This one’s been on my wrist for years now.  I’ve had gadget watches that I wear for fun (I have a binary LED watch, and I had a Pimp Watch for a while too, and a couple of slick retro-looking Spoons), but this one is the old standby. 

So what makes a great nerd watch also a great every day watch?  I guess the key here is practical technology.  Guys like me enjoy things that are solar powered, and this watch delivers there.  A full charge gives the watch 11 months of battery life (in perfect darkness), and 5 or 10 minutes in the sun gives it a full charge (I read somewhere in the manual that it takes 8 hours under fluorescent light, which is more realistic if you’re a regular reader).  The other fun bit of technology is the automatic time setting from the atomic clock in Colorado.  We’ve got these atomic clocks all over my house; there’s something satisfying about having everything ticking exactly the same.

Another thing about this watch is that it’s very similar to the first real watch my parents got for me, a great old feature-packed Casio with a big black rubber wrist band.  Very nostalgic.  Plus the fact that it’s pretty much bulletproof, being a G-shock and all, just completed the package.

So there you have it, another post of Zarch’s every day gear.  If interested, here’s the page from Casio with all the specs.