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Casio Men’s Classic Black Digital Watch #59-1V
- Quartz movement
- Mineral crystal
- Water-resistant to 165 feet (50 M)
Amazon.com Product Description
With its iconic digital design and host of features, the Classic Watch #59-1V from Casio offers micro-light illumination that's great for casual day or evening wear. This compact and sporty timepiece also includes a 1/100-second stopwatch, hourly time signal, and alarm. Water resistant to 165 feet, and boasting seven years of battery life, this Casio original boasts the precision of quartz movement for optimum reliability. This watch is protected by a one-year manufacturer's warranty.
December 8th, 2009 - 10:48
The photo for this item was deceiving and so the wrong watch was selected. I wrote to the company and they never bothered to acknowledge the problem.
Rating: 1 / 5
December 8th, 2009 - 13:20
3 and a half stars.
First, the Amazon Partner who is selling this, J & R Music & Computer World, gets a 5 star rating from me, the watch arrived very fast and in excellent condition.
The watch itself gets the 3 and a half because, while the actual purchase price is “$9.99″, the crossed-out list price is “$24.95″. I expected a little more from a $25.00 Casio. My complaints: The illumination is a small side light, not an entire screen brightness like with other Casios or Indiglow style. The stop-watch goes only to 59 Minutes, 59 Seconds.
Good things:
1-button press to go from 12 to 24 hour time, alarm function, hourly beep, light weight, slim profile, 50 meter water resistant, 7-year battery, and easy to use.
Maybe I’m overly critical, this is a good $10.00 watch, but an average $25.00 watch.
[EDIT]:
Having had this watch for several months now, I find that it keeps better time than a much more expensive digital watch that I had bought at Disney World. The Disney watch looks great and is all metal, but runs faster than the Casio. I compare and set the time of all my watches to my Casio Atomic/Solar MTG920DA, which receives a time calibration every day from the Atomic clock in Fort Collins, CO.
Rating: 4 / 5
December 8th, 2009 - 15:41
I’m happy with this watch. I had the same model years ago when I was a kid. It is practical and comfortable. According to Casio it is only 8mm thick and only weighs 14 grams. It also has 50m water resistance which is higher than just “water resistant” models. I don’t see why the F91W-1 model has a higher listed water resistance than the 59-1v model in the Amazon description.
My only complaint is that the light button should be on the lower right side of the watch like on the classic G-shock model for ease of use. Also, full illumination would be nice but this is the classic model and thus has the classic microlight. Regardless, Casio makes digital watches that are hard to beat on value and performance.
Rating: 4 / 5
December 8th, 2009 - 18:26
This watch was only about $13 shipped, so I’m not going to complain that much. It tells time, and that’s what it is supposed to do. The buttons however need to be in a different place. I have to reach all the way over to the left top button to turn on the light to see the time in the dark. That is already a hassle when holding something in my right hand (I wear the watch on my left wrist), but to top it off, you need to hold down the button to keep the light on. Maybe I’m spoiled, but that seems ridiculous. I have had plenty of watches by Casio and all of them kept the light on for a few seconds when you pressed the light button. There aren’t any fancy modes on this watch, like stopwatch or timer. The only modes are Time, Alarm, and Set Time. There isn’t even a dedicated button for adjusting the time; you have to hit the mode button until the seconds start flashing. This watch is fine for someone who doesn’t want to spend a lot of money and only wants to tell time, but the light should at least stay on for a few seconds.
Rating: 3 / 5
December 8th, 2009 - 21:01
This is the 3rd one of these watches my husband has bought over a period of around 8 years. Cheap and cheerful – not worth the cost of a new battery so we just replace it each time. Overall a great watch for the money.
Rating: 5 / 5