CasioIlluminator AE1500WH Series | 10-Year Battery | LED Backlight | 5-Alarms | 1/100 Sec Stopwatch | Men's Digital Watch

I have used my cell phone instead of a watch since about 2001. Decided to start wearing cheap, quartz watches again because I often find myself without my cell phone within reach at rehearsals, recording sessions, lawn-mowing, or work from home situations. Picked up a few Timexes and Casios around the same time. So far, I like this model the best for general use. The size of the time display is so easy to read that I have already started preferring it to comparable analog models. I will mostly be looking to buy digital watches like this with big, simple displays from now on.I’m not James Bond, in spite of what you may have heard. I don’t want an expensive watch on my wrist that might make me a potential target for theft/robbery downtown or on a subway. If I get some paint on this one or it breaks while I’m trying to remove an oil filter, it would be no great loss.Use is fairly intuitive and it hasn’t lost or gained time in the few weeks I’ve owned it, unlike a Timex expedition analog model I got at the same time. After only a couple of weeks, the analog Timex expedition has lost about ten seconds already, which I admit I was surprised by.The only complaint I could possibly make about this watch is that the two LED’s are quite poor in comparison to Timex’s indiglo or the backlight used on much more expensive G-Shock models. But for how cheap and functional this model is, that is a completely unfair comparison. The lights work perfectly fine for me to see if I wake up in the middle of the night but can’t roll/reach over to check my phone due to a sleeping dog contorting my legs at the foot of the bed. Or if I fall asleep on the couch.I have mostly avoided getting it wet up until now, but I did accidentally leave it in the bathroom with the shower running a couple of times and no condensation formed on the inside of the face at all even though there was plenty of water vapor in the room. I also leave it on when washing my hands with no ill-effects.I’m very impressed by how simple and functional this watch is. These cheap, digitals are light years ahead of the Timex Ironman I owned as a kid. But it should be said- that $25-$35 Ironman I bought sometime around 1995 went body boarding, surfing, in the pool with me, and I showered with it on. That thing was basically water-PROOF and never had an issue in water less than 20ft. deep. I swam in Atlantic/East-Coast hurricanes with that thing and it even got tossed around in the salty surf with me. Also used it to time lap-swimming in Olympic-sized pools. I do not have the same confidence in this model, though I have no real rationale for that.The rubber strap was very uncomfortable on the old Ironman models and used to cause some really annoying, visible, skin irritation. I found G-shock straps of that era to be almost just as bad. That is not the case with these modern Casio polymer straps.I also despise those weird circles Casio, Armitron, etc. put on watch faces and take up a quarter of the face of the watch. This watch has NONE of that BS going on. The info on the watch face is SO bold and easy to read that I would definitely prefer it to all the G-shocks with those damned, senseless circles taking up so much of the display. PV cells excluded because they actually do serve a purpose. But here’s my view on all that: if the watch battery lasts even close to ten years, it will already outlast the battery/operation of the solar-powered, $150 G-Shock I once owned by a factor of YEARS. So I would still prefer this because legibility is far more important to me than photovoltaics.After a few weeks getting used to wearing a watch again for the first time in twenty years, I’ve really appreciated not having to dig my cell phone out of my pocket just to check the time/date. A weirdly subtle difference I would never have thought would matter. But it does. I’m starting to really like Casios!I also like the hourly chime because otherwise I get lost and completely lose track of time while recording/producing. That could only backfire if the chime goes off in the vocal booth and ruins a take. Hasn’t happened yet, though.I’m also glad they make it in the desert-sand/beige color because I’m fair skinned so it doesn’t look like a giant thing on my wrist.At some point or other I will wake up exhausted and forget to take it off before I get in the shower. At that point I will update this review if water penetrates the buttons/gaskets/seals.Again, I am in disbelief at how excellent this watch is for the price. I hope they never discontinue this model until an identical “20 Year Battery” model is available. But by then we’ll no doubt have flying cars, rocket-skates, jet packs, and digital, tattooed watches with veinous, indiglo epidermis. Or more than the current, standard-issue, two to three computer chips implanted into in our visual cortex at birth.Just pick the color you like and buy the damned thing!

Having been without a wrist watch for the last 15+ years I'm sick and tired of pulling my phone out of my pocket to look at the time and date.Problem solved. I work with my hands and beat on this watch pretty hard. No more trying to unlock my phone with fingerprint authentication just to look at the time and date. I do remove my watch occasionally to reach down in a tight engine bay but it goes right back on my wrist so this watch is getting heavily abused and is scratched and beat all to hell and gets greasy grimy oily wet but it just keeps working.It sure made a believer out of me so I'd say go ahead and buy it. Maybe you'll be as happy as I am.

I really like this watch I got it recently and boy is this a good watch. Thickness is perfect not too wide, but not too skinny either. Its buttons are very good they don’t stick or anything and they are easy to press. It keeps time very well too so far! The only tiny downside is the amber light isn’t bright during the day (Great at night) but not too good during day but you don’t need it during the day lol. And the ten year battery I really am excited to see that keep ticking I still have my old watch a Casio tough Solar and it’s been about 3-4 years and still ticking and supposedly will keep on ticking for another 6+ years especially with Solar. Super Functional for the price, YOU GET MORE THAN YOU PAY FOR! This could be more expensive but it’s a great price for what you get. I would definitely recommend! 5+ stars.

I've had it for quite a while now, and it has held up suprisingly well. My only issue with this (I may be dumb, wrong, or both) but you can't change the date, or day. Its durable, but I can see that its April 18th, a Sunday but it reads it as a Wednesday. Either you are unable to change it, or I am incredibly stupid

The media could not be loaded. It is a watch suitable for all types of terrain because it has a great design, it is economical and its performance is all you need on your day.I think it's a great watch, its quality is more than obvious, it's well assembled, the parts are perfectly well adjusted in their place, you can feel a good feedback when pressing its 4 buttons because they are firm and fast-acting, the back cover is made of steel stainless steel is fixed by four screws, the overall construction of the watch (case/strap and buckle) is made of a soft and resistant resin, the fit on your wrist is perfect since the weight of the watch is absurd, you don't even notice its presence, the acrylic glass commonly used in digital watches but from my perspective it is a tug of war because although it is very easy to scratch (just cleaning it roughly 😂) it is also resistant to impacts because it has greater flexibility and that Helps reduce breakage with a heavy accidental bump, at the end of the day scratches on glass are inherent and speak of rough use than a bit of glass polishing paste (the one that e is your preference) and a cloth will remove most of the scratchesThe design of the dial is quite clean and extremely clear, because it shows you enough, a quick glance and that's it.The information is displayed in digital format, all with good balance, in the upper left part the day is written in abbreviated form, then the month and finally the date, in the central part is the time in large Arabic numerals marked and solid ( for an excellent reading) it has the option of 24-hour format for what military time usually uses and finally at the bottom the seconds which in turn have a kind of excellent animation on the right side of the clock I like the detail for to be honest .The watch is large, robust, too masculine and clearly resistant (IT'S A CASIO!!) It is made to be a tool in its entirety, its functions are the most basic, such as a stopwatch, 5 alarms and a double time zone, not to mention that brings with it a battery that feeds a simple low-consumption module that has a 10-year battery life, it is easier for you to buy another watch over time than to run out of battery 😅Personally, since I unpacked it and adjusted it on my wrist, I haven't removed it at all (except taking a shower of course 😂)Well, its useful life begins as a tool in my day-to-day life due to its strength and its great versatility.I don't have to worry about any accidental bumps or scratches(I dedicate myself to engineering, so you can imagine...😄😅) It has a noticeable and substantial resistance. It is a simple watch with enough testosterone to withstand your work. Its tactical and robust design gives you the message that it can withstand everything that you put it in the way, something to highlight is the hermetic resistance of 10 bars (I can have a dip in the lake and it will not drown, I am more than sure of that 😅😉) it is more than enough for the use that I can give it.Until now, in my personal opinion, I consider (you should understand this carefully....because I don't have much experience in the matter, I'm just a guy who wears a Longines watch with a mechanical movement most of the time, that until today I timed my life 😅) I have the perception that my Casio watch is very precise, the manufacturer mentions an accuracy of -+30 Seconds per month, I consider that from time to time I will have to visit an atomic clock on the internet and reset the seconds and minutes on my watch, so I will have the exact march again.I think that for a simple watch that Casio factory has a good design in terms of versatility because for its large size it looks good, sometimes I have to wear a sports jacket for the occasion and Casio continues to give Rock & Roll to my inexperienced eyes looks very masculine and soberI chose the negative version for a couple of reasons, one of them is that it gives it a more minimalist and conservative touch, the large and robust design of the watch already captures attention, I don't want to give it more unnecessary decorations, something that surprised me a lot It was the fact that in daylight the reading is so clear and forceful without a doubt CASIO did a good job on the screen.In short , it is a watch that every working man should wear in his day to day due to its design , strength , precision and its affordable price .