Casio G shock G-Steel

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I have always loved g shocks since I first saw one in a catalog around six years old, at seven I bought my first which I just lost a year ago or so. I have a rangeman and I added a g steel as an everyday/bay/boat watch.

The watch is much better finished than imagined however the hands are somewhat disappointing. They are lumed but there is no second hand and the hands themselves are a bit rough.

The bracelet is fairly standard fare steel. The four buttons push well. There is no crown.

The case is interesting because it is huge but seemingly purposefully huge. There is a steel bezel and then a resin bezelb there is a stainless steel back around a resin matrix.

The subdials and dial are bice and blend well. It features tough solar but not ubiquitously radio controlled which I would think they would need at the price point. I was considering the MTG which did have radio control but lacked across the line an LED illumination light. The MTG is a very similar size of approximately 59 mm. The LED light is great and there is a stop watch, countdown timer, world time that can quickly set as home time, 82 year calendar with month day date and five alarms.

The solar battery is fairly standard g shock which is a ten year life with about 8 months of total darkness use.

I am somewhat torn on the watch and may return it because of its massive size. The lugs dont overhang but the 59mm width and 16 mm depth is visually very different than what I am used to and the watch is slightly top heavy. It can't be an everyday watch for me because of the size, but I am debating if I will keep it for a bay watch.