Cut or Carry: Casio G-Shock GW-B5600BC Review

[@DaneRThomas]

My 5610 is great, and it syncs every evening here in Europe, but there are significant portions of the world that do not have access to the Multi Band 6 network of time servers, and I find that syncing during the day requires patience and close proximity to a sender. For that, the Bluetooth set and sync function on my GA-B2100C (CasiOak) using the app on my mobile phone is great when traveling across time zones. As soon as my phone has signal after landing, I sync my watch and I am set to go. I like everything about this model except for the yellow metallic accents. I hope that they release new models with the positive display and the composite band with a wider range of color choices.

[@danspanos]

Nice review! I just ordered the black and grey version with a negative display for $163. I also have a 5610 with a positive display. Personally, I like the option of an app. Setting alarms with those buttons can be tedious!

[@magal55]

Totally with you about positive display.

[@piotrjodowski2802]

Hi, Can you write where you bought bracelet for dw5600?

[@drgjs]

They have different iterations of negative displays-some better than others. The more recent ones...those negative displays are easy to read (my opinion)

[@bobgox]

another great review, great watch !

[@raksh9]

For some reason, this watch accumulates dust on the crystal right at the bezel, like yours has here. A little liquid soap and toothbrush takes that away. Oddly, my full metal square doesn't attract dust/grime on the crystal like the resin version.

[@Costinmusca]

8:35 - Reason why my 2nd G-Square will be the GW-M5610 (and probably what will become my EDC) Also I thought I might be the only crazy person left disliking smartwatches The GW-B5600 here still has one advantage with its BT, as a fallback sync method in the scenario where the Atomic Clocks get decommissioned for whatever stupid reasons..

[@taoistgoth]

Connecting the watch to your phone is entirely optional - it functions perfectly fine without it, but as you say if you can't get a radio sync signal, you can use bluetooth to sync with your phone instead, which is a big advantage. Personally I keep my watch disconnected from my phone. So people shouldn't really diss this watch for having a feature which is entirely optional but also very useful. If it REQUIRED the Bluetooth connection, then for sure, moan about it, but it doesn't.

[@Costinmusca]

@@taoistgoth I believe the above should've been a reply for someone whom would've not seen the positives of this piece past their bias filter.. which I will point that was not the case. I also believe that not seeing any objective flaws in a product and having no opinion or especially preferences because any sort of bias would be a stupid mindset to be in. Just as a general rule..

[@henrikolecastberg4077]

I have a 210mm (8.27") wrist. Do you know how long the watch + bracelet is ? Can I buy extra spare links for the bracelet somewhere ?

[@atticus6572]

For me it's "cut" because the prices (as of writing this comment) aren't justifiable. The 5610 will more than suffice.