CasioMen's G-Shock DW6900-1V Sport Watch

There are already so many reviews so I'll just put a few bullets on what matters most IMHO.Pros:- Built tough. I've previously owned this watch and abused it severely but it kept on ticking.- Inexpensive. I wear this on the weekend and never take it off while working on my truck, mowing the lawn, swimming, biking, climbing rock... and never feel guilty or worried.- Nice design. With its mostly all-black, tough design you can wear it with pretty much anything casual from jeans to shorts to whatever.- Big. With its rubber casing measuring a full 45mm at its widest you can feel confident this watch can handle virtually all the bruises daily wear will dish at it.- Classic but still cool design. Has 3 round dials at the top that don't do much of anything except maybe count seconds but makes the watch nifty looking.- Rubber resin band so will not scratch most delicate surfaces such as your laptop, Kindle... your girlfriend's neck ;)Cons:- Virtually unchanged since the 90's. As mentioned above I had owned several copies of this watch way back in the 90's, I've since moved on to the Citizen Eco-drive Aqualand line but needed an inexpensive watch that I can abuse on the weekend. I'd rather tear up a Casio than tear up a Citizen watch that costs 10 times as much. This watch still has small recessed metal buttons while other G-Shocks have bigger, rubber buttons that are better as far as waterproofing goes IMHO. The old version did have a metal band loop however, this one has a plastic loop.- Dim backlight. The light that comes on when pushing the "G" button is weak, typical LED brightness would be nice. This backlight was updated from the 90's version thank goodness, it's now blue backlight instead of the tiny, dim, yellow light from just one side of the watch on its earlier design way back in the day.- Dies with battery. For whatever reason back in the 90's when the battery was exhausted and a new lithium battery was put in this watch would never come back on. Lets see how this specific one fares.Casio Men's DW6900-1V G-Shock Classic Digital Watch

For what I needed and wanted, this watch was perfect. Inexpensive, durable, waterproof, easy to read time and date, alarm, hourly time signal, timer, and stopwatch.I also own a Casio GA-150, so for people who also own Casio watches that are similar, here are some differences:-This watch, the DW-6900, doesn't have a world clock-It only has 1 alarm, whereas my other Casio has 5-When changing something, like setting the time or setting an alarm or timer, there is no "reverse button". So with my other Casio, if I'm changing an alarm from 6:30 to 6:15 I can hit the reverse button and go backwards. With this watch, I have to hit forward and go past the :59 minute mark to start back at :00 again, and then keep pressing it up to :15.-When the alarm goes off, this watch beeps 20 times, and my other watch beeps 10 times. However, when the timer goes off it beeps 10 times.-When you switch modes, you don't have to cycle through all of the modes to get back to the default timekeeping mode. So for example, if I switch modes from timekeeping to the alarm, and adjust settings in alarm mode, then push the mode button again after I'm done setting the alarm, it will jump back to timekeeping and skip the other modes that come after alarm like timer and stopwatch. But if I press the mode button fairly quickly then it will take me to each mode. My other watch doesn't do this, but it's a feature I like.-I'm not sure if this differs from other Casio watches, but you cannot use the light while adjust settings, so setting an alarm in the dark can be difficult. I've found I have to remember what the current alarm is set for, and then hit the adjust button and set the alarm by counting, and when I'm done hit the light button again to see if I did it correctly. This is a bit disappointing. Also, pressing any button will turn off the light instantly. However, you can use the light while in stopwatch mode, but pressing start or stop turns off the light early.-The watch band clasp is plastic, and not metal like my other Casio. I'd prefer metal but I have not had a single issue.-Lastly, I've noticed this watch is a bit smaller than the analog watches that Casio makes.This isn't an elegant watch and it isn't really attractive, but you'll never worry about breaking it or scratching it at all.Update: As of 7/6/17 the watch still works perfectly and it has survived a few mountains, lakes, and the ocean.