This full metal G-Shock Square was first released about four years ago but I avoided buying at first simply because it was so much more costly than G-Shock Squares made with resin materials. But, after a long time thinking about it and tracking the price trends, I decided that 2022 was the year that I would finally buy one. As it stands, this is now one of the less-costly metal G-Shock Squares, since Casio has introduced some models with more exotic colors and/or made with higher grade titanium. Some of those have also been limited editions, which always seems to increase the price.
This model uses module 3459. (A full user manual is available for download from Casio's website.) The main features of this module are Tough Solar (to effortlessly charge the watch's power supply using solar power), Multiband 6 (to automatically synchronize the watch with "Atomic Clock Time") and a Bluetooth connectivity which interacts with the Casio Connected app on a smart phone or tablet. The app allows the watch to synchronize to "Atomic Clock Time" in areas of the world where Multiband 6 reception is not available and/or in places where radio interference might make Multiband 6 difficult to use anyway. The app also allows the user to make certain adjustments to the watch settings in a way which is usually faster and easier than an entire sequence of pushing buttons on the watch itself. But please keep in mind that you don't HAVE to use the app in order to use this watch. There's really only one significant thing which the app provides which is not available on the watch itself, and that's an indication of whether the battery is charged in a low, medium or high state.
The less-costly, resin versions of the Bluetooth Squares operate in the same way this one does. The only real difference between the modules used is that this one has a "Super Twisted Nematic" LCD. The STN display gives a slightly higher contrast than the regular LCD and allows the user to view the display more clearly at a variety of viewing angles.
Other useful features include five easily-accessed time zones in the World Time mode, a 24-hour stopwatch, a 24-hour countdown timer, five daily alarms (one of which is a Snooze alarm), an hourly chime, A selection of languages for the day of the week abbreviation, an automatic LED backlight option, two different duration settings for the backlight, the ability to select a M.DD or DD.M display for the month and date on the main mode, AND a date-based reminder which can be customized using the G-Shock Connected app.
And, if you REALLY want to go in depth about the G-Shock Connected App, go to the following video and skip to the middle of it. • G-Shock GW-B5600 (GMWB...