Casio SGW100 Series | Digital Watch & Compass | 200M WR | 100 SEC Stopwatch | Twin Sensor for Direction & Temperature | Low Temp Resistant | World Time | Auto Calendar | Multi Alarm

I'm extremely impressed with the Casio SGW100. The watch colorway is attractive (black band, black casing, orange and navy highlights) and looks rugged and cool. This watch comes with lots of features, and if you're just a regular guy like me, you'll find that it does the job. I did read some comments about the face being a little difficult to read as it has a dark background, and I can see the problem some may have- although I don't find it to be a issue for me personally, I actually kinda dig it. The watch illuminates for about three seconds and that can help sometimes. The band is comfortable, but I seem to be in between two settings, one is just slightly large, the other is just a little too snug. This allows the watch to slide ever so slightly when I am active, but that's a wearer issue, not manufacturing. The compass and thermometer are neat functions. The thermometer does read your skin temp vs air and you would need to take the watch off for a few minutes to get what appears to be a fairly accurate temperature reading. I'm no advanced boy scout, but the compass also appears accurate after calibration. Plenty of alarm functions (if you really NEED one, most use their phone), stop watch, timer and World Time function. I have a friend that lives in Italy, and I leave the World Time function on "Rome"- one button push shows me the time where she lives. The watch is waterproof 200 meters, or 20BAR, whatever that nonsense means. I'm not a diver, but I do swim a fair amount, and "20BAR" is plenty waterproof. I definitely recommend for the "Average Joe" who would like a nice, attractive, sporty watch made by a quality company for a very reasonable price. At the $55-ish price point, this watch is well worth the purchase!

I own a few Casios and by far this may be my current favorite. It sports a good sized face (46.6mm NOT 51mm) and mineral glass. Water resistant to 20 Bar/660 feet. So shower proof, pool proof, surfing proof, and is Low and High temperature resistant! Built for the temperature range of -10 Celsius to 60 Celsius/14 degrees Fahrenheit to 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Once you own a Casio adjusting the settings becomes almost intuitive, for most other Casios. I found this one is particularly easy to navigate and set, even the compass calibration was a cinch. If you need additional visual assistance there are YouTube videos for this. Other users advise to manually re-calibrate it once a month for best accuracy. I didn’t have to calibrate the temperature - it was automatically correct. Yes remove it from your body for a few minutes then take the temperature for most accurate reading. The black out screen is a personal preference. In the daylight or in well lit rooms there is no problem reading the screen. In darker environments you need to hit the light for an assist often. This has the Casio basics: 5 independent alarms, 4 one time alarms and 1 snooze alarm, world time, stopwatch, daylight saving on/off, timer, 12/24 hr format, calendar displaying month/date/year and a MUTE option too. So no beeps! Another plus I haven’t seen on the other Casios is that the current time remains as a constant in the upper left hand where the date is on main screen. This way you know what the current time it regardless of what mode you are looking at including the world time mode. I found it to be pretty helpful so you don’t have to exit the stopwatch, timer, alarm or need to click out of world time to compare time difference. Only con I can think of is that the strap is different and I’ve read other people encounter issues attempting to switch it. Personally the band is good and fits well so I won’t worry about swapping the strap anytime soon. It uses a 3 yr CR2025 battery. The back light is set to about 2 seconds. If you use the backlight often know you will probably need to change the batter sooner than later but that’s not terrible either. Update 12/21/2025 As much as I loved the dark look I became frustrated with the need to constantly use the light in order to see anything on the face. I ended up returning it, in completely pristine condition for its next owner. I ordered the SGW-100-1V and it’s been such a visual improvement. I love the watch more now that I can simply just glance and know the time. I noticed on most new Casios if you look at the screen straight on it isn’t ideal, instead it’s clear if viewed on an angle. This watch is clear straight on and funky on an angle. Just an observation. This face is much easier to read especially if you dive or are in water.

My son wanted a watch because all his friends had one - so this was more of an impulse purchase for him. At first I wasn't sure about buying on Amazon so we show roomed around town to look at this watch at retail outlets first to see if this is something he really liked and wanted and to ensure that it would not look too big or small on his wrist and that the enthusiasm for the watch was still there after a few trips. It was. After trying the watch at a few retail outlets and seriously considering buying it offline we noted the price in most cases was between $25.00 and $45.00 more than online and though there were a few negative reviews we decided finally to buy it online. I'm an Amazon Prime member and the watch came within 2-days just as it said it would. It was well packed in an outer box and the watch came in full retail packaging including the original manual. The first thing I did was to ensure it was a new watch and not something someone else had returned. I checked the screen, and back of the watch for scratches - none seen. Checked the band for any obvious usage like worn lettering and such - but of course, nothing of the sort. I was 100% satisfied that this was new and not a refurb/repack or anything else. As with most watches you do need to read the instructions to set the date/time and other features of the watch. The manual is an easy read and setting up the various items like date/time, world clock, and compass were pretty easy. The watch has come great features: - Big, bold and easy to read display. Although my son has great eyesight it's always nice to have a watch where the numbers are easy to read. The date and day is slightly smaller but the main display shows the time is large and bold and just below that is the seconds. - Stopwatch. My son started playing soccer and liked helping his coach, so the stopwatch was great so when they ran mini-races he would use the stopwatch to time the other kids. He also used the stopwatch to time himself doing his chores in the house! - World time. Not sure why he liked this so much, but he liked the world time feature. Many of his cousins live in Africa, so his world time is set accordingly. - Timer - again a feature that I didn't think was useful, but he liked it. - Alarm - LOVE this feature on the watch! Previously we would have to wake him up, but he sets the alarm himself and actually wakes up to it. - Compass - something that he won't use often but is a nice feature on the watch. Whenever we've gone out he'll set the compass to see if it matches what's shown in the car, to date I don't think it has ever been off. As you move it does tell you in great detail how many degrees you are as well (for example 33.4 degrees NNW). The size of the watch was perfect for his wrist - I bought this a couple of years ago so he was around 8 at the time. Initially it looked a little big for him, but after some time it seemed to look OK. I suspect it was just not seeing a watch on him until that time. He was never a watch person as a toddler so never got him even those kids Mickey Mouse or superhero watches. The watch edges come up over the face making it very difficult to scratch the face of the watch. I've noticed a few small, minor scratches on it but that's from banging it against something. They are definitely not visible. There are some scratches on the back as well, but again nobody looks at the back and the main reason for these scratches are because he leaves his watch in his drawer along with everything else in it. I actually liked the strap on it, initially I thought that we would have to replace it but it has held up very well with no cracks on it at all. The strap is not cheap plastic but quite a strong rubbery texture to it. I also worried that he may be allergic to the strap but no issues at all. The only noticeable wear and tear is on the strap where some of the lettering has come off, but on the face of the watch none of the lettering has come off or faded. He really hasn't tested the watch to the 200m depth but has gone swimming and in the hot tub with it on and hasn't had any problems. He's taken the watch to school and several adults have commented on how sharp the watch looks. The Casio SGW100-1V is a great watch for adult or child over 8-years of age. We are definitely very happy with the watch and would not hesitate to recommend this to any parent who wants a first watch for their child.

This watch is by far the best watch I've ever had by far because it has a nice large crystal clear display and it's easily the easiest to operate plus it has some very useful features from the time it self to the thermometer and compass, only issue I have is only minor because it's just having to calibrate the compass every so often but it's not too much of a inconvenience as you have to press the set button and then turn the watch around ensuring that the arrow is always pointing up, but still a tad frustrating to be fair, but to be honest with you i would use that feature if I was lost... lol As if that would happen to me 😉

Nice watch

Die Uhr bietet alles, was ich brauche für wenig Gewicht und Geld.

Un producto de calidad y precisión. Elegante y funcional

I am writing this review after using it for last 7 days.I received the watch in 12 days from dispatch date. It was sent through ARAMEX courier , seller is from California. This model is not available in India. The packaging of Casio group is not at all impressive. Only a stand to keep the watch covered in paper box. In India, Casio watch comes in either hardy plastic box and for G-Shock in metal case. So I really don't find it impressive as it is a imported product , coming from USA. Now, about the watch: 1. Looks quite hardy and rugged one. 2. Illuminator light is great, the dial lights up in deep green and digit lights up separately in light green which creates contrast. 3. Made in China (Not thailand make) 4. Band is resin but I don't think its long lasting...let's see in coming years. 5. Band buckle is plastic made and not hardy one , I thought it would be in metal/steel like other company's watch or like Casio G-shock comes in resin band but the buckle is steel. Even cheap watch of timex provides metal buckle in resin band. But this band comes with plastic buckle and I handle it carefully (like not to wear it tight as during removal from wrist the buckle may break if u pull hard) 6. Time is showing accurate.World time and other basic features are good. 7. Alarm sound is a bit low than other casio watch. Snooze alarm function works great specially in morning when you find it quite challenging for waking up. 8. Now lets talk about the main features of the watch i.e.Digital compass and Temperature sensor : a. Digital compass is quite accurate. I checked it with my mobile compass too. No calibration is required. Don't calibrate it as soon as u get the watch. Check first with mobile compass or any other compass before calibration. b. Temperature sensor shows the body temperature so as many people said in previous review, you have to keep your watch open for sometime,then you may get correct temperature. But I can suggest you to subtract 3 to 4 degrees to get correct temperature when you are wearing it. Though it depends person to person for different body temperature but 3 to 4 degree is general.difference from correct temperature. 9. It is 200 meter water resistant and it really is.You can dip it in bucket of water or get into swimming pool. But don't operate the watch/press button as long as you are in water or your hand is wet. 10. Overall it's a good buy...the watch looks quite good and am satisfied. 11. no warranty in India/or outside USA but that's not an issue. I am using casio watches for last 5 years and I can say it does not malfunction within 1 year. It may shows up some problem after 3 years.