Nice looking watch and good price for solar/radio...seems part of the case is rubber...

Good Price for this watch!

plastic case parts that wear after 2 years or so. still giving it a heat since radio + solar are unseen with this price tag

Edit ignore me

Great watch, I bought one that I use daily for about 2 and a half years at about £120 from amazon so I can say that's a really good deal!

Yes the plastic surrounding the face does where on these. Still good

Now £99.99

Sorry, out of stock at £64 to be more precise.

you can still order it from Amazon at the original price and they'll dispatch it to you when it's back in stock.

Hmmm, should I go for this or pay more for a Citizen Eco Drive? Want something that will many years. Any suggestions?

If anyone's concerned about the longevity of these watches, I bought one in about 2008 (although it has changed a little since then) and it's still going strong. Even the strap is the original. It's easily the best watch I've ever owned.

Personally I prefer the citizen Eco drive models but the Casio waveceptors are probably just as good. I know the circuitry and the workmanship of the citizen watches are top notch, but without having owned any casios I can't say for sure about Casio. I've owned a few as a child, but they were cheap (in price) and designed for kids.


If possible look out for: solar power, radio control, perpetual calendar and sapphire crystal. That is truly a set and forget watch that will last decades without you having to touch the crown to set the watch or anything. A metal bracelet will will also give you years of service.

The comment I edited saying ignore me, I was commenting on the glass the watch used. It said 'mineral glass' which in essence is just standard glass.... However upon further research it does use a hardened crystal mineral glass that has some reasonable reviews - hence I edited my post out. See basic glass is mineral glass, so they're not doing themselves any favors by not highlighting the fact this watch uses slightly tougher glass. Still mineral, but tends to be made at higher temps etc allowing for greater resistances. Still, since finding out my Tissot that's lasted me eons is sapphire glass I'm only going to buy another sapphire in future. I work as a field engineer and I've whacked the thing around for years and looks brand new still (Ok, had a new strap made but wear n tear ya know).

I'm still waiting for a nice Eco Drive to go under £100 with sapphire glass myself, the Platinum watch was £99 but is a damn big face on that one. I'm guessing this Casio is rather large considering the straps 25mm.

ordered.

Does it automatically do daylight savings?

£104.99 now.

Could always go for this Eco Drive: http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/citizen-mens-eco-drive-black-dial-chronograph-watch-79-99-argos-2468517
No doubt Argos will increase the price soon so get it while you can

These are great watches for the money, solar, multiband 6, so will time sync and get signal in England / UK, Europe (German signal), Japan and probably some neighbouring countries (there's two different signals in Japan, and this receives both), China (so most of China and Hong Kong), and USA.

Solar charging works well, I have several solar Casios (and a solar Seiko) and ambient light is sufficient to keep the charge levels high, some of mine rarely get worn, but live on a dresser in a room, with blinds mostly shut, and never show anything other than high charge.

This particular model although has stainless steel on the front and back, is essentially a resin case watch (similar to G-Shocks) "cladded" with some stainless steel. The crystal isn't sapphire either, but all the same, they're decently robust.
With the same movement / module there is a solid stainless model - the LCW-M100DSE, that has sapphire glass, but would normally cost around £120-ish.

If you want a decent watch, that's always charged, and always got the time set accurately, and deals with the change in GMT to BST back to GMT again, automatically, they're great.

That eco-drive isn't radio controlled, though.

The Casio LCW-M100DSE model is solid stainless steel, has sapphire glass, is solar and multiband 6, and although typically a little more expensive than the Citizen, for me, radio control (especially Casio's multiband 6, is worth a bit extra).

This is the LCW-M100DSE on Amazon there are other variants in terms of face colour and styling.

Hi; the discount code doesn't work for me, have I misinterpreted something?

I had a Casio, and it was horrid. The supposedly titanium case was partly plastic, the mineral glass face scratched easily and the crappy buttons stopped working. The Citizen I replaced it with is vastly superior, and worth paying a bit extra for.

Purchased one of these in 2010 worn nearly every day and still in almost new condition. Forget all the plastic and rubber comments, the watch does not look or feel cheap and is both robust and durable.

One review says all steel. One says titanium. One says plastic. Lol. May buy and see what I get.

great looking watch and a good price too!

My multiband 6 (in that instance it was a G - AWG-M100, but I have several multiband 6 watches) would sync in Hong Kong, and I have family that live in China, with a multiband 6 (LCW-M100DSE) that occasionally travel to HK, and manage to get sync there.

From everything I've read, some multiband 6s struggle more with sync than others.

From what I remember the Chinese signal is towards the South East of China.

Bought this watch in July 2014 for £82.80 and love it. Keeps perfect time anywhere in the world, never needs winding/new batteries and looks great. Highly recommended and at this price, it's a no brainer.

My house is located in the New Territories surrounded by large mountains which probably blocked the signal. I was there last summer.

When I was in Honk Kong, I stayed on Hong Kong Island, just across the road from Victoria Park (you could look at the park from the hotel rooms).

One thing I hadn't realised until going was how much land reclamation was going on.

Stayed mostly in Gz in China.

One thing I've found with reading the WUS forums is finding people within similar regions, how there can be marked discrepancies in reception. I've found this myself, too, in European locations, like Spain. I have a wave ceptor that gets the English and German signal, that struggled to sync in Spain (it would typically take a couple of attempts through the night). Whereas when I went back with a tough movement (so multiband 6) Pro-Trek (PRW-5100) which sync'd reliably.

Wonder if there will be a better deal on prime day... Hmmm. Is this free return?

Also have this one if you prefer

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B000KKONQW/ref=pd_aw_sim_241_3?ie=UTF8&dpID=51OwE927fXL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL100_SR100%2C100_&psc=1&refRID=TXCX2E5KXREE2Q4D2QV3

Casio - it ALWAYS has exactly the right time. As for the accuracy of the Citizen, well I have no personal experience but there is a lot of user feedback at this link http://forums.watchuseek.com/f21/typical-accuracy-citizen-eco-drive-63022.html

I'm a bit OCD about having the exact time. The Citizen looks appalling in this respect. Yes, I do own this watch ;O)

Ordered. Can always return it if I don't like it when it arrives.

Just to be pedantic, it doesn't sync the time many times a day. Assuming all goes well (ie syncs successfully on first attempt) it will do it once every 24 hours.

You can trigger it manually, but otherwise, assuming it works first time, just once every 24 hours.

It may attempt it up to 4 or 5 times, if each previous attempt fails. Normally the manual explains when it starts trying to get sync, it will depend on home city setting, and whether DST is in effect (I think) and would probably be either at midnight or 1am, and then hourly another 3 or 4 times if it fails. It stops trying either when it gets a successful sync, or the prescribed number of attempts is over (ie it doesn't keep trying indefinitely if it fails, it will start again the next overnight).

There is a slight exception - not for this model, but earlier radio controlled models. They still had the same number and schedule of attempts, and wouldn't carry on indefinitely, but depending on rationale - say the number of attempts would be 4, hourly, starting at 1am, some earlier models would carry on with all 4 attempts even if previous attempts had worked (so would always try 4 times a night, whether each succeeds or not.

Rather like some blokes with their wives / girlfriends...

Know what you mean about having the right time, My watch of choice is my recently acquired http://www.watchshop.com/mens-citizen-world-perpetual-a-t-radio-controlled-eco-drive-watch-cb0020-50e-p99934799.html?utm_source=froogle&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=shoppingfeeds&source=froogle&gclid=CjwKEAjw2PK7BRDPz5nDh9GjoGcSJAAybcS3nbb2vp0F0NGAxJYcYBF4Ztm6_XMdvqt88cUIIe6guhoCi9Dw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.dsit should last many years.

Even the Airport is mostly built on reclaimed land. If only they could do that in the UK.

If you can't wait for Amazon to restock, Watch Town have it in stock at the same price.

Never used them so can't vouch for their service.

EDIT: Forget it, now OOS as well.

Yes Spain does seem to be problematic, my brother in law could only get UK time when he visits me.

Did anyone else get screwed over by Amazon on this deal? I had this in my basket for 2 months before it came in stock again and now they won't honour the price. They are claiming a 'system glitch' which means I have to cancel and re-order at the current price of £105!