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I got a couple of casio watches from Amazon years back. Then I brought one in a physical watch store and realized that all the watches purchased through Amazon

by tokai 5y ago

I got a couple of casio watches from Amazon years back. Then I brought one in a physical watch store and realized that all the watches purchased through Amazon were fakes. Especially the strap is so much better on the real thing.

DizzyDoo 5y ago
I wouldn't have been surprised to find out my F-91W was counterfeit! But I just went and watched a "30 ways to tell if your Casio watch is fake" video on YouTube and it looks like my watch is legitimate. I probably wasn't careful enough with the strap, it just disintegrated at one of the connections to the face.
- crhutchins 5y ago
  Is there any way you can link up the exact video? I'd like to examine my Casio.
  - DizzyDoo 5y ago
    Yes, it was this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNnkDyGgvGk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNnkDyGgvGk
  - creeble 5y ago
    I don't have a video link handy, but this British mod dude has a very brief summary: Guide.Zenn22.Shop (redirects to a steam site I think). He has many modded F91W's on eBay. I have one "fake" F91W, it's actally SKMEI branded and keeps fine time. Not sure I believe his claim that the fakes are so inaccurate, but maybe.
    - yyx 5y ago
      How do you like SKMEI? Backlight must be way better than F91W.
      - boskom 5y ago
        I got $10 skmei 1278, casio w96 copy, for two years, backlight is great, countdown, water resistant enough for swimming, +10sec a month, screen could have better viewing angles, bought replacement strap from Ali.
- criddell 5y ago
  > it just disintegrated at one of the connections to the face That's a very common problem on the inexpensive Casios. When it happened to my watch I found that new watch cost less than a new strap.
  - subspaceman 5y ago
    I found the same, though I couldn't bring myself to buy another watch just because it was cheaper. So I bought some NATO straps and have been really happy with them. Perfect watch for me now.
felixgallo 5y ago
nonsense. I've bought lots of Casio watches on Amazon and have never encountered a fake.
- kube-system 5y ago
  There are lots of third party sellers hawking fake Casios on many online marketplaces.
14 5y ago
Any idea where a person in Canada could purchase one? Not having any luck other then amazon

by tokai 5y ago

DizzyDoo 5y ago

I wouldn't have been surprised to find out my F-91W was counterfeit! But I just went and watched a "30 ways to tell if your Casio watch is fake" video on YouTube and it looks like my watch is legitimate. I probably wasn't careful enough with the strap, it just disintegrated at one of the connections to the face.

crhutchins 5y ago
Is there any way you can link up the exact video? I'd like to examine my Casio.
- DizzyDoo 5y ago
  Yes, it was this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNnkDyGgvGk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNnkDyGgvGk
- creeble 5y ago
  I don't have a video link handy, but this British mod dude has a very brief summary: Guide.Zenn22.Shop (redirects to a steam site I think). He has many modded F91W's on eBay. I have one "fake" F91W, it's actally SKMEI branded and keeps fine time. Not sure I believe his claim that the fakes are so inaccurate, but maybe.
  - yyx 5y ago
    How do you like SKMEI? Backlight must be way better than F91W.
    - boskom 5y ago
      I got $10 skmei 1278, casio w96 copy, for two years, backlight is great, countdown, water resistant enough for swimming, +10sec a month, screen could have better viewing angles, bought replacement strap from Ali.
criddell 5y ago
> it just disintegrated at one of the connections to the face That's a very common problem on the inexpensive Casios. When it happened to my watch I found that new watch cost less than a new strap.
- subspaceman 5y ago
  I found the same, though I couldn't bring myself to buy another watch just because it was cheaper. So I bought some NATO straps and have been really happy with them. Perfect watch for me now.

felixgallo 5y ago

nonsense. I've bought lots of Casio watches on Amazon and have never encountered a fake.

kube-system 5y ago
There are lots of third party sellers hawking fake Casios on many online marketplaces.

14 5y ago

Any idea where a person in Canada could purchase one? Not having any luck other then amazon