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@dodgydruid

Жыл бұрын

Also I would suggest cerulam oxide the crystal to remove those very obvious and light splitting scratches to give you a good clean surface would immensely help its overall look :)

@paulwilson3434

Жыл бұрын

Great find. Also I really like the bracelet. Battery meter. Wow! 🤩

@paulwilson3434

Жыл бұрын

I made a donation. I think it got rejected because of international. I’ll try y later. Paul. Ohio usa

It's not just a digital watch... it's a smile generator.

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Certainly agree with that statement!

@fredcrook8228

Жыл бұрын

@@MyRetroWatches That watch looks super familiar to me, but I don't remember owning a Casio. I did have a couple Nelsonic watches as a kid, and I have to wonder if they shared components.

I was in 5th grade, everyday at noon I go to the school roof, when the sun is in middle of the sky, to hear my melody casio sings the big bin tune... And that feeling I will never forget.... I love the 80s.

Good work! I bought this from new, but with the black plastic case and it works just fine today. The watch can also display the time in 24h format. The tunes are: Daily Alarms Mo: American Patrol (F.W. Meacham) Tu: Santa Lucia (Italian Folk Song) We: Romanza de amor (Spanish Folk Song) Th: Marche Royale (French Folk Song) Fr: Kalinka (Russian Folk Song) Sa: Sakura Sakura (Japanese Folk Song) Su: Moments musicaux (Franz Schubert) Time Signal: Big Ben Date Signal: Wedding March Birthday: Happy Birthday Xmas: Jingle Bells I sent you the user-manual.

@clive.r1414

Жыл бұрын

Well done Andreas.

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this and well done. I have saved your post so I can remember the names of the scores. Yes I found the 24 hour feature too just must not have mentioned it in the video.

@fullbring935

7 ай бұрын

Hello, could you tell me how to set the 24h format? Please.

@andreasekart3853

7 ай бұрын

@@fullbring935 Sorry for the delay, I was on a travel and had no access to my papers. To set 24H, press and hold the lower right button, press the upper left button, release both. Done.

@fullbring935

7 ай бұрын

@@andreasekart3853 Ohh, thank you very much!!, it worked. It was very hidden. I really appreciate your help, Thanks very much buddy.

New to the channel and just saw this video suggestion. Its midnight so I've added to my watch later (see what I did there) list. I used to have one of these when I lived in Saudi and I LOVED it! Sadly long gone.

I just picked one up. I’m having trouble getting the back case off. Glad I found this video! Thanks!!

Love this vintage casio melody watch brings memories as a kid those watches were all the rage back then great vid

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Yes its definitely a trip down memory lane

That brought back so many memories, thank you 🙏

What a throwback. I need one. Great Mike

Great job, thank you. Remembering this model and the trouble it got me in for exchanging it with another student for his automatic Seiko that was boring to him.

My first digital watch ❤

Wish I still had mine. My grandfather gave it to me when I was little and it got me hooked on watches. Was my first watch.

Great find. Love the watch and especially the bracelet high tech

Keep the digital watch content coming!! One day I will need to invest in learning more about fixing watches. Huge part of the hobby I’m missing out on

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

I am sure you can do it. Okay digital watches you might need more specialized equipment like an oscilloscope and a quartz tester. However the basics of stripping them down , cleaning and rebuilding anyone can do and it does fix allot of watches. In the next week or so I will start filming my digital watch collection on my second channel. Should be fun!

I had this exact model!I miss it so much! It was one of the coolest gadgets for a younger person in the 80s... I was 20 then.

Lots of fun - thanks Mike

I had one of these in about 1983, it was amazing for its time. I also have a vague memory of having a digital watch which played the starwars theme around the time. I do remember saving up some coupons (I can't remember what though, maybe Weetabix) sending off a couple of quid and getting a black James Bond digital watch which played the theme. I really liked that one!

Never Seen that Casio before. Great! Thanks a lot for sharing.

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it . Thanks

Back in 1980 I fell in love with this watch, it was in Boots on a board where you could play with it and listen to the alarms, left school and got my 1st job in 81 where I saved £25 and bought it - 1 year later after my YTS job finished I got a job in a bakery, whilst making meat pies, I noticed the top strip where the speaker is - was missing? Obviously went in to a pie, so after that, I took it to pieces and painted the reflector with yellow fog lamp paint, a bit like nail varnish set up... a long time later, I still have the module with the speaker glued on - where the case went is anybody's guess? lol... 41 years later I can still go upstairs and pick the fully working module up minus the battery - with a yellow screen lol :)

Great work with the casio melody watch 👏. A blast from the past BRILLIANT 👌.

Nice job. The Casio clones and other LCD watches witch melodys is what started me into fixing watches... 20 years ago. Thank you for bringing these back to life.

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video and pleased you have been repairing digitals! So many need to be saved.

I must have had one of these. Those rising two notes as you cycle through the features is burned into my mind.

Great watch and video! Thanks for posting… !!!

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Hi! Thanks so much for making this video! I actually just picked up one of these watches (with guitar and 3 speaker holes, m-321) in great condition from a thrift shop for $10! It wasn't working, and I had never opened a watch before, so your video was a great help. I replaced the battery, but it still didn't work. Pressing the buttons didn't work either. I poked around and found out that there is an AC reset point. Jumping that to the battery did the trick. Fortunately I had a gasket and it is very clean inside. Thanks again for documenting this!

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

You did well! The one with the guitar is very desirable and worth well over 10x what you have paid!

I remember this watch from the very early '80s and I was going to buy one but instead went with a TI and was happy with that but I always thought this one was cooler because of the music. The Texas Instruments seemed 'adult' and more rational, but I love that Casio and it's great to see that yours works so well again. And you're absolutely right about mesmerizing for kids in school. I had a girl who sat next to me in social studies and her family were recent Russian expatriates. She had never seen a digital watch like the Texas Instruments. Most kids who grew up during the Soviet era could not hope to have such things. She was mesmerized by it and asked me to look at it at her desk for about an hour while she completely zoned into it, which totally mesmerized ME as she sat with it gently in her hands, running her fingers over it, gently pushing the buttons, trying it on, etc. I had a crush on her and just to see her interested in anything about me was a trip. We know you really do this for the Ladies, Michael. 😋😄😉

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Haha of course all this watchmaking brings in the ladies! Especially when I show them my melody alarms !

I really enjoyed. This would be a fun watch to have.

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Brings back the memories this one.

Nice job Mike...I love it. Yeah, sitting in a class of 200 in college, and on the hour, hearing dozens of watches go off was always great! My digital watch actually had a radio in it that you plugged headphones into. Wish I still had that one!

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

I sold a digital radio watch a few years back and was amazed by how much it sold for I then had to post it to the USA. Guessing it’s for guys like us who still remember !

@legacywatchguy8333

Жыл бұрын

@@MyRetroWatches say, while I've got ya here...what group do you recommend for some rebuild advice? I have a Bovet Rattrapante that I've rebuilt, but the chronograph hand catches somewhere and doesn't sweep smoothly. The drive wheel has a hairspring like the balance, so I'm hitting some friction point that grabs something until there's enough tension in that hairspring that it catches up. Needing advice. Thanks man!

That watch takes me back to 80s I'm about same age as you. Was a great watch got mine off my dad for bday, loved it.

This is great! I used to have one of those, but it had a gold-coloured guitar on a black background above the LCD screen. The functionality was exactly the same though. Fun times.

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Yes I have seen the guitar ones when researching this one and now I kind of want one to complete the set!

I had a no-name melody watch that would play "Fur Elise" as an alarm in the late 80s, thanks to my dad. It also had 2 flaws: a single slant crack on its acrylic crystal, and at the slightest shock, its time would reset (thinking back, it might just have been a loose battery). Since I was just a kid with thin wrists, I would wear it pretty loose, but I loved it! Over the years, I lost it somewhere, but that was my first love for watches! Since then, I have had many many watches, and currently have a 100+ Casio (mostly)/HMT/Citizen/Seiko watch collection.

Great stuff Mike,I'm glad you got it running well!

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Another watch from you that’s been on the channel!

Very interesting video about this "memory" watch 😀

Brings back memories. I had one of these back in 1982. They were almost "disposable" in a way that my mom, rest her soul, would notice if mine was getting worn out and then she'd surprise me with a Casio Swordfish. That was my next one.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I never had one of these but I remember wanting one. They were the iPhones of our generation (1972).

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

72 was a very good year! Digital watches. Sinclair Spectum ZX81, BBC micro and then a commodore 32k All the beginning of the new world of tech

@stayingsane5213

Жыл бұрын

@@MyRetroWatches I waited for the Commodore 64 with the 2 foot long disk drive But I did have the Sinclair 16K or 32K, can't remember. 😛

I have a Casio watch from the 80's and it still works, it's a pain to change the battery and get the screen straight, but it works fine after all these years, I swapped a games watch for it with my best friend at school in 1987, we grew up together and now work together 45 years on, however he wants his watch back, the alarm is Green Sleeves and I love it, I might give it him back one day. lol

Lovely watch and well done restoring it! I love the notes displaying with the melody! 34:54 You might have drained the battery since your carbon fiber tweezers are electrically conductive.

Great work Mike brings back those great memories indeed. Keep well from New Zealand 🇳🇿

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bruce. Funny how we attach memories to items. Ahh the 80s

Great video... you have to love a vintage casio. I'm following, because I'm invested. 👍👍

Holy Moly! Had this in grade school! Subbed because of this episode 😊

@MyRetroWatches

7 ай бұрын

A trip down memory lane!! Thanks for the sub

Impressive device, it's a masterpiece.

That last tune is handy if the organist calls in sick to your wedding.

Excellent 👍👌

Nice work, Mike!

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Geez interesting digital service !! I never know that you can put the module in IPA and ultrasonic absolutely good to know. Thank you for sharing it’s absolutely different and so instructive Thank and best regards Mike !!

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Yes I just did it once years ago on a digital that had bad battery leakage and was pleased when it didn’t ruin it so I’ve done it ever since. On a dirty board it does wonders

@alaindrolet_atlt_2019

Жыл бұрын

@@MyRetroWatches perfect thank you Mike !!

I'm not a fan of electronic watches, but it was interesting to watch you repair this watch. Thank you for your hard work and diligence.

@dodgydruid

Жыл бұрын

Me, I am a major collector of Soviet quartz pieces... after so many going bad on me I can see why you don't like 'em lol I had a Chaika "big blue" resonator for a whole day and I dropped it... dead bloody cheap Soviet IC's /cry

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. I promise back to a mechanical watch with hands on the next video!

@user-qt4kt1rb1f

Жыл бұрын

@@dodgydruid Soviet electronic watches are quite reliable and workable. In Belarus, electronic watches are still being produced in small batches.

Great old watch, not one I remember having, but a had a great few. Cheers and stay safe buddy

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Darren. Digitals were fun back then. Pressing the light button in the dark and being amazed by it!

Loved this. Couldn't watch the grime part being cleaned though. Brilliant video, lovely Casio. Thank you.

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

I don’t blame you, it was grim work but hey all in a days work for a watch restorer! I’ve actually seen much worse before… Thanks for watching !

I like you am 50 (for two more months anyway) had one the blue resin case it was my first watch and yes I got it for Christmas 1980, I had a pavilion response to those tunes

I'm 50 aswell. loved these . there were some odd brands got couple through swapping stuff with mates. wish I still had them.

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Yes indeed many brands jumped on the digital bandwagon and some you can still find on eBay but usually not built so well as Casio and seiko.

Wonderful ! A lad in my class had 1 that played Beatles tunes. I was so jealous.

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Someone else mentioned a Beatles one. Love to know who made that one.

@davidswan7783

Жыл бұрын

@@MyRetroWatches I found it. It was an Ingersoll. Apparently there was a Zeon that played Beatles a too kzread.info/dash/bejne/fqh429OJqc6eoKQ.html

@sum_amoggy107

7 ай бұрын

​@@MyRetroWatchesyes I owned a Casio M30 bought from Argos 1985 and that had 30 songs on it including The Beatles Hey Jude

i had this one too :) back in the days it was something to have hahaha

Really nice watch.

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Sound verygood

One in friend had one those digital watch from the late 70’s where press the button to light the watch in red digits….very collectible

I had one bought in Iraq in Never had problems. I gave it to someone, and now I regret.. Hopefully, casio will re make them. Thanks 4 the Video

What a treasure!

nice job on this one Mike

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@restorerestoration4705

Жыл бұрын

@@MyRetroWatches 😄😄

Still got my old Casio from 80s with the blue illuminator light. Still going strong

Tenho um desse⌚ é uma verdadeira nostalgia

I made a digital watch timegrapher using a puls sensor hooked up to my oscilloscope and it goes down to picoseconds so you can see exactly when the pulse comes. Very accurate.

Would love to see your digitals!!! I am a collector of early lcd and led watches myself.

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

I have quite allot! Some interesting ones too. Plan to film that one soon maybe in stages like Seiko , Casio etc. Will all be on my second channel as I’m trying to grow that one . My Watch Collection.

@EmeraldHill-vo1cs

Жыл бұрын

@@MyRetroWatches I have a 80's black one with solar panel strip,( i think its more for show) asked casio sth pacific and they cant find any record and so i still dont know what battery it takes.

I had one of these back in 1982, mine was the version with the Black Case and Rubber Strap.

I think the light pusher you may have put the "set" pusher which I seem to remember on some Casio they were less pronounced than the function pushers so less likely to inadvertently set the watch by casual presses, it would explain the different shape and size to the other 3.

I think half the boys in my 5th grade class had one of these in 1981/82, including myself. We used to drive the teachers (and our parents) nuts with these! IIRC, mine was a black case with gold trim. It's the only watch that I haven't found from my childhood. Wonderful memories! Great job on the resto (I actually enjoyed seeing all the gunk being removed 🙂)

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant. I’m glad I’m not the only one who remembers these in the classroom!

Even old casios need some love

Very retro indeed.👍

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad it’s retro and not vintage as that would make me vintage and I feel young at 50! Thanks for tuning in!

nice job on this one Mike, I love these vintage digital ones....really enjoy the videos of Vintage Digital Watches too...thanks for sharing mate, how is your health?

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Yes Tibi makes some great videos. He has done some repairs for me way back too. A really nice guy who is on the vintage digital watch Facebook group.

Enjoyed that one Michael. You have altered my thoughts about timepieces mate, thank you. I only know a couple of the tunes, there was one in the middleish that had a definite Japanese ear to it. I think the last one is played as men walk innocently towards promised happiness ....... We could have a Dna test done on that yukky gunk and find the original owner or his relatives.

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Someone in the comments has names every single melody! Yes this one was a bit crusty but I’ve actually seen much worse!

A trip to memory (or is it melody)lane for me as well. As I told on the Facebook group. My mom got irritated by me, playing the melodies a bit too ofen when I was a 10 years old kid, back in 1981. She took my watch away from me and said I would get it back later. When later came, she could not find the watch again. She insisted that she did put it in a drawer. But could not find it anymore. It was never "found" again. Is suspect (no matter what my mother says) that it must have ended up in the garbage bin. 😞

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Mums always confiscated stuff and hid it in a drawer (a bin more like) I had my black widow catapult taken from mum and I never forgave her at the time…

Thanks Mike. Trip down memory lane. I have a much much cheaper Convoy in my collection. 7 melody, not as fancy as the Casio, but its enough to scratch that melody watch itch. Dean

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dean. They are a novelty in todays world and for me at least it just reminds me of my youth .

Hi- if you love casio watches and wish better backlight for display I suggest to use smd leds for example MSL-538SW-N2 is 2x1x0.8 mm may satisfy you better

What a great watch! Reminded me of Mr Pickering who made geography so boring that 'Happy Birthday' would ring out whenever his back was turned. Happy days. Looking forward to seeing your digital watch collection on My Watch Reviews 👍

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Haha brilliant. Annoying the teachers with anything was worth it

Casio really knows to turn digital watched into something else .... I had a casio pocket game, same period of Nintendo G&W ... the sound was INCREDIBLE in comparison. The effects..... CASIO knows how to do it.

Those Watches, like most things from the 80s, were really Tacky

My first digital watch played yellow rose of Texas, my mate got the Casio calculator watch, we thought they were magic

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Was yours a sekonda? I think their first melody Watch played that

What a cute battery pad connector ^_^

I had a silver watch with metal band in the early 80s that played melodies as well. One was "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)". Wish I remembered more details. Loved it. Any ideas?

Great jop master

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

thanks

Brilliant video, have stripped and cleaned a solar LCD, all clean and working fine, just can't set time/date. Baffling as all is clean, buttons working fine. Any ideas please, keep up the digital watch video's, you do great detail and explain clearly.

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Hard to say without seeing it. Must be contact related if the buttons are not working. Have to tried to set out of the case! Usually you can use a screwdriver on the contact pad to replicate the button.

@babelman1

Жыл бұрын

@@MyRetroWatches thanks will try it.

I'm 50 as well and... Oh man.... I remember these. Wow... Something I just remembered watching this.. I had a pac-man watch when I was a kid that you could play pac-man on. Can't believe I've just remembered that. I'd love to see that thing again.

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

PAC man and other game watches are highly collectible. Great to go back in time and reminisce

That took me back, they did drive the teachers crazy 🧐😂😂

The dodgy bugs. lol Who knows. Maybe they're watch bugs? New species? Either way, great video. I have a handful of electric quartz digital watches haven't dug into them yet. Been working on my older gears watches for the last 8 months. Might change it up and dig into my electrics. Good refresher video. I have great knowledge on soldering micro spaces and if I come across a movement that has a tricky chip set, I can solder bad connections on tracers. Cheaper then buying or finding new.

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment Jay. My heart is in mechanical movements but I love all watches so will try to repair or learn about how they work. Soldering is something I am dreadful on and on a micro scale even worse but I’ve still managed repairs so for you it will a breeze. Glad you enjoyed the video , maybe watch my Sicura Electralite video as that has a really crude circuit repair

I had one of these and used to continually press the mode button just to hear all the notes played, up and down. Shame I've not got it anymore.

Great job Mike. I enjoy your videos! Out of curiosity, why couldn't you clean the case and crystal in the ultrasonic? Afraid the paint would come off?

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

Because under the crystal is the inlay which would get ruined I think. Would be very hard to dry out too. The watch is 40 years old and I don’t want to kill it 😂

What’s funny when I saw some videos on digital watches I rememberd I bought a Curtis Alarm Quartz watch back in the 80’s and when the battery died I just put the watch in my watch drawer. Last month I decided to open it up and replace the battery. Now the watch runs again that has Hour Month Min Date Sec Alarm and a light button. I did have to clean some blue battery leak powder before inserting the new battery.

i have one like it i love it

In 1990 , I had the same casio watch it's called Xmas melody. When I switched light button digital vanished. This means that the battery is weak.

I remember getting my first Texas Instruments reverse polish notation calculator and thinking I am living in the future.

When I was about 12 I remember having a watch that played quite a few a Beatles tunes. I can't remember what make it was.

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

That would be so good to own now!

Hi Mike, great video as always! I have a 1985 steel digital Casio with 100m WR (Marlin). I want to renew the gaskets to get it back its water resistance. Do you just have many generic gaskets lying around? And just grease on the pushers is enough like in the vid?

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

That’s a difficult one and no one will guarantee water resistance on an old watch. You can easily change the caseback gasket but pusher gaskets are really hard to size correctly given they are so small. Equally the pusher have to be removed and not all of them have e clips like this one in the video. Some you need a special press tool to remove them from the case. Then there is the crystal gasket which might be good but equally if an old watch of 40 years will have gone hard.

Hey, Mike, have you ever considered working on a vintage mechanical alarm watch?. I have a Bulova Sea King with the 11ATRCD movement, and it is scary!. Though it was working (barely), it was crying out for help because it was a grimy gunky mess inside. Well, I am now in the trenches. It is cleaned and I am in the process of reassembly. Wish me luck...I'll need it! 🥴🥴😊😊

@wildernessofzinn17

Жыл бұрын

Well...catastrophe!. I wondered why the balance wheel wasn't taking off. Everything looked good. Here I nosed around and somehow the bottom jewel had fallen out. What's the jewel called the balance rides in?. Half the incabloc shield was broken off and the jewel came out. Then, I looked under my microscope and the balance staff pivot is bent. How that happened...I do not know. I didn't bump it or do anything to it that I am aware of. What a downer!.

I was the kid in the class who had all of these watches. I wish I knew where they all went.

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

probably swapped them for something in the playground. Commodore 64 game

@jfilm7466

Жыл бұрын

@@MyRetroWatches 🤣

President Ford had a Seiko Bel-mattic and he would set the alarm and say he had a meeting to get to when he wanted to cut something short. I recently acquired that same watch and that’s part of the history of that watch. I like to know any historical reference for any vintage watches I have.

Nice! How do u make your screwdrivers demagnetise? Love to see this! 👍

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

A demagnetiser tool. You basically push a button to activate the magnet and then draw the parts / screwdriver upwards aways from the magnet. Do it a few times. Just disrupts the electrons and removes the magnetism

I am sat here polishing my "quality" whilst watching with interest as I have an ancient A904 Seiko I have long long not cleaned for fear of buggering it up beyond repair, finished my bronze Tandorio and now working cleaning my Aliexpress "Willard-o-like" then the usual weekly brasso wadding and dremel attack on my Soviet tank watches as very therapeutic polishing them... I do like my shiny :D

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

I’m leaving my bronze watches to tarnish

The speaker actually pries out pretty easily. It's held on by something like double-sided tape... This is actually not critical to keep in place as the module holds the speaker against the case all on its own. I was able to remove the speaker and see the grille from the backside. Looking through the grille, I was able to use a needle to poke through the holes and ensure that they were unobstructed.

Hello, I loved the video and the restoration has been wonderful. My most sincere. Congratulations. I have a question, do you know how to set the time in 24h format on this clock? Thanks greetings!

I suggested not so long ago a theme for the week of the worst cases of man gunge and guy gristle found on watches hehe that hole there must surely be a contender O.o

この頃のカシオは神がかってたよ😸

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

20 / 5,000 Translation results やはりカシオは神！

I had this model bought from Dixon’s 1980/81. I was around 10 years old and needed to make my parents lives a misery until they bought it for me. I’ve still got it and it works but the case is down to the base metal in places where I tried to restore it as a teenager with a 40 grit disc abrader, thinking the case was solid steel and I could just ‘buff the scratches out’. I thought the best tune of the many stored in its memory was Kalinka, probably not the most popular number at the moment though.. I’ve also got the ‘solid’ gold Seiko memory watch 😊 1983 which is hideous and completely impractical. It was only worn a couple of times due to the class room ridicule before being relegated to the bottom of a drawer for decades.