CasioCollection Mens Analogue Quartz Watch

I have been using this watch for around 2-3 months and I find the waterproofing really handy as when I’m washing dishes or going swimming I don’t need to take my watch off and another handy thing is the lume of the watch (the glow in the dark light) lasts all night and even longer than that and I don’t even need to charge the loom with light as the sun keeps up the lume enough.

Really, what’s not to like here? Ok, it’s a quartz and not an automatic, all the better for a £50 no nonsense 200m diver. It’s not got a super hard sapphire crystal, only mineral glass, but then so has a £350 Seiko Turtle or Samurai, or a Citizen Promaster. The aluminium bezel lines up great (take note, Seiko!) with next to no back play or looseness, the chapter ring is perfectly aligned (again, this is how it done, Seiko!) while the second hand hits all 60 of it’s second markers bang on. The sword and arrow style hands are clear an distinct, without looking like they are copying any another brands look. The polishing and finishing on the case far exceeds the expected standard for a £50 watch, finished as well or better than a £200 Orient Kamasu. The rubber strap is probably the weakest link here, it does its job and is reasonably comfortable, it’s just a bit ‘meh’. Lugs are a standard 22mm, so the world is your oyster for trying out new straps - sailcloth, leather or even metal. I swap between a black sailcloth with blue stitching for casual wear and a Zuludiver straight link oyster bracelet for smartening it up.So does it have any other downsides? Well it is a fairly big watch at 43mm diameter and might not wear too well on a wrist smaller than 6.5”. The lug to lug distance of 49mm and the nice downturn on those lugs certainly help with the wear-ability though. While I’m on the subject of lugs, it would have been nice to have seen them drilled to help with strap changes. Also, the lume is at best average. The hands and bezel lume pip do a so-so job, but the indices drop off quickly and are gone after 10 mins. Final moan, the date window and numerals could be a touch bigger to aid with legibility.To summarise, this is a handsome, extremely well built 200m dive watch for circa £50. If you can get over that it’s quartz with a ticking second hand and has Casio on the dial, you’ll be over the moon with this on your wrist for just 50 quid.

I prefer a watch I can check at a glance even in dim light. This Casio is great. It's easy to set, comfortable to wear, and I'm finding it accurate to within 3 or 4 seconds over a week. The luminosity is OK, not terrible, not great. The finish of the watch is surprisingly very good indeed, actually faultless. I'm very pleased I bought it. It's a great deal.Edit: the watch has been on my wrist for a month now since being received and reset and has settled in. It is accurate to within one second per month. 1 second! It's more accurate than my quartz LCD watches and very nearly as accurate as NTP synchronised clocks on PC & mobile. I am a bit amazed!

Absolutely love this watch. It is built solidly and priced brilliantly. Worth the money.

Bought this watch as a change from citizen, it's nice and plain with a classic look. And a brilliant time keeper, very happy with it, highly recommended.

Watch looks more expensive than it is, and the quality is great. The rubber strap was comfortable, but not to my taste, so I have fitted a nato style strap. Would consider buying another in a different colour

The description is false (the sizing etc). It's a great watch overall but becareful, the description sizing is completely incorrect. Do your research and measure your wrist size before hand. If you have 6.3"+ wrist then it's decent. If you have an average/small wrist >6.1" then it's too large. The watch itself is quite thick and bulky, and the distance between the lugs is also quite huge, this makes the watch look bigger than it actually is

If you're after a watch that bridges the gap between a hard wearing work watch with that smart casual look, then you're in luck. Okay some folk may be put off that it's "only " a quartz movement, but if you then study the build quality, the fact that the second hand hits the indices, bang on, every time, factor that in with the 200m water resistance allied to the screw down crown, it's not hard to come to the conclusion, that Casio have somewhat of a winner on their hands. This is my fourth iteration of what known as the " Casio Duro " in watch circles. They're totally in a class of ONE, especially at the price point. Go on, you won't regret it.