Casio 'Aqua Terra' Chronograph - Under $100!
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Perhaps not as sweet as the white dialled three hander, but for bigger guys, this is a great value, big brand chrono. As such the bracelet is ropey, but it wears so damned well that it kinda makes up for it. Cheers, Jody
I have a Chronograph Casio Edifice with black case. I can say that the Edifice line is underated and didn't get enough exposure in watch channels. Glad to see it received more attention, now.
I love a lot of the designs. I just wished they make them in the 3x mm range like 38,39. Would buy in a heartbeat because they do look very nice.
@@Justin-ml8id True that, most of the watches are 45-ish mm.
Might i ask how is the bracelet?
@@prod.bynil-oh7440 Not the best, but still better than Seiko 5s from the same price range
Love the edifice lineup and the oceanus too saving up for a oceanus titanium before saving up for a speedy
Casio has got the hang of getting their second hands to line up with the markers. I own an affordable Edifice as well at its the same with it. I prefer to wear it with a nice leather or silicone strap rather than with that cheap looking bracelet. It would need a sapphire crystal to be truly amazing which is odd because some of the aforementioned affordable Edifice models do come with sapphire.
They do a pretty good job of getting the second hand to hit the markers. Better than a TAG Heuer Awuaracer that I nearly traded a vintage Seiko for, but just couldn’t do it.
Speaking of Aqua Terra, there is a seemingly new Edifice EFV-140 line of three handers with striped dials, listed in my local online store but not yet in stock. Hoping to see one or more of those in the channel at some point.
Good recommendation, those look sharp.
I have seen it but it looks cheap in comparison to the older version. I have the efv 100d and i love it.
@@Drhomelander Yes, I've ended up buying the white EFV-100 as well.
Don't forget the Seiko sub brand Lorus Jody,they do some cracking watches for not a lot of cash...........................
Looking in on them at Amazon.uk, it's obvious they're a popular brand in the United Kingdom. But they were a sort of drugstore brand in Canada & the US and don't get any respect even if they now make decent watches. Seiko's Pulsar line escaped that death spiral though...
@@errolmacdonald3256 Yup,the stupid country by country naming regime only serves to hurt their sales.I had a cheap 'dive watch' from Lorus for years,wore it all the time and did all those things you're not supposed to do,in the bath,any where else,never missed a beat.I knocked the bezel off by accident by then it lost its appeal but still kept going........................
I'll admit I'm not the biggest chronograph fan but this looks like fantastic value for money. Definitely a few shortcomings but for sub 100 I'm quite impressed. Great find Jody
The problem for me, in the UK, is that by the time VAT and import duties are applied the watches from these sites are more expensive than retail.
If you keep an eye out on H Samuel / Ernest Jones, you’ll regularly find edifice watches on sale plus another 20% off on top. I’ve picked up plenty this way. The latest being an Edifice EFS-S580DB-1AVUEF with solar and sapphire for a shade over £80.
RRP was £169 I believe. 👍
@@stu1608 I agree Stuart. Both those and Hinds as well. Always looking for bargains. Especially the excellent Casio’s
Friendly reminder that for watches with complicated dials, a few images of them displaying a time other than 10:10 would been immensely useful. Legibility is always the biggest problem for dials like this
The build quality seems on par with the seiko 5s, heck i would say even better with those end links lining up perfectly with the case.
Thanks for another great video, Jody! Can't beat a Casio when it comes to anything, really!
I agree with you, Jody, about the chrono vs. running seconds hand, so it would be a pass for me. I am still enjoying my EFV-100D-2AVCR (blue 3-hander) I bought a couple of years ago, which I immediately put on a blue rubber strap. It's a beautiful little sports watch for the money. Stock photos do it no justice.
The seconds hand hits each marker......nice. Nice looking watch.
Nice looking, that’s about it! It’s amazing that the price of chrono’s from the big manufactures is so low. I have a few Seiko and Citizens that keep up with watches costing three times as much. I think this is what separates the enthusiast from someone who just wants to know the time!
Some of the best anti reflection coating we've seen in a while on this. Overall a really nice piece
Excellent watch and great review Jody. On the pushers, do you know that the AP Royal Oak Chrono has a screw down crown, but pushers are not screw down? It's a bit of a misconception that if you push a pusher in water it will leak. If it has a good water resistance rating it won't. My Orient Mako has screw down crown and a pusher for the day complication. Being in the engineering business of course I had to take a look. It's totally sealed by a tough rubber gasket that keeps water out. When the button is released it squirts the water out! Of course it's important to check your gaskets regularly or when servicing. So, if the watch has 100m plus, maybe even 50m wr the chances are that an accidental push on the pusher in the water won't have catastrophic consequences.
I honestly think the Edifice range has some belters, you have to wade through alot of oversized chrono's but this one is great
Starbuy seems to have a few similar models (Edifice Chronograph EFV500D-1A, EFV540D-7A, EFV570D-1A, EFV580D-7A, etc) in Sydney for a few dollars more (~$147), date complication at 4 and 4:30.
Just bought the blue dial version of this watch ,was a bit of an impulse buy but I am quite impressed by it. Wears well, feels good on the wrist not to heavy but not so light you forget it's there, ok the bracelet could be better but still for £78 can,t complain and above all it looks nice
I have an Edifice that has a small ticking seconds hand and the center hand is the chrono. Nice little watch!
I LOVE these cheaper watches! Great value.
I have the smaller 3 hander & only recently noticed the handset on these models have been influenced by Tudor' s North Face...& Casio used to do good lume(?).. yes, I'm that much fun...
Jody, I'm still anticipating the bling srpe mod.
The EFR-S108D-7AVUEF is the best GADA-edifice in my opinion. Just like the AT-Edifice you get a 100m WR and you pay less than 100 dollars, but the EFR-S108D-7AVUEF comes with sapphire and cooler (vertically brushed) dials. It’s smaller size (bezel is 37mm) makes it more versatile. There is however an Edifice-AT version at 35mm and I have noticed tho that the Edifice-AT will be sold with AT-deckstripes on the dial in the near-near future, so the dial-argument may become moot.
Thanks for covering the markings on the chrono subdials, the slow reset, and the ticking seconds vs chrono seconds hand locations. A lot of reviewers just say “it’s a chrono” and don’t cover those aspects, but if you’re actually going to use the complication, it makes a big difference whether the minutes are marked!
Edifice is versatile sturdy and value packed. Some of them are expensive though
Man after having a duro for years now I kind of want one of these
I wear a Casio Edifice Solar chronograph with saphire (EFS-S510D-1AV) on a 22mm leather rallye strap as a daily beater. I was lucky to find it for $135 CAD. If you can find one, I highly recommend it if you don't mind the disappointing bracelet and lume.
I bought a rare Casio wave ceptor from TicTacArea. Order was taken in Spain, and shipped from Netherlands. Was interesting to track its progress through Europe. They are a good company.
Love all the videos Jody! I would love to see a review of one of the dive watches from Long Island watch sometime
I've got one of these on a $15 elastic strap from Ali. It's so light you forget you're wearing it. Good cheap watch - they were under $100 Aus this time last year.
I like the arrangement of seconds hands. It's really easy to read, and this is never the chrono I pick when I actually want to time something. Which isn't all that often, to tell the truth.
Good looking watch for cheap
(and lets admit it, barely anyone would use most of the functions of a crono, just like the busy look!)
Great video Jody! Please, can you do a video about watches with "big date"? Clean dial, only big date easy to read.
The Edifice line should also offer their tough solar, that would just knock it out of the park!
I've not long had the other, other"casioak" an EFR-S108 the regular 3 hand version of the octagon bezel chrono you reviewed before, sapphire crystal, ~38mm clean dial, pretty shape under £100 quid. It's become my preferred office watch despite all the standard Edifice (mostly the bracelet) complaints.
I would quite like a nice, functional chronograph, but I think 42mm+ is too big for my needs, I like a smaller watch and the Edifice chronos seem to mostly come up a little bigger...
I will be grabbing one of these! Thanks Jody!
The 3 hand 40mm Edifice is the EFV-100. The smaller 35mm version is the EFV-110, and they now do a larger 43mm 3 hand version called the EFV-140, just released.
I know you really like a good deal and I know you really like your Casio watches I've purchased a sweet little AE 2000w with 200 meters WR , world time from Amazon for under $25 . It's my new beater and I am amazed by how much abuse it can handle considering it's not a G-Shock.
YT managed to send me a notification for the first time in weeks.
At least one Edifice I looked at had Sapphire in this price range.
Underated given the price competition.
8:45 I would. I don’t dive. I don’t fly a plane. I don’t have a yacht. But I do time things like scripts and radio spots. And in that work, a second or two is very important, and that little chrono sub hand is not precise enough. Besides, in everyday life, you don’t really need an accurate seconds hand, which is why that’s fine as a sub dial.
If you are looking for a white face, the Casio EFR-526L-7AV is a nice white-faced panda chrono for around $100.
Cheers Jody, managed to pick up the black dial with red highlights in the leather strap for £58 and am very happy with it! Lot's of hidden value in the Edifice line once you get past all the motorsports crap!
Eastern Creek Special!
Bargain Beater.
Beauty Sydney.
Soaking sad summer this year.
I bought an Edifice as a cheapish watch for work. Comfortable, It's £70, solar charging and sapphire glass. It'll last forever. Can't go wrong really
Sounds great. What is the type number of your watch?
saw a similar model but with gold hands...very nice indeed
I always enjoy your watch videos, but I love that shirt. Well played 🙂
Great to see another Edifice watch getting the JOMW treatment. I really rate this range and now own four of them! I'd love to see Jody run the rule over one of their higher models with Bluetooth and solar, such as my favourite, the EQB 1000.
The Casio Edifice EFS-S540DB-1AUEF for about €100 has a similar layout but has an ion coated bezel, sapphire crystal, solar charged and a carbon fiber dial and slightly better bracelet. Great watch for the price.
Nice review as always. Not an aspirational watch but a solid choice for a daily beater. Also - a nice gift idea for a young future 'watch guy'.
You T-shirt is OUTSTANDING today.
Sold mine last year . Great watch . Cheers Jody
I was watching the video and something in my mind was telling me something looks familiar. And as I looked at my Duro I figured it out, they share the same hand sets!
Love that shirt!! Oh thanks again for the watch review.
My collection has evolved into higher end, more serious pieces but I really do miss the fun, simpler days when my collection included an Edifice - great watches, well made and worry free
Thanks Jody! Can't really down the Ediface range.... But the dials are just too busy. And yes I do own a Flighty 🤦🏻♂️
Always been a fan of the Edifice range, I am always disappointed by hollow end links given smaller firms seem to be able to do it properly and 21mm lug width, I don’t like the different sized sub dials but it does look good. Hope the fam are well, good video
Jody the Casio edifice ef527 is a better option than this, if you like the style. The chronograph function is miles better, even the bracelet is ok…lume not so much
Looks awesome, I just wish it was 40mm I'm not fan of wrist size watches
Jody, please review the Casio LIW-M610TDS; it's a JDM tough solar chrono, perpetual calendar, 24 hr timer, 24 hr chrono, 1 alarm, all analog, 50M WR, titanium case and bracelet, lumed, 40mm case, 20mm lug, 46mm lug to lug, atomic multiband. You'll love it.
Nice review Jody. Of course the central seconds should be the. chrono hand. Why didn’t they give markers every minute on the chrono minutes counter. That renders the chrono pretty much useless. I understand this is a budget chrono. However… If it’s called a chrono, it should be a readable chrono.
Nice looking watch.
I've had an Edifice with a 'faux chrono' date complication (5224 module) for some years now, and it still gets wrist time. I surely prefer the big seconds hand, but agree the accuracy of the markings need improving. Would be great with a 10ths compilation at the 12 o'clock, but that would likely kill the battery quickly if such a module existed.
Jody my man.. you need to try their lineage line.
Some Sinn chronographs (103, 356..) have a screw-down crown and no screw-down pushers. The watches have a 200m water resistance rating, so there definitely is a point.
IMO the 24-hr sub dial is useful for date setting.
I have on Orient FKU00002D that I purchased from Jomashop about a year ago for $75. Seems like a very similar watch.
This particular color was the only one listed w sapphire crystal.
CASIO LINEAGE LCW-M100TSE-1AJF
Although it is almost twice of the price for the edifice but you got more
Multiband 6 Solar Radiob Titanium and Sapphire
The watch head gives me Longines type feels. It's a very nice dial.
Very nice Jody, I've made a decision to get myself a Chrono, but I want a white dial watch this time. This is well priced, but I have 2 in my AE basket, CADISEN C7053 with Swiss ISA Cal.8171 quartz movement for only $50, and a Lacz Denton with Seiko VK64, for $95, though the Cadisen has sapphire and the second one mineral crystal. Maybe you know the Cadisen one?
I had a solar edifice bought in Japan which was really beautiful
Love the t-shirt! And congratulations on the new arrival!
Casio needs to get more attention outside the Duro and GShock range
I got my original G Shock Casioak from TicTac Area for less than $90 when no one else even had it in stock.
It was such a good deal, I almost worried it was fake.
I think you’ll like the newer series EFV 140, check them out. Nice video as always!
A chrono with a ticking secong hand that should've been the actual chrono hand, to me is not a chrono. It sort of takes away the whole look, even if you can still utilize it in some way, and like you said, you have to do more to use it. Nah, just keep that big second hand in the middle to maintain the proper look!
I just love a Casio
I can’t wait for the efv140
Could not agree more about the 24 hour dial. How bought a vid on chrono with a 12 hour totalizer.? Thanks Jody!
I can say edifice is a best alternative to seiko chronograph
I can't help but compare this Casio Edifice to my Pagani Design Chronograph Sport (Rolex Daytona) homage. It has a screw down crown and pushers, completely solid link bracelet, milled clasp, Seiko megaquartz movement with proper stopwatch second hand layout and sapphire crystal. And it's LESS $ than the Casio!
Loving the t-shirt. 😃👍
I really like the edifice line
Rock solid piece and review dood 👍! But: For parenting 5 daily alarms are more important than a chronograph, from my experience 🥱😴🍼😵💫👶😄!
Good morning from Spain!
I’ve bought a watch from them too. Definitely worth it
Reckon a nice first watch for a teenager and wanting a stylish first watch. Handsome watch for the price! Bracelets are sooo awful. Can’t the Japanese take a leaf out of the Ali express playbook On bracelets? Would be worth paying a few extra dollars for a good bracelet. Nice review!!
That t-shirt is 🔥
Sub-dial chrono seconds?! Funky!!
I think the watch looks great but 2 killers for me are the Dial set up being confused and back to front. Second hand should be Chrono ticker and the strap is too cheap and lacks quality. However the overall look is great. Would I buy? Sadly not
Jody please review the new EQB-1200HG or the EQB-S100HG
It's good looking but the basic module without sub second functionality lets it down a bit, I see the Omega in it and as you say that does it nothing but credit.....
I don't suppose he's sleeping thro yet?
I really wanted to like this, but it just seems a bit too 'busy' which is odd, considering I have a Citizen Blue Angels watch and nothing is much busier than that! I do like the white face 'acqua terra' though...have you done a review of that watch, Jody?
Worth a look as everyday wear.nice.
Nails all the markers! Phew...
Reminds me of my solar powered EQS500…
Same bracelet - which sounds horrible on specs, but is extremely comfortable…
The EQS500 has a more cluttered, less legible dial and cost double the price for the benefit of solar power.
It was the watch that started my collection and so it is still a keeper and sees regular use at work, or when riding my rattely Milwaukee tractor…
I wonder, why u never make review about ALBA (Seiko's second line), the quality is quite good for the price imho....
I prefer chronos with the a small seconds hand, and the large chrono hand, the inverse of this watch. But I do think the watch looks rather nice apart from that.
Morning Jody, that one looks great VFM, on the slopes today, not done a Schumacher yet!
Lorus by Seiko do something almost identical to this.
My 1969 Omega Seamaster120 has 19mm lug width and it was especially difficult to find straps before there was an Internet. I found I could do fine with 20mm straps if I trimmed off a hair width from each side with an Exacto knife. Now 19 and 21mm straps are available but it takes a little extra searching.
Hi great channel. Please review classic casio on leather strap dress watches MTP-1381L-1AVDF and MTP1183E-7A and MTP-V006L-7B and mtp-vt01l-7b1udf
I find Casio edifice’s to be the perfect holiday watch/outdoor brand on a budget. The look nice they are robust and you feel like they are made to be beaten hard!
Love my aqua terra I wasn’t too sure on this one but know you’ve turned my head… again!