lozgti1

Grown up with them.Watches,calculators at school,bedside clock.One of the most amazing companies.Their stuff never misses a beat.

Decided to chuck the Swiss watches in a draw finally.My plastic W-800 just does it all .For £15.00.

Just how do they do it,make brilliant watches,clocks etc, and we cant.Bit like Honda.Amazing

Does anyone come close to their brilliance?

hodgy0_2

Yes, wearing one right now

Good bit of kit

alcazar

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On my second in ten years, I chuck them when the battery runs down.
I have the W59, loses about one second a month, does 12/24 clock, day/date, 50m water proof, has a light and the lithium battery lasts ten years....and has a stopwatch.

All for the amazing price of £7.99 delivered!

Paben

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I've owned a G-Shock for years that has been subjected to harsh treatment yet has only ever needed replacement batteries. My last 'good' Swiss watch recently went for inspection as it had stopped: £295 quote for a service, and that's providing nothing needs replacing. G-Shock time again.

alcazar

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Had the same with a Seiko titanium one. Strap damaged, no longer available, new one, as close as they can get, plus service, £280.

Eeeek!

ALi-B

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Plus its not so gutting if they get broken or stolen.

All my Swiss watches were stolen. Didn't bother replacing them.

Found my Casio databank whilst sorting out some old stuff (rememeber parents buying it for me whilst in Cyprus in the late 1980's/early90's)...needs a new strap, dammit...can get a new databank for £40

bro82

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I got mine GW-810BXD about 9 years ago, and it's a best watch I ever had, solar powered so don't need to worry about batteries also radio time calibration every day :-)

Tidgy

as above, my g shock has been going for a few years now and had a proper hammering lol

Funkii Munkii

I'm on my third Casio Edifice watch, love them, especially my latest

albob

Turbohot

This thread is very timely for me. The other day, my own 6-month old 50 quido Timex dodged me by becoming 25 minutes behind. Just as well I check my times on my Apple gadgets as well, or I would have been late to work. I manually re-adjusted the time and it's working fine, now. However, once bitten, twice shy. I cannot trust it. So, I shall buy a Casio and just wear it on my left wrist while the Timex can stay on the right wrist. Mind you, I may just wear both on my right wrist. Left wrist can be saved for a FitBit. Not that I've got it, but I may just buy that as well, as every other fccker is showing off their FitBit these days regardless of them getting any fitter! I must, too.

Osimabu

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I still use a Casio 'fx-120' calculator that I bought in August 1981 for college. All it ever needs is new batteries every few years and it just keeps going. Considering it will shortly be 35 years old, it's remarkable.

joz8968

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I bought this little sucker last year:

CASIO W-202-1AVEF




Loving its classic old skool aesthetic/silhouette and all the features. Under fifteen sovs.

Devildog

*drawer

FFS what is it with you lot

Devildog

On a less pedantic note, however, yep - I have two G shocks and apart from one with a flat battery (the other is solar) they are literally bombproof.

joz8968

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MIKE THE COOL PERSON:
"Now there's A CHALLENGE!..."

Paben

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Back to pedantry: G-Shocks are extremely tough but they are not 'literally' bombproof!

joz8968

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^^^ The news reporter's favourite phrase.

Rusti

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currently got 3 G-Shocks 1 Edifice and a Seiko love them all. never go wrong and if you get a solar one the battery doesn't give you grief either

Brother in law has a Omega Seamaster and says it is terrible at keeping time.

lozgti1

get a baby g swati!

My God,some of them now£500 00!!!!

Turbohot

I seriously thought that Loz was putting them in a draw; like a lottery draw or something like that- for some charity or alike.

500 000 pounds!!!!???? No way!!! I'll buy one up to 30 quid cost, and see what happens.

lozgti1

lol. Not the normal casios. There is a fancy one with compass etc.

Have to say,looks brilliant,but I will stick in the £30 bracket

too!https://www.casio.co.uk/products/tim...=PRW-6000Y-1ER

lozgti1

Actually,I really blooming want one!

TECHNOPUG

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They sell one for £6k.

For a Casio.....

lozgti1

Joking!

wayne9t9

All together now..

albob

keep up wayne -- see post 10 !!

wayne9t9

Oh yea I missed that, must be the Alzheimers kicking in

albob

Tell me about it !!


Your link has a better picture than mine tho'...

and as I type this - what's playing on radio 2 but --- CASSY-Oooooh !!