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Casio Men’s LIW500DJ-1A Edifice Sporty Solar Atomic Watch
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The LINEAGE chronograph atomic watch is both fashionable and user friendly. By positioning the LCD screen at 4 o’clock, the LCD not only reads easily, it also functions as a reference sub-display for 1/100th second stopwatch. To further enhance visibility, the watch employs a Full Auto LED Light with Afterglow which automatically activates light when the watch is tilted in the dark.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #3644 in Watches
- Brand: Casio
- Model: LIW500DJ-1A
- Band material: stainless-steel
- Bezel material: stainless-steel
- Case material: stainless-steel
- Clasp type: fold-over-clasp-with-double-push-button-safety
- Dial color: black
- Dial window material: Mineral
- Movement type: japanese-quartz
- Water-resistant to 165 feet
Features
- Quality Japanese-quartz movement
- 1/100 Stopwatch
- Dual Time
- Full Auto Calendar
- Water-resistant to 165 feet (50 M)
Great watch but steep learning curve
I’ve only had this watch for a few days, but I’m very happy with it. If it turns out to be reliable over time, it’ll be the best I’ve ever owned. It deals with the two most annoying aspects of watches I’ve had in the past–replacing batteries and regularly resetting to the correct time. This watch can reset itself automatically several times a day, and it runs on natural or artificial light-power.
Notwithstanding some of reviews I’ve read elsewhere, I can’t say that reading the dials on this watch is any different or more difficult than several other chronographs I’ve owned; and I’ve found that the back-light feature works very well, both in the automatic mode, when the wrist is turned a certain way, and manually by pressing one of the buttons. However, the watch can be programmed so that this feature is permanently off.
I would rate this watch with five stars except for the User’s Guide. It’s incredibly small, so it’s very difficult to follow the rather complex directions for setting the watch and using its various functions, such as the stop-watch and alarm. Having said that, however, a much more readable User’s Guide is available online from Casio at no charge.
On balance, when compared to watches that are not programmable, there is a steeper learning curve involved in the set-up of this watch and becoming familiar with its functions, so it’s not for technophobes or the electronically challenged.
Decent watch, so, so bracelet
My automatic watch started losing time in a major way. I wanted to get a replacement watch that didn’t require changing batteries every couple of year. I was initially considering a Citizen Eco-Drive model, but then found the Casio models that offer not only the light-powered movement, but also the added benefit of atomic time (via radio signal). After looking at several similar Casio watches, I settled on this one mainly due to the slightly smaller size compared to other sports models. Overall, a great watch, but with some quirks.
Pros:
- Solar-power never needs batteries (in theory)
- Atomic signal time sync works well every night (I am in New England area, about as far as one can be from Boulder, CO)
- Bright lume
- Easy to read
- Relatively comfortable to wear given the 12mm thickness
Cons:
- Bracelet links are loosely coupled resulting in constant clatter with the smallest of the arm movement
- Bracelet size adjustment is too course
- The digital display in the display window is too small to be practical. Can’t imagine why the letters/numbers inside are so small when the window itself is decent size.
- No full calendar feature, just date. Why?
Overall, I like mine enough to keep it, but I hope Casio designers make some simple enhancements to make this an even better watch.
UPDATE: After having owned the watch for couple of weeks now, I am downgrading my rating of the watch from 4 stars to 3 stars. The main reason for the downgrade is the poor precision of the second and minute hand movements. As the second and minutes hands move around the dial, they don’t line up with the minute markings. Worse, they line up reasonably well through one portion of the dial and poorly through other portions. This lack of precision is rather disappointing from a watch of this price range.
Great Watch!
I’ve had this watch for a week now. I cannot wait to share my thoughts.
This is a great watch! There is no need to replace any battery and the time is always accurate to the second (I checked with the internet time#.
Easy to set up #unless you are not electronics-savvy#. I took it out of the box and set it to my time zone. That is about as much setting as you need. It was charged already out of the box, so it was working properly after a few minutes.
The sync was never a problem. I tried multiple locations in the house, by the windows, by the door, and on a counter by the fridge #far away from any door or window#. At all locations I tried, the sync was completed without any problem #my home is about 900 miles from Fort Collins, CO#.
In response to an earlier review, the minute hand advances 1/3 of the division every 20 seconds, so the minute hand does not alwasy point to the division marks. All the hands are aligned well enough on my watch, so no hand setting (one of the modes) was needed.
The watch looks really good on my wrist. Now I just hope it will last long, if not forever.
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