May 102013
Casio Men’s W800H-1AV Classic Digital Sport Watch
- Quartz movement
- Plastic crystal
- Case diameter: 37 mm
- Resin case; digital-gray dial; day-date-and-month functions
- Water-resistant to 330 feet (100 M)
The Casio Men’s Classic Digital Sport Watch features an intuitive design that makes it easy-to-use for on-the-go athletes. The timepiece is constructed with a durable resin case, a stationary black resin bezel, and a black resin band with an adjustable buckle clasp. A durable mineral window shields the square digital-gray dial face, which features a digital time display along with the day, date, and month. The watch also includes light, mode, and adjust buttons that allow you to personalize your
List Price: $ 19.95
Price: $ 11.99
Not a G-Shock – but that’s a good thing!,
Just got this watch after ordering a few days ago. Strange thing is, you won’t find any product information about it on Casio’s US website. Let’s get to it:
Pros:
1) Not as bulky as a G-Shock:
If you’re like me and you want a fully-functioning digital watch without the enormous bulk of a G-Shock, then this watch may fit your bill (even the midsize G-Shocks are tad too large in my book). However, this watch isn’t tiny either: The across-width, measured between the buttons on either side but not including buttons, is just a 1/16 inch shy 1.5 inches. The top-to-bottom height, measured between the outside of the top bezel above the “Casio” insignia to the outside of the lower bezel below the “WATER 100M RESIST” is 1 3/16 inches, and just about 1/2 inch thick.
2) Plenty of features:
Dual time, stop-watch with split times, displays the time during the stop-watch function, date setup that knows the day of the week (accounts for leap year too), large display, snooze alarm (!), etc.
3) Great price:
For the value alone I give it the 5-star rating
Cons:
1) Bezel around the crystal is flush with the surface of the crystal – this could lead to scratches if you’re not careful
2) Light is not the back lighting “Illuminator” of some other Casio watches – it’s green glow that lights from the bottom-left of the display – kinda meh but it does stay on for a few seconds after depressing.
3) Could use a count-down timer.
4) The watch does not allow you keep the light on by keeping the light button depressed. Still turns off after about 1.5 seconds. Can be quite irritating when you’re trying to read the watch after waking up all blurry-eyed but I’m sure it’s part of keeping that 10 year battery claim.
In closing, this watch isn’t gonna win any beauty contests, but it’s functions, simplicity, and discrete look are what sold me.
[UPDATE 2010.09.30 - added con number 4 but not removing a star. I'm still wearing the watch and I am still enjoying it]
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Not a head turner, just a good old classic cass,
If your looking for an inexpensive digital watch that has all the features like dual time, alarm with snooze,
stopwatch, water resistance, long life battery (10 yrs) and a band that won’t die on you then this is a great buy.
The alarm has a good feature in that you can set the day or day/month for the alarm to go off.
Sure enough there is no countdown timer on this model, but at the end of the day it does what it is designed to do -
tell the time, and accurately.
Another excellent feature of this watch is that when your setting the alarm, the current time is displayed as well, and also when in stopwatch mode and of course when it’s on dual time.
One thing I like about the watch itself is that the face features the day in three letters, the year in full, day and month, and the digital time display is set in large numbers.
It’s made in China, but don’t let this put you off, mine hasn’t missed a beat and I’m sure its made to strict Casio specs.
Cons: The plastic face will scratch easily if treated carelessly. However, one cannot avaiod the occasional bump
against a wall or something. But this watch wont set you back alot of cash anyway.
Besides my Swiss made Swatch, I find Casios to keep better time than much more expensive watches, like my Citizen Windsurfer Protek, or my Rolex Daytona.
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It does the job it’s advertised to do.,
I got tired of paying $25 to $30 for digital watches that have both the battery and the band go out at the same time, necessitating a $15 expenditure on the watch, so I got this one. It fits well, and keeps good time and it’s not bulky and in the way. To prevent scratching, I cut a fitted piece of PDA plastic cover to put over the face. It self-adheres and is easy enough to remove and replace when it gets scratched. If you cut it right, you can’t even tell that it’s there. Why Casio doesn’t make replaceable covers to begin with, I’ll never know, because you know what? They’ll never tell me, even if I ask nicely.
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