I have a Citizen Promaster Skyhawk AT and a Casio Pro Trek 3500. They're both great watches, but I can't hear the alarms on either of them. I don't know why no one seems to make a usable watch alarm. Maybe my age has reduced my hearing by enough to matter. I end up wearing my Samsung smartwatch almost all the time because it's alarms have plenty of volume and it also vibrates. It frustrates me.
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I have a lot of experience with the regular Casio watches, and use an AE-1000W as my EDC. Build quality is excellent for the price, but the clear plastic on the front can be prone to scratching. Unless you're an incredibly light sleeper, a watch alarm will never wake you up. Sorry I don't have any information about this specific watch. Wrist-worn step counters have never worked that well for me since I guess I don't move my arms when I walk. They work if I put them in my pocket, so I've defaulted to just using the step tracker on my phone.