Yes, to that opinion come WatchReport in the "Review of the Casio G-Shock GW056A-1V".
Casio G-Shock GW056A features:
- Atomic calibration (US and Japan).
- Solar powered.
- Shock resistant (naturally).
- Water resistant to 200 meters, or about 650 feet.
- Automatic calendar.
- Electroluminescent backlight with auto EL function (meaning it can automatically illuminate when tilted to about 40° in the dark).
- World time (48 cities, 29 time zones, and automatic daylight savings adjustment).
- Four daily alarms and one snooze alarm (which keeps sounding until explicitly disabled).
- Countdown timer (up to 60 minutes).
- Stopwatch with split time (resolution of 1/100th of a second, and a maximum time of 59:59.99).