Casio MDV106 Series | Unisex Analog Watch | 200M WR | Stainless Steel Case | Resin Band | 2 Hand Analog (HR, Min, SEC) | Date Display | Screw Down Crown/Screw Down Caseback | 3 Year Battery

One of the true watch bargains in the world! Sounds a touch over the top? Not a bit of it. A superbly well built stainless steel watch, made by one of the most renowned watch manufacturers, Casio. Millions of timepieces are made by this manufacturer, from the £10 digital classic F91W, probably the highest ever selling digital watch, to G Shocks costing in excess of £8000! This dive style watch is rated to 200 metres water resistant, which I have no doubt it will achieve. It has a three year battery, with replacements that can be bought for well under a pound and very easily swapped. The machining of the case is of a standard expected well beyond its price. The case has a screwdown back and crown and the dial is finished to a very high standard with a gorgeous subtle radial texture. Although the stated total dial and bezel size is 44mm, which might sound big, it wears well for most, due to the relatively short lug to lug distance of 49 mm. With classy polished sides and brushed upper case finishes, this watch can be dressed up with a quality classic strap or dressed down with a canvas or silicon curved end band. To finish off, I’ve found that this great dive watch is ultra accurate. I received mine on the 7th October and it’s gained just one second, today, the 16th December……incredible. Incidentally, this watch is known as a dive ‘style’ only due to the fact that to gain full Diver watch qualification means that every single watch produced, has to be tested to ISO 6425 certification. Even Casio can’t sell a watch that costs approx. £50 and still make a profit whilst carrying out these tests. There are many ISO divers out there that will never take the abuse that this little gem can. If you’ve ever had this watch on your shortlist, just buy it, it’s fabulous and it has a great following all over the globe.

The purchasing process was excellent, the watch arrived 3 early from the States I believe. The watch itself is superb, I've seen review criticising the strap but actually I like it and it's better than many resin/rubber straps I've used before. The face is easily legible and the styling though plain is classic. The second hand alignment with the watchface isn't perfect but I've seen worse on more expensive watches. The case is solid and quite heavy and I expect the watch to be rugged though be aware the crystal is only mineral glass so will scratch though I've seen Youtube showing that sapphire replacements are easy to obtain and with the appropriate equipment or your local friendly watchmaker, easily installed. I may replace the crystal with a sapphire one if it gets badly scratched. I'm very pleased with my purchase, worth every penny. I've already bought a 22mm replacement leather strap though I may only use this occasionally as I like the resin strap and obviously its impervious to water (I often wear my watch in the shower). In short the watch is superb, don't hesitate, buy one you won't regret it. For what it's worth I actually own a 1980's "James Bond" TAG Heuer 1000 dive watch (I bought it new in 1988) and this Casio isn't far behind it in quality and cost far less than the service of my TAG Heuer.

I was surprised by the quality (quite heavy and solid), style and (good) size of the watch. It’s an absolute bargain for a diver watch with 200m water resistance. I have other similar but much more expensive diver watches and this takes some beating.

The best affordable dive watch money can buy! The rubber strap is a beautiful design, very rugged and in good light the black even sparkles, inside is Casio's very reliable 2784 quartz movement that takes a SR626SW battery if ever you need to replace, the dial has a fantastic sunburst effect and dances in the light and the contrasting colours are gorgeous. Without a doubt my favourite watch that Casio has made and unlike the newer MDV107 this has the iconic marlin in the dial and caseback, the lume is fantastic with a pip at the 12 mark and the rotating bezel has a nice feel to it, screw down crown with hacking movement means you can precisely adjust time, Great value and was also delivered a few days earlier than planned! 10/10

Really well put together watch for the money. Nicely designed, simple uncluttered face. Very accurate, tough and good for every day wear. I would not wear it to go out for dinner, or to a function, but this is not what the watch was intended for. Its an attractive easy to see diver's watch that does what it says on the tin. A truly fit for purpose watch at an astonishing price. What more do you want? It also is far more accurate than a mechanical, and because of its meagre cost you are not going to worry about it too much. Consequently, it will probably end up being your daily wearer leaving any other more expensive alternatives as just plain unnecessary. I find that this Casio has a constant place amongst my luxury and vintage watches and spends far more time on my wrist than any of my much more expensive watches precisely because of its comfort and functionality. One last thing! This watch is remarkably light, despite great construction and good looks and after a few minutes you hardy know you have it on. Always essential in any wristwatch. buy one! Its a good watch. Take a closer look on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SXRSjFT9V8

As someone who has several high end watches, after a rather expensive repair I wanted a watch I could wear doing any job without the worry of damaging it. The Casio Duro Marlin ticked all the boxes, and with many top reviews on-line it certainly has an excellent reputation. It is also my first quartz watch. Firstly, the photo shows how the watch arrived from Amazon in a torn and bashed box which was rather disappointing. However, saying that it arrived from the US in six days, six days earlier than advertised and for the cheap knock down price of £50, it wasn’t worth sending back for a new one as the watch was undamaged but it is also now more expensive. NOTE - the spec details say the watch has a 20mm band width, this is WRONG it has a 22mm width. I purchased the silver/black version and the watch has a really nice clear face, it feels robust and has a good weight to it and certainly looks more expensive than it is. The screw down Crown feels very good and is easy to use for a hack and the watch is also pretty much silent. The movement is certainly very accurate and in tests over a week it didn’t drop a second. The strap is okay and is also comfortable but not to my tastes, so I soon swapped it for an Archers Black 22mm NATO strap which I think looks much better. Reports of the lume being poor is not the case with mine, and after a charge on going to bed when I woke up at 5:30am I could still read it well. For those with a small wrist you may find the Duro’s 44mm case a bit on the large size, and it is right on the very limit for my smallish size wrist, but it sits well and feels very comfortable. Otherwise no complaints at all and I am very pleased with my purchase, it’s a lot of watch for your money and a great budget buy for a quality made Divers wristwatch. Well done Casio.

As an Ex-Navy Diver, this watch is perfect for diving and is all you need. Great quality and value for money! 10/10!

Amazing item. It’s 44mm but doesn’t wear that big at all. It’s more like a 41mm watch in size. It’s been faultless, looks great, survived 2 weeks submerged in a pool/sea in Turkey for 10 hrs/day. It look far more expensive than its real cost and I’m so impressed. The strap is a bit nasty and although I didn’t mind the look of it, it eventually caused a nasty rash so I had to bin it. The watch looks fab with a 22mm NATO strap and I can’t recommend it highly enough. I bought it as a cheap holiday watch to wear in the water but still wear it regularly. It’s not scratched in 8 months, has kept perfect time having a quartz movement and is clear and easy to read. The lume isn’t great but then for £44 what do you expect. It tells the time the same as a watch 200x its price and I’m not scared of losing it. Love it. Fantastic purchase. Don’t worry about it bei g too big. Get one with the Marlin as they look much nicer.