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 enlarge | Brand: Casio
Category: Watch
Buy New: £7.50
New (10) from £5.43
Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 18
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Band Material: Resin
Case Material: Resin
Clasp: Buckle
Dial Color: Gray
Dial Window Material Type: Acrylic
Watch Movement Type: Quartz
Water Resistance Depth: 50
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.2 x 3 x 3
Warranty: 2 Years Manufacturers Warranty
MPN: W-59-1VX
Model: W-59-1VX
EAN: 4971850247371
ASIN: B000HZT48M
Release Date: August 21, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
Just What I Was Looking For! December 8, 2007
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Taking a minimalist approach, I searched for a watch for everyday wear and didn't want to bother about caring for it. Therefore, I didn't want to spend an unnecessary amount and wanted to make sure that the watch is basic but reliable. This retro digital watch from Casio fits all those requirements.
GOODS
- Price: I paid only 8 for the watch. Therefore, even if I break the watch, I could buy a new one without any regrets about not caring for it properly or not bothering about repairing, or changing batteries for that matter. Great!
- Basic but Essential Features: You get Time (12 & 24 hr display formats), Date, Day, Alarm, Stopwatch (the watch only allows for 1 hour. If the stopwatch goes beyond 1 hour, it resets to '0' at the start of the second hour) & a green LED light to help the user read the display in dark places.
- Reliability: The watch is a Casio. I've had a couple of Casio calculators and several Casio watches (both analogue & digital). Therefore, I have no doubts regarding the reliability of the watch. Also, I've been using this watch almost everyday for the past 6 months and everything works perfectly fine.
- Accuracy: The watch doesn't freeze or go blank. The instruction sheet indicates that there will be a very small time discrepancy (between the actual time & the time displayed on the watch) over time but that's barely noticeable and happens with every watch. It could be corrected easily by manually adjusting the time.
- Battery Life: I haven't seen any deterioration of the battery so far. The display looks sharp and the LED seems as bright as it was 6 months ago. In my experience, if you don't use the LED frequently, you could use the original battery for several years. But again, it depends heavily on the way you use the watch.
- Resin Strap: So far, the strap doesn't have any damage and since I wear the watch loosely, I barely feel the presence of the watch on my wrist. Very comfortable for extended periods of wear.
NOT SO GOODS
- Alarm Volume: There is no feature that allows you to adjust the volume level of the alarm & personally, I find that the alarm is not loud enough for my residential area. But for the price I paid, I'm willing to compromise that.
- Styling: This range of watches were first introduced in the 1980s and therefore don't cater the fashion requirements of the majority of consumers today. But the looks didn't matter to me. I just wanted a simple watch that works great.
Overall, I'm quite happy about this purchase. I fully recommend this watch for anyone that is willing to go for 'Real Value for Money'!
The only watch you'll ever need! October 12, 2007
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
I have just returned from 15 months of travelling around the world. I needed a watch for my journey and wanted something that would be
Reliable
Undesirable to theives
Indestructable
This watch easily forfils all of those requirements.
I noticed the first review I saw said something like "unless you want to scuba dive, this is the ideal watch for you". Not true! During my travels I spent 3 months diving as a divemaster in Malaysia and wore this watch throughout. It has been down to 40M and never let me down.
Brilliant.
If you really want the retro apeal, you need to go for the silver metal finished version... Nowhere near as hard wearing but looks cool.
best watch ever August 20, 2007
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
ive had this watch since i was 5 and it hasnt run out of batteries or broken. its indestructable and makes my wrist look cool.
excellent starters watch! July 24, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
everybody that I knew had this model in its various incarnations! It is a great starter's watch I remember it well from my formative years as a child. It is a great no-nonsense watch that has all the basic functions that you would need as a child/adult with no frills attached.
Light, compact, low-cost, non-nonsense digital watch June 21, 2007
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
I bought this watch because my last cheap Casio (purchased at a jewelry shop) had failed in the usual way - the plastic wriststrap split across, leaving me with an uncomfortable stub.
After a little browsing, I picked the W-59-1VX because it was the least expensive black plastic digital watch I could find. Yet, as a Casio, I knew it would work well, be easy to understand, and last for a good while. (Probably longer than the strap, at least...)
It does the basic things - keeps time to within about 30 seconds a week (at worst), is easy to adjust, has a backlight and stopwatch (up to 1 hour, so no marathons for you).
It was only when I had put it on that I noticed how small it is. Logically, that is a good thing - no one really wants to carry a great lump around on their wrist. Maybe it's a women's model, or maybe it's just no bigger than it has to be.
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