Background
My previous experience with watches has been cheap quartzes, a broken Tissot, and multiple CBP Casios in the army.
Recently though, my brother has gotten me into watches (he has an IWC) and after some considerable research I decided I needed a practical gen watch (I have my first rep along the way). No more smartphone time for me.. lol..
Anyways I decided to purchase this Gold/Black 30th Anniversary G-Shock and got a pretty good deal at 720SGD i.e. 589USD (a.o. 6/1/13). Amazon retailing it at 850USD.
*originally I was gonna go for the GW-A1000 but the G-Shock store in town fortunately had one of these in stock and at a special price! Thus I decided to up my game, and I'm soooo glad I did.
Pros n Cons
Pros:
More personal opinion
Aside from the cons esp. not being particularly bothered to actually learn the multiple auxiliary functions e.g. how to set the alarm, check the thermometer etc. I really love this watch. :wub:
It feels great on my wrist, looks pretty badass, and the action of changing the time zones is awesome.
Anyway enough with the chit chat..
Let's get down to JUICY TIME :lol:
Wrist-shot.
Closeup.
Le box.
Le goodies in le box.
side shot
crown
caseback
more caseback
since 1983
clasp! :wub:
lume.
More info on the watch:
http://www.casio-intl.com/asia-mea/en/wat/watch_detail/GW-A1030A-1A/
Tough Mvt.
Uses LED to calibrate time. pew pew..
http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/07/31/casios-new-tough-movement-uses-leds-to-auto-correct-the-hand-positions/
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-E0nttNYv0"]G-SHOCK SKY COCKPIT Thirty Stars GW-A1030A-1AJR カシオ Gショック スカイコックãƒâ€Ã£Æ’ƒãƒˆ - YouTube[/ame]
Thanks for reading ^_^
*and sorry about the fingerprints; this is my first time reviewing a watch didn't realize that would show up lol..
My previous experience with watches has been cheap quartzes, a broken Tissot, and multiple CBP Casios in the army.
Recently though, my brother has gotten me into watches (he has an IWC) and after some considerable research I decided I needed a practical gen watch (I have my first rep along the way). No more smartphone time for me.. lol..
Anyways I decided to purchase this Gold/Black 30th Anniversary G-Shock and got a pretty good deal at 720SGD i.e. 589USD (a.o. 6/1/13). Amazon retailing it at 850USD.
*originally I was gonna go for the GW-A1000 but the G-Shock store in town fortunately had one of these in stock and at a special price! Thus I decided to up my game, and I'm soooo glad I did.
Pros n Cons
Pros:
- Looks BADASS.
- I can chainsaw trees with this watch on my wrist.
- Gold ion coated.
lol.. - Solar Powered. It's gonna last ForEEEEHHHHver.
- Annual Calendar till 2099. Day of the week, Day of the month disp.
- World time: 29 cities (29 time zones, daylight saving time automatic settings) + UTC (coordinated time) time display home time city replacement, UTC direct call abilit
- Automatic Time calibration signal reception (MULTIBAND 6) // CN, JAP, EU, US. i.e. I pretty much don't need to set my watch at most of the places I travel to.
- 20BAR.
- Complicated functions
- Low lume
- Plasticky crown
More personal opinion
Aside from the cons esp. not being particularly bothered to actually learn the multiple auxiliary functions e.g. how to set the alarm, check the thermometer etc. I really love this watch. :wub:
It feels great on my wrist, looks pretty badass, and the action of changing the time zones is awesome.
Anyway enough with the chit chat..
Let's get down to JUICY TIME :lol:
Wrist-shot.
Closeup.
Le box.
Le goodies in le box.
side shot
crown
caseback
more caseback
since 1983
clasp! :wub:
lume.
More info on the watch:
http://www.casio-intl.com/asia-mea/en/wat/watch_detail/GW-A1030A-1A/
Tough Mvt.
Uses LED to calibrate time. pew pew..
http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/07/31/casios-new-tough-movement-uses-leds-to-auto-correct-the-hand-positions/
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-E0nttNYv0"]G-SHOCK SKY COCKPIT Thirty Stars GW-A1030A-1AJR カシオ Gショック スカイコックãƒâ€Ã£Æ’ƒãƒˆ - YouTube[/ame]
Thanks for reading ^_^
*and sorry about the fingerprints; this is my first time reviewing a watch didn't realize that would show up lol..
