Casio Tough Solar - An Observation on Tough Solar
Something I have noticed is that my Casio Tough Solar that is the non tinted crystal version charges more rapidly than my other with the same module (movement) that is. I know have bull bars on both as I thought that may be a factor and it is not. It makes sense, less photons would reach the photovoltaics that surround the LCD. The end result is I find myself wearing by G-Shock with the blue tint more often so it can be fully charged. Ahh, 1st world problems.
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Good knowledge…was looking into these watches
NNoobquestion - how was you able to check the battery/charge time etc?
NNoobquestion - how was you able to check the battery/charge time etc?
Happy to help, on the face at the bottom right is a bar above L for Low, M for Medium, and H for High. The bar I like to keep above the H for High. In the top left are the letters RCVD for when it was able to update to the atomic clock within the past 24 hours, so these watches are what I set all others, and house clocks by. I do not know your location, but if you are in the Western Hemisphere, you are likely in range of one of these signals. I am in Dallas Texas and receive the signal from Ft Collins in Colorado. You could always manually set the time as well if you are in the Southern Hemisphere and it would be accurate as most quartz watches are. Cheers !
I have 4 Casios. Interestingly, none are G-Shocks. I have 1 Edifice, 2 minimalist dress watches, and 1 Tough Solar. I bought it out of the clearance case at Walmart for $10. It is the STL - S300H. It is rather small and is sold as a woman's watch, but I like it because it looks like a miniature G-Shock and it's tough too, just like the name says. Its crystal is not tinted. I keep it in an open box about 6 feet away from a window, and that's all I have to do to keep it fully charged.
And here's another 1st world problem.
I would like to see Casio or Seiko or Citizen or somebody make a solar mecha-quartz watch that wasn't a Chrono. Just a regular three-hander. This would solve the two "problems" of quartz watches - battery changes and the one-tick second hand.