It's 29 USD or ₹2400 in India. Watch looks super premium for that price!

I always thought Casio watches went for hundreds, if not thousands of dollars. I guess you learn something new every day.

@MN12BIRD

3 ай бұрын

lol no most of them are cheap and cheerful but certainly some G-Shocks are in the hundreds and even thousands if they're rare limited collabs or the trendy model of the week. Right now they just came out with a new retro late 70's throwback Casiotron model that's already way to pricey at $500 and it's sold out everywhere so people are paying more than retail for it. I don't get it!

Casio rocks!

Nice video

The 105 and 168 electro luminescent models were definitely around in the early 90s.

@MN12BIRD

Ай бұрын

From what I can find the F105 came out in 1996 and the 168 in 1997. These dates are very hard to find as many get them wrong. Casio's own website says the A168 came out in 2001 but we know that's wrong as you can see it in catalogs from the late 90's! I found another website claiming the A168 came out in 1991 but on the flip side you can't find it in ANY catalogs from the early 90's so this is also likely wrong! Wikipedia claims Casio first used EL backlight in 1995 so this also adds up.

@randyguess3124

Ай бұрын

@@MN12BIRD Timex Indiglo appeared in 1993 and Casio was not far behind.

Got me a nice SKMEI - Shir Kuh Mei - "Beautiful Moments in Time". (粤, 闽, 客). The Skmei 1123 digital retro watch, with the nice Blue Back Light :) €5,- plus a €15,- NATO... Great little watch, runs on time, has all the functions I need...The bands that come with Asian watches are standard too short for Dutchmen, I have an averaged 9 inch wrist and still it didn't fit.. So a NATO will do just fine. No need for expensive Casios, I did buy the Casio W217HM-7BVEF, it was on discount for €23,- And the band...I have it on the last hole...Cheap, cheap, cheap, Why not put 5 cents more into your watches and have a decent band.. And sell way more watches..

@MN12BIRD

3 ай бұрын

Oh damn yeah I have an 8" wrist and most of these Casios have the clasp slid all the way to the end of the band

Bought mine on Amazon for $19

@MN12BIRD

3 ай бұрын

Nice I wish they were that cheap in Canada. Oh well $40 CAD is $30 USD and I'm still happy with it even at that price.

1:15 The conversion of CAN to USD has been about 75% for the longest time. The extra $7 CAN must be due to some import duties / cost of doing business in Canada. Still these watches should be about $12 US for how cheap they are to make. I mean, they've been making them for 40 years, so the assembly line should be down packed. Everything at the stores is a crime. I don't think there are any deals and people are getting "used to" paying more that there really is no incentive for manufacturers to lower price.

Why is everything so much more expensive in Canada? Casio makes a good watch. I’ve owned many over the years, have an analog waveceptor solar which I’ve had for 2016. Needs a new battery though won’t hold a charge anymore

@MN12BIRD

3 ай бұрын

Some things are but IDK in general with consumer products they generally aren't. I just bought that PS5 (slim, disc w Spiderman 2) for example and those are on sale right now for $599 here and that's $445 USD with exchange rate. They sell for $449 USD! Almost all the PC parts I deal with on a daily basis I check against newegg and Micro Center in the USA and they're almost always on par once you factor in exchange. Actually, like the PS5 they're often a few dollars cheaper actually! I've had a few people tell me "PC parts are so much cheaper in the USA" and I've shown them time and time again that, nope... they really aren't! For example I have the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D for $499 CAD, that's $370.60 USD and Newegg has it for $369 so basically on par. I have the Asus Dual RTX 4060 for $399, that's $296.33 USD and they have it for $304 so I'm actually cheaper here! With Casio's it depends on the model. Other Casio's like the F91W I got on Amazon for $20, my F105 I got for $25 or 30. The A158 I got for $25. There are just certain models that aren't as common up here I'd say.

@WhatsOnMyShelf

3 ай бұрын

It's the cost of doing business in a smaller economy. A Walmart buys tons of stock directly from manufacturers to pass on the savings to a large consumer base. This can be expanding to a state's buying power in general. The pop of Canada is dramatically less than US, thus a company buys less from the manufacturer. The result is they charge more to make a profit when they sell to consumers. It also depends on the distribution model (what partners they use to get the product from the factory to your hands). The more middle-men there are, the higher the cost. I'm sure there are also some benefits to being a NAFTA member that probably even out costs. Some manufacturers probably "even out" even though it may be cheaper doing business in the USA vs Canada. It would reduce the desire for Canadians to import from the US. In short and no offense to our Canadian friends, Canada's economy is weaker / has a lower GDP.

There were always LED lights in digital watches, never incandescent bulbs. The very first digital watches were LED display, they were quite power thirsty compared to today, but a lot less than any incandescent lights of the time or even now. Weirdly the only incandescent light watches that I can think of only came out fairly recently with the NIXIE watches, which use 60's tubes, presumably because only recently has battery technology advanced to the point it can power incandescent light for more than an hour

@MN12BIRD

3 ай бұрын

I literally just watched a video of a 1978 Seiko Pan Am LCD digital watch being restored and it had a warm white incandescent bulb inside. I know of early LED digital watches (popular in the mid 70's) but a lot of LCD digital watches in the late 70's and early 80's used incandescent bulbs. White LEDs didn't even exist until the 90's. Since this (ie F91) is green it's possible it was always an LED but not if it was white like that Seiko. There absolutely were incandescent bulbs in early LCD watches.