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Casio F-B100W-1A
- pcunite 1mo agoThis is the way. Gimmie the look I want with the data backend of the phone.
- d_silin 1mo agoNeat. Note that battery life is reasonably good (2 years) even with Bluetooth sync feature.
- BeetleB 1mo agoI was about to ask that - I somehow doubt it will last 2 years if you keep the step counter + Bluetooth on.
- davzie 1mo agoBluetooth stays on only for three minutes and then turns itself off once you're done syncing stuff. I have had one for nearly two years now (ABL-100WE). Absolutely love it.
- BeetleB 1mo agoOK, but what about the step counter. Can it really last 2 years with the step counter continuously on?
- ndiddy 1mo agoI work with accelerometer chips, a lot of them have features specifically for pedometers. Keeping the accelerometer on will draw a few uA, then you can have the accelerometer keep track of the step count internally and have the main processor query it as necessary to update the step count display. When there's no motion for a while, you can also put it into a lower power sleep mode that doesn't track steps, then when it detects motion it'll wake up the main processor which will then put the accelerometer back into pedometer mode. I think 2 years on a CR2016 (90 mAh) is reasonable if Casio knows what they're doing.
- orwin 1mo agoIf it's like the G-Shock, it's not a real step counter, it's a small accelerometer. It will trigger on every single wave when you're planing if you're windsurfing, which makes it quite useless.
- kalleboo 1mo agoLooking up some generic step counters with LCD displays, they seem to last around 6-10 months on a CR2032.
- rickcarlino 1mo agoI was surprised to see it uses CR2016 batteries and still manages to get two years of advertised battery life.
- pletnes 1mo agoApple airtags last maybe a year on a CR2032, from experience.
- mlsu 1mo agoI mean, airtags are doing radio stuff at a regular cadence. I've noticed they update once every 15 minutes, so they are turning the radio on to do whatever BLE triangulation they need to do 96 times per day. That's milliamps over at least a few milliseconds to wake the radio, do whatever triangulation is needed. It's amazing that they last that long considering what they are doing. I think they are using Nordic NRF54 internally so it's testament to the power efficiency those chips are capable of.
- ssl-3 1mo agoAirtags don't do any triangulation. They just send out a BLE beacon periodically to any iPhone within earshot, and also spend some time listening for new instructions that almost never happen. They have no idea where they are or what their airtag/BLE neighbors, if present, are doing. They don't grok GNSS or wifi. There's nothing for them to triangulate or trilaterate or tri-anything when they're just sitting there. So yes: They are indeed pretty tidy about energy consumption. They accomplish this in large part by being very simple in normal operation and leaving the heavier lifting to the world of iPhones with relatively enormous batteries that get recharged ~every day.
- PaulRobinson 1mo agoThat's an amazing battery life these days. Love my Apple Watch, but having to charge it at least once a day, is a chore. Might take another look at these - given the price, it's not a huge gamble to try it out for a few weeks.
- avgDev 1mo agoI feel the same about the apple watch. All I use it for is literally tracking steps. I do not care about any other feature. If my watch fails I will just get a casio watch.
- avipars 1mo agoProblem would be replacing it properly while maintaining it being waterproof.
- BugsJustFindMe 1mo agoIt's not waterproof, merely resistant.
- jazzyjackson 1mo agoWith silicone gaskets this is not an issue.
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- cgyvbunji 1mo agoNot the first new F91W-ish model in 40 years but still neat, I hadn't heard about this one yet, thanks for sharing.
- huntercaron 1mo agoStep counter seems like a bizarre thing to focus in on? are people passionately tracking steps without their phones?
- davzie 1mo agoI am not passionate about it but I like to make sure I'm moving a lot. I like that I can at a glance just see how much that's happened each day. I have one of these. Had one a while now and its the only watch I've ever used that I've stuck with and kept using.
- the__alchemist 1mo agoIt's always been this way. It adds to the charm, to be realized in a few decades. Camp-chique. Indiglo WATER RESIST 69m ALARM Chronograph
- SyneRyder 1mo agoMy father wears Casio watches almost exclusively, he's been tempted by a Fitbit so he can start tracking his step count, but even though I've bought him the Fitbit, he's finding the whole setup and app usage too intimidating, and so he hasn't used it. This, in the silver ABL-100WE-2AEF model, is exactly what he wants. Same Casio, same interface, just now it has step count. He doesn't even need / want the Bluetooth. (Me, I'll keep rocking my Pebble Time 2. Absolutely love it.)
- bluGill 1mo agoMy phone is sitting on my desk now connected to a charger - meaning any pacing I'm doing at the moment it not tracked. When I cook I often set my phone on the counter with the recipe - again while I'm moving all over. I often go to the bathroom in the middle of the night without bringing my phone. I hate watches, but one would be better for step tracking - it is more likely to be on me to track information.
- kakacik 1mo agoStep tracking is for health reasons. Unless you do activities you describe 12h a day, every day, whether they are counted or not doesnt move the proverbial health needle a bit
- kylemaxwell 1mo agoI have two of these (wearing one right now!!) and several other cheap Casio watches. Some of my favorite purchases ever. I'm so in.
- Markoff 1mo agoshame it doesn't have notifications, otherwise it would be perfect so I guess I'm staying on my third Amazfit Bip since Pebble Time 2 has insane price
- rtkwe 1mo agoIt's still powered by a coin cell so it's probably for power conservation reasons. Way cheaper to periodically power on the BT radio and sync steps to your phone than it is to constantly listen for notifications.
- Reubachi 1mo agoIt's not just power, if it where, they'd fit a USB C rechargable cell in there. Its still a cheap casio resin watch at the end of the day. If this where to be able to push/pull notifications, the watch would be completely different in cost, ui, marketing, etc. It would go from being charming retro tech with modern features, to dime a dozen bloatware/fitness tracking hardware.
- rtkwe 1mo agoI'd argue the coin cell and the power budget limitations that come with it are part and parcel of it's nature as a cheap casio resin watch.
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- caseyohara 1mo agoThat's an interesting take. I wear a non-smart watch specifically because I don't want notifications or any smart features. I wore an Apple watch for years but went back to a dumb analog watch when I got tired of the distractions.
- 1-more 1mo agoI've been thinking of going back to a smart watch and only turning on notifications for texts from my wife. This so I can leave my phone out of my hands when I'm with my son.
- bradleyg_ 1mo agoDoes it fix the terrible backlight on the F-91W though..
- jvandonsel 1mo agoThe old Illuminator model has a much better backlight. https://www.amazon.com/Casio-F105W-1A-Illuminator-Sport-Watch/dp/B000GB1RAU https://www.amazon.com/Casio-F105W-1A-Illuminator-Sport-Watc...
- Reubachi 1mo agoThe G shocks have the same new abysmal backlight. I bought one with a slick (new) dark red face....which lights up bright pink from the one white LED on the left side of the face. Even in the marketing/landing page for this watch which is linked in post.....they show the backlight feature, looking like it's missing an LED.
- eloeffler 1mo agoIf it's the same movement as the ABL-100WE, I think it may. The ABL-100WE has an orange light that stays on for either 1.5 or 3 seconds (configurable) and provides some decent light. The display contrast doesn't seem to be quite as good as it used to be with older movements, though.
- doe88 1mo ago> Power supply and battery life > Approx. battery life: 2 years on CR2016 Not bad!
- jorvi 1mo agoOne thing I've never understood (and hopefully some Casio geek can shine a light on): why do almost all old Casio models have a 24/12h time switch taking the premium spot as one of the main 4 buttons, instead of having it buried deep in the (awkward) menus. Seems to me that something like alarm or stopwatch setting or a second menu action button would have been far more useful.
- RoadieRoller 1mo agoIn my country, 30-40 years back, people who needed a watch were those ones who travel regularly. And travel was mostly using public transport, trains and planes. Most or all of it operated using a 24h time. That button was very useful. Compare that to the mute/silence/DND physical button in iPhones today. Also people who worked in confined spaces who wouldn’t know if it was day or night outside after a days job. My father who worked in an oil rig in Abu Dhabi used one. He gifted me one. This was 1998.
- CorrectHorseBat 1mo agoHow about just leaving it on 24h time all the time?
- addandsubtract 1mo agoI just use 24h time in the afternoon.
- tass 1mo agoYes but why not just always use 24h time (or 12h if that’s what you like). It’s a little strange that a dedicated button would be needed to switch between them, especially when the math to convert between them is so simple.
- whizzter 1mo agoExactly, my kids knew how to convert between the formats at a fairly young age.
- Someone1234 1mo agoHere is a fun fact; the US believes owning and wearing an F-91W is evidence that you're a terrorist so much so that they can place you in Guantanamo Bay without trial[0]: > In a handful of cases the detainee's possession of a Casio watch or the wearing olive-drab clothing is cited as evidence that the detainee is an enemy combatant. No basis is given to explain why such evidence makes the detainee an enemy combatant. This is also noted on the F-91W's Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F-91W#Usage_in_terrorism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F-91W#Usage_in_terrorism [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seton_Hall_reports#Detainees'_profile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seton_Hall_reports#Detainees'_...
- kakacik 1mo agoI guess Toyota Hilux drivers are next in line with similar smart rules
- m463 1mo agoWell America doesn't get those, so makes sense. (they did have one called "pickup")
- olyjohn 1mo agoHow does the Tacoma differ from the Hilux? I know there are some slight styling and engine differences for different markets, but pretty sure its still mostly a Hilux.
- kevin_thibedeau 1mo agoHilux has leaf springs and significantly higher payload capacity for technical mounts. You can uparmor a Hilux. Taco will break.
- selectodude 1mo agoIt's the same body with worse everything else.
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- naniel 1mo agoi don't want my casio to be smart. been rocking my mq-24 for a decade doesn't mean others can't want a smart casio, but, it's not for me :D
- suncemoje 1mo agoNice move! I wish it would support even more activity / health features in the future like GPS tracking, sleep tracking, etc. As a full package in the classic design it would make a great alternative to Garmin / Polar / Whoop / Oura etc.
- ncruces 1mo agoRight when I started building a custom F-91W with/for my kids based on sensor watch: https://github.com/joeycastillo/second-movement https://github.com/joeycastillo/second-movement I'll take some solace in mine supporting lots more alarms (beep when school recess ends) and a bunch of geeky stuff like sunrise, moon phases, tides, and stuff.
- maybe_pablo 1mo agoThe sensor watch is actually awesome, if only for turning a cheap casio into a super-accurate quartz watch with temperature compensation.
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- kazinator 1mo agoIf you want a Casio watch and are traveling to Japan, just get one at a second hand shop there (WonderEx, Second Street, ...). They are tend to be well stocked on the Casio cruft. I have a Casio PHYS STR-800, nonworking. I got it two decades ago because of the large lap memory (and unusual look, too); I was doing a lot of running, including track training and such. It short circuited one day. Put in a battery, and it drained the thing in a minute. Put in another one, same thing. It's been sitting in the top shelf of a bathroom cabinet since like 2011.
- dingaling 1mo agoLike their G-Shock watches, the actual area dedicated to showing the time is overwhelmed by superfluous elements. Must be barely 20% of the top surface that actually performs its primary function. When I look at my watch I want to see the time, not wasted space announcing "Casio Step Tracker" or "Water Resist" ( which isn't even proper English). I moved to Timex a few years ago as their basic digital watches have nice big numerals for the time display.
- maratc 1mo agoYou might wanna take a look at Casio AE-1500WH.
- nisiddharth 1mo agoI have it. I sometimes hate the fake screws on it, but I love it.
- orwin 1mo agoOn the principal menu of my G-Shock, I have the time on ~80% of the screen. The rest is 8/19, WED and the seconds. Of course the time is smaller when I go to the tide screen.
- NetMageSCW 1mo agoAnd what percentage is the screen of the top surface of the watch?
- kridsdale1 1mo agoNearly 50% of today’s $45,000 Rolex Daytona is taken up by superfluous text like this.
- iainmerrick 1mo agoRight, that’s why it costs $45,000 rather than just $25,000.
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- johnnyApplePRNG 1mo agoWhy the hell is there bluetooth in it?!
- suncemoje 1mo agoTo sync activity tracking data with your phone
- eloeffler 1mo agoIt seems to me that it's a slightly more affordable repackaging of the ABL-100WE. The features are the same, so is battery life. That said, I really like this because the ABL-100WE comes with metal bands and I'd really like another watch with a rubber band :) https://www.casio.com/de/watches/casio/vintage/product.ABL-100WE-1A/ https://www.casio.com/de/watches/casio/vintage/product.ABL-1...
- BugsJustFindMe 1mo agoHow does it do step tracking with a 2 year battery life? A purely mechanical step tracker?
- sparkling 1mo agoIt's also a bump up in overall size. The OG F-91W wears very tiny on a larger wrist. F-91W (old): 38.2 × 35.2 × 8.5 mm F-B100W-1A (new): 41.9 × 38.1 × 8.8 mm
- __fst__ 1mo agoFor anyone interested in modding the F-91W there's also The Ollee Watch, a replacement PCB which adds even more "smart" features. https://www.olleewatch.com/ https://www.olleewatch.com/
- RobCodeSlayer 1mo agoThe developer also recently posted on Reddit that he’ll soon be adding third party app support
- ikety 1mo agoReally hoping this will include the ability to sync information from the internet via the BT tethered phone. But probably not Similar to the current weather feature that grabs the weather for the next 5 days on every sync, I just want to push the local time train schedule just once per day to my watch.
- Sidnicious 1mo agoSensor Watch is the non-phone-connected OG: https://www.sensorwatch.net https://www.sensorwatch.net
- raffael_de 1mo agonot just OG ... also OSS as opposed to Ollee
- joombaga 1mo agoI use one of these daily. Got the expanded screen too. I love the USB design (the side of the board fits inside a USB micro B cable).
- gonzalohm 1mo agoI'm curious, which features did you code into the watch?
- taviso 1mo agoI have one of these, there is an open source project called gshock_api that supports it. I think that makes it a much more interesting device. I don't use the app, I tag alarms in remind, and sync them from cron - works great. https://github.com/izivkov/gshock_api https://github.com/izivkov/gshock_api The full lifelog (what Casio calls the steps and other metrics) is an opaque binary blob, but we mostly understand it now, so you can access that too. https://github.com/izivkov/gshock_api/pull/3 https://github.com/izivkov/gshock_api/pull/3
- woodson 1mo agoThis is great, as is the CasioGShockSmartSync Android app. I wish there was an iOS app, as the official app is horrible, only works after signing up for an account, and only works if given every tracking permission possible to vacuum the maximum amount of data to the cloud.
- parl_match 1mo agoi love the product design aspect of a product that only needs to have one thing set (in this case, the time zone), to be eternally a functional device which is why i love gshocks, both for design but also specifically the ones with tough solar/multiband 6 (and bluetooth (optional)) they have battery lives in the range of decades (due to solar charging), set themselves (multiband 6 is using atomic clock radio signals) and via bluetooth you can get gw-b5600-2 and gw-s5600u (auto backlight) for under $200, but usually closer to $100. there are many more models, of course that sounds expensive, but it's insanely durable construction and battery life means it'll be the only digital watch you'll ever need to buy. and the only configuration it will ever need is the time zone.
- retired 1mo agoSolar batteries typically last between 10 and 20 years depending on usage. They are very expensive unfortunately. Regular batteries are a better deal.
- parl_match 1mo agoThe batteries the gshocks use goes for about $15 or less. Regular batteries may be a better deal but that doesn't include the process of opening the watch, replacing the battery, and then resealing the case. I'll trade $15 and a 15 minute job once every 15 years for a 15 minute job every 5 years. And no watch with a regular battery will have auto-backlight (for the obvious reason). And also... if you want a deal, don't buy a $100 watch with auto backlight, capable of setting its own time off of a radio, and capable of ringing your phone when you can't find it. F91W will do! That's why they're so popular!
- retired 1mo agoI service my watches every five years to keep them waterproof. And at that point I always replace the $1 battery, regardless of its condition. That way my watches are always operational.
- opengrass 1mo agoNOPE! No wirelesso in my watch, and there's no way you're getting 2 years on CR2016 when we compare stuff like AirTags.
- _Donny 1mo agoI feel that the smartphone connectivity feature is a departure from the philosophy of the F-91W. Is having a smartphone for "Easy watch setting" not a flaw of the watch, rather than a feature? I'd love if it was radio controlled and charged with solar. And without phone connectivity.
- tartuffe78 1mo agoYou can buy that watch
- mikestew 1mo agoHow hard did you look? https://www.casio.com/us/watches.filter.solar-radio_adjust-K84vKnGqtM1LLU8tLlFLSiwpSS2qdMxLcYKwfDLTUm31i@NzEovUSjJzUx1TskqLS3JT80ps9YsSUzLz4xPBIgA%3D/ https://www.casio.com/us/watches.filter.solar-radio_adjust-K...
- dannygarcia 1mo agoAfter wearing an Apple Watch for almost a decade, the F-91W became my new "never take off" watch. For daily use, the only thing I miss from a smartwatch is a weather+temp forecast complication. Interestingly, it doesn't seem like this F-B100W-1A provides that (yet).
- pjmlp 1mo agoNice, still have my original Casio and Timex ones though.
- Ekaros 1mo agoStarted looking at Casios. Now I am thinking of getting W-800HD-1AVEF. Old A159W is kinda broken or pain to get right. Not really using one often, but maybe a few times in 10 years clock would be reasonable.
- oliwarner 1mo agoHow are they getting 2 years on a CR2016? Is that with step tracking and Bluetooth disabled?
- ncruces 1mo agoBluetooth is watch initiated, and only turns on 4 times a day (or when the user explicitly requests it with a button press). The pedometer is probably a special chip. You should compare this with the F-91W that gets 7 years on the same battery, and hobbyist hardware mods that get years out of the same battery running ARM chips.
- woodson 1mo agoTo be fair, the hobbyist hardware mod variants that do step tracking only last for days, not years AFAIK.
- z2 1mo agoI had the same thought--speculating, perhaps it's like you say and we'll see a disclosure somewhere that it's "Up to 2 years, with 1 weekly Bluetooth pairing, 1 second of backlight use per day, no step counter." Though, the CR2016 is a pretty big battery vs typical watch batteries, and in some other Casio watches are used as 10-year batteries.
- minusLik 1mo agoI doubt that, I have a ABL-100 and its step counter cannot be turned off. It even beeps at you when you sit on your butt for too long. However, the manual recommends to be sparing with the backlight.
- jubilanti 1mo agoNice thing about BLE is that it can be really cheap and stateless, you don't need to keep polling. If it was sending each and every step count to the watch (or even every minute) that would be one thing, but a semi-daily sync for time and steps could easily fit in one BLE packet. My little temperature and humidity sensors that show an LCD 2x the surface area of a watch and broadcast a BLE packet every minute lasts about 12 months on a CR2032 (~200mah). A CR2016 is ~90mah little less than half. And receiving a BLE packet takes way less energy than sending. Then you have the on-demand stuff that costs a packet or two, like the lost phone finder -- which is what I'm most excited about.
- RobCodeSlayer 1mo agoI would love a watch in the F-91W form factor that does heart rate and sleep tracking. Maybe one day…
- wyre 1mo agoI’ve seen some people put something like a Whoop on the opposite side of their watch, so theoretically the functionality is achievable, but I can’t imagine the form factor to work due to the demands on compute and battery heart rate and sleep tracking need. Another alternative is a smart ring.
- jerlam 1mo agoA Pebble is probably the closest option. Casio doesn't seem to put much effort on their watches that have health or fitness tracking.
- Echo4309 1mo agoI'm a huge fan of the Casio F-91W, have two of them on my desk right now. Maybe it's just me, but for this specific model I feel like it becoming bluetooth enabled breaks the spirit of the simplicity of the model. But hey, seems like people are excited for that, happy for them! Mine will last another 10 years without it.
- littlecranky67 1mo agoI own a F-91W and would instantly buy the newer upgrade (if it had vibration alarm and notification, which it doesn't unfortunately). It is more about the iconic design than simplicity.
- yegle 1mo agoUpon seeing "Bluetooth" and "Daily steps" I'd assume this is another watch that requires daily charging, but wow 2y battery w/ CR2016!
- minusLik 1mo agoYup, the ingenuity to pull this off fascinates me every day, too.
- woodson 1mo agoYes, it seems to be a repackaging of the ABL-100WE and has a long battery life. Unfortunately, their app is horrible, only works after signing up for an account, and only works if given every tracking permission possible to vacuum the maximum amount of data to the cloud.
- Jskewel 1mo agoIt's almost unbelievable that a step-tracker can have 2 years battery.
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- dredmorbius 1mo agoSeveral of the G-Shock models (lacking BT and pedometer) advertise up to 10 year life. Either way, vastly more appealing than a charge-it-daily "smartwatch" IMO.
- mark_something 1mo agoAmazing! I was proud that my OnePlus smartwatch needs recharging only once every 5 days, but 2 years is unbelievable. The difference is partly due to the LED screen of my smartwatch, LCD is much more energy efficient.
- muhammadusman 1mo agowould some Casio/watch expert know if it's possible to replace the face plate on these watches? I love the simplicity but I don't like all the text outside the watch itself like "Step tracker" and "Water Resist".
- trvz 1mo agoI think the appropriate way in this case is to cover it up with black tape.
- theokrueger 1mo agothe face decal is printed on the inside of the crystal (plastic). it can be removed with solvent and replaced if you find/make a replacement.
- edsimpson 1mo agoI am with you, I love the anesthetics of a Casio but hate how the face has so much text.
- discreteevent 1mo agoYou could look at these two which are the original f-91 with minimal faceplate. I have the second one and I like it a lot. https://www.casio.com/europe/watches/casio/product.F-91WB-1A/ https://www.casio.com/europe/watches/casio/product.F-91WB-1A... https://www.casio.com/europe/watches/casio/product.F-91WB-8A/ https://www.casio.com/europe/watches/casio/product.F-91WB-8A...
- magarnicle 1mo agohttps://www.nocturnaltime.com https://www.nocturnaltime.com For example, there is a "text removal" option on this one: https://www.nocturnaltime.com/shop/p/obsidian-casio-watch-ws1600 https://www.nocturnaltime.com/shop/p/obsidian-casio-watch-ws...
- crims0n 1mo agoI love Casio watches, perfect blend of utilitarian and nerd. Wearing my 5000U-1JF right now.
- devindotcom 1mo agoPersonally not at all interested in these new features - an F-91W that needs a smartphone to operate properly is madness to me - but I do appreciate the way they implemented them, with a focus on longevity and simplicity.
- andai 1mo agoSo it's the suckless watch but with a built-in botnet?
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- t1234s 1mo agoThey won me over at fixing the light.
- franczesko 1mo agoMost notably, it's a bit bigger in size, so finally wearable by adults. I love the ABL100. It's my favorite Casio watch.
- shimonabi 1mo agoCan it show the date in the European format, like the GW-M5610U-1ER?
- Luc 1mo agoIt doesn't look like it.
- aquir 1mo agoNo vibration...what a missed opportunity! The reason that I got into smartwatches is the vibration wake-up alarm
- AlfredBarnes 1mo agoThe only thing keeping me on my apple watch is the wakeup.
- bpev 1mo agoI'd guess it's likely battery and size consideration.
- slazaro 1mo agoPlenty of smartwatches are relatively thin and have vibration, and it only uses up battery when it's used. There's no excuse except they probably just wanted to cut costs.
- slazaro 1mo agoI'm disappointed because that's what kept me from buying the Amazfit Neo, which is a similar concept to this one. Without vibration it's useless to me. They get so close to a great product and then...
- erickhill 1mo agoVibration is precisely what made me sell my brand new (sold out) Pebble watch. No matter the firmware or options (un)chosen, it would randomly vibrate at odd times of the day. Couldn't stand the constant distractions. Casio G-Shock GW-M5610U back on my wrist where it belongs.
- littlecranky67 1mo agoI am with you on this - with vibration alarm, it would be an instant buy. Vibration alarm on the wrist is so much less stressful in the morning, plus it doesn't wake up anyone sleeping next to you. I haven't used audio-based alarms in years.
- dgellow 1mo agoIf you want to retrofit your existing watch: https://www.olleewatch.com/ https://www.olleewatch.com/ I got one earlier this year, pretty awesome project!
- rfmoz 1mo agoThe Amazfit Neo was already doing something very similar a few years ago, a Casio-like design, always-on monochrome display, physical buttons and a 28-day battery life, while adding notifications and basic fitness tracking.
- lproven 1mo agoIt does. I have one, and I like it a lot. Sadly, it's no longer made, as far as I can tell, and mine only lasts a week or so now.
- f137 1mo agoGreat. Now, please re-release nokia 3310
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- raffael_de 1mo agoI really like my F91W case with a Sensor Watch Pro board and accelerometer sensor. My favorite features: - Piezo alarm is much louder. - Countdown time can be incremented by tapping the watch. - LED color can be changed by adjusting RGB values. - It features sunrise/-set and moon phase info/calendar. - I changed the week day names to German abbreviations. - There are lots of intriguing watch faces that you can compile into your firmware. Sadly, the project is in some disarray as the originator apparently lost interest and the community isn't moving uniformly. Would love to see such a project for Casio with 4 buttons as this would allow for a lot more interesting use cases ... the pinnacle would be a board for their calculator watches. That would be rad. The Sensor Watch forum on Discord is pretty active. https://www.crowdsupply.com/oddly-specific-objects/sensor-watch-pro https://www.crowdsupply.com/oddly-specific-objects/sensor-wa...
- nomel 1mo agoThere must be some significant creativity with limitations of the physical display layout! [1] [1] https://www.crowdsupply.com/img/87bb/b84945f8-c8fd-4a06-9291-1cf1e9f987bb_gallery-lg.jpg https://www.crowdsupply.com/img/87bb/b84945f8-c8fd-4a06-9291...
- joombaga 1mo agoThey make a replacement screen too. The feature set depends on the firmware, and you pick the right firmware for your screen (or make your own, it's FOSS).
- raffael_de 1mo agoyes, of course, one should also get the custom screen. offers a little more in terms of displaying.
- matheusmoreira 1mo ago> Sadly, the project is in some disarray as the originator apparently lost interest and the community isn't moving uniformly. What's going on? Can you give me more details?
- Retr0id 1mo agoHmmmmmmmm. I've always been a fan of the classic Casio aesthetic, and I want to want it, but this is a strange point in the functionality-vs-price space. A base F-91W costs less than half that, and my phone can already track steps with reasonable reliability. An entry-level fitbit costs about the same and monitors way more stats including heart rate, SpO2. Worse battery life and appearance, but if I wanted that featureset it's probably what I'd get.
- slumberlust 1mo agoSome of us prefer looser fitting bands. Most of smart watch features are useless unless you strap it down tight. I'd bite on something like this if the form factor wasn't off.
- CTDOCodebases 1mo agoSimple smart watches make sense for people who want accurate time who don't want to pull their phone out of their pocket for things that can be answered by looking at their wrist.
- stkdump 1mo agoI recently thought I could probably go back to a not-smart watch to not have to charge the watch all the time, but I don't want to deal with setting the time regularly either due to quartz drift and dst. So a bluetooth watch with two years of battery life doesn't sound like a bad idea really.
- TonyStr 1mo agoEven cheap quartz movements tend to drift by ±10 seconds per year, so you'd only really set it at dst. Maybe you're thinking about automatic watches which can drift by several seconds per day, and stop if you don't use it for 24/48/X amount hours. I have to set my automatic quite frequently
- stkdump 1mo agoIt is usually 10-15s per month. And the annoying thing is you have to notice it and I prefer a watch that I don't have to double check.
- einpoklum 1mo agoOh, no no no thank you. Don't connect my watch to anything. Not to mention, I expect that to reduce my watch's lifetime by 10x at least. Interestingly, though, the aesthetic reminds me a bit of my W71, which is more boxy and less angle-y than the classic F-91W.
- sampsn 1mo agoi want one of these but i need it bigger. i bought an F-91W last year and its so small, it barely fit on my wrist and it looked like a little girl watch on my wrist.
- discreteevent 1mo agoIt's a bigger watch than the f-91w. But when the f-91w came out it was a standard size for a mans watch. Cars were a lot smaller then too.
- SwellJoe 1mo agoCasio has been leaving a lot of money on the table in terms of nostalgia products. There's been a low rumble of demand for the Casio CZ series of synthesizers for a decade or more, and a bunch of non-Casio companies have cashed in on it (Behringer makes CZ-1 Mini, Arturia has CZ V, several other phase distortion synths exist). It's incredibly cheap to replicate, a simple early digital synthesis algorithm that'll run on anything; Korg has been making ARM-based emulation synths (basically a Raspberry Pi-like SoC in a keyboard form factor with some knobs) for a decade or more and I have to assume their margins are very comfortable since most of the guts are off-the-shelf low-cost parts rather than custom chips. But, I guess their watches were always a bigger business than the synths.
- karlgkk 1mo agothe watches are a high end fast fashion brand in japan. it seems to be very lucrative
- ChrisMarshallNY 1mo agoI have a couple of Oceanus brand watches that I got in Japan. They are fairly un-cheap. However, in Japan, their G-Shock brand (kind of lower cost, in the US), can get even more expensive than Oceanus. Some of them look like Pip-Boys (Because this is HN, I need to mention that this is a deliberate exaggeration).
- wolvoleo 1mo agoNow I'm curious, do you have some examples?
- ChrisMarshallNY 1mo agoNot offhand. I got the watches in that big Akihabura store, about 20 years ago, and they had a shitton of G-Shocks, as well as Oceanus. I saw several 6-digit prices. Many of the folks I worked with, could afford good watches, and wore G-Shocks. They were quite proud of them. I suspect you’ll see them on the Japanese Casio site.
- aidenn0 1mo agoCasio has so many great, cheap, watches for which you don't accidentally change the time, reset your stop watch, or switch from between 12/24h mode every time you bend your wrist. The F201W (which this appears to be based off of) is not one of them.
- kekqqq 1mo agoGW-M5610U-1ER enjoyer here. I am actually glad it is not connected to my phone, and I swap them with Garmin watches when I need to check the time and don't want to get any notifications. Or going to meetups.
- ms7m 1mo agoIt's not very 'connected' in that sense? Just connected to your phone to sync your tracked steps.
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- slybot 1mo agoI use daily a Japan exclusive model, LIW-M700D (https://www.benswatchclub.com/blog/casio-lineage-liw-m700d-review https://www.benswatchclub.com/blog/casio-lineage-liw-m700d-r...), and lucky enough to be in range of DCF77 signal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCF77 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCF77). Hard to believe, it was less than 200 euros.
- maratc 1mo agoFor those out of range of DCF77 and others, there are apps that simulate it on the phone, or this: https://timestation.pages.dev https://timestation.pages.dev
- sheepscreek 1mo agoNice! When I wanted a “dumb” smart watch many years ago, I went with a FitBit. I think it matched the features to what this Casio offers minus the HR monitor. Fast forward to now, I use a Garmin Instinct that hits the spot for me. I’ve grown accustomed to the more detailed analytics (HRV and “daily battery” are awesome). Still I’d consider a Casio with more sensors and a solid phone app to give them justice. Anyhow, I own the previous version of this watch and a few other Casios and I still like them for what they are. Gonna hold on to them until I die :)
- cat-whisperer 1mo agothis is the nokia of watches
- wpm 1mo agoBIG Warning to anyone thinking about purchasing one of these You cannot connect the watch to Bluetooth without a proprietary app, and that proprietary app will not let you use the Bluetooth feature without some bullshit called a "CASIO Account". Their privacy policy is a bit of an eyebrow-raiser too. The absolute state of things.
- jp0d 1mo agoIsn't that common across all watches that connect to your phone these days? Please correct me if I'm wrong. Edit: Also, not saying it's a good thing.
- diydsp 1mo agoMy bathroom scale requires gps access via my phone if I want to log data to it...
- jp0d 1mo agoyeah that's not good! That's why I don't want to buy a "smart" fridge or any of these appliances that require Wifi access.
- Gigachad 1mo agoFrom my understanding, apps need location permissions if they want to scan for available bluetooth devices rather than having the user pair in the bluetooth settings app. The reason being that advertisers set up bluetooth beacons all over the place and used passive scanning in apps to collect the users location. What's not clear to me is why they really need to be able to scan for bluetooth. Surely requesting location permissions is worse UX than having the user go to the settings app to pair.
- kube-system 1mo agoThe lowest common denominator user is more afraid of visiting the settings menu than they are of clicking allow on just about any permissions popup.
- post-it 1mo agoImmediate popup asking me to select my country, and when I selected Canada it tells me the page can't be found. Great UX work as always.
- erickhill 1mo agoOnly available via that link in the UK or Ireland for £55.00. Quick jump over to Ebay US? $189.62 (And FedEx will have a word after they deliver it.) US, for now, can keep getting the unconnected F91W $25 lookalike. IIRC, the F-91W has a really small strap. Almost a "ladies watch" size.
- pezezin 1mo ago> IIRC, the F-91W has a really small strap. Almost a "ladies watch" size. It does. A few months ago I bought a F-91W for the nostalgia, but I have a hard time wearing it due to the tiny strap. I just ordered a bigger one strap, let's see how it works.
- ValentineC 1mo ago> And FedEx will have a word after they deliver it. I don't understand this statement. Is there some reference I'm missing?
- kalleboo 1mo agoUS tariffs and FedEx customs broker fees.
- bookofjoe 1mo ago$39.88 at Walmart (different model; same day delivery): https://www.walmart.com/ip/CASIO-FITNESS-WRISTWATCH-DIGITAL-STEP-TRACKER-BLUETOOTH-SIMPLISTIC-DESIGN/15936705928?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&wl13=1780&adid=2222222229715936705928_0000000000_23887149012&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=&wl4=&wl5=9008335&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=15936705928&veh=sem&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23892387002&gbraid=0AAAAADmfBIpdAs5AjhZENMsdJW9WZZhdY&gclid=CjwKCAjwy5rUBhB5EiwAIoAtCjty_NrCt4Vi3MHaJ0oi6Lboxm5DNQ0nVVIsX9cyb7OZv43dlHP2WRoC-5cQAvD_BwE https://www.walmart.com/ip/CASIO-FITNESS-WRISTWATCH-DIGITAL-...
- rglover 1mo agoKind of hope this is a signal the culture is moving towards an analog 2.0 movement (a merging of old school interfaces with modern tech components thoughtfully incorporated).
- nshshbr 1mo agoYes, so exciting to "thoughtfully" disguise modern spyware tech as boutique retro accessories.
- fitsumbelay 1mo ago"... reimagined for le modern price and vendor-lock-in totale"
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- Segv77 1mo agoCasio figured out that cheap and durable isn't a contradiction. Thirty years later the F-91W still sells because it just works.
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- solarized 1mo agoMy favourite ’90s wristwatch. battery lifetime just amazing. I haven’t worn wristwatch anymore, since the dawn of smart phones. All my time information has moved into that, in my pocket. That’s my only dependency.
- logicalappeals 1mo agoI love the F91-W. I’ve owned a few of them. Each one had the same problem; the band would crack and break before the battery died. I foresee the same issue with the non-metal banded versions of this watch. Also the stated 2yr battery life is kind of meh in comparison to the F-91W. I’ve got an F91W that’s been running on the same battery for nearly a decade.
- ninjin 1mo agoA lot of love here as well for the F-91W. As for the band, I use mine with a Phoenix Nato strap [1], which I suspect will last as long as the watch itself (if you are on a budget, there are plenty of PRC Nato clones out there). I wear it daily, as well as with my suit given how stylish it is in its simplicity. The only maintenance necessary is to gently run an open flame along the strap holes maybe once a year control the growth of loose nylon threads. [1]: https://www.phoenixstraps.com https://www.phoenixstraps.com
- low_tech_punk 1mo agoI started browsing the UK catalog and found a PAC-MAN edition: https://www.casio.com/uk/watches/casio/product.CA-53WPC-1B/ https://www.casio.com/uk/watches/casio/product.CA-53WPC-1B/
- compass_copium 1mo agoDamn, and I just bought a used Garmin hybrid watch, too.
- zeafoamrun 1mo agoThis sucks so much. The point of the F-91W is that is a dead simple digital watch that you can get for $10.
- 0xbadcafebee 1mo agoC'mon Casio, add a pulse monitor to the F-91W form factor! I would much rather that than the chunky G-SHOCK bodies that have pulse monitors
- b8 1mo agoI wish they would've added features like LED lighting and other improvements while keeping Solar and Atomic clock syncing. Instead of modern smart watch stuff.
- retired 1mo agoThese watches have cheap batteries that you can swap in two minutes. Not a big deal. Solar batteries cost a lot more money and will render this watch as e-waste in the future.
- onehair 1mo agoI have the ABL-100WE-1A version, it has LED backlight. all of the ABL-100WE have it. I press 3 seconds on the mode button, the watch syncs to the phone, syncs the clock and doesn't drift for a long time, and it also syncs the steps from pedometer.
- barrystaes 1mo agoBest feature of old Casio products is they do NOT have RF (wifi/bluetooth) , but (sadly) this one has listed bluetooth and app as a feature. I have seen (Xiaomi) smartwatches that wont allow setting the time without an app (asking to many permissions, and forcing cloud accounts) installed on a linked phone. facepalm
- puzzlingcaptcha 1mo agoOr you could get a $50 smartband and have so much more functionality and still recharge only once a week or two.
- emsign 1mo ago> A built-in motion sensor automatically tracks your daily steps, with your step count displayed on the LCD screen. Pair with your smartphone via Bluetooth® for automatic time adjustment and easy access to watch settings through the app. I see and I was wondering why they sold it for £55 only. They collect and sell your personal data. I'm happy with my original one, thanks.
- lonfo 1mo agoI am going to take advantage of all the Casio expert to ask whether it is possible to invert the screen from dark background to light background in these watches. I have seen articles and tutorials online but the guy at the shop told me absolutely not. I have the ABL-100WE. Thank you
- somat 1mo agoThe theory is simple, it is a 90 degree rotated polarizing layer, How comfortable you are doing surgery on the delicate LCD assembly is another matter. If I were to do it I think I would buy a couple cheap watches to practice on first. And Opinion: I wear a factory blackout casio, I like it because it does not have all that great 80's casio text all over the place (I am not sure what is wrong with me) but a downside is the inverted LCD display, it looks very cool, but is also much harder to read, I was trying to see if I could do the mod the other way, back to a light background.
- lonfo 1mo agoMy watch isn't super expensive but it's a gift so it would be a shame to ruin it. The idea of practising on a cheaper model sounds good, thanks.
- nelsonic 1mo agoTop comment/thread in this topic is about Synthesisers which great. But focussing on the watch; does anyone know if they integrate with Apple Fitness?
- bookofjoe 1mo ago$39.88 at Walmart (different model): https://www.walmart.com/ip/CASIO-FITNESS-WRISTWATCH-DIGITAL-STEP-TRACKER-BLUETOOTH-SIMPLISTIC-DESIGN/15936705928?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&wl13=1780&adid=2222222229715936705928_0000000000_23887149012&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=&wl4=&wl5=9008335&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=15936705928&veh=sem&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23892387002&gbraid=0AAAAADmfBIpdAs5AjhZENMsdJW9WZZhdY&gclid=CjwKCAjwy5rUBhB5EiwAIoAtCjty_NrCt4Vi3MHaJ0oi6Lboxm5DNQ0nVVIsX9cyb7OZv43dlHP2WRoC-5cQAvD_BwE https://www.walmart.com/ip/CASIO-FITNESS-WRISTWATCH-DIGITAL-...
- swores 1mo agoObviously this is completely subjective, but to me that one you linked is SO much uglier than the other. I'd hate to have that on my wrist, whereas the one this whole submission is about I'd probably buy to replace my Oura ring if it had sleep tracking, heart rate monitor etc. rather than just step count
- bookofjoe 1mo agoI agree: it's horrible! But, as numerous commenters have observed, the one featured in the submission is only available at retail in England and countries other than the U.S.; on eBay it's $175 + shipping/delivery/insurance. This: "... I'd probably buy to replace my Oura ring if it had sleep tracking, heart rate monitor etc. rather than just step count." If it had all those other features it would cost way more than the version offered!
- ss64 1mo agoThe Casio app will refuse to work unless you allow it to track your location 24x7
- stellalo 1mo agoDoes anybody have info about the battery life? Doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere. > Full auto-calendar (to year 2099) This they will need to update pretty soon
- otikik 1mo agoNice try, Casio. However the Amazfit Neo does the same, and more features (like heart rate and sleep measuring) for a similar price. I like mine quite a lot.
- jmartrican 1mo agoFinally some consumer tech I am excited about in a long time.
- Magicrafter13 1mo agoRequires a dedicated app? Too bad, if this worked with a generic solution like Gadget Bridge or health connect, this would be peak.
- kartoshechka 1mo agojust so you know, there is Casio smart sync app in fdroid that doesn't require Casio account to work