Review of the Casio G

Electroluminescent backlight. Perpetual calendar (day and date are visible simultaneously, which I really like). Waterproof to 200 meters, or about 650 feet.The Casio G-Shock GW-M5600BC certainly isn't all that much to look at which is why I never expected to become so attached to it. The case is the standard retro G-Shock square with the corners cut off and the traditional four small stainless steel buttons. It has an inverted LCD (white on black) which, on the one hand, sets it apart from most of its G-Shock siblings, but on the other, makes it more difficult to read than modules with regular LCDs. The overall look is so much that of a standard and anachronistic G-Shock that the only comment I've ever gotten on it was from a Rolex-wearing doctor who said something along the lines of "Wow, they still make those things?" So what is it about the GW-M5600BC that I like so much? It has all the right features (atomic, solar, world time, etc.), and it's much smaller and lighter than your average G-Shock which makes it more compatible with my narrow wrists. View the Casio G-Shock GW-M5600BC photo gallery.Sometimes the only way to really know how much you like a particular web gift is to simply see how much you wear it. I've had plenty of watches which I thought I was going to love -- watches with all the right features and materials -- but that ended up getting almost no wrist time whatsoever for one reason or another. And then I've had luxury gift which I didn't really expect to care for all that much, but that I found myself reaching for over and over. The Casio G-Shock GW-M5600BC turned out to be the latter.The features of the G-Shock GW-M5600BC are pretty consistent with almost every G-Shock I review: Solar powered (with battery indicator and power-saving function). 5-band atomic (calibrates with all atomic clocks in the world except the new one in China) World time (48 cities). Stop gift for man with a resolution of 1/100th of a second. Countdown timer (max 60 minutes). Five daily alarms (one with snooze option).