Casio G-Shock Owner Review : Indispensable, functional and addictive

We can say that watches are professional, that they are made to explore the seabed, climb Everest or go to the moon, but personally when I buy one for several thousand Euros I don't even go swimming with it! I can be booed but hey that's my way of seeing things and my way of preserving my pieces. Each acquisition has been the subject of an often long journey accompanied by a few deprivations and deserves a little respect. In short, for each activity that is even slightly risky, I preferred not to wear a watch rather than risk damaging one. Shortly before leaving for a ski trip, I remembered the hassle of the previous year every time I wanted to know the time. You open your jacket because you don't have an outside pocket, so on the chairlift you freeze them. Your fingers are frozen and you risk dropping your poles at best, or your glove or your phone at worst. In the end, you finally manage to see the time but also an email from work that ends up ruining the rest of your week. So my new watchmaking quest was born: that of a (real) tool watch with the criteria of a contained size (to fit under your ski jacket :-) and a reasonable price so as not to be afraid of damaging it. In reality, the quest was not long, I turned directly to the G-Shock. The choice is plentiful, they are generally quite imposing, the models have references to lay outside, it is not always easy to find your way around... But hey, with perseverance, I (re)discovered the GW-M5610U, it was it and no other. No time to wait, a little Prime and the package was delivered the next day. When I unpacked it, I was propelled into the DeLorean at 88 MPH to find myself directly in my middle school in 5th B. Honestly, what a joy! It really smells of the 80s with its digital display, its characteristic shape, its little indications everywhere. No need to read the technical sheet, everything is marked on the dial or the bottom! Its size is really great, super small, quite thin, really ideal for me. I felt even younger when I rediscovered the little beep each time a button is pressed, I can no longer stop myself from starting and restarting a stopwatch and resetting it. But the highlight of the show, the cherry on the cake, the finale of the fireworks, is the blue backlighting each time you flip your wrist to check the time in the dark! My God, I love it, a real joy! It has other advantages with its automatic time setting and solar charging. And honestly, for a hundred euros, isn't it crazy? When you see the price today of my K-Way from the summer camp days... You'll have understood that I love it. It's not the one I wear the most, but what a smile every time I take it out of the box! In my opinion, each collection should have at least 2 watches, including a GW-M5610U (at least for the collections of nostalgic forty-somethings :-).