Yes except many of early Casio's were just a Seiko hommage,one example is Casio Royale which was a blatant copy of iconic G757 earned a shit tone of money for Casio!! Yet it so easily to crap on Chinese brands for copying Casio!!
I think the casio royale was released in 2012 so it’s a homage absolutely, but I don’t think discredits their earlier innovation. Although not the first, their pseudo analogs like the AA-85 were amongst the more innovative options. I’m not aware of too many out and out seiko copies from them , but I’m sure I could be mistaken!! But absolutely , seiko were the real drivers in early days!
@@dado380 I never really understood the “royale” thing. The only thing it really has in common is the square display and faux-analogue watch, both of which were on dozens of watches before and after the g757.
I don’t know where you’d even begin to try and hone down your amazing history of Casio videos into just 10 minutes but not only did you manage it, you absolutely smashed it! So much detail and information in such an easily digestible package. Amazing work 🙌 Oh and I love the thumbnail too 😂
Ah Thankyou! Too kind! I just wasn’t able to be quite as indulgent on non watch related stuff and cut out any fluff. Still wanted to have broad coverage as the goal was to be a shot of all of casio for less familiar folks. Now they know kung fu… I mean casio :)
My favorite Casio will always be the Casio DBC150-1 Databank Digital Watch. The version of this watch I had was the DBC50 with only 50 pages of memory. The key feature of this watch was to allow you to schedule appointments then show you what appointments you had next week. I had this watch a long time before cell phones. It also had a calculator, world time, phone numbers, alarm etc.
BUT NOT A TIMER. Thats the problem with a lot of these cool Casio watches. Many in this list don't have a countdown timer function. And some of the other Casio watches don't beep on the hour.
Outstanding video. I had no idea you made videos, forgive me! Oh well, better late then never. I look forward to watching much more of your excellent work. Thank you, onwards and upwards! Best regards, TGV
I guess the TH-cam algorithm gods are favouring the channel because it was suggested in my frontpage too, and you know how questionable TH-cam suggestions are getting as of lately Definitely quality work in here
Amazing video. Your powers of summarizing are fantastic, to sum up Casio's crazy lines and innovations of 50 years in just 10, and to get most if not all the most important mentioned is no mean feat. Congrats!
The first watch I ever bought myself was a Casio F-100 at Singapore Airport on my way home to Australia in 1979 when I was 19. I had AUD $30 cash left and chose the F-100 because it was $27. I wore it through the '80s, wore out the strap, replaced it and a few batteries. Then it went in the drawer I think because I was given another watch by a girlfriend. I found it again this year and took it to a repairer out of curiosity. It ran immediately on a new battery, surprising the repairer and delighting me. It now has a smart new plain leather strap and I'm wearing it again. And I've recently bought a Casio AE1200 to recall an old favourite G757 which died around 2000.
This channel is so underrated. Such a deep research and high quality content. You deserve 1M ++ subs bro!!!! I'm gonna press like and subscribe! cheers!!
I have a Casio Gshock G-2900 since the year 2009. It is still functioning even though it has an LCD problem and the numbers are blurry. I replaced its strap many times but the main body is intact. The 10 year battery was legit. I replaced it with a new battery just a year ago. It is truly a very durable and quality watch. Do not hesitate to buy Casio Gshock.
I had no idea how complex these watches were and what they could at the time. Company's like Apple lead us to believe their smart watch technology is new when decades before Casio had already achieved this. Brilliant video!!!!
I still have the telephone dialler, the moonphase, a tough solar and a Sea Pathfinder tide watch (which has now been running on it's original battery for 16 YEARS !).
Damn so much info in such a compact video and you managed it, well done. The watch I wanted as kid is at 3:51, and I swore I owned that model but I actually had the one after, it was my first watch, thank you so much man, I've just recently gone down the Casio rabbit hole, I'm going to seek those two out.
Great Video. I found a minor mistake in your video. You showed one of my all-time favourite watches the CFX-200 you showed (and made a minor mistake by calling it CFX-20) I got myself a CFX-200 recently and it really is the watch i get the most comments for. I just love it. It's really expensive but worth every penny you spent. Great little watch. You just showed me a bunch of watches i've never heard of and immedietly searched up to buy. Please do more videos about vintage casios
Damn! Good spot. The 20 is the resin and 200 the metal I believe. Glad you enjoyed! Lots more vintage Casios on the channel already and more on the way. Stick around!
@@IlluminatingWatches I will do. It's such a nice hobby to collect those pieces. I'm going for the early Pro-Trek (PRT 40) next it think. Or i buy the previous model the ATC-1000 because it was produced in my birthyear.
@@IlluminatingWatches I've just watched that a few minutes ago. Very interesting. The early models of the protrek line are the ones i stylistically enjoy the most. The PRT 20 looks pretty good too. Maybe i go for that one because it looks like something won't be embarassed wearing in public like the enourmous PRT-40😅
I loved this video, like I haven't seen a video on Casio watches that has so much information in a not very long video. Wonderful It's amazing that one could play a video game on a watch in the 70's.. wonderful
Just looked into this. Cool watches. I’m biased a bit towards the digital range , so likely missed some key things from their analog range like this sweeping hands module.
The reason I fell in love with Casio isn't because I had one of their calculator watches in the 80's (the CA50 which specifically said to keep away from water), it was because Casio kept on innovating their watches adding cooler and cooler features to make them almost like smartwatches back in the 80's and 90's. I mean think about the times when most watches barely did anything beyond keeping time, and here Casio is adding universal remotes, scientific calculators, digital cameras, rolodexes (databanks), I mean it just felt like anything that could be put in a watch Casio would do it. The only thing I wish they'd have done that they never did was the color television in a watch. NHJ did it years later, but Casio already made LCD color televisions, you'd think Casio would have been able to do what NHJ did before NHJ did it.
No mention of Baby G watches for the female segment. I maybe a male, but I think Casio did balance the genders. My first Casio was one of the Marlin series and I do miss it.
Had a few comments on my prior faster videos that it was occasionally hard to follow , especially with references. I knew this one would be fast so thought the subtitles may help . Not something I will be doing as routine! Thanks for watching!
My father ha autowindig digital one which had interestinc circuit board... sad we don hav any digital self winding ones ewen today... well im not sure if it was really self widin but thts wat they said.😊
@@IlluminatingWatches I have an app called solar system scope that does point out all the planets just by waving it around in the air. if they built a watch to do that id be addicted lol.
I have a similar one. I’ve been getting into astronomy and saving up for some good astronomy binoculars (later a decent telescope). Watch would complete the look!
I’ve done a deeper dive specifically on casio protrek that you may enjoy here -> th-cam.com/video/cYWZYzba0Cg/w-d-xo.html
Very good video. I love Casio digital watches.
It's amazing how much Casio contributed to world progress by offering such good value for money watches in so many models. :)
I know right! Got to love casio!
Yes except many of early Casio's were just a Seiko hommage,one example is Casio Royale which was a blatant copy of iconic G757 earned a shit tone of money for Casio!!
Yet it so easily to crap on Chinese brands for copying Casio!!
I think the casio royale was released in 2012 so it’s a homage absolutely, but I don’t think discredits their earlier innovation. Although not the first, their pseudo analogs like the AA-85 were amongst the more innovative options. I’m not aware of too many out and out seiko copies from them , but I’m sure I could be mistaken!! But absolutely , seiko were the real drivers in early days!
@@dado380 I never really understood the “royale” thing. The only thing it really has in common is the square display and faux-analogue watch, both of which were on dozens of watches before and after the g757.
Exatamente! Maravilhosos
I don’t know where you’d even begin to try and hone down your amazing history of Casio videos into just 10 minutes but not only did you manage it, you absolutely smashed it! So much detail and information in such an easily digestible package. Amazing work 🙌 Oh and I love the thumbnail too 😂
Ah Thankyou! Too kind! I just wasn’t able to be quite as indulgent on non watch related stuff and cut out any fluff. Still wanted to have broad coverage as the goal was to be a shot of all of casio for less familiar folks. Now they know kung fu… I mean casio :)
My favorite Casio will always be the Casio DBC150-1 Databank Digital Watch. The version of this watch I had was the DBC50 with only 50 pages of memory. The key feature of this watch was to allow you to schedule appointments then show you what appointments you had next week. I had this watch a long time before cell phones. It also had a calculator, world time, phone numbers, alarm etc.
BUT NOT A TIMER. Thats the problem with a lot of these cool Casio watches. Many in this list don't have a countdown timer function. And some of the other Casio watches don't beep on the hour.
True, they can only cram so much into these watches. But storing phone numbers is useless. Bring back the memo date reminder.
Thanks for putting effort into making these videos. It was a nostalgic journey!
Much appreciated!
This is the most thorough history I’ve seen. Well done!!! I will be referring back to this video when in need to brush up on my history.
Thanks for checking it out - really appreciated!!
Outstanding video. I had no idea you made videos, forgive me! Oh well, better late then never. I look forward to watching much more of your excellent work.
Thank you, onwards and upwards!
Best regards,
TGV
Well this made my day!! What a pleasure to have you in the comments and really appreciate the kind words.
I guess the TH-cam algorithm gods are favouring the channel because it was suggested in my frontpage too, and you know how questionable TH-cam suggestions are getting as of lately
Definitely quality work in here
dayum urban gentry is here!!
Love casio and love your content! Keep up the good work and I'll keep watching
Thanks so much!!
Now you're my officially go-to channel for digital watches
Ha ha glad to hear it! Stay tuned for more! Plenty in the back catalog too :)
Amazing video. Your powers of summarizing are fantastic, to sum up Casio's crazy lines and innovations of 50 years in just 10, and to get most if not all the most important mentioned is no mean feat. Congrats!
Thankyou Thankyou. Lots missing of course but try to give a dose of most aspects of casiodom
What a fantastic video! 👍
Too kind!
Congratulations! The best video I saw about Casio.
Oh Thankyou so much!! I’ve got other casio videos too , so do take a look!
@@IlluminatingWatches I'll do for sure!!!
Very innovative
The first watch I ever bought myself was a Casio F-100 at Singapore Airport on my way home to Australia in 1979 when I was 19. I had AUD $30 cash left and chose the F-100 because it was $27. I wore it through the '80s, wore out the strap, replaced it and a few batteries. Then it went in the drawer I think because I was given another watch by a girlfriend. I found it again this year and took it to a repairer out of curiosity. It ran immediately on a new battery, surprising the repairer and delighting me. It now has a smart new plain leather strap and I'm wearing it again. And I've recently bought a Casio AE1200 to recall an old favourite G757 which died around 2000.
Kudos to sir Tadao Kashio for inventing this super amazing Timepiece💪🏼 it is really worth every penny when you Own this watch we Salute you 😎 🇯🇵 👏🏻
GREAT VIDEO!! I Friggin love you, Illuminating Watches! No Schilling crap content here. Could reach out and hug you for this.
Ha ha ha now that’s the enthusiasm I like to see. Thankyou that made my day!
@@IlluminatingWatches Eagerly looking forward to the extended version. Please don't deny us the full uncut history!!
Already available if you have a free two hours! It’s split into 70s , 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s on my rise of casio series
They looked times better than the G-Shocks of today. I would wear all of them instead of G-shock. Nice video! Never knew those existed.
They really need to bring those 80s collection back they look so cool and futuristic 😮
Casio remains consistent in making its original watch recipe
This channel is so underrated. Such a deep research and high quality content. You deserve 1M ++ subs bro!!!! I'm gonna press like and subscribe! cheers!!
Thankyou! Really glad you enjoyed and welcome to the channel!
Very informative. I like the marlin series a lot. I’m wearing a one68aw right now
A very cool series of Casios
Always a Casio Fan since I was a kid. Because Why ? because of the sheer value for money and performance !
Amen!
I own a Casio DBC 150 Silver Calculator Watch and is Water Resistant up to 50 Meters I still love it
Awesome watch!
100% Awesome Watch
I have a Casio Gshock G-2900 since the year 2009. It is still functioning even though it has an LCD problem and the numbers are blurry. I replaced its strap many times but the main body is intact. The 10 year battery was legit. I replaced it with a new battery just a year ago. It is truly a very durable and quality watch. Do not hesitate to buy Casio Gshock.
I love a G-SHOCK!
I had no idea how complex these watches were and what they could at the time. Company's like Apple lead us to believe their smart watch technology is new when decades before Casio had already achieved this. Brilliant video!!!!
Thanks so much. I did a video called the digital watch technology tree that goes even deeper into that topic so you may enjoy. Thanks for stopping by!
Like Casio I'm number one Jimmy! Great vid mate, now to gird my loins and attack the 2 hr version again.
Ha ha that is commitment - you are a true casio head now ;)
You just melted my brain. And I thank you. 😆
Ha ha ha I wanted it to feel like you were plugging into the matrix learning kung fu
Knocked it out of the park! Another great vid! 😎
Thanks man! This one seems to be popular. Got the next video cooking …
@@IlluminatingWatches Almost 7k views! People do love Casio and the video is really good so not surprising. 🥳
I still have the telephone dialler, the moonphase, a tough solar and a Sea Pathfinder tide watch (which has now been running on it's original battery for 16 YEARS !).
What amazing watches to have!!
Thank U Between this & Ur thorough video on Casio Proteck I am now Subscribed.😎🙏👍
Welcome! Thanks so much for subscribing. I’ll try to keep you interested!
Great video, Casio is the king of the hill never stop to innovate, thank for the video
Always return to casio!
Love this video, it's so cool... I found out my first Casio was called "The Snorkel".
Oh awesome the snorkler is an absolute classic!
Amazing video! I love my ga2100 and seeing it mentioned in your video makes me feel good in some way, nicely done mate 👍
Thanks so much! Every watch has a little bit of history!
Its crazy to think how good quality Casio watches are made for an affordable price. My childhood G-Shock still works amazingly well after 3 decades.
Tell me about it ! Love them
The early watches look gorgeous.
At the time they were luxury items!
@@IlluminatingWatches they probably cost more than Swiss watches at the time.
Thank you for the subtitles
No problem
Casio is my favorite watches brand, great variety and afforable.
Me too!
Great video and loads of interesting info 👍
Thankyou! Glad you enjoyed. If you want a deeper dive there are all sorts of other videos on the channel on casio history
Damn so much info in such a compact video and you managed it, well done. The watch I wanted as kid is at 3:51, and I swore I owned that model but I actually had the one after, it was my first watch, thank you so much man, I've just recently gone down the Casio rabbit hole, I'm going to seek those two out.
Come on down the rabbit hole - it’s fun! Ha ha glad you enjoyed!!
Great Video. I found a minor mistake in your video. You showed one of my all-time favourite watches the CFX-200 you showed (and made a minor mistake by calling it CFX-20)
I got myself a CFX-200 recently and it really is the watch i get the most comments for. I just love it. It's really expensive but worth every penny you spent. Great little watch.
You just showed me a bunch of watches i've never heard of and immedietly searched up to buy. Please do more videos about vintage casios
Damn! Good spot. The 20 is the resin and 200 the metal I believe. Glad you enjoyed! Lots more vintage Casios on the channel already and more on the way. Stick around!
@@IlluminatingWatches I will do. It's such a nice hobby to collect those pieces. I'm going for the early Pro-Trek (PRT 40) next it think. Or i buy the previous model the ATC-1000 because it was produced in my birthyear.
Oh nice! Ive done a video on the history of protrek that may be of interest :)
@@IlluminatingWatches I've just watched that a few minutes ago. Very interesting. The early models of the protrek line are the ones i stylistically enjoy the most. The PRT 20 looks pretty good too. Maybe i go for that one because it looks like something won't be embarassed wearing in public like the enourmous PRT-40😅
Shewww well done sir. Any videos on the Casio standard collection? Hardly see any videos on them even though they quite popular
Thanks so much! I’ve done individual deep dives on the 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s and 2010s but haven’t covered the more recent catalogue in much detail.
@@IlluminatingWatches awesome thanks! The Casio standard collection watches are quite cost effective so keen to see how good they are 😁
great job! really good video
Very glad you enjoyed! Thankyou!
Another awesome video!
Thankyou Thankyou!!
Thankyou so much for the coffee! Think that was you :) Really generous
No worries :)
Amazing and interesting history with a fantastic video to match. Thank you so much. 😊
Thankyou! It’s pretty full on , but I struggle to cut things out.
@@IlluminatingWatches You could always make a "part two", if you are concerned of cuts. That is what I would do. 🤙🏻
I have the Casio B650W
Looks classy
Love it
Great watch!
Great video 👍👍
Great video to fit so much history in!
Thankyou! Was a bit of a squeeze but folks seem to be enjoying!
Loved it. You missed the Casio Morse Code brother.
Just covered a morse code watch from Tokyo flash though! Thanks man!
That's a good guide on what Casio should do. Like most brands, a step into the past is actually a good pace forward.
Agreed! Such an amazing historical catalog to draw upon.
You didn't stumble once. Good job and great vid. Would love to own a few of those past models.
Thankyou very much! The power of editing saved a few of my stumbles, but I do do in one take
I loved this video, like I haven't seen a video on Casio watches that has so much information in a not very long video.
Wonderful
It's amazing that one could play a video game on a watch in the 70's.. wonderful
Thankyou! I went through the process of doing the longer videos, so this one was about really boiling it down!
GREAT COLLECTION WATCHES
Such a well made video. 👍🏻 Really good.
That’s very kind of you to say Thankyou!!
Another well researched video...
Thankyou 🙏
My f 105 w wasn't featured 😢
Very informative video, keep it up!!
Thankyou! Glad you enjoyed!
This is incredible
Thankyou so much ! :)
i like the ultrathin design like in 3:36.
What about the 5566 module? The sweeping hand one
Just looked into this. Cool watches. I’m biased a bit towards the digital range , so likely missed some key things from their analog range like this sweeping hands module.
1972-2022 The 50th Anniversary of the Brand Casio
I love how minimalist and retro the fs-12 looks. I hope they reintroduce them in the future.
Yeh I like that one too. The F-15 is nice
this was genius! thank you
That's the best thumbnail ever
Ha ha Thankyou I’ve never quite been able to replicate the success!
The reason I fell in love with Casio isn't because I had one of their calculator watches in the 80's (the CA50 which specifically said to keep away from water), it was because Casio kept on innovating their watches adding cooler and cooler features to make them almost like smartwatches back in the 80's and 90's. I mean think about the times when most watches barely did anything beyond keeping time, and here Casio is adding universal remotes, scientific calculators, digital cameras, rolodexes (databanks), I mean it just felt like anything that could be put in a watch Casio would do it. The only thing I wish they'd have done that they never did was the color television in a watch. NHJ did it years later, but Casio already made LCD color televisions, you'd think Casio would have been able to do what NHJ did before NHJ did it.
What a video very good. Amazing how you got all that in a short video haha 😊
Ha ha yep it was hard crunching it down!!
Wtfff everything Casio did, the Apple Watch copied
Apple does this with everything!
I love Casios!
Hello, my name is Pyjamarama and I am addicted to Casio watches
Ha ha welcome. This is a safe space!
You win the thumbnail war 👍
Yes this one seem to work well! Keanu never lets you down
Just purchased the GA-2100 and will buy an all white version and purchase the mod kit for it. The Rangeman is GOD TIER!!!!
No Way! You should've highlighted Keanu's Speed G-Shock, My second favorite after the Cosmo Phase
Great to see d Casio history... I owned various vintage digital casios.casio is my fvr8 brand dan Timex...❤️❤️❤️
Also seems like fm trasmitter receiver version like a good one. If range is good anywy.
I like to call my casio watches precious resin.
New subscriber here.
casios are so interesting 🤘
So many angles to explore with casio!
I love Casio.
Parabéns pelo vídeo conteúdo bem interessante 👏👏👏
Thankyou! Very kind!
駆け足でしたが一気にカシオの歴代モデル網羅されてますね。ただ一部のモデルは日本では販売されていませんでした。また、ビルゲイツ氏はリストカメラモデルを愛用していた時期があったと思います。
Was a challenge to squeeze so much in the time but that was part of the fun. Definitely had the feedback from some that was too fast though!
No mention of the Wubi pipe?
But otherwise wow, a great video. Lots of work went into this!
Check out my 70s casio video ;) it’s in there . Had to cut to get to 10mins.
Casio should bring back a 300m WR watch just for giggles.
God tier
Not forgetting the dw290 worn by Tom cruise in mission impossible and the f91w in the reaceantly released morbius.
Absolutely! Casio watches across the first 3 of the mission impossible films.
@@IlluminatingWatches
Great video 👍
No mention of Baby G watches for the female segment. I maybe a male, but I think Casio did balance the genders.
My first Casio was one of the Marlin series and I do miss it.
Hi! I do cover the beginning of the baby G in my 90s casio video. Couldn’t squeeze it in here. Very fair comment though!
@@IlluminatingWatches No worries. This is the first video I watched on your channel, so I didn't check out the rest of the videos that you did.
Wow. Imagine owning all or even half of these.
We can but dream ha ha
Best one!
Thankyou! Yes seems to have been popular!
I wonder why there is no casio solar model discussed in this video 🤔 but nevertheless its a brilliant recap!
im here to find out when did f105w release..
I I think maybe 1995 when the module 1275 came out. I’ve seen it listed as using module 3298 too. Not certain though :)
@@IlluminatingWatches thanks man..even f105w release date is not in the vdeo..but really appreciate it..
I hope they get silly again. Their watches are a little quirky still but definitely serious in comparison.
What's with the subtitles that can't be removed? Heaps uneccesarry, you have a nice clear voice!
Had a few comments on my prior faster videos that it was occasionally hard to follow , especially with references. I knew this one would be fast so thought the subtitles may help . Not something I will be doing as routine! Thanks for watching!
My father ha autowindig digital one which had interestinc circuit board... sad we don hav any digital self winding ones ewen today... well im not sure if it was really self widin but thts wat they said.😊
In 1972 Casio was born
$60 in 1972 (casion mini calc) would be about $400 today.
This is a fair point! You forget that
Wow!
Thankyou :)
if they did a modern version of the solar system one with the heartbeat workout gshock. it would be crazy.
This needs to happen!!
@@IlluminatingWatches I have an app called solar system scope that does point out all the planets just by waving it around in the air. if they built a watch to do that id be addicted lol.
I have a similar one. I’ve been getting into astronomy and saving up for some good astronomy binoculars (later a decent telescope). Watch would complete the look!
@@IlluminatingWatches im not sure if smartwatches can run any app or only specific to that watch?
I’ve got an Apple Watch that I can check actually. Although I’m not allowed to admit that as a watch channel ha ha
10mins to start of Mexican grand prix 2022
Perfect time slot for a casio video!
1:48 did you just pronounce tortoise as TOR-TOYS??? 😮😮
Yes yes yes which is exactly how you pronounce it! 🐢
Apologies but the Queen’s English is pronounced as TOR-DISS. 😃 still love your channel though
@@aidenho6085 I’ll forgive you then ;)
I’m curious how the dictionary worked
Fair question! I’ve no idea. I would guess there is probably just a prestored bank of words
6:54 wave ceptor
Casio watches resin/rubber whatever wristband, don't last. Their lugs should be redesigned so after market bands easy to find or fit.
That’s fair challenge. A lot of the vintage models I’m interested in are unwearable because of resin rot :(