Casio MRG-BF1000R1A Frogman - Introduction and thoughts

[@douglaskrueger357]

Amazing piece and love mine. It’s such a good watch. Wears great on the rubber and comfortable for its size. It’s well balanced on wrist and has a great presence.

[@vote4blake]

Totally agree!

[@douglaskrueger357]

@@vote4blake if the titanium bracelet works for you, it’s really a very comfortable experience and balance is that much better on wrist. It turns out that it’s nearly a perfect fit for me (for once I got lucky).

[@ianmaw66]

Beautiful. I wish I could afford one :) I have two of the 'normal' GWF-A1000s but the fit is not good for me, probably due to the strap holes being too far apart IMO.

[@vote4blake]

Gotcha

[@douglaskrueger357]

The MRG is designed very different so it wears far better than the A1000 from my experience. The A1000 never wore well on my wrist and the strap was uncomfortable for me. The MRG is in another class. The rubber is high end subtle soft and the watch is super comfortable, I’ll dare say more comfortable than any square that I own.

[@Jlingsw]

The sapphire caseback is supposed to improve the reception of the atomic timekeeping. Whether or not it actually makes much of a differnce is beyond me. I find it odd though that they make a big deal about having the crown always align perfectly meanwhile the caseback crystal engraving never does. I do like being able to see the antenna though. You can order the bracelet from the other versions but it's quite pricey at over 1k. I will stick to the rubber strap for now

[@douglaskrueger357]

I have the titanium bracelet and it’s cool but no micro adjustments whatsoever… not even manual holes. So … it’s risky. I only wear mine in the cooler weather.

[@Jlingsw]

@@douglaskrueger357 Yeah same as the orignal mrg 1100. At least a couple of microadjustment points would be nice

[@douglaskrueger357]

@@Jlingsw I think at that price, all MRG watches should have micro adjustments without question. I think it’s time Casio made it happen, especially when micro brands are even making good ones. It’s kinda a shameful.

[@Jlingsw]

@@douglaskrueger357 Yeah I agree it wouled be nice but these models are so niche they probably don't believe it's worth investing in designing their own adjustable clasp. At least the rubber strap is high quality and comfortable

[@douglaskrueger357]

@@Jlingsw yes … the strap is a winner. It’s a weird thing for sure but maybe we will see one in future releases. Not holding my breath.

[@Phat-rj3jo]

HR sensor takes too much power, had they done that you might have to charge the watch with a charger, not sure I want that…..for a G shock. I know there are G shocks with HR sensor that requires charging, but for me I don’t want to having to charge a G shock.