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GW-M5610U-1BER
Yeah, the negative displays on these look cool but they are pretty poor for legibility. Even in bright daylight they're much harder to read than the standard LCDs. The big draw of the 5610 is that they're kind of the ultimate practical watch - solar, radio sync, world time, chrono, water and shock resistant etc - so failing on the legibility front sits a bit odd with it.
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I've got GW-5600-2 and all the reports of how bad the neg display is had me worried but I find it really legible apart from in low light but a flick of the wrist and the back light turns on
The newer neg displays do look a step up in clarity though
Was confused earlier in the week when people were saying they run out of battery, mine gets left in a windowless corridor for weeks and when I pick it up it wakes back up and just works
I was really close to getting a GW-M5610U-1BER*
But I'm not sure about the negative dial. I found a tutorial on how to reverse it. But it buying something to add to another project I can't get around to didn't seem sensible.
Also fuck me is their site painful on a mobile.
*is that right? The all black solar one.