G-ShockCasio Men's GW-M5610-1BJF G-Shock Solar Digital Multi Band 6 Black Watch

This is a great watch to wear every day, and you never have to worry about it failing on you. There's a reason Navy SEALS trust this brand. G Shock durability is unmatched, and the solar charging means this watch is more reliable than any other. It never loses the time because it syncs up via radio signals. Sure, the negative display can be hard to read at times (specifically in low light environments), but it has an auto-lightup feature that makes this a non-issue. You can enable this by holding the lightup button for a few seconds, and it will activate when you go to check the time and the watch senses darkness. While it lacks in visibility, it more than makes up for this with style. The negative display gives it a fantastic black-on-black look.

I had my eye on this G-Shock for a while now, really liked the all black look, minimal colors on the text, atomic clock, and the negative display. The fact that it was a Japanese market item made it a bit more unique, and the price reflected this. They all came from Japanese sellers for close to $200. I kept coming back trying to decide if I really wanted to spend that much on this watch. Well, one cay, I happened to notice in the "other sellers" section, it was listed at $105 from Amazon directly. Unsure how this could possibly be, I decided to pull the trigger anyway and return it if anything looked suspicious.It was not scheduled to be in-stock until April, but was happy to see an update that it was arriving this week. Got it today and am happy to report that the watch is ALMOST everything as advertised. I'm not going to comment on its features, durability, or day-to day usage as that has already been covered elsewhere. I have no doubt that it will meet all expectations in that regard, and if you are a G-shock fan, you will probably be satisfied.It's clearly a genuine G-Shock, it came with all the Casio packaging materials, manuals, warranty card, and metal hexagon tin. Made in Thailand, not China. The watch itself looks and feels great. The only thing that might give some buyers pause is that it's not the GW-M5610-1BJF (indicating Japanese market), rather it's GW-M5610-1BCR (indicating worldwide market). My suspicion is that Casio recently released this model to be available in the US, which is how Amazon got the ability to sell it directly. It now retails for $140, which is less than you would have paid for a JDM model, but is still more than many similar 5610s.So all in all, I'm happy with the watch. The negative LCD is not that difficult for me to read, in fact, when held at the correct angle, it's extremely legible. The size is perfect, it feels great - light but substantial (if that makes sense). Sure it's not the Japanese version of the watch, but that doesn't matter to me nearly as much to me as it being about half the cost. However, if you really want the BJF model, you probably still need to get it from a 3rd party seller.

Beautiful watch, I love this thing. If you own bulkier G-Shocks, this non-bulky one is nice for wearing long sleeves. It is light weight and slides in and out of a sleeve easily. I love G-Shocks.

I bought this watch to use for work since I don’t want to scratch up my expensive $800 Apple watch. After wearing it for a week I started to like it more than the smart watches that have all the bells and whistles. This watch is durable, dependable, and good looking. The convenience of having a watch that is almost indestructible, never has dead batteries, and always has the correct time with no input is HUGE. I can’t think of another watch that is like this one. It’s just what you need and nothing more. No annoying software updates, worrying about dead batteries, or bugs. I have gotten more excitement out of this simple watch then any smart watch I have owned. I think I even read somewhere that this watch or one of their watches similar to this one made it into the Guinness World Records. To me this watch has 10 times more value then most other watches you will ever see even if this is not the most expensive option. One feature I noticed that I did not see before is how it conserves power by turning off the face when left untouched overnight. As soon as you pick it up in the morning the screen turns back on and will stay on the rest of the day while it is on your wrist. I have not had any issue reading the numbers with the black background. I wouldn’t say it’s the easiest to read of all watches but it’s good enough. My only complaint (and it’s really not that big of an issue) is that the paper instructions in the box are all in Chinese. You should be able to look up instructions in English online if you need too. Hope this helps anyone with their decision on purchasing this watch! I give it a 10 out of 10 :)