Casio
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.:luxhello: 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? |
Yes, wearing one right now
Good bit of kit |
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! |
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.
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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.
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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 :rolleyes: |
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 :-)
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as above, my g shock has been going for a few years now and had a proper hammering lol
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I'm on my third Casio Edifice watch, love them, especially my latest
http://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp...db-1avdr-a.jpg |
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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. :cool:
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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.
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I bought this little sucker last year:
CASIO W-202-1AVEF https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...a9306193c6.jpg Loving its classic old skool aesthetic/silhouette and all the features. Under fifteen sovs. :cool: |
Originally Posted by lozgti1
(Post 11828743)
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.:luxhello: 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? FFS what is it with you lot :brickwall |
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.
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Originally Posted by Devildog
(Post 11832058)
...they are literally bombproof.
"Now there's A CHALLENGE!..." :D |
Originally Posted by Devildog
(Post 11832058)
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.
Back to pedantry: G-Shocks are extremely tough but they are not 'literally' bombproof! :thumb: |
^^^ The news reporter's favourite phrase. ;)
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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 :luxhello:
Brother in law has a Omega Seamaster and says it is terrible at keeping time. :eek: |
get a baby g swati!
My God,some of them now£500 00!!!! |
Originally Posted by Devildog
(Post 11832057)
*drawer
FFS what is it with you lot :brickwall
Originally Posted by lozgti1
(Post 11834083)
get a baby g swati!
My God,some of them now£500 00!!!! |
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 |
Actually,I really blooming want one!
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They sell one for £6k.
For a Casio..... |
Joking!
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All together now..
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keep up wayne -- see post 10 !!
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Oh yea I missed that, must be the Alzheimers kicking in :lol1:
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Originally Posted by wayne9t9
(Post 11837401)
Oh yea I missed that, must be the Alzheimers kicking in :lol1:
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 !! |
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