CasioG-Shock Mudman Super Dual Illuminator Men's Quartz 52mm Digital Watch G9000-1V

I decided to check out this watch, after hearing great things about it, and I absolutely love it.The G9000 is a great watch. The size of the watch makes it perfect for all wrist sizes, despite the diameter of the watch being relatively big. It has your typical functions that you’d expect from a G-Shock, such as your alarms, timer, world time, and a stopwatch (two of them that can run concurrently). It has an electroluminescent backlight that lights up the entire screen, including the text on the dial as well. It’s a good looking watch. Really like the design of the backplate. The grooves on the back of the watch may cause discomfort for some, but I like the added space between my wrist and the backplate. 200 metres of water resistance is perfect as well.The biggest flaw of this watch is the volume of the alarms, but it’s still louder than the alarms of the GW-5000U/GW-M5610U. In addition, the buttons are bit hard to press.The watch has remained very accurate, only gaining about a second since getting it.Overall, this is a great watch that gets the job done, and is more than capable to withstand everyday life.

This watch is tough as all get out. I bought it because I assumed that a watch designed for the rigors imposed by motocross racers would have a fair chance lasting on my wrist with the kind of work I do. I was not disappointed.I wore it to work every day through 8 months of intense, bone jarring, rock breaking excavation as an archaeology field tech in Colorado and this watch came out in better condition than me. Day after day of digging through hard earth six-pound Fiskers shovels (great shovels, btw, only managed to break a few) and breaking through cobbles and bedrock with sixteen-pound pry bars, I ended the season with trigger finger in my right hand pinky and carpel tunnel starting in both hands and yet this watch has hardly a scratch on it and still keeps time as accurately as you would expect from any other quartz movement watch. After eight months, I reset the time to an atomic clock because it was off by 30 to 45 seconds... not too shabby considering the serious amount of impact and vibration this watch suffered daily during the field season. I heartily endorse Casio G-Shock watches now for this reason. It also showed no problems operating in temperatures ranging from the mid teens to upper nineties (and greater since it was often in direct sunlight), and I'm sure there are even greater temperature extremes it could withstand. The wristband gave me no grief either; there are no signs of cracking and only the slightest dents and discoloration exist to remind me where I tighten it down to.As for the operation of the watch and its features, I have no real complaints. The watch is a tad bulky, but not cumbersome or oversized. It is simply larger than the other watches I own (almost exclusively analog, which are normally smaller). The face of the watch is super easy to read in all lighting conditions and the dual illuminator works well in the dark. I like having the time, date, and day all on display on the same screen... its very nice to have that handy when doing paperwork in the midday July heat when calling such information to mind is often difficult. I'll admit that I haven't made much use of the other features with the exception of the stopwatch which I use sparingly. Being used to analog watches, I simply don't feel a need to use alarms or whatnot and so I haven't bothered to try them out. The world time feature would be great if I was traveling between time zones, but all my work this year was local, so maybe next year I'll use it. The buttons are a little tough to use at first, but you'll find that your fingers get sore and then you adjust. Such is the price you pay for a watch that effectively keeps the elements out of its inner workings.As far as looks go, this is not what I would wear with my suit and tie nor with my regular weekend out-on-the-town attire. That being said, it is a handsome watch as digitals go and looks right at home with rugged outdoor wear. It would also look fine with casual clothes, but I tend to prefer my analogs for that, as I've said.I would recommend this watch entirely to many people, such as construction workers, the intended motocross and extreme sports enthusiasts, military personnel (24 hour time and mute are just a few button presses away!), fellow archaeologists, Rambo, skin divers (I can't speak to its efficacy for deep dives, but I bet its pretty good), mountaineers, professional athletes, law enforcement, ninjas, and anyone else looking for a really tough, cost-effective watch to strap to their wrist.*Edit 3/20/2021: I've been wearing this watch for 4 years now, so I wanted to update my review with additional information and photos. This watch is still doing a damn fine job. I've worn it hiking in the mountains at high altitude, digging down in the swamps of Louisiana, swimming in the Gulf of Mexico, working in the sweltering heat of summer in East Texas, and beyond. It's endured pouring rain, extreme heat and cold, collisions, abrasions, falls, and lots and lots of mud and dirt. Through all that, it just keeps functioning just as well as the day I got it. I just wear it in the shower and let it clean up with me. Rinse and repeat.It has gotten one scratch on the glass, but so what? Most watches get at least a few scratches after a year of being worn in much less demanding circumstances, much less after 4 years as an outdoor work watch. As I said in my original review above, I still haven't had any issues with the band cracking or breaking. The original battery is even going strong still. Finally, I added a compass to the band because it's useful out in the wilderness to have a compass handy, and it looks cool besides.I still highly recommend G-Shock watches.

I love G-Shock and had my eye on the Mudman for a while. A lot of G-Shocks are too big for my tastes and my 6-inch wrist. The Mudman is one of their more modestly sized designs. Bigger than the 5600 line but more wearable than the popular 6900. The red buttons also popped out to me and made it stand out against other G-Shocks I was looking at.On that note, the buttons on the Mudman are designed for durability and harsh conditions. You're going to need some getting used to when you feel these for the first time. They are very stiff and there's hardly any give or feedback to them. You'll need to press them with the point of your finger or your nail to get the best results. They do soften a little over time and repeated use.