Casio Men’s Sports Chronograph Alarm 10-Year Battery Databank Watch #AW80D-2AV

5 Responses to “Casio Men’s Sports Chronograph Alarm 10-Year Battery Databank Watch #AW80D-2AV”

1. H. Wang says:

   March 20, 2010 at 8:33 PM

   I am glad that this watch doesn’t look like a $20 cheap watch.
   
   The metal band is one of the key reason for me to choose this watch. I don’t want watches with plastic or leather band. I know metal band is a little bit tricky to resize. The manual does not mention about how to resize the band. I am a handy person with some precision tools around. Even so, it still took me about half hour to resize the metal band. I can imagine that some people will need a trip to a watch store to resize the band. I don’t count this as a negative point. But people need to know this ahead. The setting procedures are very similar to other electronic watches. It should be very straightforward for people that had prior electronic watch experience.
   
   The 10 year battery life is definitely a plus.
   
   In summary, for around $20, this is definitely a great buy.
   
   Rating: 5 / 5

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2. A Reader says:

   March 20, 2010 at 6:44 PM

   This watch is a great deal. I just want to offer a minor warning to any potential buyers. There is more gray plastic in the face of the watch than I realized from looking at the photo. There is a gray circle of plastic around the dial, there are also four plastic screw tops at the corners of the watch, and more gray plastic in parts around the side. This isn’t a big problem, but it makes the watch a little less classy than I thought it would be. It is still very nice looking and great deal. Moreover, it is even better deal because it comes with a “ten year battery,” even though that isn’t mentioned in the product description.
   Rating: 4 / 5

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3. D.E. from NJ says:

   March 20, 2010 at 5:35 PM

   First, about the delivery. I placed my ordered on Thursday night, and even though I selected the slowest method of delivery, I already had it by Monday morning !
   
   I bought this watch as a temporary cheep replacement for an expensive Swiss watch that needed some repair time. Now that I have this Casio, I might just put the other watch in a safe place, and use it only for special occasions.
   
   This watch deliver everything that is promissed. Personally, I would like a watch that is all metal, while this one has some plastic parts in the case, but that required buying a more expensive model.
   
   The display is clear and large enough (for me at least), the band is comfortable and so far reliable. It hasn’t broken or opened, even after few hours of hard work at the back yard.
   
   I find it relatively easy to operate the many functions it has, once one undestand the logic behind it. I will never use all the functions (three alarms – one is enough for me, 30 page database – my cell phone has more, and is easier to operate), and I believe that some of them are only selling gimmicks. However, nothing can beat the main advantage of this watch – it’s price. I went to several department stores and checked their cheep watches, and yes, I could get watches for as low as $9, but non of them looked as nice and had both the alarm and countdown timer, which are important to me.
   
   The only drawback I can find, and even that is only esthetic, is the ilumination, which is an old type lightbulb, not the cool blue light.
   
   I would not pay $100 for this watch, but at $20 it is an excelent buy.
   Rating: 5 / 5

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4. Lucy the Bargain Hunter says:

   March 20, 2010 at 4:33 PM

   My husband likes everything about this watch except the color. When I ordered it, I thought it would have a blue face. It actually has a sort of subdued lavender face (my husband called it purple, but it is not that shocking), which is also very nice, but he would have felt more comfortable if it had a blue face. He is wearing the watch none-the-less. I don’t know why the Amazon watch description says “blue dial”, if it really isn’t.
   Rating: 5 / 5

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5. David Beauchamp says:

   March 20, 2010 at 2:05 PM

   This is a great watch for the price; it looks much more expensive than what I paid through Amazon would indicate. The digital subsection is unobtrusive to the analog look and still quite informative when using the watch’s timing and countdown features, and also displays nicely the day and date by default. I don’t use either of the two alarms but I’m guessing they work as advertised as well. The band is comfortable and easy to adjust size wise; it’s small by default but fits my bigger wrist just fine after I slid the pin out a bit.

   I’m guessing not too many people would care about the `memory bank’ feature these days, since my cell phone and everyone else’s contain all the numbers I can’t remember, but I programmed mine to set one emergency number. Who knows, that may come into play if I’m unable to supply that information myself, I don’t wear an emergency bracelet and the info is one button away so it’s a nice to have feature.

   Overall, I have a few more expensive watches and wear them when the occasion fits, but this has quickly become my everyday watch and I’m quite happy with it.
   
   Rating: 5 / 5

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