Casio G-Shock Mens Analogue-Digital Watch
Casio G-Shock Mens Analogue-Digital Watch
Features
- Water Resistant: 200 Metres Water Resistant
- Auto Calendar: Once set, the automatic calendar always displays the correct date
- Battery Life: Approximately 7 months on full charge (without further exposure to light)
- Dimensions: 55.1 x 52.5 x 16.7mm
- Mineral Glass: Hard glass resists scratching
- Total Weight: 72g
Casio G-Shock GAW-100B Men Watch
Big and Bold. The GAW-100 is a classic oversize model packed with features. G-Shock’s famous Shock Resistant technology is merged with Tough Solar Powered operation and Radio Controlled accuracy creating a strikingly stylish watch for reliable, perfect timing.
| Dimensions: | 5.25 x 1.67 x 5.51 cm; 76 Grams |
| Model: | GAW-100B-1AER |
| Batteries Included: | 1 Lithium Metal batteries required. (included) |
| Manufacture: | G-SHOCK |
| Department: | Men's |
| Dimensions: | 5.25 x 1.67 x 5.51 cm; 76 Grams |
This G Shock is an absolute bargain solar powered shock resistant 200 metres waterproof and more add to the fact it looks fantastic and you have a watch that will out perform most and outlast many no winding no battery change no fuss just perfection.
Not my first Casio
I’ve had 3 wave ceptor casios because I love how accurate they are so on seeing this gorgeous G-Shock with similar traits I thought I’d give it a whirl.
First of all the comfort is outstanding,
Time keeping is bang on to the second.
The look and layout is just perfect and easy to read and that’s saying something at my age.
The back light is nice and bright, everything is so easy to see.
The set up is simple, I already knew how to do it but as luck would have it mine was set up straight out the box.
I only had to change the location to LON as I live in the UK. The next morning it received the signal and the watch was set perfect.
Tip:- everything you need to know is on YouTube, step by step set up.
Although this is a large watch, I was surprised how comfortable it feels. Mine arrived very quickly, and I didn’t have any problems setting it up as it came fully set up and ready to go! I have been very pleased with the watch, and being radio controlled and solar powered I think it is excellent value for money.
Great watch at a good price, does all that I need it to do. Only criticism (and stopped it getting a 5), is the alarm is too quiet, unless you are a really light sleeper, there is no chance of it waking up anything or anybody.
Really love this watch, had it for nearly a year and I still love it. The solar charge is sick. The set-up was pretty hard though had to use some YouTube video’s to get it done, no way I was reading the thick manual it came with lol
What’s a watch for ? To tell the time accurately. Atomic clock sync so none of this Swiss watch nonsense of chronometer certified plus ten/ minus seconds a month for your 15,0000.This is spot on every day.For 14,900 less
Lightweight,completely readable,(though I agree with everyone on the negative dials) even the lume on the hands lasts all night.
It’s just a proper, cracking watch. And good looking IMHO
I pondered on buying this all black version mainly because it was much cheaper than other versions. I shouldn’t have worried as it looks much better in real life than on the Amazon list photo’s. A solar watch that has atomic timekeeping for 80 is an absolute no-brainer.
I’ve owned a Casio Wavecepter for over 10 years. I had such a good experience with it it had to be another Casio. The G-shock was a perfect replacement. It has to withstand hard use and this watch definitely ticks those boxes. The small digital displays are a little difficult to see but for just telling the time this is perfect. The extra functions are useful especially the ability to display world times. The back lighting for night view is superb. Thoroughly recommend this watch.
This one arrived within 24 hours and after setting my home city, doing a manual radio alignment and synchronising the hands with the digital time, it was up and running, to my liking, within 10 mins.
It corrects itself every morning between 1 and 2 a.m. and when travelling abroad, all you have to do is select a new home city, 2 button presses, and it motors round to you new destination time. It automatically switches between GMT and BST.
This model is a bit larger than the previous one but as a result the back lighting is that much better and all the face information can be seen after dark.
I really can’t fault these watches and “No” I do not work for Casio.
Great watch, large but not overbearing. Thick instruction book covering everything but all you need to do really is read how to set the home city then manually receive the Atomic Radio signal.
The watch does the rest.
Plenty of time to do things like deal with the auto light, 12 or 24 hr display etc.
Great G Shock build, a pleasure to own and wear.
This is the baseline timer for all my watches, omega, Brietling etc. It is much better than the versions with smaller buttons or negative trendy screens (sent both of them back), this ones are just right. The light function is fantastic (so much better than earlier ones) its solar power function is excellent, charges fully from daylight. It’s tough, waterproof and good for holidays, mountain biking etc as well as being the accurate timekeeper for my other watches. It feels a quality item and is appreciated by those with other famous name watches for its abilities. The standard LCD screens are easy to read (unlike the reverse ones) Really very satisfied. On the downside.. the timer is only one hour, and alarm is too quiet to be particularly effective, but these are marginally useful devices these days. As a stylish hardy effective reliable unstoppable timepiece that has a rugged charm and character it can’t be beaten.
Radio controlled atomic timekeeping and solar charging in a feature-loaded watch for 104 – amazing. It also looks great and its robust so I’ll not worry about where and when I wear it unlike my expensive watches. Best back lighting I’ve ever seen as well. Its big but light so it’s very comfortable to wear. If I have a criticism though its the short duration limits for the stop watch and countdown timer unlike my other G-Shocks. Great watch though, absolutely love it.
Good looking watch multiband solar powered world time very easy to setup. I have small wrists but it dosen’t look too bulky backlight nice and bright. I had a G shock years ago and wanted a tough go anywhere watch again. The only negative issues and the only reason it didn’t get 5 stars is the negative digital display is very small and hard to read, the stop watch is only 60min and the countdown timer is only 100mins.
For the last 15 years I’ve worn Omega Seamasters and been charmed by the romance of a purely mechanical movement with a beating heart, kept alive solely by movement.
I’d occasionally dabble with other watches, only to relegate them to a drawer when they didn’t compete. For the last few years I’ve not even tried to replace my Omega, assuming it would take a Rolex the price of a car to do so.
Roll on spring 2021, working from home, and four minutes late for an important Zoom meeting, all because I’d not factored in the effect hot weather has on my watch.
I have radio controlled wall clocks around the house, why not a radio controlled (and solar) watch?
I did some research, and found what I consider to be reasonably priced introduction to the world of G-Shock, a GAW-100B-1A2ER.
I’m absolutely delighted, and can’t believe I’ve ignored the idea of a G-Shock for 38 years, possibly through snobbery.
I now sit in the sun, knowing full well that my watch is accurate, leaving the patio thirty seconds before each meeting, safe in the knowledge I won’t be late.
Great watch!
Reviewed March 2021:
Bought this watch to use while fishing, it is to replace an older, Casio (not a G-shock) that was solar, but was really painful to adjust the time.
This model can be considered ‘self managing’, it looks after itself, and we’ve just gone into summertime and I didn’t need to do anything!
The black styling is cool, serves a purpose, but it doesn’t make the display the most clear in a majority of conditions. To be honest it’s at its best in the dark, when using the backlight button.
Hands are luminous, so they san be seen just fine in the dark anyhow.
Strap isn’t the most comfy when worn for a longer period of time, I do tend to wear watches a little loose, and with this one, its needed.
I had been after a watch with the combination of solar and radio wave time set for a while, and when this was on a special offer, I grabbed it. I am glad I did, it serves my purpose just fine.
I bought this a few weeks ago (all black version) to use when doing outdoorsy stuff such as cycling etc. However after my first ride I haven’t taken it off and my poor old TAG Heuer is currently relegated to the drawer. I love the chunky style and the light weight and the fact it is so easy to read (the hands are anyway) for my ageing mince pies. Not all perfect, the dial is a bit too glossy and reflective and the light is pretty wimpy. I would have preferred a more interesting and perhaps textured strap too. For eighty or so pounds with tons of features, solar (always shows as full charge) and radio control though this is another G-winner. Might have to start a collection….
This is a great watch. Clear display, lots of functions, tough and solar powered. The alarm is disappointing as it’s so quiet. So unless you have amazing hearing and are always in a very quiet environment, don’t but this, you’ll never hear it. Other functions work as expected. Set up is a bit of a pain, as the manual jumps from one page to another and back again etc. Why it couldn’t have been written in a logical order is beyond me. Been wearing it for several days now and it is comfortable and working fine.
As others have said, this is a brilliant watch, for the price. Solar-powered, radio-controlled, and a G-shock to boot. The only drawback is that the face on this blacked-out model is not the most legible. No Seiko-style lume here! The hour markers are shiny-silver-metallic colour and do not have any luminescent dots (is this the right term?) – and with the black surround, they are very difficult to see unless you are in a very bright environmnet. So most of the time I have to read the time by looking at the position of the hands – which in all fairness is almost instinctive for most people.
By the way, the hands have a very good luminescence (again – do not expect a Seiko diver lume!) – they are still glowing a bit at 3 am.
Having said that I find that if I press the ‘light’ button, the display is very readable day or night. Also, with the blacked-out face, it does not scream “I am an adventure watch”, so easier to wear as an everyday watch.
I see in other reviews criticisms about the small digital displays, the fact that you sometimes have to move the hands to see them etc. They are correct, but I guess I knew that when I ordered the watch – so ‘caveat emptor’ as they say…
Overall, for 89, I think this is a great watch.
I absolutely love this model. It is my first G-shock and the first watch I have worn on my wrist in three years.
I have poor eyesight and so have used a phone for time keeping for a long time. I also kept breaking watches I wore on my wrist so I stopped.
The G-shock has the toughness combined with significant functionality that makes it a keeper. Automatic updating, solar power, great illumination features and easy to read display. This watch has it all and it has got me wearing a wrist watch again.
In fact I like it so much I now have the two variants of this model – the one with the silver fitting and the one with gold fitting. I wear them alternatively and both have drawn appreciative comments from people who have seen them.
I wish I had invested in G-shocks years ago. I have missed out. I will I suspect start collecting G-shocks. I am a fan…
I’d avoided buying a G-shock because of the gaudy wording all over them telling me stuff I already know. So when they brought out this reasonably subtle one, I bought it. It’s now possibly my favourite watch, amongst the many (some expensive) ones I own. Very legible, indestructible, light, needs no maintenance whatsoever or adjustment as it’s radio controlled. Slight shame they didn’t make a luminous hour marker as it can be a bit difficult to see what time it is in the dark without that. But if they made this with a titanuim case and bracelet, that would be the ultimate watch, IMHO.
It looks great on the wrist and tough against the elements and will be great for my long hikes in the countryside.
The quality and build of the watch is exceptional and what it has to offer with regards to the solar battery charging and the auto time adjust.
The auto backlight is impressive when you tilt your wrist.
The only negatives is the smaller digital dials are a bit small making it difficult to read in poor light conditions.
Also i never got a instruction booklet with mine when it arrived from Amazon, but to be honest after reading some reviews i found the downloadable PDF version is much better from Casios main website.
Bought this to replace my Casio AWG-M100 watch which I have had for 8 Years now and is still working perfectly. My eyes are getting a little tired now due to age, so the broader face, hands and LCD sub – dials this watch has are very welcome improvements. It also has an improved back light, which is cool – white and lights up all three sub dials as well as the watch face and not the amber, partially upward facing light my old watch has. It is functionally exactly the same as my old watch so no need for a magnifying glass to read the instruction book!
Every fault previously encountered with a G-shock or other make of watch with a face in this style has been solved!
They insist on putting the stopwatch at the 9 o’clock position, and as most football matches start at the o’clock, the stopwatch is covered EXACTLY WHEN YOU NEED IT!! Solved on this model, one push of a button moves the hands away from the 3 digital displays.
The other fault with the G-shocks in this style, an LED that is next to useless. Solved again, this lights up both the digital displays and the face. (And the luminous hands work better than anything I’ve seen before).
Bit fiddly to set up initially, but that’s a minor irritation.
Overall, very impressive, (and as stated on other reviews I’ve seen, looks better than in the pictures), can’t think of anything that I would class negatively.
So impressed with this watch! I’ve had three G-Shocks up til now but this is the best by miles, the watch is just the right size- not too small or too massive- it’s light weight and comfortable to wear, the design is very sleek and cool, the backlight is excellent (compared to some other Casio’s that light up from one side this luminates fully), the fact it is solar powered and a G-Shock also means it should last forever! One other thing is that after owning a mechanical watch it is SO pleasing to see my new watch is exact to GMT all the time!! Cannot recommend this watch enough, excellent all round
I have nothing bad to say about this product, It can display the time in many different countries, I am VERY heavy handed with any product, which usually means the product breaks over tension as its poorly built, however this watch is highly built and is very sturdy and withstands my heavy handedness. The battery is amazing as it is solar powered (battery is still full, I have been using this product over a month). The only slight issue is the information booklet, inside the book it displays a labyrinth styled feel in locating how to show the time in your country. With all said and done given the option to buy again I would have bought 2 more! (definitely worth the price)
It’s fairly complicated to set up and memorise the button presses so it’s useful to have the manual to hand for a while. It struggled to set when I forced a receive so had to go outside but seems to have updated again overnight with no problems. The negative displays can be tricky to read in certain light but I just have it set to auto illumination and the hands are fine for a quick glance at the time. There’s a neat feature that enables you to move the hands away from the displays which has always been an issue with this type of module. It’s a very smart looking watch and is more dressy than some of the rangeman/mudman designs. It’s larger than I would like but I can just about carry it off on a 7.5 inch wrist. The awg 100 is a similar smaller version but at the time of purchase it was 40 more to buy.
I chose this over the gw7900b as it was better value and believed it to be smaller. I’ve since ordered one of those for comparison and it turns out it’s smaller. Now I have both I can’t decide which to keep so may flip one of my other watches and keep both.
Update
After 2 weeks I have really grown to like this watch. It’s chunky but understated and the tech is amazing for what I paid. I’ll be keeping it along with the GW7900 bought at the same time.
For those moaning about it being complicated to setup have a look at the Watch Geek YouTube channel. He has a detailed tutorial for the stainless steel GST-W310 that basically uses the same module.
So another update in 2023. I sold all my G-shocks including my Rangeman but then realised it’s handy to have a grab and go watch that doubles up as a reference for setting automatics. I got bitten by the Casio bug again and rebought this one and another gd350 and both reminded me how good these two underatted models are. Price has jumped significantly since I last had one but still way under RRP. I recently read the gaw-100b has been officially issued by the MoD to Royal Navy diver’s so it must be pretty good.
The date is shown month then date. The alarm. As in every single watch I had with this function, if you set the alarm it goes of so near silently it is nearly useless. The watch has 5 separate alarms. The instructions tells you to check the time only when your surroundings make it safe to do so, is it really necessary to be told that? Apart from those 3 minor issues they is much to like about the watch.
It is very comfortable and looks great. I like the mix of a normal watch face with hands, then 3 small sub dials to show extra information. You can set a second city to view the time in that city quickly, and you can see the time in I think about 35 city’s . When you use this function it shows you the city code you set then the full city name.
No problem in getting the time single when it is on my bed side table. You can easily check the watch has been updated by radio and at what time. It is of course water resistant. I believe the watch is rated 20bar which is easily snorkelling level or greater.
Glad I got it. The reason I got it was advertised in a Canadian airlines magazine, to buy on board, at nearly double Amazons price.
Having received this watch, I really like it. Why did I get it? It’s a g-shock, radio controlled accuracy, tough solar, analogue /digital displays and I liked the power meter. The things that made me unsure, I wanted a big chunky strong watch… Some people were saying this wasn’t that big. It is. I like this. It has a big face, housing, strap and buttons. Some people were saying the digital displays were hard to see(they are negative displays), these in fact are easy to see, even indoors. Some people were saying this watch is complicated. I’ll say this, this watch has many functions and I like that. So far I have liked the radio controlled accuracy and being able to check it has been updated every day at a glance of the screen.(there is a dedicated text display area to denote if it has been atomic sync’d in the last 24hrs) I like the power meter that accompanies the solar charging of the battery. All in all exactly what was described.
I have set the ‘signal’ ON (hourly chime) which is discrete enough but very useful. It is possible to set 5 different alarms – the alarm tone is the same as the ‘signal’ function, so not an alarm to wake you up, but works great as a ‘reminder’ alarm.
The radio updates have been consistent at around 2am each day (whilst asleep, with the watch both on or off my wrist. The watch battery came with the charge level at ‘m’ (medium) so I placed it in front of a small led lamp that we have one evening (whilst I watched tv) and after a few hours it was indicating ‘h’ (high). Daily use results in it falling back to ‘m’ but soon recovering up to ‘h’ without intervention – of course I always have our trusty led lamp should I feel concerned!
The auto light on function works well … too well if you sleep with the watch on your wrist (c; The face illuminated well, but only for a (max) of 3 seconds (changeable). The luminous hands also work well – I wear glasses but it is bright enough for about an hour for me to read without my specs.
I only have one negative for the watch (and it is being extremely picky!!) is that dust seems to collect on the face (I’m guessing it’s because the ‘bowl’ like design), easily wiped away.
All in all a terrific watch for every day use. It is quite large, but I have quite large wrists so it is perfect for me. The strap fits around my (large) wrist with 4 holes to spare (7th hole from the watch). All in all … I love it!
Not too big or heavy to wear yet robust enough to know it will sustain everything I throw at it. Wear it for work and know it will be knocked and bumped at some point. I have had G-Shock watches before and know they are solid and have high expectations of this one (last one went some 20 years!).
I like the fact it is solar powered and radio controlled. No more worries about accuracy or battery life, and all seems to working as it should be so far.
I think this a good looking watch and has all the features that I need; time, world time, stop watch, countdown timer, day/date and analog display. Small digi displays can be difficult too read from certain angles but the light is a bright blue/white and lights up the display very well. The hourly signal is a bit insipid (probably the only criticism of the watch).
Easy to set up and use. I recommend taking 5 minutes to read the relevant sections of the instruction book. Will be worth it in the long run.
This was delivered early by Amazon, free of charge and arrived on a Sunday. Ordered Friday with an expected delivery day the following Wednesday/Thursday so well done Amazon.
It was well packaged and no damage. My only gripe was that I was out when it was delivered, and the guy just left it on the step. Very lucky it wasn’t taken. Next time I order anything I will probably specify a place to leave if I’m out.
The nice features above and beyond these headline two include an auto backlight switch which works pretty well when you tilt your wrist, but also doesn’t turn on that way if there is sufficient ambient light (a neat touch), lumed hands which are bright without that much exposure, the ability to easily see when the watch was last set to atomic time and five (FIVE!) alarms. Also the hands move out of the way of the digital sub-dials for certain functions and there is a slick, easy method to switch the digital time and analogue hands, so for example if you have the digital time set to your ‘abroad’ zone and the analogue hands set to your ‘home’ time, a quick two-button press will swap them over for easy readability when in-country (and the same for swapping them back).
The not-so-great features include the typically bespoke G-Shock strap (need to buy 3rd party adapters to fit alternatives like a NATO strap), a stopwatch that is limited to an hour (!), a countdown timer that is limited to 100 minutes (!) and an alarm sound (or hour signal ‘chirp’) that is not that loud.