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Summary: A classic watch all around
Comment: Bought my first over twenty years ago. Took a very long time to kill it, including many hundreds of dives. Lost it's successor while boogie boarding last week and really didn't expect to find a replacement. Looked for another watch with the same elegance, simplicity, toughness, and multiple functions (I use every one), but just wasn't seeing it in any other model. I was excited to find my third one on Amazon and delighted when it arrived. Pleased not just for the return of what has become a natural extension of my arm - but also because the workmanship is even better, including a more luminescent dial (brighter, holds light longer) and a bezel action that's smoother and tighter than ever.
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Summary: Great watch with a few caveats...
Comment: I have had my watch for about 4 years now and I love the way that it looks and its functionality. It has most features that you might want, BUT...
1. The strap DOES come off fairly easily. This isn't usually a problem, but I worry about it when I am in the water. It has come off inadvertently about three times since I have had the watch.
2. The dial is not very easy to see at night or in low light.
3. The original strap broke, and I replaced it with one that I bought at the mall. Most non-metal watch bands seem to be this cheap plastic that eventually will break. I would love to have an actual Neoprene strap instead of the cheap plastic ones that are so common.
Aside from those issues, I have really enjoyed the watch both for its looks and functionality. The yellow dial looks really sharp when you are wearing navy, green, or yellow. The alarm, stopwatch and dual time functions are very useful. I also like the rotating bezel for timing things quickly and easily. I was glad to read the review that said that the reviewer had actually used it for diving to 90 feet. Even if a watch is water resistant to 100 meters, it may not be designed for the pressure changes involved in diving, so that figure can be misleading.
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Summary: Best watch I ever owned!
Comment: I bought this watch in 1995 before going to Panama on a 3-yr military tour. Over 12 1/2 years, I put over 600 dives on it, including recreational, crime scene investigation, and many recovery dives including in highly contaminated waters. I replaced the battery maybe three times. I wore this watch daily and beat the heck out of it, replacing only the battery and the band. I finally even put a stainless steel band on it to make it look a little more "civilized." True, during its last 6 months or so, it started to stop for a few minutes once in a while. I hate the fact that I left it in the shower at the beach last month. I've now found a place to buy a replacement, even though it won't have the sentimental value...
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Summary: LOVE THIS WATCH!
Comment: I always consider any customer reviews before making my purchases, and thi time was no different. I wondered how one item could receive so many good reviews, but I'm glad I made this purchase. This watch is really nice and has become my favorite one.
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Summary: Casio AMW320 - Diver's watch
Comment: I love this watch. I received it as a graduation present 15 years ago and it served me flawlessly all that time. Of course, you need to replace the battery every other year or so. And the rubber wrist band eventually tears and you replace that. Also, early on, when someone replaced the battery for me, they either didn't replace the rubber gasket, or didn't replace it properly, but it was no longer completely watertight. Submerging the watch in a pool or in the sink would cause condensation to show up on the inside face. But it still kept time properly.
Otherwise, a fantastic watch. It is difficult to find the combination of analog hands and digital date, which I fell in love with on this model. I recently lost my watch and had to replace it. As some other reviewer noted, the only difference I can tell between my original and this is that they moved the other button from the lower right to the upper left. I hope to get another 15 years of service from this one. This one ran $75 at Target.
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