G-Shock GBM2100A-1A3 Metal Covered Bluetooth 'CasiOak'

As a bit of a collector, I couldn't resist buying this fantastic looking G Shock with the ice blue dial.Looks fabulous on wrist and although initially I thought the strap was a bit hard, it is comfy to wear and looks great.

Glad I purchased this watch, love the blue colour against the metal and strap. Once I could work out how to Bluetooth watch to app, love how it could be set up quickly. Tough solar excellent. Tempted to buy other colour ways.

I am a watch collector with everything from watches associated with my phone to many classic automatics. I just buy what I like and always on the lookout for something different have looked at G-Shock in general and this watch in particular. I have never seen this one in the flesh. Just on photographs and it looks as good as the photographs but with one issue. See below.When this watch was delivered I was first struck by the rather basic presentation in a tin box but to be fair I have many very smart watch boxes and they all just take up space anyway. The watch itself was covered in a great many adhesive strips which meant it was well protected but took an age to get off. Then on to setting it up.I am a firm believer in "if all else fails read the instructions" ... MoreI am a watch collector with everything from watches associated with my phone to many classic automatics. I just buy what I like and always on the lookout for something different have looked at G-Shock in general and this watch in particular. I have never seen this one in the flesh. Just on photographs and it looks as good as the photographs but with one issue. See below.When this watch was delivered I was first struck by the rather basic presentation in a tin box but to be fair I have many very smart watch boxes and they all just take up space anyway. The watch itself was covered in a great many adhesive strips which meant it was well protected but took an age to get off. Then on to setting it up.I am a firm believer in "if all else fails read the instructions" and with this watch hit that point very quickly and the instructions were the normal complicated Casio large sheet of very tiny text. Now to a tip. Download the phone app. Then you just need to pair the watch with your phone and read the instructions from there. Once paired with the app it is great but note that the instructions for the first part of pairing is to hold button "B" for st least three seconds. After that repeatedly fails you discover that it takes at least five or six seconds before the little indicator hand you can't see moves to the right place for Bluetooth.Cut to an hour or so later and the watch is up and running. The only problem then is that it looks really good in the pictures and it is a very smart watch on the wrist but in anything other than bright light it is very hard to see the hands. That is the only reason for giving it three stars.If the watch had a more practical colour scheme it would easily be five stars. It looks good and is well made. The case and strap is as good as some of my watches which cost thousands and the extra functions (in watch talk, complications) over telling the time are very good. As a traveller I love being able to pick my destination by clicking on a map in the app and then tell the app to change my watch to the selected time zone. Then watch the hands spin to the required time zone. I have a Casio Red Arrows watch that adjusts to world time but it is such a complicated process to change the time I never use it for travel. This watch will get used as it is far more straightforward.Final point is that the watch comes with a very long bracelet which will fir just about any wrist. It is very easy to remove links but I will leave it to DIYers to check how.