G-Shockmens watches Casio G-Shock Solar Atomic (GW2310-1)

I purchased this G-Shock model for three primary reasons: 1) atomic timekeeping, 2) solar charging, and 3) readability. I have found over the years of owning G-Shocks that these are the three most important features to me.Atomic timekeeping means that this is a "set and forget it" timepiece. Solar charging means that I never have to open the watch to replace a battery, keeping it water-tight for the life of the watch. Finally, have you ever noticed how "busy" and crowded some of the G-Shock watch faces are? In some cases, it makes it really difficult for older (not ancient, mind you!) eyes to read the time at a quick glance.This model is a basic, no-nonsense EDC. It doesn't have an altimeter, heart rate monitor, GPS, thermometer, or whatever. The watch I wear doesn't really need those things because I think there are better specialized tools for those jobs anyway. It does have the tools I do need in a watch though like a stopwatch, timer, alarm, day/date, back lighting, military time display, and world time. If you need more in terms of lap timers for swimming and fitness training activities, there may be better options for that. Otherwise, this is a tremendous watch.The atomic function works flawlessly. It actually works while on my wrist. I was up late gaming with one of my sons and I noticed that it was setting the time while I was playing on the PS4! My atomic watches in the past were much more finicky. Those things had to be placed in a particular spot in the house, pointing in a particular direction, the voodoo witch doctor had to shake a chicken foot over it, and then maybe it would pick up the signal. Not anymore!When I received the watch from Amazon, it was completely dead with no charge at all. It appeared to have come directly from the manufacturer and had not been out on display or anything like that. It took a couple of days (it's winter time and cloudy up north right now), but now it's good and charged up. Be advised that it can take a little time to get charged to the "High" level, but once there, these watches tend to hold the charge for a long time with the power save feature active. Give it a good bit of sunshine once every few months and you'll never have a problem.The readability on this watch is excellent. Casio did a nice job of keeping the view uncluttered. Many of the G-Shocks suffer from lots of "stuff" on their faces. The older models suffer from the three-eye syndrome that shrinks the size of the useful information you want to see in lieu of useless little circles that nobody needs or cares about. This watch increases the size of the useful information and uses a white background to increase readability.The obvious thing about this watch, of course, is that it's a G-Shock. It is essentially the toughest mass produced watch in the world. Good luck killing it in the normal course of everyday wear. Among other things, I like to go snorkeling and skin diving on vacation, so this will be going with me for those activities with no worries. If these are good enough for Navy SEALS and law enforcement personnel, they're probably good enough for the rest of us. Go ahead and beat it up. It laughs at you for trying to take it down!I do have one small gripe about the watch, more specifically about the strap. Why does Casio insist on producing the world's toughest ADULT watch and then slap a child-sized strap on the thing? I am an averaged-sized, athletic male (6' 2", 230 lbs.). I have to wear the watch right at the end of the band, so it just barely fits. To be honest, I wish there were just a little more band poking through the holder. I worry about losing it. In short, the band could be longer and more robust.All in all, this is a great watch. Get it, charge it up with some intense sunlight, get it set up (it's easy to do, just read the instructions), and you're good to go.

The G Shock line has been widely known as the toughest, most durable watches made for over 40 years now. That reputation is not lost on this one. Great offering with some really nice features. Was looking for something that would be a no nonsense, low maintenance style watch that is always ready to go. Something in contrast to my mechanical watches that need far more attention. This G Shock has fit the bill perfectly. The tough solar feature means never having to worry about a dead battery and the multiband 6 feature means this watch will always tell perfect time without any help from me. On top of that, you get a calendar, multiple alarms, stopwatch, world timezones and countdown timer. Not to mention the usual durable G Shock resin case that can take a beating, plus 200 meters of water resistance. Great watch, exactly what I was looking for and an amazing value at the current pricepoint.

This is a great all around watch. It's always accurate and charged. I purchased this to replace the exact same one that I damaged. I had the original watch for almost 10 years with no issues, this includes 2 deployments overseas. I highly recommend this watch for anyone. Extremely easy to setup and will continue after taking a beating (as G-Shocks are built to do).

Overall a very fine offering in the G-Shock line-up. I really appreciate the convenient and hassle-free feature(s) of a solar charged battery and radio-wave atomic time-keeping. I also like the simple and clean layout of the display. I'm not one who cares for a cluttered watch face, redundant feature displays, over-sized cases, and garish looking labeling that serves for nothing more than unashamed company marketing. Thankfully Casio has kept all that to the bare minimum here. Fit-and-finish are what you'd expect from the now venerable G-Shock line, and overall this watch does look and feel sold and well-balanced on the wrist. I'm only deducting one star because I feel like the numbers are a bit too small compared with the rest of the watch. To me watch design should strive for functionality, balance, and symmetry in its overall presentation. Case-in-point, the day of the week is displayed in large bold lettering and in a place that's very convenient to read at a glance. This is fine of course, but in my opinion they should have downsized this and made a bit more room for larger numbers for the date and time displays. Also, many reviewers here have complained about the relative shortness of the band which I can understand if you have a large wrist size. I do not, so it hasn't been much of an issue for me. That said, I would suggest to Casio to perhaps provide a clasp that would fit around the end of the band in a tighter more secure fashion. Making that simple change would effectively prevent the clasp from moving up, or worse, completely off the end of band. Another solution would be to fashion some form of raised lip on the end of the band that would hold or catch the clasp thereby preventing it from sliding in either direction. Other than those small quibbles I think the watch is an outstanding value and I do find myself reaching for it more often in the mornings over many other watches in my collection.