Casio G-Shock GW-M5610U 43.2mm

The Casio G-Shock GW-M5610U

The classic G square. Cool, historically significant design you can never get bored of. Insanely pragmatic and functional tool watch, providing its wearer with all the important complications, priced in the tens of thousands elsewhere, mainly world time, day and date, alarm, stopwatch, countdown timer. On-the-dot accuracy due to the atomic timekeeping, which makes sure not only that you're never late from anywhere, but also that all your inaccurate mechanical watches can be set exactly to the second each time you wind one of them up. Truly set-and-forget capabilities due to the solar movement, sparing you from the hassle of taking a walk to the local watchmaker for a battery change every two to three years.

The dimensions at 43.2 mm in diameter and 12.7 mm in thickness sound intimidating at first, but once you have the watch on wrist you realize, it is completely fine. G-Shocks look great large, and due to the compact lug-to-lug and complete lack of weight, the wearing experience is heavenly comfortable. The resin strap attaching the watch to your body is nothing to boast about, it is alright, not great, not terrible to quote the famous TV show, but it gets the job done.

This Casio is pretty much all the watch any sane person would need. We, watch enthusiasts, are of course not sane at all, on the contrary, but we still need a sensible watch in our collection to remind ourselves of our insanity. It is great for proper self-reflection, which all of us can use every now and then.

And from a pragmatic viewpoint, when you attend a protest, or practice your skateboarding skills, or work on your weekend automobile, or sell illegal substances on the street corners, the Casio G-Shock GW-M5610U is your best friend, your best bet indeed.