Casio G-Shock Men's Watch GD-350-1BER

Product Information

The W-735H and GD-350 both feature the "super illuminator" which is a little too bright - the W-735H looks even slightly brighter than the GD-350 (the pics are a little overexposed - so they are both not really as bright as on the pics but still can be used as an emergency flashlight): Once the timer is running the upper part of the display indicates the start time and the lower part is for the running timer: Auto Light: The watch face will illuminate automatically when you tilt your wrist towards you. Once activated, this feature will automatically deactivate after six hours., LED light, Selectable illumination duration (1.5 seconds or 3 seconds), With afterglow Like I already mentioned - the wings can be a bit uncomfy depending on wrist geometry - they probably work better on a rounded wrist - mine's more flat and wide. And there's another IMO major flaw on the Timex - the watch cannot be completely muted - the watch still beeps when you start and stop/reset the timer and stopwatch - the hourly signal can also not be muted and it can only be accessed from the main time-keeping menu - not from the alarm menu like on the Casios.

Definitely worst of all but that might also be because the display is not as recessed as on the W-735H and GL-7500. When I hold the W-735H next to it and tilt them both the display seems to start ghosting at about the same angle. second stopwatch - Measuring capacity: 999:59'59.99" - Measuring modes: Elapsed time, split time, 1st-2nd place timesThe digital dial gives the watch its utilitarian appearance. Yellow detailing increases the readability of the display.

At the end of a countdown, alerts are issued by either a vibration or a tone plus LED flash operation. The large face of the GD350 is configured to ensure that the countdown timer is easily seen in the dark. The settings menu is a little more user-friendly on the Timex however - some pics I took of the timer setting - you 1st press the adjust button (at first I thought it needs to be held but that's not the case - you only need to press it once) - then the watch displays "timer set" - then "set" and on the right side the watch has a blinking "+" and "-" next to the buttons - on the left side "done" and "next". Pretty easy and intuitive but really not that much better than on the Casios once you're used to them. Upwards and downwards scrolling is done with the upper and lower button - on the Casios it's reversed. Daily Alarms: Each will sound every day at the time you set, Hourly time signal: The watch beeps every hour on the hour, Snooze function, Vibration function

Reviews

I really like that design - the display layout and form factor reminds me a little bit of the vintage Mudman DW-8400. The acrylic crystal is recessed and well protected - the buttons are a joy to use. Display contrast is also very good. The pie-chart indicator for VIB, SPL, ALM and SIG is also much more useful than the tiny ones on the GL-7500. The gray model is the nicest to my taste but the others look pretty nice, too.

Flash alert - Flasher with buzzer that sounds for alarms, hourly time signal, countdown timer time-up alarm The GL-7500 and W-735H have the advantage of a one-button access of the vibration feature which on the Timex and GD-350 can only be activated from the settings menu. On the Timex the illumination also flashes with the vibration and on the GD-350 it flashes with the alarm beep and timer beep - both cannot be disabled. So you cannot set the GD-350 to just alarm beeps without LED flasher. But that doesn't bother me much since I always have it on vibrate anyway. Big, bold and chunky - that sums it up pretty nicely. Big digits, contrast is not quite as high as on the others but good enough. The dark gray is nice and the wings and buttons are a very dark blue - not as bright as on most product pics. The metal start button is a nice extra. The resin is very smooth and flexible. The wings were a little uncomfy at first but I got used to them. The pic is not too good - looks like the camera focussed on all the dust that I didn't even see before I looked at the pics on a computer screen :-d - but I think it shows the ghosting effect well enough.Before I continue with the features - probably the most interesting part - first a look at the displays. Funny coincidence is that all 4 have a very good display contrast - but like I mentioned in another thread - high contrast sometimes means small viewing angle. So 3 of them show a considerable amount of ghosting with the Timex being worst: time-keeping, 24hr mode, weekday, date (date format can be changed between DD/MM and MM/DD), two seperate timezones can be accessed from main screen stopwatch - 24 hrs - no current time displayed but if you want a stopwatch with current time you can use the timer and set it to 1 min - so you basically have a 99hr stopwatch with 1-min prestart countdown

Measuring Capacity: 1000 hours, Measuring Modes: Elapsed time, split time, Measuring Unit: 1/100th second Countdown timer w/Direct Access - Measuring unit: 1 second - Countdown range: 24 hours - Countdown start time setting range: 1 minute to 24 hours (1-second increments, 1-minute increments and 1-hour increments) - Other: Selectable flash alert/vibration alert, direct start from timekeeping mode The most obvious quality of the watches in question. Basically - I like them all :-d. But a little more detail:

The button tones on the mode button can be switched off for discreet operation. Pre-set alarm or timer functions remain active. Great review Sedi, one I was most looking forward and also one I agree with on most points except for the pressure point of buttons and ghosting of the LCD. The same feel you have about the Timex buttons, I had with the GD-350 (no definition at all) and while the ghosting appears when looked at this sharp angles, it is never a problem when you look at a normal 70-90° angle at the watch face, contrary to the GD-350 where I saw it all the time at any angle. indicators for running timer, stopwatch, alarm and hydration alarm on the main screen (don't know about the occassion alarm since I haven't tried it yet) We are also able to offer an exchange to a different product if required, please specify this when returning your product.