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17 of 18 humans found the following review helpful.
Despite it is size, it’s a comfortable and utile watch
By Honest Opinion
PROS:
1) comfortable watch to wear: as other reviewers point out, it feels well balanced in spite of it’s physical size.
2) Fits well, even for littler wrist sizes: the material, shape of the band and it is width all work to make this a comfortable watch.
3) Titanium backing (lightweight and resists corrosion).
4) The tide and moon functions seem to be reasonably exact and are fun/useful to have readily available.
5) Really, it’s not that bulky when equated to a lot of other watches. For example it’s comparable to a self winding analog watch.
CONS:
1) It’s bulk is felt if you wear it with tight fitting sleaves (such as knitted wrists on a jacket).
2) The booklet that comes with it is a little tedius to use (small pages and print), which may be why a great deal of people found it difficult to set up. However, you may effortlessly find a .pdf file on the Internet that is full size and having little impact to read.
In general, the Moon Phase and Tide functions require you to invest a little more time in learning to use the watch – but that ought to be expected. In the end, you may even get enjoyment from learning numerous of the science behind it.
8 of 9 persons found the following review helpful.
Old Gulfman better than new?
By Mitchell Billings
When I received my Gulfman, I without delay went to a tide chart and set up the watch for the tides. Worked well! The only problem was that the chart was so tiny that these older eyes couldn’t read it without numerous help. Probably better for the younger set.
The NEW model of the Gulfman…atomic and such, do NOT do the tides and moon. What a pity….that makes THIS model more utile (and cheaper) than the new one.
I like the looks of this one…my introductory G-Shock. However, now having had this one (and given it away to a friend, who loves it…HIS original G-shock) I’m convinced that you ought to save your cash and get the RISEMAN which tells temperature, barometer, altitude…all in a nice package.
BUT….the Gulfman I consider a BEST BUY! Best bangs for the buck…should be competent to get this for in regards to $60.
7 of 8 persons found the following review helpful.
A good choice
By G. Webster
I am a G-Shock fan, and I genuinely find myself wanting to LOVE this watch. I think it sells itself on a “concept” more than any actual, utile features – but that’s fine as long as you’re conscious of what you’re buying.
Typical of all G-Shocks, it is fabulously lasting and feels rock solid. The buttons on this Gulfman are genuinely larger and more easy to press than a good deal of other G-Shocks, and that’s a huge plus. Let me try to break it down:
Pros:
– Sharp-looking display, more or less cluttered, but looks impressive.
– Titanium backplate and screws (essentially makes this watch rust-proof).
– Moon and Tide displays genuinely work with reasonable accuracy – after you have expended an hour on the ‘net working out how to set them for your emplacement 
– Backlight (“dual illuminator”) looks fantastic (after you see it yourself, you will understand).
Cons:
– Moon phase display is TOO SMALL. I may see it, but, it needs to be somewhat larger.
– No consecrated Light button at the bottom of the face. Most G-Shocks have this button. It is sorely missed on this watch (instead you use the top-right button for the light)
This watch also shows a cool little animation as you switch amid the respective modes; for those interested, the modes are: TIME -> TIDE/MOON -> WORLD TIME -> STOPWATCH -> COUNTDOWN TIMER -> ALARMS. You have 2 alarms plus a third snooze alarm. As with numerous G-Shocks, you may set the display to flash with the alarm/hourly chime/countdown timer – wholly pointless but fabulously cool at the same time
The tide graph has been working well for me, after I in the long run managed to set the rectify values within the watch. No huge deal if you are prepared to spend a bit of time searching on the internet. However, the graph is fixed by it’s own “resolution”; by that I mean the way the bar-graph is set up with only 6 segments, it will only flick to the next segment each 2 hours, so you are never genuinely going to be sure precisely when high tide is for a queer day (as well as showing the current tide in timekeeping mode, this watch allows you to without apparent effort step through the hours of the day and see where the tide will be at that time). Similarly, it allows you to without apparent effort step through the days of the month and see what the moon will look like on that date. Anybody who depends on the tides/moon with any regularity will already have charts that show this selective information more distinctly – but it fits well with the theme of this watch and it is a welcome feature.
… Is titanium in truth necessary on a G-Shock? Probably not, but as I said at the start, this watch is retail the “idea” that it was made for the ocean and anybody who interacts with the ocean. And in a lot of respects it fits very well.
In summary, if you are the type of person who is mesmerized in tides/moon, and who spends time near the ocean, this may well be a very gratifying watch for you to own. It has outstanding “wrist presence” with it’s chunky plastic bezel, it weighs practically not one thing thanks to the lack of steel, and it feels kind of cool just jumping into the ocean with a titanium-backed monster called a “Gulfman” strapped onto your wrist
On the other hand, if you are just looking for a general-wear G-Shock, you may want to check out other models such as the Mudman range (Casio Men’s G-Shock Mudman Solar Atomic Watch #GW9000A-1), or my favourite, the DW-5600e (Casio Men’s G-Shock Classic Digital Watch #DW5600E-1V).
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