Casio Men's GS1100-1A G-Shock GIEZ Series Multi-Band Solar Atomic Watch

--- Warning: Long, opinionated review ahead ---

I could go on and on about how many watches I own (40+), I could list off the caliber of watches I have (Jaeger-LeCoultre, two Rolexes, Zeneth, Franck Muller)... but what I do want to go on about is my love of this Giez watch.

I have many watches (see above) and many of them are the various models of Casios which have been released over the years; from the first pathfinder watch to the current Riseman. The Giez GS1100 is by far one of my favorites. Reason - Form, Function and a wondrous movement.

Form - Simple and clean at first glance, then as you look closer the detail comes to light.

Function - it does what it should do. It is one of the most accurate timepieces on the planet. On the most basic of levels, it tells time, has a stop watch, one daily alarm, day and date. For those who need it; it has world time mode and it (the watch) supports the National Institute of...Read more

Top quality watch! Full feature set with the added bonus of Solar and Atomic clock sync'ing. The build is very good and I really like the well thought out style of the watch. It does so much so well it moved me to write a review - which I very rarely do. It seems to be the perfect Expedition watch - a rugged and accurate instrument.

Great looking watch, feels and looks solidly made - very "macho" while maintaining a degree of quality and class that is missing in many other very expensive brands.
With an attractive design, lots of function and clear function layout, it is, for the (Amazon) price, excellent value.
On the downside, rather too chunky - sits high on the wrist which makes it prone to snagging - and the resin band gets "itchy" if worn tightly enough to eliminate too much slack.
I find the day function symbols a little too small for my ageing eyes
The operations guide is confusing at first and procedures for taking advantage of all the functions appear a little complex - it took some time before I could understand the different modes and get comfortable enough to use most of the functions. After 6 weeks I still could not use them all without going back to the manual. The stop-watch function is certainly intuitive, however.
Synching with the Atomic time server is rather...Read more