and thanks to its toughness and durability as well as it’s cutting-edge technology, it is among the best values in not only timekeeping but all personal accessories.

In addition to toughness, 200 meter resistance and fantastic cutting edge and hip styling some G-shocks also have such technology as Tough Solar Power for battery life of 20-30 years (great for our planet), Atomic timekeeping for the more precise time available on earth as well as unique features like moon phase and tide graphs.

G-Shocks come in a variety of styles including Rubber/Resin bands, Solid Stainless Steel and even Titanium.

Since it’s launch, Casio’s G-Shock continues to evolve and push the envelope. The non-stop, self-adjusting (solar-powered atomic-timekeeping) G-Shocks featured in the Amazon.com assortment are the latest, greatest example of this evolution!

The Casio Story

In developing its own wristwatches Casio began with the basic question, "What is a wristwatch?" Rather than simply making a digital version of the conventional mechanical watch, we thought that the ideal wristwatch should be something that shows all facets of time in a consistent way. Based on this, Casio was able to create a watch that displayed the precise time including the second, minute, hour, day, and month — not to mention a.m. or p.m., and the day of the week. It was the first watch in the world with a digital automatic calendar function that eliminated the need to reset the calendar due the variation in month length. Rather than using a conventional watch face and hands, a digital liquid crystal display was adopted to better show all the information. This culminated in the 1974 launch of the CASIOTRON, the world’s first digital watch with automatic calendar. The CASIOTRON won acclaim as a groundbreaking product that represented a complete departure from the conventional wristwatch.

Casio transformed the concept of the watch — from a mere timepiece to an information device for the wrist — and undertook product planning based on this innovative idea. We developed not only time functions such as global time zone watches, but also other radical new functions using Casio’s own digital technology, including calculator and dictionary functions, as well as a phonebook feature based on memory technology, and even a thermometer function using a built-in sensor. The memory-function watches became our DATA BANK product series, while the sensor watches developed into two unique Casio product lines of today: the Pathfinder series displaying altitude, atmospheric pressure, and compass readings.

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.

Today, Casio is focusing its efforts on solar-powered radio-controlled watches: the built-in solar battery eliminates the nuisance of replacing batteries, and the radio-controlled function means users never have to reset the time. In particular, the radio-controlled function represents a revolution in time-keeping technology similar to the impact created when mechanical watches gave way to quartz technology. Through the further development of high radio-wave sensitivity, miniaturization, and improved energy efficiency, Casio continues to produce a whole range of radio-controlled models.

Customer Reviews

G Shock Mudman Review
I've only had this watch for a few days, but I have to say that I love it so far. I'm a watch guy, and I've never really bought a watch of this type before. I've always bought more dressy or sport watches. Most of the reviews on here are right on the money. The watch is light on the wrist, and comfortable. The buttons are a tiny bit tough to push, but nothing of any concern whatsoever in my opinion. The atomic sync is awesome... totally awesome. Mine syncs up on the nightstand (every day at midnight) & no where near a window. I find this model to be very attractive looking for what it is, yet still tough/rugged. I don't think I'll be the guy who's overly rough with it, but I did buy it for every day wear and tear around the house, at the gym, and outdoor activities... It seems to be the perfect fit. It's not over-sized at all in my opinion. Highly recommended so far. I'll make an attempt to report back in after a couple of months.

Well made watch
So far I really like this watch. I was a little afraid that it would be too bulky, but that has not been and issue at all. It is on the large side compared to the timex ironman watches I have had in the past, but not so large as to look funny or feel strange.

I chose this one over the Mudman g9000 because of the solar power and atomic clock features. If you don't care about either of these, I would go with the 9000 because it has a slightly better interface and is cheaper.

I am the kind of nerd that loves the idea that my watch is within a fraction of a second of the offical atomic clock time. For me that makes this watch worth the extra $40.

Very hard to fault!
I have quite a few G-Shocks, and this Mudman is spending a lot of time on my wrist (along with my perennial favourite, the Casio Men's G-Shock Classic Digital Watch #DW5600E-1V). Here's why:

Pros:
- Absolutely rock solid. Feels indestructible. You will only know what I mean after you've held one (all of the Mudman range share this same case, and it's a winner!)
- Easy-to-read.
- Solar powered with full auto illumination.
- Ability to show a second time-zone (with label, eg. "NYC") on main screen.

Cons:
- Buttons are hard to press. This isn't really a con; you do get used to it. But some people would find this annoying.
- "Rally Timer" - this will probably be used by 0.1% of people who buy this watch.

I'd like to talk about the display firstly - it's what attracts me to this watch so much. Many G-Shocks look too "busy" with their little circles counting off the seconds and other strange things cluttering up the display. This Mudman is a refreshing change - the numbers are centered in the face of the watch, they are in a nice "font" (ever so slightly leaning to the right, like italics), and it's generally just a pleasure to look at. Underneath the time, you can have the date, for example "THU 7 -2", or a second time zone, for example "NYC 7:57". Pure genius and so easy to read.

I won't go over every little feature, because most G-Shocks share the same core features -- what sets this apart for me, is simple: it's a solar-powered watch with easy-to-read display, set in the bulletproof "Mudman" case. It's very hard to fault this watch.

The whole "Rally timer" thing just confuses me, I've tried to understand it, but I personally don't have any use for it (the watch also features a standard Stopwatch which is much simpler to understand and use). Unfortunately the first two modes are "RALLY" and "RECord" which means you have to scroll through them every time you want to set an alarm, use the countdown timer, etc. No big deal I suppose.

I can't speak for the Atomic reception since I own the non-atomic version (I live in Australia), but I'm sure it works along the lines as all atomic G-Shocks (read: excellent if you are in a location that gets a good signal). Irrespective of this feature, the watch will keep excellent time on it's own.

Finally, the buckle is double-pronged which enhances the feeling of this being a solid watch, and the caseback features 6 little raised "bumps" which sit comfortably on the wrist and probably allow cool air to circulate underneath the watch.

For the money, this watch gives you a rock-solid watch which you can wear 24/7 if you like, to any activity, and will always be charged and showing the current time - what more could you ask for from a digital watch? I highly recommend this model of Mudman over the cool but far-too-cluttered G9000 (Casio Men's G-Shock Mudman Digital Sports Watch #G9000-1V) - the G9000 is cheaper (and I own 2 of them) but lacks the solar/atomic and easy-to-read display.