Review of the Casio G-Shock GLX-56007 White G-Lide

Moving on now from the much due adulation to the construction of the GLX one will see that things are par for the course.  As with any 5600 series G the GLX features a plastic case with stamped case back secured with four screws.  This particular case back appears to be of the slightly nicer looking stamped case back with a brushed finish in contrast to the stamped case backs with the matte finish featured on some other Gs.  Water resistance is etched on the case back and watch face as 20bar. The band and bezel are a very bright white and of a high gloss finish on the outward facing side while the inner part that contacts the wrist is a porous matte finish white.  In contrast to the band and bezel, the strap keeper is not glossy but universally matte in finish.  The band features nice light grey graphics as well as the G-Lide logo on prominent display south of 6 o'clock.  One small flaw present on my GLX, as well as all my 5600 series Gs, is that the band doesn't mate up perfectly with the bezel.  That is to say that the point on the bezel that mates up with the band is slightly wider.  I have one 5000 series G and though the gap is present there as well it is slightly diminished.


Now let's address the features of the 3151 module, which I believe, was first seen in 2008 on the teal IN4MATION G-Shock collab.  The 3151 module is a great deal of fun to look at and play around with due in most part to the moon phase indicator and tide graph on the top third of the watch face.  Also visible while in main time keeping mode are the time, day, and date.  The time can be switched from 12 and 24 hour formats easily by pressing the search button.  Across the bottom third of the watch face are a linear series of indicators for the two alarms, hourly signal, snooze alarm, auto EL, and tone mute.   
With each press of the mode button a cool looking graphical display sweeps across the moon phase and tide graph, accompanied by an abbreviated description of what mode one is in. Cycling through the modes first brings one to the moon phase/tide graph mode which indicates at what state of ebb or flow the tide is in at any time during the day.  Pressing the search button allows one to advance time to see where the tide will be at that particular hour.  Pressing the adjust button switches to the moon phase portion of the mode in which one can press search to advance the day incrementally and see what state of waxing or waning the moon will be in.  Alternatively one can press adjust to input a specific date rather than advance the day one at a time.  

Further cycling through the modes reveals world time, stopwatch (with available auto start), 24 hour countdown timer, 2 standard alarms, snooze alarm, and hourly signal.  

Which brings one back to the main time keeping mode.  At this point I want to address setting this particular module which is a little more involved than other Gs.  In order for all readings to be correct one has to enter a number of figures for the area one lives in---longitude, lunitidal interval, and UTC.  All the aforementioned information is listed in the manual that comes with the watch for most major cities.  If the city one lives in is not included then a quick Google search will generally yield all the information needed.  Conversely I live just south of San Francisco and could not for the life of me find the lunitidal interval nor am I intelligent enough to figure it out myself.  Oh well---I won't cry myself to sleep over not knowing when the tide is in.  I'll cry in the shower so nobody can hear.  

My final conclusion is that the GLX56007 is one little honey of a watch.  If you have any interest in 5600 series Gs then you must own one for the neat moon phase and tide graph features.  Or maybe you wanted the teal IN4MATION G-Lide but the hypebeasts snatched 'em all before you had a chance.  Or maybe you want to pick up a G-Lide but this particular model doesn't work for you. In that case take a look at what my collaborators have to say---you are certain to find something you like.  A few wrist shots to close and until next time---take care.