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Review on Casio Men's Classic Quartz Resin Casual Watch in Black: AE-3000W-1AVCF Model by Susan Rolfs

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Huge but versatile

So let's say you travel a lot and need to keep track of multiple time zones. This is a good time for that. Perhaps you are the admin of a large Facebook group or work in IT or something where you need to keep track of UTC or some other time zone your other admins/colleagues are busy when you are not busy. . The perfect choice. So let's say you have vision problems. It's not a bad thing that you'd be better off with a talking watch, but still, wearing a regular watch isn't necessarily practical. It's a great watch for that. Let's say you're a Eurotwink who's spent your entire club budget on designer clothes, hair gel and axes, and you can't afford to spend $400 on one of these multi-watch monsters. A Diesel watch completes the look. These watches are almost the same size and have similar functionality. It's only twelve times cheaper and digital. Maybe you need a table clock to wear. Here's the thing: It's a hell of a big watch. It shares the same case design as the CPA100 Islamic Prayer Watch, making it one of the largest non-G-Shock Casio watches; You can think of it as Terence for the AE1200 "Casio Royale" Red. It's a decent desk clock if you can't fit it on your wrist. I'm not a fan of the integrated strap design; The 20mm lug width is still deceptively narrow considering the strap is almost 3cm wide at its widest point. Not exactly sure how to make it secure, but it's the right size to turn into a pocket watch if you're so inclined. The box it comes in is the standard inexpensive retail sized box you see for the F91W or similar and is large enough to use the clock as a desk clock. (You might need to add some padding to support the watch.) I don't know if it's as modifiable as the Royale, but it doesn't look like it's particularly difficult. They are usually easy to get. and it works, with no big surprises compared to other digital Casio. The cyclops above the time zone map are just decoration and do nothing in terms of magnification. I find it a bit strange that only 12/24 hour time can be set globally; You cannot have New York time zone as 12 hours and UTC as 24 hours. Maybe you just have to get used to it. As with many other Casio timers around the world, cities are denoted by IATA airport codes, so it's good to know them. It is nice that the current home time zone is available in all modes. Strangely, the best viewing angle is slightly lower straight; I'm not entirely sure why this is, and it looks like a bug. And there is no analog display. So if you need some sort of graphical seconds counter, this won't work for you. big numbers, honestly. I don't know anyone doing anything similar; it is by far the only such model that Casio makes; Your other world clocks only show one time zone at a time. You can replicate this on smartwatches with something like Facer, but then you'll run into the same issues as smartwatches. This is definitely the (very slow) part of the statement.

Pros
  • Free for educational purposes
Cons
  • Not sure