This watch was donated to the site
by Brian Daniels from Milwaukee, WI, and will be donated to a member of the armed forces when if survives the testing. This watch is a great basic watch, and after receiving it, I could tell it's taken a beating and hasn't missed a beat. The band that came with it is a little deteriorated, but an easy fix, with the help of Putten Lohmann from Nw Hampshire who donated a replacement band. Other than that...nothing's wrong with this watch. This is a basic model watch but all the toughness you need.

Here are some of the features of the DW-9000:
2- EL backlight with afterglow, and the light can be set to flash on the hourly chime, alarm, end of countdown alarm.
3- Time (12/24 hour format), day, date display
4- Alarm (can be set for daily, specified date, a specific day on every month, or every day on one
specific month)

5- Countdown timer from 1 second to 24 hours.
6- Stopwatch
8- CR2016 battery
I recently started to conduct a torture test on this watch to see how much it could take before donating it to someone that needs a tough watch. Here are the tests and results.
1- set in water for over 16 hours, no water resistant issues.
2- Frozen Solid for over 12 hours, still working.
3- Boiled for a minute, still working.
4- Put in the dryer for 30 minutes, no issues.
5- Run over by a Chevy Blazer, no issues...still working.
1- set in water for over 16 hours, no water resistant issues.
2- Frozen Solid for over 12 hours, still working.

3- Boiled for a minute, still working.
4- Put in the dryer for 30 minutes, no issues.
5- Run over by a Chevy Blazer, no issues...still working.
The only test I had trouble with on this watch was when i pushed the buttons under water. I pushed all the buttons a couple times and after opening it up, I found a small amount of moisture around the light button and on other inner parts of the watch. I did this test before changing the battery so the watch was already dead. I don't know whether it would have been enough water to kill the watch or not. The DW-6600 leaked from a bad seal and died...but after drying out, worked just fine.
The last test was a drop of about 20 feet...which of course, the watch survived.
This watch was donated to LCpl Michael Martinez (USMC) who was recently deployed to Iraq

4 comments:
I bought this watch in 1999 and 11 years later unfortunately I have to say it does not work anymore. So all you tests are fine and dandy but when put through the toughest test of time it failed. TIME! So I went to put another battery in it because I still like this watch and it does not function any more what so ever. Let me know if these things have a lifetime warranty or something please. E-mail is fedja_m3@hotmail.com....put the DW-900 in the subject line please. Thank you.
One thing you might need to do when putting in a new battery is short out the watch. This is standard practice and is even described by casio. Basically there should be a spot on the inside on the back of the module where the battery goes in that says "AC" on it. Us a paper clip and touch the hole by the "AC" spot with another piece of metal on the back and it'll short it out. You may have to experiment a little with this till you find the right spot to short it. I've had a couple G-shocks that required this after battery replacement. And the watches did the same as yours... looked dead until i shorted them out, then they ran fine.
As for the warranty they may consider the replacement if it doesn't work after trying the above. They have a limited lifetime warranty, but you'd have to contact them with the specifics to see if they'd honor it for your watch!
I will email you when i can get to my email!
I bought my DW9000 G-Lide in 1996 and it still works like a charm so far, It's been almost 15 years!!!!
Bought mine in 1997 (18years) now still works
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