Keep your most important contact information with you while jogging or mountain biking with this Casio Baby-G women’s sport digital watch (model BG169-7V). It features a 20-page databank that allows you to store phone numbers and other valuable contact information (8 characters for name and 12 characters for telephone number). Delightfully stylish with a clear translucent jelly resin case and strap, this shock-resistant watch also offers a 1/100-second stopwatch (up to 24 hours…
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As an obsessive watch wearer, who does not take it easy on watches (wear it 24-7, rock climb & take care of 2 kids under 3yrs old who pull at my watch), I have wanted a “baby G” for about 5 or 6 years now. In the past I’ve typically worn a Timex Ironman & Triathlon. While I’ve never had problems with the actual timekeeping components, i can’t make it more than 9-12 months on a watch band. I was hoping that perhaps since G-shocks ‘thing’ is it’s indestructable. . ness. . . it would carry over to the band as well. I’ve only had it a few weeks, so not sure how that will pan out. Seems quite sturdy. I was also pleasantly suprised to find that it doesn’t look or feel as massively large on my wrist as I expected it to (though it is by far the largest watch I’ve ever owned). My problems however are as follows & I suppose I should have “read the fine print” a bit more before buying. . . made too many ‘assumptions’ from being used to Timex. 1. The indiglo does not allow more than 3 seconds of light. This means that if I forget to set my alarm after I’ve gone to bed, I have to get up & turn on a light to do so. I realize this is to conserve battery power, but it has annoyed me more than I expected (see #3 to know why I would need to ‘reset’ my alarm regularly). 2. There is no ‘countdown timer’!! How can this be? What kind of sports watch has only a chrono? A G-shock apparently. I use timers incessantly & this is the biggest issue I have & clearly should have checked to make sure before buying. 3. There is only one alarm option. This is also more annoying than I would have expected. I really got used to the option to be able to set 3 different alarms with my triathlon (morning alarm, “yogurt is done incubating” alarm, “time to get the kids up so you can get to the gym in time” alarm. . . the list goes on. I’m doing a million things at once & loose track of time easily). 4. This is not really a problem, but a thought I had so figured I’d share: the address ‘book’? In the age of cell-phones. . . quite unnecessary. 6yrs ago when I did not have a cell (I was a late adapter), I thought it was an incredibly cool feature. However, I have not even attempted to use it (it would take hours to set that up!). 5. Another feature I don’t get is the ‘day alarm’ or whatever it’s called. You can set a date (years in advance) for an alarm to go off which you can label. I suppose if i had trouble remembering my anniversary or something?? Overall, it works fine & looks great, but it does not have the functions I really need (again. . . sports watch!) & has a few that I really don’t need (who needs their mom’s phone # while jogging?). Perhaps it’s just not marketed to a 29 year old mother of two trying to fit in workout schedules & feeding schedules & using a watch as cooking timer (so I can leave the house while bread is rising & not carry around an egg timer to remind me to get back home!). I’m guessing it’s geared more toward highschool/early college gals who are not training for sports competition? I’m going to try to sell it on craigslist & go back to my beloved triathlon (& deal w/the “weak” bands). ***10/9/08 update: I never did get around to selling it & thus have been stuck with the things that annoy me. But thought i’d update on the resilency: It’s been just over a year & i’m just as abusive to this watch as any other i’ve owned & all pieces are still completely intact & showing no signs of wear. However I must add that my husband apparently disagrees on the largness aspect. He thinks it’s massive & is not a fan.
hopefully this means i’ll get a timex for christmas ***
This is a great watch. Good looking and has all of the gadgets and gizmo’s that I needed in a watch. The only thing that would make this watch even easier to use is if the button that lights up the time would have a bit of a glow so you can find it easier when looking at it in the middle of the night. Other than that, a fabulous buy!
LOVE THIS WATCH!! I get compliments on this watch everywhere I go. I bought this watch simply because I loved the way it looked. It’s clear so I can wear it nearly everyday. I did not buy this watch because of the technicalities of it. I have all kinds of gadgets and never bought a watch because it can do all kinds of crazy things. I’m pretty sure I don’t even realize half the things my watch can do to this day. All I wanted it to do is tell time and it does that great. A few bonuses I have used this watch for is to look up different time zones while traveling, timing my runs and work outs, and to do a countdown for a vacation. This was a great feature since my vacation was months off, I just plugged the date in, and anytime I wondered how long until PARADISE, I just pushed the button a few times on the watch and it would tell me how many months, days, hours, minutes, and I believe seconds until I would be ON THE BEACH. I have sweat severely on this watch, beat it up, took it out of the country, worn it to the beach, dropped it countless times, etc. , and it still looks as brand new as the day I bought it. I could not be happier with this watch.