W800HG Series | Men’s Digital Watch | 100 Meter Water Resistance | Multi Function Alarm | 100 SEC Stopwatch | Auto Calendar | Countdown Timer | LED Light | Dual Time| 10 Year Battery

Bought this 2 years and 8 months ago and it's still great. In that time, it's drifted 27 seconds (e.g. at 8:00:00 it now reads 8:00:27). **EDIT** This drift is inaccurate. Updated at bottom of review **END EDIT**. For me, that's not a big deal, but figured I'd mention it. I wear the watch face-side down on my wrist, but it only accrued one mild scratch in all that time. Nothing terrible. I bought this watch because it had 3 things; the 24-hour time, the day of the week, and the date on a single screen. It's the only watch I've found that had all 3 of those. To find all 3 in a highly rated and CHEAP watch? I bought it in a second and haven't regretted it since. I actually returned a better and more expensive watch (Casio DW5600E-1V) before eventually finding and loving this. I especially love that it orders the date in Year-Month-Day format. I live in the US where Month-Day-Year is the norm, but I also work with thousands of computer files where the best way to organize files by date is with a Year-Month-Day system (e.g. 221102 for November 2, 2022). It's just a little nothing thing, but I love this watch for it. I should note that the watch band snapped off back in August, 2 years and 5 months after getting the watch. That's happened with other watches with resin bands that I've owned, always around the 2-3 year mark. I heard it's from sweat or showers hardening the resin or something. That could make sense as I never take mine off except when I'm rock climbing. Regardless, I just grabbed a cheap 18mm silicone watch strap for 12.99 and it's been fine ever since (bought silicone because I heard they don't snap. I'll update this if it ever does). I plan to use this watch forever. If it breaks, I'll buy a new one for the price of a burger + onion rings. I've gone through a dozen watches over the past 25 years or so, but this is the first one that I loved. It has everything I want without a bunch of other useless expensive crap that I'll never use (looking at you, altimeter; and that's coming from a hiker). It's cheap, reliable (anecdotally), has a fast band replacement process, no feature-bloat, has large text, and is DECENTLY water resistant. The only downside is that the watch isn't 200m water resistant. If it was, it'd be perfect for me. Anyway, I don't go surfing/swimming with it, but it hasn't fogged up after 2+ years of showers, rain, sweat, etc. If you want a cheap watch, I recommend this one (unless you're an avid surfer). Or if you're like me and willing to fork over $100 for a watch, maybe buy this anyway. It's certainly much better than the $21 price-tag would have you believe. **EDIT** 12/12/23 I made the above review over a year ago, but I realized that I couldn't verify that the 27 seconds of drift was accurate. Well, I decided to run a little experiment over the past year and record the drift every few months (basically whenever I remembered I was even doing this) and it turns out that the drift WASN'T accurate. After a year, my watch drifted 58 seconds. To get that 27 second value, I might have reset my watch whenever we had daylight saving time or something, hence the inaccurate drift. Anyway, I included the recorded values below (MM/DD/YY format) in case someone is interested. Also, I used time.gov for the baseline comparison. 12/11/22 9:55PM - 0 seconds fast 01/19/23 6:18PM - 5 seconds fast 02/22/23 12:48PM - 10.5 seconds fast 04/15/23 9:00PM - 18.5 seconds fast 05/08/23 8:22PM - 22 seconds fast 06/27/23 12:52PM - 30 seconds fast 09/06/23 8:15PM - 41 seconds fast 11/05/23 7:18PM - 51 seconds fast 12/11/23 9:55PM - 58 seconds fast This basically means my watch drifts by a little more than 1 second every week (1sec/~6.29days). For my needs, that's fine. I'm not doing anything in my daily life that requires long-term precision to the second, and I have to reset it every so often anyway for the aforementioned daylight saving time, so I don't mind at all. Other than that, the watch still works great (nearing 4 years now) and the "new" silicone watchband is still great too (although it hasn't hit that 2-3 year breakdown point yet). So, all in all, still happy with it.

Great alternative to all the expensive watches now

Bought this for my daughter who’s starting the NYPD academy — and it’s exactly what she needed. Lightweight, durable, and simple to use. It has all the features she’ll use during training and patrol: stopwatch, countdown timer, dual time, and a bright backlight for night shifts. The 10-year battery means she won’t be worrying about changing it any time soon, and the 100M water resistance is a big plus for any unexpected weather or field conditions. Reliable, no-nonsense, and built for the job — just like her.

Bought this as a work beater. It's held up fine so far. (1) Not an everyday wear, as I'm just too used to analog display. (2) My one gripe is that the display doesn't have an icon to tell you if it's in 12H or 24H format. You only know that when either 1PM or 1300 comes around. It's easy to bump it, and set it back to 12H, which I don't like. (3) Pretty small, but very legible display. Well laid out. (4) I hate Casio factory straps, mostly, and this is no exception. I managed to crowd a thin nylon 1 piece onto it with some difficulty, but those springbars sit really close to the case. I pity the sales guy who has to change my battery. Lug width is 18mm. The result looks pretty good. (4) Pretty thin, compact, weighs nothing, and is one of the lowest priced 100 metre watches for sale.

This looks good. This feels good. I got very tired of my smartwatch and wanted to go back to a simple, good, strong long lasting launch. This fit the bill perfectly, I changed the 18 mm watch band due to the length of the previous one, it was too long and my wrists are not small, I wear a size 16 wedding band. I'm not a small guy.

I just got my watch yesterday, and after a full day of use, I am happy to report that this is a very solid all-around watch. I got this to replace my previous daily driver, the Timex Men's T49997 Expedition...

In an age where it seems everyone has a smart watch, I decided to daily wear this Casio W800HG-9AV. So far, it’s the best decision I’ve ever made. I hated the feeling of my Apple Watch constantly telling me: “Look at me! Look at me! I need your constant attention because you have a new notification!”. Now the only reason I look at my wrist is if I genuinely need to use any of this watches features or to admire the stylish 90’s vibe this watch gives off. Speaking of features, this watch is perfect for the tinkerers that love to modify their tech. Carefully taking apart and making tiny modifications to the watch module can unlock even more complications such as: a countdown timer and even multiple alarms (warning: these modifications require a steady hand as the module and parts for this watch are extremely small, but are easy enough to do. YouTube tutorials will be your best friend). Within the first few minutes of receiving my watch, I took it apart and did a modification to add the countdown timer complication. That increased the value/functionality of this watch by tenfold and I believe the value you get for the price of this watch is already unmatched. I haven’t taken this watch off since receiving it unless I’m going to shower even if that’s unnecessary with it’s 100 meters of water resistance. Yes, it does less than the Apple Watch can, but I found keeping a simple yet functional time piece that isn’t constantly begging for your attention through constant notifications has been great and at the price point of $23.62 (higher than what I’ve seen some people pay for it, but inflation in 2023 is what it is), there’s not much more you could ask for. I’ll be wearing this watch until it no longer works and with an established brand like Casio, that could be 10+ years. A great purchase for anyone needing a functional and stylish time piece that looks straight out of the 90’s.

Fits nice, looks tactical but not overly so. Keeps time well and the screen is easy to read. Great price and excellent long lasting battery. Goes well with casual clothing and outdoor activities. Seems durable enough for active people. Would buy again, highly recommended.