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Product Catalog > A-C > Casio Casio Men's G-Shock Atomic Solar Watch # MTG910DA-1V By: Casio  Features: Average Rating: 4.50 Total Reviews: 3 Price: Sale: $125.00 Prices subject to change Product Description: Whether you're a secret agent or high-tech trendsetter, no mission is impossible with the stylish, rugged Casio G-Shock MTG910DA digital sports watch, which offers a wealth of performance timing features and cutting edge technology. The jet black stainless steel watch receives a time calibration signal transmitted from Fort Collins, Colorado, and signal reception is possible within a radius of about 2,000 miles from the Fort Collins transmitter. You can choose to automatically receive this signal (once per day at 1 AM) or manually update the G-Shock to the atomic clock. It's also solar-powered--charging in either sunlight or indoor light--so you'll never have to deal with changing the battery. It has a 1/100-second stopwatch with a 24-hour measuring capacity and elapsed time, split time, and 1st/2nd place time modes. It also offers such timekeeping functions as 12/24-hour formats, year/month/date/day display (with an autocalendar to the year 2039), daylight savings time on/off, and world time for 29 time zones and 30 cities. Make it to your next appointment on time with 4 independent daily alarms (with a snooze function) and an optional hourly time signal. This watch offers water resistance to 200 meters (660 feet), suitable for scuba diving. This watch features a durable stainless steel case and strap, scratch-resistant mineral crystal, and AfterGlow LED electro luminescent backlight. Reviews Wave ceptor/tough solar  by: on: 06-Jun 2006 I've owned this watch for just over a month now and overall I'd say I very satisfied by its performance, but not to thrilled by its aesthetics. Being the pessimist that I am, I'll start with the less-than-great issues. This little slugger weighs in at 120 grams, but thats not a real issue for me. The biggest problem is the height from the back to the face of the watch. Its 16 cm high, that about double my Citizen Calibre (Both are solar powered watches) I can only assume all that height comes from all these advanced features. I like to wear watches with the face on the inside of my wrist, instead of the top of my wrist. I like wearing digital watches this way especially because of the accessibility to the controls. The only issue here is the band width to face width ratio is small, but that strictly personal preference. The only other thing not up to my liking is due to the recessed control buttons that make adjusting and setting a little less that on the fly, but I've so very paranoid about my watches snagging on clothing. (More so on pull-push crowns than on digital watches) So really the buttons have became one less thing to worry about. Now on to the praise. Number one feature I love is the automatic time synchronization that happens about 4 time every day. (2, 3, 4, and 5 in the morning before you ever wake up and notice it) This insures that your time and date is accurate every day, including leap years and day light saving/spending time. After reading the manual I found that this synchronization can be affected by so many things, including how far you are from the transmitter in Fort Collins, USA. Luckily I saw the watch in person before buying it, and the display has a signal strength indicator. I live in west central Minnesota, USA and I get full signal strength. Indoors, outdoors, bomb shelter, it doesn't matter. I enjoy buying solar powered watches simply for the fact that I never have to worry about batteries...ever. The solar watches of today are so advanced that I believe that that they justify the cost of owning one, depending on who you are. This watch has a straight forward battery strength indicator that will also inform you on the battery mode. -G-Shock, recognized by being one of the toughest watches on the planet. -The band can be adjusted either with a pen knife or a small screwdriver so you don't need to have the band adjusted by a jeweler (unless you want to) or buy a watch band setter. -And every thing else listed by Casio In reprise, I wear this watch daily, and I wouldn't keep a watch if I weren't satisfied. If you want an every-thing-and-more watch that will will never need anything from you and you don't mind the added bulk, this is a watch to add to you investigative list. I strongly suggest trying to find this watch in person before buying it anywhere simply to verify that you are alright with that bulk. Big, Black,& Very Tough by: on: 06-Jun 2006 I really like mine and would highly recommend it. Many of my buddies had G-Shock watches when I was deployed to Iraq and I decided to get one when I got home. I wanted a watch that could stand up to whatever I put it through. This piece it big, black, heavy, tough, and looks good on my wrist. On top of that, it has atomic accuracy (I don't think this feature works overseas), and is solar powered. The band is metal. The face and back of the watch is also metal. There are a few plastic parts on the case, but you can't tell by looking. It's all black. The light button and ring around the face are shiny compared to the rest of the watch. This is a subtle accent. The watch and band have a slight gloss. The only thing missing is a countdown timer. That's why I gave it 4 instead of 5 stars. I loved this watch!  by: on: 04-Jun 2006 I just came over here to look for a new book, and I happened to see the advertisement for this watch. I have it, and I LOVE this watch! I'm a big Mission Impossible Fan (looking forward to seeing MI3) and so I didn't know Tom Cruise would be wearing it in the movie. How cool! Anyway.. this is a great watch. It's rough and tough, and easy to use, and does EVERYTHING I wanted a watch to do. I had a hard time convincing my husband that I really DIDN'T want yet another dainty little gold "girly" watch. I'm an artist, and I wanted a tough watch that would perform well and didn't need to be pampered. This is the one! I highly recommend it! |