Casio Men's MDV106-1AV 200 M WR Black Dive Watch (MDV106-1A)

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 watch is good value for the money. I haven't big wrists so going by previous reviews was a bit concerned it may look to big but it doesn't. The black & silver goes with any casual outfit or silver jewellery. Im now considering the black & gold as an addition to my collection. The watch is accurate but the size of the calender window is useless. The night time visuals of the dials are also pretty useless. I found it tricky on occasion to find the point to set the calendar but its not important because personally without a magnifying glass I can't see the numbers anyway. The outer bezel is a good action with no give but Im unlikely to ever need it. I find the strap comfortable and okay looking so ill change it only if required. Im getting used to the weight after mainly wearing a G-shock which feels considerably lighter than this watch. Its not going to go near water, unless by accident, so I can't comment on it's water proofneess.Its a visually a tidy watch, accurate and looks more than its money.

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.

Most people know what they are buying when looking at these watches. Reliable, accurate and IMO good looking. The Duro is a no frills, functional divers watch, great quality for the price, iconic Sailfish / Marlin logo on the dial and caseback. This one is my third, and just as happy with it as I am my others. First thing I always do is fit shoulderless spring bars and a nato strap (normally a Zuludiver) and then I just enjoy wearing them. Fitting a sapphire crystal when the mineral gets scratched, or I have some spare cash.

ProsAmazing value for money. 200m water resistant analogue watch with a Japanese movement. Nice classic diver style (rolex submariner/ seiko skx etc) without being a cheap tacky copy. Decent uni directional Rotating bezel with lume pip. Clicks well enough, slight play backwards when you try but don't expect seiko skx style quality. Has functioning lume/ lume pip foe glow in the dark effects. Again some way off seiko levels but great effort for the price and who the hell goes diving 200m and relies on a 50 poubd watch anyway! Second hand hits the markers really well - not perfect but near enough and better than many a more expensive quartz watch (including a previous Tissot I had). The standard rubber strap is ok as in its comfortable and looks hardwearing. But at 22m lug width its crying out for being used as a strap monster. I have it on a cheap nato anf intend to buy more fun funky colours of natos. Looks really well made and worth a lot more than it cost.Cons(And it really is the only con). This watch is LARGE. The modern trend is for watches to go big/huge/ ridiculous. This certainly isn't ridiculous or even huge. But it is big. Now I know it is advertised at 44mm which is big but I read reviews that it wore smaller so I went for it. I have medium 7inch wrists (and popeye forearms!) and I'm definitely at the upper limit. Why couldn't this watch be a 42mm just so that it could be universal for all wrist sizes! And to be honest most classy / quality watches are smaller and just look better for it. I certainly prefer 38-42 mm but I guess if you have large wrists you will be happy.AlternativesFor a cheap cheerful iconic quartz consider a timex weekender (38mm).For iconic solid quality iso rated diver automatics:Seiko Skx (you may need to remortgage now)Citizen promaster (around the 200 pounds mark)Orient ray 2 (great all round package and still only around 120ish)For cheap and cheerful and a huge variety of designs (but frowned upon by watch enthusiasts):InvictaHappy watch hunting:)

Nice looking 'marlin' divers watch. Quite big which appeals to me with a 7" plus wrist, but bear in mind for slimmer wrists. Usual Casio quality and every watch collector should have a Casio even if you're into luxury watches. You can't beat them for everyday drivers (I own quite a few G-Shocks). The strap is a bit basic as expected,but I swapped it out for a nicer one I had, but would look good with a NATO. Took a while to arrive as an import but worth waiting for.