Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This is actually my first Square G-Shock. I'm used to wearing the ones with the sensors, tough solar, and automatic time-keeping, and I didn't think I'd wear this one a lot. But I actually wear it a lot! This is the closest you'll get to the original 1983 DW 5000. I can see why G-Shock fans love this watch. The light is pretty darn bright, and you also have a feature where you can make the watch light up whenever you have an alarm or the hourly time signal on. Sure, it doesn't have auto-light, but hey, it's a classic G-Shock. It has the 3 basic functions: stopwatch with split time, a timer that runs 24 hours, and an alarm. Few things I need to mention for those considering getting this watch for the first time. The stopwatch and timer both show the current time when you're in their modes. This is one of the reasons I decided to get the DW 5600e. I tried the GWM 5610 but I had to return it because both the stopwatch and timer would not display the current time. The timer: it runs 24 hours, and it displays the current time. What's also cool about the timer is that you can also set seconds, and any amount of seconds is fine, whether you want 5 seconds or even just 2 seconds or so. Very cool. As for the alarm, again, just one alarm. An interesting thing about the alarm is that you can set an alarm for a certain month and day. This would be cool if the watch had more than one alarm. 4 alarms would good for this kind of date feature. I use a lot of alarms every day, so the month/day feature on the one single alarm is interesting. The beeps are pretty audible and it has that classic Casio sound. However, keep in mind that the sound can't be muted. Again, classic G-Shock. Unlike most modern squares, the adjust button is less visible on the side. But it's not difficult to press. In fact, all the buttons are easy to press. Also, whenever you play around with any of the modes of the watch, when you press the mode button, you automatically go back to the current time. Since there's only 3 basic features and the buttons are easy to press, this isn't too big of a deal. Lastly, when setting current time, timer, and alarm, you only get one button to use after you press adjust, and it only goes forward. I didn't like it at first, but when you hold the button down, the numbers more pretty fast. I got used to it after a day or two. I've seen videos of people in Japan testing this particular watch, and man, it's a tough guy! I've seen it been dropped from several stories high, crushed by machinery, sunk 200 M below the sea, and I've even seen it completely covered in mud. It's almost as tough as a basic Mudmaster. The strap is extremely comfortable and the watch is so light you sometimes forget you're wearing it. The watch stays on beat almost all the time. I never have to worry about adjusting the time once in a while or have it be off by a few seconds. Overall, this is an awesome watch and one that everyone, especially G-Shock fans, should have at some point in their lives. There, I think I've covered everything I could.