{"id":250531,"date":"2025-07-09T10:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T10:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/250531\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T10:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T10:43:13","slug":"forget-apple-and-garmin-this-hard-wearing-good-looking-casio-g-shock-move-has-crashed-to-214-for-prime-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/250531\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget Apple and Garmin \u2014 this hard-wearing, good-looking Casio G-Shock Move has crashed to $214 for Prime Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Day is one of the best times of the year to scoop up a great smartwatch deal. But before you pull the trigger on an Apple or Garmin, check out this reduction on the grandaddy of digital timepieces.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/target.georiot.com\/Proxy.ashx?tsid=45724&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.com%2FCasio-DW-H5600-Multisport-Assisted-Tracking%2Fdp%2FB0C2ZN2X6X%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dtomsguide-us-1048974301322651337-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Casio-DW-H5600-Multisport-Assisted-Tracking\/dp\/B0C2ZN2X6X\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"hawklinks\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/target.georiot.com\/Proxy.ashx?tsid=45724&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.com%2FCasio-DW-H5600-Multisport-Assisted-Tracking%2Fdp%2FB0C2ZN2X6X%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dhawk-custom-tracking-20\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-merchant-name=\"Amazon US\" data-merchant-id=\"1471\" data-merchant-network=\"Amazonus\" data-merchant-url=\"amazon.com\">Casio&#8217;s G-Shock Move DW-H5600 is on sale for $214 at Amazon<\/a> \u2014 saving you a handy 28% off this smart(ish), rugged watch.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the thing about Casio G-Shock watches: they&#8217;ll take whatever you can throw at them. No need to worry about dings and scratches and, even if you do knock them around a bit \u2014 it all adds to the charm.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve worn a G-Shock GW7900B-1 for years at this point (the GW8900A-1 is a close cousin <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/target.georiot.com\/Proxy.ashx?tsid=45724&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.com%2Fdp%2FB005JQ00Q4%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dtomsguide-us-1202434567223697928-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B005JQ00Q4\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"hawklinks\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/target.georiot.com\/Proxy.ashx?tsid=45724&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.com%2Fdp%2FB005JQ00Q4%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dhawk-custom-tracking-20\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-merchant-name=\"Amazon US\" data-merchant-id=\"1471\" data-merchant-network=\"Amazonus\" data-merchant-url=\"amazon.com\">and is currently reduced by 7% at Amazon<\/a>) and it&#8217;s been a reliable accessory on a number of adventures.<\/p>\n<p>But since it&#8217;s 2025, we need brains as well as brawn. Which is why the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/opinion\/i-spent-a-weekend-with-the-g-shock-smartwatch-7-things-that-surprised-me\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/opinion\/i-spent-a-weekend-with-the-g-shock-smartwatch-7-things-that-surprised-me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">G-Shock Move DW-H5600<\/a> is worth a look for anyone that&#8217;s interested in tracking their fitness but doesn&#8217;t want another device to charge every night.<\/p>\n<p>The watch tracks your activity through a pulse oximeter and heart sensor and uses algorithms developed by fitness watch brand Polar. The resulting data is fed through to Casio&#8217;s companion app on either iOS or Android. It&#8217;s not a perfect system; there&#8217;s no swimming option even though this watch is rated waterproof to 200M. Go figure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.28%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/x7LvyGL8YDMgdJsf43Q7CM.jpg\" alt=\"Fitbit Charge 6 vs. Casio G-Shock Move smartwatch.\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/x7LvyGL8YDMgdJsf43Q7CM.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/x7LvyGL8YDMgdJsf43Q7CM.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Future)<\/p>\n<p>You also won&#8217;t find a touchscreen here \u2014 instead, you&#8217;ve got to operate the watch like the good old days: with buttons. Try showing that to anyone born after 2010 and see what happens.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, so it&#8217;s not going to appeal to everyone but for G-Shock fans like me, this is a Prime Day deal not to be missed. And, if you need a little bit more convincing, find out what happened when my colleague Dan <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/wellness\/fitness-trackers\/i-walked-5300-steps-with-apple-watch-se-vs-g-shock-move-this-one-won\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/wellness\/fitness-trackers\/i-walked-5300-steps-with-apple-watch-se-vs-g-shock-move-this-one-won\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">put this watch to the test against an Apple Watch over 5,000 steps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And remember to check out the rolling <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/live\/news\/ive-been-covering-prime-day-deals-for-11-years-best-sales-live\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/live\/news\/ive-been-covering-prime-day-deals-for-11-years-best-sales-live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom&#8217;s Guide Prime Day live blog<\/a> for the latest deals as they happen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Day is one of the best times of the year to scoop up a great smartwatch deal.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3160],"tags":[1685,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-250531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-gadgets","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114822866937583944","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}