When I was in the military and we started deploying to the middle east beginning with Desert Storm and for years afterwards, the Casio G Shock was on most wrists in my units. They were durable, accurate and dirt cheap. The only thing that I encountered was the realization of the warning that the LCD could go black at high temperatures. I'd never seen this before being deployed to Saudi Arabia in the Summer. The watch would go black and return to normal when it cooled down. Still, it was the watch of choice for most of us.
@@JxyDxffxrent has the same happen to me in my homecountry in summer , the display digitizer starter glitching and turned black.. at 47-49*C , went back to normal when it cooled down. did you sweat a lot with the resin gshock band ? thats the #1 issue for me.. my wrist suffocates under the resin and sweat all the time and its nasty. thats why i can only wear watches with metal bracelets now
Just to be exact, this is the updated GW-M5610u-1 even though Walmart still lists it as the 5610-1. You can tell the difference by looking at the “light” text on the face. The older 5610-1 uses text “EL BACK LIGHT”
I landed in Hong Kong in the fall of '83 and bought my first G-Shock. I had it until it was lost in a house fire in 2020. I recently bought one of the new metal ones and love it.
I had the original version of this watch in Junior High. One of my favorites. I also loved being able to hit it against a brick wall without it breaking. I had several friends try the same with their watches with less than optimal results.
I own the red face (Darth Vader) model. It has been a very reliable work (construction site) and workout watch (timer and stopwatch). I also deal with people in multiple time zones around the world. I keep their time zones saved in mode 2. Even if I'm not wearing this watch I will still look at it to verify different time zones. It is not a huge watch, either. It fits great. I don't think I could ever be without this watch.
I’m wondering if anyone see that the line on bottom were is the power indicator are crooked or the module isn’t straight. Teddy what do you think? I have 2 GWM5610 one U and the other one is the normal with negative display and 1 GW5000U and I have the same problems.
@@RahulKadari1I know I saw this on RU-vid. The only solution is a MIP-watch with multiband 6, tough Solar integrated, and the electronics of a non-MIP without bluetooth. And that's already on the market. That's the 5000u or 5610u😊
