2010年7月13日星期二

Mini Review of the Casio G

If you want to be able to see the LCDs in the dark, theGW-1100 is better, but if you want to be able to see the analog hands and the replica omega watches face, the GW-1310 is what you want. (Personally, I prefer the LED on the GW-1310since I usually just want to check the time.) Smaller: The GW-1310 is slightly smaller and less conspicuous, which, for a G-Shock,is a good thing. Big black plastic G-Shocks are cool, but all things being equal,I'll generally pick the smaller option. Different LCD configuration: As you can see from the picture on the right, theLCDs are arranged differently on the GW-1310. The LCD configuration on the GW-1310probably makes it slightly easier to determine subtle things like whether power savingmode is enabled, or the hourly time signal is turned on, but both watches are legibleenough.I'm only doing a mini review of the Casio G-Shock GW-1310 because it is almostidentical to the G-ShockGW-1100 that I reviewed late last year with just a few subtle differences. Beforereading what's different between the two watches, you should probably checkout that review first, if you haven't already. Here's a quick recap of the featuresthe two watches have in common:Solar powered.Atomic timekeeping.World time.Five daily alarms.Auto-repeating countdown timer.Stopwatch.Water resistant to 200 meters, or 600 feet.Shock resistant.Scratch-resistant mineral crystal.(Check out the GW-1100review for a much more detail description of these features.) The GW-1310 is a newer replica rolex see, and has been updated in the following ways: Nicer band: The band on the GW-1310 is a big improvement. It is textured, anddoes a much better job of keeping the watch and the excess portion of the band inplace.LED light: Rather than an electroluminescent backlight behindthe LCDs, the GW-1310 has two very bright LEDs (light-emitting diode) at the 9 and 3 o'clock positions which easily illuminate the entire rolex watches. Which is better really dependson what you want to see.