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The Best $20 Analog Watch Everyone Should Own - Casio MRW-200H-1EVDF Diver Style Watch Review
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2023
- There's so much more to life than just luxury watches. With all the recent talk on my channel of Tudor, tourbillon, Grand Seiko, grail watches, Zenith, and so on, it's once again time to return to watches that anyone can afford. In today's video I share a mini review of the Casio MRW-200H-1EVDF and discuss the Casio MRW range, its surprisingly interesting backstory, and why it is the best analog, non-digital watch in the $20 to $30 price range that absolutely everyone seeking a new timepiece should consider. Join me for a retro and nostalgia fueled mini 90s adventure all about a Casio that's not only a trusty beater watch, but is also compelling, fun, the best choice in its price range, and affordable above all. What do you think about the Casio watch featured in this video? Please share in the comments!
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Loooove the intro!! Salma Hayek!!! Heading to the last video to see the 80’s version
Here you go, incase you missed it:
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Enjoy and thank you.
Best regards,
TGV
P.s. Gotta love 90s Salma. 🙏🙏🙏 😍😍😍
@@theurbangentryes una diosa!!! By the way 6th time I’ve rewatch the intro, La haine!!! J’adore ce film
Salma Hayek was (is?) the most beautiful creature God ever created.
I dont always watch intros, but when I do It'd be about the fucking 90's😊
A Casio MRW totally saved my ar$e when I was in a tight spot. I'd been relying on my phone to tell the time for years but suddenly needed a watch for a new job for little or no money. It had to be cheap, tough, accurate, legible, lightweight and effectively disposable - this little Casio totally fit the bill! It also rekindled my interest in watches and I've moved on to bigger and better things since. Despite buying it as an emergency 'burner' watch at a difficult time, I became very fond of it and will keep it in my collection forever.
Very similar here. I had quickly killed a few 'better' cheap tool watches, including the Duro. This lasted 3 yrs+ as a truly beaten tool watch, and this vid has made me want to replace it!
What are you CIA?
@@comanchedase😂
Did you have to get your arse to Mars in a hurry?
Bingo . Comes through when you need it.
How crazy. I picked up two of these a few months back and absolutely love them and was wondering why they weren’t getting any love. Great to see this in the channel. Keep up the awesome work TGV!
So glad to hear that Bandrew, these things bloody awesome. Let's hope more people discover them, I feel rather late to the party! I hope you are well. O&U!
Best regards,
TGV
Same here…
Because its Quartz and the bezel looks like eaten plastic
amen, great budget watches with great budget audio equipment makes my wallet happy
For me, the problem with Casio is that they have so many choices that overlap I have problems differentiating between them all! Great vid, TGV!
I'm having the same dilemma in shopping for a (used) Speedmaster. Omega went nuts with the variations on that model whereas Bulova made one Lunar Pilot.
Truth! You don't need 20 options in the $12-$20 range. At least, not so many that are so cosmetically similar. But maybe you have to hold onto those older terrorist models with the horrible lume because so many people want to keep replacing the ones they already have.
This really is an indestructible and durable watch. I bought mine 6 years ago at Sears for $18.99 and now I wear it to work. I work in construction and I have put mine through hell. It’s still running, keeping great time and I have changed the battery twice. Great watch!!
How much would you have spent on batteries if it was not a new casio?
These sub $30 watches pay for themselves.
Glad to see you back on the affordable trail. I have had the MRW-200H for donkeys- in pools, the sea, hot tubs, etc. and never let me down! In fact, it was my first ever dive watch.
A 15 quid watch but a million dollar style video quality. Absolutely smashed it Tristano. Amazing watch with bezel timer, day date and Casio accuracy. Mental good value.
I've always loved Casio's analog watches. They're such nice beater watches and they actually look great too. I must say, very impressive quality too under macro lens.
Thank you Alex, I could not agree with you more!
O&U! 😎🥂
Best regards as always,
TGV
I finally got one. I can’t believe I went back & forth for so long deciding on a $20 watch! Great watch!
IMO they are the ultimate beater watch. Was bought one years ago as a work watch, used it in the steel industry for must be around 9 years until I retired recently, just couldn't kill it. Great watch.
I can attest to how tough these are.
Have had my first one for 10 years of a very hard life.
On its second band,third battery,bezel glued back on multiple times, crystal polished so you can read the time.
Still works fine.
I also wear a different
mrw when shooting sporting clays.
A couple thousand rounds of 12 gauge recoil and still works fine.
Casio just kills it. What a brand!
Your editing of 1990’s events is epic. Well done. Thank you.
Mine is going on 5 years with the stock battery. What a good looking beater watch.
BTW, when one can appreciate both the classic Rolex Pepsi and a $20 Casio, you are truly a watch aficionado.
If they made an all analogue G-Shock version of this watch, with dimensions similar to the casioak, with good lume, mantaining the rotating bezel, but making it unidirectional, and adding solar powered, like the latest casioaks, it might just be the ultimate dive watch.
I'd want another 10 bars on the rating, though. I just can't trust a 100m rating.
@@AJHart-eg1ysyou dive daily?
@@adrianmark613 I wish I could. I do it as often as possible, but I DO live in 4-season territory, so I'm much more limited than usual. The Great Lakes are full of wrecks, but not necessarily the warmest water. I usually go through most of October and stop when the water gets too much below 60. I don't use a suit so it's a thing. 🤣
During the law school admissions exam we were only allowed to wear analog watches. I wanted something highly legible, cheap, and reliable. Bought an analog Casio with large numerical hour markers. It worked great and got me through exams. Hope you're doing well friend.
Why only analog? To ensure nobody had a calculator?
So they cant make a bomb, that a reason why
I have the orange one-MRW-200H-4BV. It is pretty great. Super comfortable, super legible, and so reliable.
So much nostalgia in those montages! I really enjoyed this. Thank you for taking the time to shine a light on this piece.
You simply can't go wrong with a Casio. Kind to your wallet and always bring a smile to your face. I personally love my Casio digitals but if you are looking for an analogue grab and go this fits the bill. Superb watch
Have had one of these for a few years, survived unexpected dip in the sea and just works fine, keeps time pretty well too. Highly recommend.
This was the watch that got me into watches. I wanted something analog bc growing up I only had digitals. I only ever referenced the time from digital displays also (microwaves, vcrs, etc) and I literally couldn't glance at a normal clock and know the time and it embarrassed me. I bought the MRW bc it was cheap and looked cool. I totally fell in love with it and beat the hell out of it at work and it just kept going. It has been through the wash and slammed against concrete and still works fine.
Wow, what a cool way to get into watches. I hope it will continue to do that for many more people. I love this comment. Thank you so much for sharing that.
Best regards,
TGV
@@theurbangentry Thank you, love the vids. You review watches like Clarkson does cars. The passion is palpable.
It's crazy, I bought this watch back in 2012, and have changed the band three times now (workout,swim), and it still runs like a champ 🏆💪all these years, even the gold accent bezel turns absolutely fine!
Love the highlights of my favorite decade honestly, the 90's! Well captured and well done. $20 analog, Casio that's hard to beat. Also well done!
During the early nineties my grail watch was Tom cruise’ Porsche design orfina. But back then it never occurred to me that a black watch with a black band could be pvd metal. I thought it must have been plastic. A local shopkeeper had one the 80s version of this and it fascinated me. I even thought the date window looked like another hand. Fast froward to 2012 I was lucky enough to visit Japan. And on a footpath stall we’re dozens of cheap Casios including one of these with more of a field watch aesthetic. Had to get one and still have it.
I can't believe how great this watch holds up under macro. Excellent videography, montages and monologue as always. Love your channel.
After watching this video last week, I went into the case and pulled mine out. It had been relegated to occasional "around-the-house-beater," but your review elevated it beyond that. It has been proudly on my wrist for the past seven days. I've always thought its looks punched well above its weight, but during the recent heat and humidity, I was pleased with the comfort of a lighter, non-metal watch. From splashing around at the beach, a ball game and a family BBQ; it felt good and looked great on my wrist. Thanks for reminding me that price should not limit wrist time. I finally enjoyed this watch as I did the day I first took it out of its box.
I’m brand new to the watch hobby and just recently bought my first watch. I love your channel and your willingness to discuss watches of all types. I really love your channel and am getting an education in watches! Keep up the great work! ⌚️
Crazy that you did this video, because this watch is so cheap, but so awesome! I have this model in just a slightly different color scheme...I believe mine is the MRW200H-1BV. It's all black with white hands and numbers. It honestly keeps amazing time, it's lightweight and very comfortable, plus it looks pretty slick. I have several really expensive automatic watches and some nice quartz watches, but I wear this Casio everyday. I've had it for a year and never had a problem. It's extremely reliable and if I bang it up eventually, it's inexpensive enough that I can just buy a new one. Great review!
It’s so wild that you not only made this video, but mentioned the TLD tag as I’ve been dying to scratch that itch, on a budget as of the last few weeks! I may just scoop one of the white dial variants! That’s for all the hard work, content, and inspiration as always.
Got mine in the mail yesterday and it lives up to the hype.
Simple, durable, conservative watch that does exactly what I need it to and nothing else. Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll be wearing it to special forces selection.
I have three of these in my collection of Casio's, the black dial version with all white lettering and numerals. A white dialled version and also a camouflaged version. All good watches for the price which also have 100M water resistance, you can't go wrong with these. Thanks TGV for your review.
Great video TGV! I have this exact model in my collection for the past 9 years. It's the absolute beater watch in the analog realm. Also doing some research after my family gifted me this watch, I found that Nasa issued the watch for some missions. Very cool that something so simple has such heritage. Best regards
Thanks for the great video on one of my favorite watches. I bought one in FL while on vacation, was looking for a tough, cheap, beater watch. This one fit the bill perfectly, been in the ocean, pool, hot tub, etc. This is my go-to watch for travel, yard work, anytime I want to wear a watch I don't have to worry about. Inexpensive, accurate, tough as a tank; well done Casio.
This felt like an episode of top gear reviewing a watch, and that’s good!
Great choice! Definitely adding one of these to my Casio collection. I will make another case for the Casio MTD-1053D, costs less than the Duro and fits smaller wrists better. I have mine on a mesh strap.
Thank you, also for the recommendation, off to google it!
Best regards,
TGV
Completely agree with You Tristan. I have the white numerals version of this. I wear it at the beach, for doing DIY, fixing the bike etc. Great size, light, durable, ultra legible. In fact It ought to be the blue print for a new generation of G-Shocks. Would love to see an 'up-spec' 'up-armoured' version of this. Awesome.
Great video as always TGV! I absolutely love these little gems. I've got four of them and smile every time I pop one on my wrist. Many colorways to choose from, around $20 depending on the model, and 18mm lugs to pop them on a NATO for the best sub-30 dollar analog Casio has to offer (or anyone has for that matter). Cheers!🙂👍
My 7 y/o daughter lives mesmerized by my TT Submariner, so I got her the PINK one. Loves it!
I never lost faith in you brother! 😁Those montages were fantastic. A real trip down memory lane.
Well done. A competent review with respect for a watch every young person should be giving as the come of age...and beyond!
Love the 'Pusher' poster on your wall! GREAT and totally underrated classical Danish action movie!
Thanks for another amazing video. I love how you still possess integrity for the passion you have and continue to develop content that is original and informative without falling for the honey trap of reviewing watches that are the trend and doing the service of gray market shops. I stopped watching many watch channels because of this. Many start of original but become part of the it. They exchange their madness for watch collecting for views and watches. Anyways, keep up the amazing job. We all appreciate and value the content you produce.
🙌🙌🙌 That made my day, I could not agree more. Thank you, onwards, upwards and best regards!
Best regards,
TGV
I love this watch. The black & white 1BVES is available in the UK from Argos for £20, a bargain. But be warned you will want to get more variations, 1 is never enough. I can vouch for that 😮. Thanks TGV for another great video, fantastic production, chapeau sir.
£13.95 now, in Argos……I’ve just bought 7! Gonna gift them to my mates
Great intro and 90s montage! Love how TGV just loves good design and isn't a snob ❤
I love these types of watches. Watching your video to being ordered on Amazon within 10 minutes 👍🏻
I have owned several of these, yet must say the gilt version looks incredible, amazing design language at a price point accessible to so many, love it! Thanks TGV for the review!
Great to see the Casio MRW-200H getting reviewed it's a truly great watch and I will always own one - great time keeper, legible, comfortable, good looking; even the strap is good (I was worried it wouldn't last after I'd gone through 4 or 5 straps on the F91W but 2 years on and it's as good as new). I got the white numerals version. I bought one because I was struggling to read the time on my F91W, couldn't be happier. The bidirectional bezel makes timing things so much easier than a unidirectional dive bezel too.
Great video - I've had the 1BV version for a couple of years, it's a great weekend watch. I can go swimming with no worries, it's lightweight, and easy to read. I didn't know that it had been used by NASA and has been featured in movies and TV, so that's a nice little bonus!
Ah yes, the MRW-200H. One of my first watches when I began aquirong pieces all those years ago. After replacing the strap for around the same price as the watch, it has been languishing in my watch tool box. As other watches garnered more wrist time, this Casio lacked one feature, the bezel doesn't tu...WAIT WHAT!
*dashes downstairs to watch toolbox* OMG.
I got this watch for under £10. I’ve had it for over a year, the second hand hits every marker, and it keeps time like no other watch I own. I love it.
Yes, spot on, remarkable timekeeping, something like 2 secs per month for me! I have the MRW-H300s solar version which is keeping silly time at about 1 seconde per month. I'd recommend that, but I think they have stopped making it. I have a 7.5 inch wrist, so need a bigger watch. It looks great, but it doesnt have as useful a bezel.
That intro of the 90s... Have me in tears. Best time of my life
I have one and love it. I did the (hydro-mod , adding oil inside the case) on it and it completely changes the look of the dial, the dial and hands appear to be magnified and displayed directly on the surface of the crystal. Very interesting to see the before and after 👍. I was concerned about battery life but After 2 years the watch still keeps great time.
Info on the mod please?
Bravo! The Casio MRW 200 and its bigger brother the MRW 210 are inexpensive but not cheap, functional but not simple. They are worth more then $20-$25 price tags. The MRW 210 and TGV got me back into watches after I ran into some dark times and had to sell most of my small, modest collection. Many thanks!!
Great video, as usual. I love your music choices.
I’m so glad I picked one of these up. Have three Casio’s now a Blacked Out W800H, MRW-200H, and Casio Duro with the blue and black bevel. I like the MRW-200H so much I’m getting another one in gold featured in the video, and sporting the more legible and NASA version for a work beater watch.
I work in a motor garage and wear a casio mq24 and let me tell you this thing can take a real beating I absolutely love this watch and at the end of the day I just throw it in the sink and wash it along with my hands,never let's me down,doesn't snag on anything and won't short on electrical components.all this for eight quid and more accurate than my seamaster,beat that.
Amazing value watch and unbelievably accurate. I've had mine for two years now and it's the only watch I wear in the pool or the sea, swimming or snorkeling.
Got this watch as a birthday present six months after seeing this video. Love it! So tactical and lightweight. Very cool. And used by NASA!!!
Keep up the great and fully comprehensive watch market journalism TGV!
I'm a fan boy
I got a HDA-600 for around $20. I love the little beater. Casios are the potato chips of watches - can't stop with one and there's always room for one more. 🤣
I just picked up the white dial version with blobs/circles instead of numbers, neat looking watch and incredible value
I love the bogroll description😂 don't here that much since moving to America. Keep up the good work, awesome content
That Intro is filled with so many GEMS! Know from the Bottom of my Heart, I appreciate it alot!
H'haine, Selma, Baywatch, C&C....Thank you!
Good evening TGV! That's one of those OG Gentry videos! And I have to say, the quality of the video production is outstanding! Well done, sir! Best regards!
Thank you Heiko, very kind. Few things get me as motivated unpretentious and a trusty affordable Casio. I hope you are well, here's to you my friend 🥂😎
Best regards,
TGV
Casio Duro has become too expensive here in Asian market
My father gave Casio MRW to me and I absolutly LOVE them. They are fine enouth for every occation even swimming with kids!
Love that 'A Most Violent Year' poster. Amazing film!
Love the “Bravo Two Zero” reference…great book!
Did I just see ‘only fools and horses’ and ‘bottom’ amongst your 80’s flashbacks? Total respect TGV. Love to see the British classic comedy’s hidden away. 😂
I have the camo version - it was for sale new and unboxed at a garage sale for $1 but I bid him up to $2. I swim in it and use if for my painting watch around the house - awesome and comfy beater!
I gave you a thumbs up just for that intro -- talk about nostalgia.
Absolutely love the Hanhart stopwatch in the background! What a great way to commemorate the trip!
Fantastic video TGV, thank you! Its practically impossible to beat Casio, in particular at the affordable end of the spectrum. What amazes me about the brand is its the same company that makes this ruggedly handsome tool watch, the amazingly well finished do-it-all watches from their Oceanus line, and pretty much everything in between.
I had the OG black n white variant yrs n yrs ago and give it my father 2 yrs ago who absolutely loved its legabilty he wore it right up to the time he passed away last yr aged 84 and left it on at his funeral.. Here in UK ARGOS are selling it 13.99 gbp In which ive just purchased for remembering him by.. Such a great watch i wore it as a daily beater yrs before hand so for me this model has a lot of nostalgia...Highly recommend anyone to purchase this cult classic .... Great review TGV as usual...🥰
the intro was effing EPIC!!!!
Had this in the steel version and since passed it on to a friend. Its a beater everyday solid watch.
Oh, the Casio Marv! Looks grand in that black and gold colorway.
Lovely stuff T! What a bargain BEATER !!!!!
Thank you fratello. BTW, I got your email, going to reply soon! Been busy with family for July 4th holiday yesterday. I hope all is well, catch up soon!
T.
@@theurbangentry never have to apologise my friend! All our lives these days are manic!
I have two of these: blue face (MRW200H-2B2V) and orange numbers (MRW200H-4BV)... great watches .... also have a Casio Duro (MDV-106 Gold bezel) ... Casio makes really nice watches that usually unbeatable for their reliability and price .... These MRW200H watches remind me of the Luminox Navy Seal (of which I own one with yellow face - 200m and about $ 200) ... 🤠
Cool 90’s references, but as an Italian Totò Riina, Falcone e Borsellino stood out!
Thanks for the video, great as usual!
Had mine for 6 or 7 years now.Easy to read and easy to change the battery.Unless they however have improved the strap they last about a year then start to crack.I found an aftermarket mrw 200 strap for a couple if quid and its actually much better.For the cost and as a general purpose analogue I love them.Whats not to like? Timing bezel and the day and date and very easy( for us that have poorer eyesight) a gem.Mine is scatched up now but still love the dam thing.
Im a construction worker own a MRW 210h , great watch takes a pounding keeps great time. Its a bit like wearing a 65 Buick on your wrist but other than that it's excellent...
Your video editing is insane, all the cuts to the 90's awoken some latent memories inside me from when I was a child! When I saw Command and Conquer and all those movies and commercials, I was like WOAH, I remember those!!!
Thank you so much 🙌🙌🙌🙌 So happy to hear that. O&U!
Best regards,
TGV
I chuckled at some of the very British comedy references - The Day Today, Filthy, Bottom and Red Dwarf! Very well compiled intro!
I'm glad you put Falconi in there. Much respect man.
Nice review. I have a MRW200H-3BV and it is a whole lot of watch for under $20! Amazing value, and a good looking, accurate, durable, easy to wear tool watch. Can't beat a Casio for value!
Wow, that intro took me way back to the 90s! Amazing time.
I have a few. Gotta love the DIY battery changes…keep a few handy.
I miss everything about the 90s, thank so much for that epic intro.
I picked up the Casio MRW200H-1BV about 6 months ago as a beater watch. The strap had to be replaced immediately with a NATO strap due to absolute cheapness of the OEM strap. It has however, performed outstandingly when I'm in environments that I don't want to risk my higher end mechanicals. (working on cars, power washing the driveway, painting a room, fixing a toilet, etc)
10:13.. you have a "PUSHER" poster on your wall! Props, man.. Never thought that movies made it outside of Denmark 😁
Watches become legendary, because someone wore them. In September 2018 I bought MRW-200H-7EVEF for my father, very rough man indeed. He uses it till today.
Sold, I bought this and the Casio A700W-1 on your recommendation today. You're the Man, Mr TGV.
Thank you for this review. I appreciate that you've turned your critical faculties to a timepiece within the budget of virtually all your viewers. Afterall, a watch is still a watch reguardless of its price.
So after I watched this, I ordered one of these babies from Amazon for fun, and I'm completely in love with it. Day - Date functions, bidirectional bezel movement, lum. All for £25. I'm done being a quartz snob.
Love that intro. Too much greatness if there is such a thing.
watch this video like 10 times just for the 90s intro cuts. Amazing!!!
I have 6 of these in various colors including one with the stainless steel band and black dial. As a healthcare worker these are my go-to workhorse watches. These watches have proven to be reliable, very accurate and easy to clean. I also like the 100 meter water resistance. The Casio MRW-200H is very lightweight, practical and highly functional. These watches are very easy to read at a glance. I've replaced the band on one of them after about 3 years. The batteries last over 2 years and are easy to replace. The bidirectional rotating bezel is a plus even though it's not dive watch quality- It works good enough. I've gotten many compliments on these watches over the years, I have many other watches but these are among my favorites and get the most wrist time due to my work. For the price, it's hard to beat.
Your video has push me over the edge and ordered one after your video! 😂
Received it yesterday and loving the look and feel of it for being very affordable diver-ish field watch (I choose the black dial numeric version).
Edit: Bought from local sales platform with voucher and 7.7 sales, only paid USD12.4 plus shipping cost . 🎉
Another fun watch within 3 months time span after getting my budget but best quick-set-multiple-time zones gmt watch, Casio Royale.
I love my MR-240, been wearing it for nearly a decade and despite taking a beating at work it just keeps on ticking.
I have been watching your videos for years now. I am one of your female subscribers and just love the quality and content of your videos. You are my "go to" resource when I need some watch advice.
Casio has been my favorite watch brand for awhile now, but especially now with with inflation and everything costing an arm and a leg.
It's nice to be able to scratch that itch and not feel guilty.
I feel the same way. Buying a Casio is easy on the wallet and still ends with a cool watch.