If they put an elapsed time or countdown bezel instead of the compass, these watches would be selling like mad with scalpers on the job, I reckon. Not many uses for the compass bezel on a day to day basis, but quite a few on a dive or countdown one.
If they left off the day, or even better used a six o clock date, this would EASILY be a winner. But the day at 4 unfortunately kills it for me. Great review, thank you!
I love Casio's....and I really love the look of this! The black dial with the green bezel is nicely done, super legible hands and the orange seconds hand is a nice touch. I agree it looks great on that nato strap, gives it real outdoor vibes. I've got a Duro which I wear quite happily so I'm ok with the case size. Overall it looks fantastic and I think Casio have done a really good job. I'm definitely in! Cheers Kieron, congrats on 25k subs. Well deserved mate 👏
Nice! Didn't know you had a Duro. If you enjoy the fit of the Duro, this one will be even better. It's them cutouts under the case that make it a super sweet fit. Thanks mate, hope all is well 🙏
Did you not watch the video? It's an exploration/adventure watch. Literally in the same category as the Alpinist. It obviously doesn't look like it, that's why it's an alternative 😆
Agreed, video opens up saying it has an "alpanist vibe" which i just don't see. Its nothing like an alpanist. Plenty of different watches have an inner compass bezel, but this has none of the element that make the alpanist the alpanist. The case shape is nothing like alpanist, its a completely different size class, no hour numerals, no green dial, no guilding, its just not even worth mentioning the alpanist. This watch looks like a Frankensteins monster of a different seiko watch parts, it honestly looks like a fake...
Again, this isn't an alternative because it looks similar. The Alpinist was designed as a mountaineering watch. A watch to be taken on a hike, adventure, exploration... Which is why it has a compass bezel, great legibility and 200m WR. This Casio fulfills all of that critea. Look past the initial aesthetics between the two, they have a lot in common when it comes to the intended purpose of the watch. They share characteristics that aren't 'gilded hands' and 'the shape of the case'.
I like your presentation style. you don't talk like a typical UA-camr. it just sounds like my friend is telling me about a new watch. you're not trying to be wacky or clever or cute or sell me something. the entry-level is so much more fun than all the typical rolex, omega...
That's a great comment to read. Thank you! I try to make my videos as if it's just me and a friend having a chat about watches over a coffee. I also enjoy entry-levels wayyy more. It's just a more interesting space IMO. Hope all is well, thanks for watching.
I totally get your point about the 44mm thing. I've come to the conclusion that what makes a watch appear large or small has more to do with the dial diameter than the case diameter. I've got a 40mm diver which looks perfect to me, as somebody who prefers smaller sizes, because the bezel is 5mm wide so it actually creates a 30mm dial and the watch doesn't look large. This works both ways as I've got my Dad's Rotary dress watch he wore in the 80s/90s which manages to appear masculine and large enough despite being a 34mm case by having a 32mm dial - so the dial really fills out the watch face. This Casio looks fantastic especially for the money. Thanks for the review!
Great presentation as always. While your explanation about the 44mm size was heartfelt, I am unconvinced - but regrettably so as I really like all the other aspects. If this was even 41mm I'd pull the trigger. Cheers Everyone!
is a casio easy to mod? I'm a cartographer in an energy company, and if ever there was the possibility of, for example, a "lightning" second hand like a milgauss, perhaps smaller hands (a weak point for me here) and a sapphire crystal rather than a mineral one, I'd be very interested in this watch. With this modifications, this watch could 'reflect" myself
CASIO is the king of Digital watches and calculators, but when it comes to analogue watches, obviously they still don't comprehend the concept of a watch, and that is to tell time. For no reason other than shear stupidity they keep using short watch hands especially the minute hand. By comparison to well-established names like Tissot, Seiko.. One can see the difference. This company should stick to digital products and not go anywhere near traditional watches.
Kieron this is absolutely looking at the SPB121 for inspiration but the window makes it kookier than most and when looking for a inexpensive watch kookie is kool and may attract attention 😮 no bigger than my Duro and looks completely different, I'm in 😎
Date window is crazy, but I kinda like it. Indeed, it's no bigger than the Duro. It wears much better in fact. I'm blown away with this one. It's fun, pretty and different. Bravo Casio 🙏
I am trying to accept the Alpinist comparison, but it's tough. Outside of the compass dial, the comparison dims. Nowhere near the capability or quality. However, the normal price I have seen online is closer to the $90 USD. Not readily available in the US though.
May be It’s just me, a smaller version with the colour of the bezel for the dail, without a bezel, would be my first choice. But it’s nice, definitivly.
Bought the white version because of your 44mm presentation. Thank you. It certainly looks bigger than it wear. I love the clean dial, sadly I didn't factor the legibility. It's OK for my office adventure. Do you think this can also qualify as a GADA watch?
من فضلك عندي ساعة pierpont ميكانيكية نسائية قديمة وهي بحالة جيدة وعندي ساعة Sndoz قديمة رجالية خدش بسيط بالميناء ولكنها تعمل بشكل جيد وساعة sirgint تعمل بشكل جيد اريد بيعهم وساعة ام صليب قديمة يلزمها اصلاح بسيط وايضا اريد بيعها
Nice watch but whats an absolute Dealbreaker for me is the enormous size of this thing. Seiko managed to put a MECHANICAL movement with 70 hours power reserve and a 20bar water resistance in a 38mm case. It looks like Casio didn't actually knew if this watch should appeal to G-Shock-Fans or Field-Watch-Fans. The big bonus quartz-watches had from the beginning wasn't just their accuracy but also that you could manage to make the cases slim and smaller. I'm a huge Casio-Fan and a real Seiko-Addict owning a lot of watches from both brands but this is a bit of a letdown.
I don't agree the sentence as t 04:42. Surprisingly good for a Casio at least ??? Casio is the best quality watch for me. Being cheap doesnt mean being garbage. Casio = Quality
If you want to know, what one could make from shit and sticks, and it will be perfect, buy this one. It is gorgeous, but I won't to take any. And please don't try to scratch the Alpinist name on this.
It is 135$ in my country. Not cared, bought one. Also added more expensive strap than watch itself... It is eh... Not quite happy with it. It looks good on studio lights but metal casing is feeling very cheap. It feels like not a real stainless steel. It is like steel coated plastic case. meh...
The legend tells that they are about 3 billions of mineral crystals in Casio stock which needs to be used before the first box of sapphire crystals can be opened...
Would have been a success without the hideous day/date, in 40 mm, matt black dial with a black bezel (and no stripes). Less is more, but this principle is so often forgotten by watch makers.
That leather strap matches so good on this watch.. great find Keiren! - thanks for the video - I think it also looks like this watch - Weekly Auto Orient King Diver
Cheers mate. I really like the look of that Orient King Diver... But why have they put weekly auto on the dial 🤣 looks so silly! I might have to get one to see it in person. Thanks for watching my friend, hope all is well
@@TopTierTicker lol it almost sounds like am a weekly uber driver or something -:) , probably apt for certain professions - lol. From what i understood after reading Hodinkee and few other articles is that it was meant for Racing car drivers who met up on weekends or something. Its a great watch and i own a Green dial.. am across the pond or would have let you review it for me. For a change they went away with the Orient cigarette logo 🤣
The textured section of the bezel is your basic 15 mins countdown timer despite it not being numbered. Just a quick way to measure 15 mins im guessing.
It's hilarious but the compass feature you got to me the most ridiculous and unused feature of any watch ever, so you're lost in the wilderness, thank goodness you've got your watch so you can navigate directions providing you can see the sun of course. 😹
What ugly a watch! 🥴 The slanted date window at 4, the minute and hour hand are too similar in size and shape, the second hand is too short. And for most users it is too large. The only thing they‘ve done right is the bezel.
The day/date window is only easy to read while you're walking if you're right handed/wear your watch on the left wrist. That aside, it just looks terrible.
Likely because this review has 200k views. A lot of people are looking for them. And because it's still a new model, stock is always scarce! They'll be back in stock soon :)
4:00 is a very traditional position for both crowns and date windows in Japanese horology, including some VERRRY expensive pieces. If you hate it, I'm not going to say you're wrong, but just that these designs aren't going to be appealing to all Westerners, even if they are inveterate Asian watch collectors. Personally, I like it enough that I'm already wondering if there's a Japan-only version with the typical Kanji/English day-of-week wheel. Probably not at the $60 price point mentioned here, but I'd still be interested.
This one seeems nice, its quite similar to my new Casio edifice which is a take on Breitlings navitimer design one thing to point out tho, is the double pinned weird bracelet, not a fan of that build, also the green dial is very very dark in indoor lightning
It's a nice watch. But I don't think it was meant to look like my Seiko Alpinist. This one looks more like a diver's watch. And it's no way as beautiful as my Alpinist. Mine looks like a dress watch (no compass bezel) with six numbers and has a date at the 3 with a bulb magnifier like a Rolex. But I could not find any Rolex I liked. After ten years of searching, I found the perfect watch, the dark green Special Edition Seiko Alpinist I ordered from Japan. At $60, though, I. might buy it.
Not a fan of the day/date window. Date is enough and the watch would look much more balanced if it was at 6. A watch like this is fine with mineral crystal, which is inherently less reflective than uncoated sapphire (which would have doubled the price of the watch too). I also prefer 20mm straps, but 22mm looks properly proportioned with the case. Also agree on the water resist text being silly but this is Casio and they can't help themselves.
Really nice, could even forgive its mahoosive size, but…who decided to put the day-date on the slant at 4pm…why? Just why? WHY!?!?!? Intentionally ruined a great design 😪😭
In some ways Casio did a great job on the watch. 44 mm is the minimum size I will go for, so that is appealing to me. I like the green bezel and that it is water resistant to 100 meters. I really like the markers and the hands. And I like that it has a day & date, for me a must have. But I would prefer the colander to be at the 3 o’clock, not 4 o’clock position. But the real deal breaker is the seconds hand. They made it beautiful but it clicks from second to second instead of smoothly running around the dial. Even my Invicta Pro Diver uses the Seiko Mecaquartz to achieve this elevated performance. Hope you’re listening, Casio. You made a really stunning and functional watch, but that seconds hand needs to be smooth. I’ll keep watching for the upgrade.
Really nice looking watch. I bought Reguno as my travel/adventure watch, it's in the same price range, bit pricier. It's titanium, solar, 100m WR, day-date, decent metal strap.. It doesn't have the compass ring tho. But I feel Casio could've done better here, being solar at least. Nothing sucks like watch needing new battery when in the wild or travelling.
It has an Alpinist vibe. I dig the Starbucks green & black. Even the 44 mm diameter with short lugs is okay. But the day/date at 4:00 is not ideal. But it’s an inexpensive Casio and I might give it a try. Thanks for the review! Cheers from Ohio!
One of the best looking analogue Casios I've seen, its a shame it doesn't have a better crystal though (if aliexpress brands can do it this price, why can't Casio). No matter, I'd still like to add one to my collection, except for two irritating issues: One, its is totally unavailable anywhere to buy in Canada. Two, for every online retailer who featured it on their site (out of stock, of course) it was almost double the price! Cool watch though.
I love the legibility. Watches with fat hour hands are my jam, thanks for putting this on my radar
Can't wait to start seeing these pop up in more shops in Canada (or online)!
If they put an elapsed time or countdown bezel instead of the compass, these watches would be selling like mad with scalpers on the job, I reckon. Not many uses for the compass bezel on a day to day basis, but quite a few on a dive or countdown one.
I am not crazy about the date window but otherwise I love the watch.
More like in lucky dips.
Don't think it looks like an alpinist but it certainly is beautiful!
If they left off the day, or even better used a six o clock date, this would EASILY be a winner. But the day at 4 unfortunately kills it for me. Great review, thank you!
Thanks for watching 🙏
I love Casio's....and I really love the look of this! The black dial with the green bezel is nicely done, super legible hands and the orange seconds hand is a nice touch.
I agree it looks great on that nato strap, gives it real outdoor vibes.
I've got a Duro which I wear quite happily so I'm ok with the case size.
Overall it looks fantastic and I think Casio have done a really good job.
I'm definitely in!
Cheers Kieron, congrats on 25k subs. Well deserved mate 👏
I like turtle's.
Nice! Didn't know you had a Duro. If you enjoy the fit of the Duro, this one will be even better. It's them cutouts under the case that make it a super sweet fit.
Thanks mate, hope all is well 🙏
Nothing like the alpinist in my eyes, not every watch with an inner bezel is alpinist alternative
Did you not watch the video? It's an exploration/adventure watch. Literally in the same category as the Alpinist. It obviously doesn't look like it, that's why it's an alternative 😆
@adam-im8jo AFFORDABLE alternative...not one watch instead of the other if you had the money of course!
I think it's quite obvious...
I don’t think the color combo green and black dial works, besides that Casio again score a new hit.
Agreed, video opens up saying it has an "alpanist vibe" which i just don't see. Its nothing like an alpanist. Plenty of different watches have an inner compass bezel, but this has none of the element that make the alpanist the alpanist. The case shape is nothing like alpanist, its a completely different size class, no hour numerals, no green dial, no guilding, its just not even worth mentioning the alpanist.
This watch looks like a Frankensteins monster of a different seiko watch parts, it honestly looks like a fake...
Again, this isn't an alternative because it looks similar.
The Alpinist was designed as a mountaineering watch. A watch to be taken on a hike, adventure, exploration... Which is why it has a compass bezel, great legibility and 200m WR.
This Casio fulfills all of that critea. Look past the initial aesthetics between the two, they have a lot in common when it comes to the intended purpose of the watch. They share characteristics that aren't 'gilded hands' and 'the shape of the case'.
I like your presentation style. you don't talk like a typical UA-camr. it just sounds like my friend is telling me about a new watch. you're not trying to be wacky or clever or cute or sell me something. the entry-level is so much more fun than all the typical rolex, omega...
That's a great comment to read. Thank you! I try to make my videos as if it's just me and a friend having a chat about watches over a coffee.
I also enjoy entry-levels wayyy more. It's just a more interesting space IMO. Hope all is well, thanks for watching.
The day/date breaks my mind. I could never get over that personally lol
I can't live without date, day is a good + too
ngl the day date window being like that kinda looks sick
I totally get your point about the 44mm thing. I've come to the conclusion that what makes a watch appear large or small has more to do with the dial diameter than the case diameter. I've got a 40mm diver which looks perfect to me, as somebody who prefers smaller sizes, because the bezel is 5mm wide so it actually creates a 30mm dial and the watch doesn't look large. This works both ways as I've got my Dad's Rotary dress watch he wore in the 80s/90s which manages to appear masculine and large enough despite being a 34mm case by having a 32mm dial - so the dial really fills out the watch face. This Casio looks fantastic especially for the money. Thanks for the review!
Great presentation as always. While your explanation about the 44mm size was heartfelt, I am unconvinced - but regrettably so as I really like all the other aspects. If this was even 41mm I'd pull the trigger.
Cheers Everyone!
Understandable. I wouldn't believe me either 😆 hopefully you can try one on someday and see what I mean. Stay well my friend
is a casio easy to mod? I'm a cartographer in an energy company, and if ever there was the possibility of, for example, a "lightning" second hand like a milgauss, perhaps smaller hands (a weak point for me here) and a sapphire crystal rather than a mineral one, I'd be very interested in this watch. With this modifications, this watch could 'reflect" myself
CASIO is the king of Digital watches and calculators, but when it comes to analogue watches, obviously they still don't comprehend the concept of a watch, and that is to tell time. For no reason other than shear stupidity they keep using short watch hands especially the minute hand. By comparison to well-established names like Tissot, Seiko.. One can see the difference. This company should stick to digital products and not go anywhere near traditional watches.
"was we expecting anything else?" Eh? Native English speaker 😂
You tell him!
Kieron this is absolutely looking at the SPB121 for inspiration but the window makes it kookier than most and when looking for a inexpensive watch kookie is kool and may attract attention 😮 no bigger than my Duro and looks completely different, I'm in 😎
Date window is crazy, but I kinda like it.
Indeed, it's no bigger than the Duro. It wears much better in fact.
I'm blown away with this one. It's fun, pretty and different. Bravo Casio 🙏
Great gem !!! Thanks for sharing. I'm a Casio sucker and always love your videos on that brand.
I love the dial, hands & bezel...but that wonky day/date triggers me badly ...
I want to buy one, but it would annoy me every time I look at it 🥺🥺🥺
I am trying to accept the Alpinist comparison, but it's tough. Outside of the compass dial, the comparison dims. Nowhere near the capability or quality. However, the normal price I have seen online is closer to the $90 USD. Not readily available in the US though.
That is a lot of watch for 60$!!! Very nice! Angled day/date is awesome.
If this thing is solar I'll tap that in seconds
What I'm really looking for is a good non battery powered pocket watch
Orient makes some nice ones.
Sick watch but I'dhave liked it even more if the case was brushed from the sides at least
$60 ?? The price gougers have doubled that price.
The hands are actually hitting the markers so far lol
Love it! The pairing with that stitched brown leather strap is just too much to resist! Especially at this price tag 👍
Dang, that looks sick! So cool
Yeah day date window is a deal breaker for me. Hour hand is too thick too
I have the Royale and I want this also. I don't like Casio watches but Royale, Duro and Green Compass are very sexy watches
In other words, you love them.
If they make a GMT version with a rotating inner bezel with 24 hour markers, it would break the watch internet!
The date window is ridiculous
May be It’s just me, a smaller version with the colour of the bezel for the dail, without a bezel, would be my first choice.
But it’s nice, definitivly.
it looks really good!
Bought the white version because of your 44mm presentation. Thank you. It certainly looks bigger than it wear. I love the clean dial, sadly I didn't factor the legibility. It's OK for my office adventure. Do you think this can also qualify as a GADA watch?
من فضلك عندي ساعة pierpont ميكانيكية نسائية قديمة وهي بحالة جيدة وعندي ساعة Sndoz قديمة رجالية خدش بسيط بالميناء ولكنها تعمل بشكل جيد وساعة sirgint تعمل بشكل جيد اريد بيعهم وساعة ام صليب قديمة يلزمها اصلاح بسيط وايضا اريد بيعها
And once again, Casio can make a Quartz watch with a seconds hand hitting every marker 😊
Nice watch but whats an absolute Dealbreaker for me is the enormous size of this thing.
Seiko managed to put a MECHANICAL movement with 70 hours power reserve and a 20bar water resistance in a 38mm case.
It looks like Casio didn't actually knew if this watch should appeal to G-Shock-Fans or Field-Watch-Fans.
The big bonus quartz-watches had from the beginning wasn't just their accuracy but also that you could manage to make the cases slim and smaller.
I'm a huge Casio-Fan and a real Seiko-Addict owning a lot of watches from both brands but this is a bit of a letdown.
I don't agree the sentence as t 04:42. Surprisingly good for a Casio at least ??? Casio is the best quality watch for me. Being cheap doesnt mean being garbage. Casio = Quality
Why don’t they make mineral and sapphire versions instead of just one and having to deal with inferior crystals
If you want to know, what one could make from shit and sticks, and it will be perfect, buy this one.
It is gorgeous, but I won't to take any.
And please don't try to scratch the Alpinist name on this.
It is 135$ in my country. Not cared, bought one. Also added more expensive strap than watch itself... It is eh... Not quite happy with it. It looks good on studio lights but metal casing is feeling very cheap. It feels like not a real stainless steel. It is like steel coated plastic case. meh...
The legend tells that they are about 3 billions of mineral crystals in Casio stock which needs to be used before the first box of sapphire crystals can be opened...
🤣 I like that one
Would have been a success without the hideous day/date, in 40 mm, matt black dial with a black bezel (and no stripes). Less is more, but this principle is so often forgotten by watch makers.
I like it. I like the date window. It doesn’t bother me at all.
NORTH is always in anither colour
That leather strap matches so good on this watch.. great find Keiren! - thanks for the video - I think it also looks like this watch - Weekly Auto Orient King Diver
Cheers mate.
I really like the look of that Orient King Diver... But why have they put weekly auto on the dial 🤣 looks so silly! I might have to get one to see it in person.
Thanks for watching my friend, hope all is well
@@TopTierTicker lol it almost sounds like am a weekly uber driver or something -:) , probably apt for certain professions - lol. From what i understood after reading Hodinkee and few other articles is that it was meant for Racing car drivers who met up on weekends or something. Its a great watch and i own a Green dial.. am across the pond or would have let you review it for me. For a change they went away with the Orient cigarette logo 🤣
i have a duro and wow this peek my interest! lovely watch!
Stunning 😍😘
The textured section of the bezel is your basic 15 mins countdown timer despite it not being numbered. Just a quick way to measure 15 mins im guessing.
I have to say that I like it, even the day date position....only miss a screw case back that is a must for me....cheers!
I use to say this until I picked up an OCW-T200 Oceanus. Almost a perfect watch.
Nice! But... Citizen PMD56-2951 Green Promaster Land - nothing has yet been able to replace it.
The Seiko Alpinist is much better albeit a little more expensive. It was worth it to me. Most beautiful watch I have ever seen.
@@gerardowmby7156 Imho. Golden is out of style, and I am done with mec. Only solar.
It's hilarious but the compass feature you got to me the most ridiculous and unused feature of any watch ever, so you're lost in the wilderness, thank goodness you've got your watch so you can navigate directions providing you can see the sun of course. 😹
Such a pity is not available in Spain, and costs 135€ in Europe (trough amazon...)?? wtf @casio?
What ugly a watch! 🥴 The slanted date window at 4, the minute and hour hand are too similar in size and shape, the second hand is too short. And for most users it is too large. The only thing they‘ve done right is the bezel.
The day/date window is only easy to read while you're walking if you're right handed/wear your watch on the left wrist. That aside, it just looks terrible.
Why are these out of stock everywhere?
Likely because this review has 200k views. A lot of people are looking for them. And because it's still a new model, stock is always scarce! They'll be back in stock soon :)
That day/date placement is hideous.
Kills it for me too lol. That, mineral glass and the size is too big for me also. Nice to see some originality at least.
@@jimdog9020 True; originality is always good to see. Even among Casios this watch does stand out.
A nice watch, but I’ll stick with the Casio Duro Marlin. (At least until I see the “Alpinist” in person.”
Date window at 4 o'clock: 👍
Day date window at 4 o'clock: 👎
For $60 how could you possibly go wrong with this watch. If nothing more it’s a great beater watch
Reminds me of a roulette wheel or a poker table
Would have been really nice without the day/date window. (Or maybe white on black)...
Nice looking watch not sure how I feel about the date window however. Great review.
Quartz vs mechanical watch is not close in any aspect
Other than being quartz not automatic, less water resistance and zero historical value, yes its a lot like the alpinist
That day date window drives me insane just looking at it. Hard pass.
Seiko alpinist overpriced.i love this casio.impressive for its price
That day/date placement, it is very stupid and looks bad, the reason i will never buy it!
Where can i get that brown leather strap please?!???
Its almost perfect, if it wasnt for that 4 o clock day date. I would have loved it if they just do without it
Love the watch…..not sure when it’ll come to the US. Anybody know?
i would prefer anything other than compass bezel, its completely useless
Its been a while aince i got excited about a casio 🤤
This code is worng, it directs me to blue beseled one, i cant find green one’s link. Anyone has it?
Where i can get the brown leather strap? .. it looks more valuable with it 💯🔥
It would have really been nice if they would have stepped it up and made it a GMT
Too bad! It's not available in the Netherlands..that sucks!
Why do compass bezels exist? Can we all just stop this foolishness?
That date window is a eyesore😱
4:00 is a very traditional position for both crowns and date windows in Japanese horology, including some VERRRY expensive pieces. If you hate it, I'm not going to say you're wrong, but just that these designs aren't going to be appealing to all Westerners, even if they are inveterate Asian watch collectors. Personally, I like it enough that I'm already wondering if there's a Japan-only version with the typical Kanji/English day-of-week wheel. Probably not at the $60 price point mentioned here, but I'd still be interested.
Looks great but can't get on board with a spanting date, let alone a slanting day/date.
Thats a good looking watch!!
bro what's with the sound effects man, it cheapens the video so much!
I can’t seem to find this anywhere to buy unfortunately.
This one seeems nice, its quite similar to my new Casio edifice which is a take on Breitlings navitimer design
one thing to point out tho, is the double pinned weird bracelet, not a fan of that build, also the green dial is very very dark in indoor lightning
Casio proving majority watches out there are overpriced
My Casio Protrek became a bit bulky. I'm back to my Seiko the Great Blue. I'll definitely give this one a second look though
Cockeyed date window utterly ruins it for me. Too bad.
It's a nice watch. But I don't think it was meant to look like my Seiko Alpinist. This one looks more like a diver's watch. And it's no way as beautiful as my Alpinist. Mine looks like a dress watch (no compass bezel) with six numbers and has a date at the 3 with a bulb magnifier like a Rolex. But I could not find any Rolex I liked. After ten years of searching, I found the perfect watch, the dark green Special Edition Seiko Alpinist I ordered from Japan. At $60, though, I. might buy it.
Welp they're sold out everywhere and being sold by scalpers at much higher price. RIP
Not a fan of the day/date window. Date is enough and the watch would look much more balanced if it was at 6. A watch like this is fine with mineral crystal, which is inherently less reflective than uncoated sapphire (which would have doubled the price of the watch too). I also prefer 20mm straps, but 22mm looks properly proportioned with the case. Also agree on the water resist text being silly but this is Casio and they can't help themselves.
They should offer one without that ugly tilted date window.
Day/date window is hideous. Deal breaker for me
Really nice, could even forgive its mahoosive size, but…who decided to put the day-date on the slant at 4pm…why? Just why? WHY!?!?!? Intentionally ruined a great design 😪😭
In some ways Casio did a great job on the watch. 44 mm is the minimum size I will go for, so that is appealing to me. I like the green bezel and that it is water resistant to 100 meters. I really like the markers and the hands. And I like that it has a day & date, for me a must have. But I would prefer the colander to be at the 3 o’clock, not 4 o’clock position. But the real deal breaker is the seconds hand. They made it beautiful but it clicks from second to second instead of smoothly running around the dial. Even my Invicta Pro Diver uses the Seiko Mecaquartz to achieve this elevated performance. Hope you’re listening, Casio. You made a really stunning and functional watch, but that seconds hand needs to be smooth. I’ll keep watching for the upgrade.
Really nice looking watch. I bought Reguno as my travel/adventure watch, it's in the same price range, bit pricier. It's titanium, solar, 100m WR, day-date, decent metal strap.. It doesn't have the compass ring tho. But I feel Casio could've done better here, being solar at least. Nothing sucks like watch needing new battery when in the wild or travelling.
It has an Alpinist vibe. I dig the Starbucks green & black. Even the 44 mm diameter with short lugs is okay. But the day/date at 4:00 is not ideal.
But it’s an inexpensive Casio and I might give it a try.
Thanks for the review!
Cheers from Ohio!
What is it with the date? A beautiful watch but the date kills it!
One of the best looking analogue Casios I've seen, its a shame it doesn't have a better crystal though (if aliexpress brands can do it this price, why can't Casio). No matter, I'd still like to add one to my collection, except for two irritating issues: One, its is totally unavailable anywhere to buy in Canada. Two, for every online retailer who featured it on their site (out of stock, of course) it was almost double the price! Cool watch though.
Seiko alpinist retails here in Aus for about $1200, the Casio for about $150. The Seiko _is_ classier, but not eight times classier..
I love the Alpinist, but you can't go wrong with this. It doesn't have those dressy undertones that the Alpinist has, but it's still cool IMO.