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

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The most obvious quality of the watches in question. Basically - I like them all :-d. But a little more detail: 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:

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. And the Timex has the famous inverted illumination which I really like (some Casios have it, too but it should really be incorporated more often as it makes for a very nice and nightvision-friendly illumination):Measuring Capacity: 1000 hours, Measuring Modes: Elapsed time, split time, Measuring Unit: 1/100th second 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

timekeeping. 24 hr mode, DST on/off, weekday, date, timer can be displayed on main screen, one-button access to timer from main screenLike 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. We are also able to offer an exchange to a different product if required, please specify this when returning your product. Engineered for those special secret missions that demand precision and stealth. The countdown timer function has a large, easily identifiable button for direct access and sure operation under the toughest of conditions.

Flash alert - Flasher with buzzer that sounds for alarms, hourly time signal, countdown timer time-up alarmCountdown 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 Once the timer is running the upper part of the display indicates the start time and the lower part is for the running timer: 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) 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.

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. 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.

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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