Casio Men's Electro-Luminescent Forester Analog Sport Watch #FT500WV-1BV

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The large, easy-to-read face on the casio Men's Electro-Luminescent Forester Sport Watch make it a favorite workout accessory for athletes. This durable timepiece is constructed with a lightweight resin case, a stationary black stainless steel bezel, and a comfortable black nylon wristband with an adjustable buckle clasp for a personalized fit. A durable mineral window shields the black dial face, which features gray Arabic numeral hour indexes, complementary silver-tone watch hands, and a discrete 24-hour clock display. The quartz-powered watch includes a date calendar at three o'clock and is water resistant to 330 feet. This watch is backed by a one-year limited manufacturer's warranty.

I own three Omegas, two Citizens and three Seikos, but the little Casio Forester is the watch that goes with me into harm's way. I work in very severe conditions--in the Middle East. You don't want to expose a fine mechanical or even quartz watch to daily dust baths and searing desert heat. The little Casio has held up through the worst of conditions, and still keeps time to within 15 seconds a month of the atomic clock in Colorado. It's highly water resistant, and so light you hardly know it's on your wrist. Amazon sells this watch under $20. How can you complain about a rugged, accurate watch for under $20? I usually wear an Omega when going "out on the town," but the Casio is my watch for the dust storms and being around things that could knock your expensive watch silly. My expensive watches will last much longer because I have sense enough not to wear them to work!


I like this watch. It comes in several colors. The band is velcro covered canvas. It wears out after 2-3 years and so I get a new one and give the old one to one of my granchildren or nephews and nieces. They love them.


I like this watch because it is simple and stylish, not flashy at all, and analog. I really like the simple style of the basic digital Casio that's available, but I do not like digital watches. The date indicator on here is also analog, unlike the many analog watches with digital date displays (though you do have to reset it after months that aren't 31 days - at this price it's hard to complain with that.)

Unlike some of the other reviewers on here, I find mine to be very durable. I've had it for at least five or six years and have taken it through several rough adventures and extended wilderness trips. Haven't had it fail (or the battery die) in that time due to rain/snow, extreme cold, getting beat up on rocks (I'm a geology graduate student), swimming in lakes, whitewater rivers, waterfalls, and oceans, and the hot shower every day for that matter.

After all that, yeah - it's scratched and beat-up looking. Yes, it's made of plastic - I'm not sure what these other reviewers expected. The picture looks like it's plastic. It doesn't say anywhere it's made of metal. I personally like that my watch displays all that it's been through - the surface is polished down (the word Forester and the little logo is long gone), it has a few deep scratches, the (plastic) face is full of scratches (which can be easily polished out with toothpaste by the way) ...and it still runs great.

I have had it literally ripped off of my wrist twice - a hazard in the kind of things I do - the little metal rod that holds the band on was pulled out. Once, I managed to find it, stuck it back in, and it was fine. The second time, the metal piece got lost. I replaced it with a new one from a replacement band (I didn't use the replacement band - the original was fine - I bought the cheapest band I could get that had the same size metal thing.) Though a watch not made of plastic might not have been ripped off by being pulled on with extreme force, I'm very glad that it did - the alternative would have been quite painful for my wrist!

I have not had to replace the band, I just clean it occasionally. The watch was almost ripped off my wrist a third time, but not with as much force. This time, the already-weakened leather that attaches the band to the metal rod tore almost all the way through, holding on by threads. I couldn't find a direct replacement for the band, and I didn't like the alternatives, so I simply repaired it with gaffer's tape (similar to duct tape but made of matte black cloth - something I have around because I'm a photographer.)

I'm here writing this review because I *am* finally looking for a replacement. I think I may end up buying a different watch for casual use, but I will keep coming back to my years-old Forester when I go on adventures until I finally lose it on a mountain or in a lake somewhere.


OH MY LORD ITS PLASTIC!!!!!!!! i think they call it resin, whatever it is the whole watch weights 30 grams. If u want a metal watch then go buy one. They all weight over 100 grams. I wore this watch 2years then gave it to my 16yo son to wear for 2 then took it back after a pulsar failed. This watch takes beatings like a g-shock... Keep in mind, the crystal is acrylic (plastic) just like all lower price casio's and timex. the watch can last a VERY long time(decades) but the face will scratch. this watch face scratched on me as another casio did so I did a search on ebay for 'watch scratch remover' and I purchased a product [..] it was[...] including shipping it worked great on the watch... i could hardly read it before and now it looks brand new, also works on cd's, video game cd's, ipod, cell phone..etc...so that saved me having to buy a new watch when this one does its job so very well. after 2 years the time advanced 3minutes. good acuracy. band was replaced after 2 years because it would smell like sweat so I soaked it in bleach all night and it ate up the band...got a rubber one on now that came off a 3 dollar watch. looks great. took the band off and threw that chinese watch in the garbage. I remember the velcro band being pretty good tho...but it soaked up sweat I think. I can almost garantee unless I smash this watch on the pavement very hard or something of that nature this watch will be around for 10 more years atleast...take it for what it is..... will post a pic of this 5yo watch with the rubber band for all to see how its held up. (after using the scratch remover)


I bought this because I was traveling through Europe and didn't want to bring a good watch.

It barely made it through my 8 week trip.

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About Casio Men's Electro-Luminescent Forester Analog Sport Watch #FT500WV-1BV detail

• Amazon Sales Rank: #507 in Watches
• Brand: Casio
• Model: FT500WV-1BV
• Band material: Nylon
• Bezel material: stainless-steel
• Case material: Resin
• Clasp type: Buckle
• Dial color: black
• Dial window material: Mineral
• Movement type: Quartz
• Water-resistant to 330 feet

Features

• Quartz movement
• Protective Mineral crystal protects watch from scratches
• Case diameter: 41 mm
• Resin case; Black dial; Date function
• Water-resistant to 330 feet (100 M)

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