Casio was founded in 1946 by Kashio Seisakujo in Mitaka, Tokyo. It's first product was a finger ring (called the Yubiwa pipe) for holding a cigarette while a smoker's hands were busy. Profits from that ring (which seemed to be a viral product), helped the company get into electronics and they released their first calculator, the Casio 14-A, in 1954.
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| Casio 14-A Calculator - Photo by Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons |
In 1974, they released the CASIOTRON, their first digital LCD watch. The case shape looked much like this modern watch on Amazon called the Casio Model Vintage Watch A171WE-1AEF.
Over the years, Casio has evolved into one of the best sources for reliable, practical, and reasonably priced watches. While they got their start with calculators and digital watches, they offer plenty of good analog watch choices. The company even makes diver-style watches now. The Casio MDV-106 series (more popularly called Casio Marlin) provides a uni-directional bezel and a respectable 200 meters of water resistance. It's available here on Amazon. It's one of the best values in diver-style watches around.
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| Casio MDV-106 Marlin |
As a watch collector, my personal journey with Casio started with the Casio Forester. It's a great beater watch that stands up well to rough conditions and is light weight and comfortable in hot summer conditions.
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| Casio Forester |
I've since branched out to own Casio Tough Solar models like the one shown below. Even tougher that these outdoorsy watches of mine are the well-regarded, but slightly more expensive Casio G-Shock series of watches (available at the link on Amazon).
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| A Casio Tough Solar Watch |
No matter whether you are collecting watches as a hobby or wearing watches to tell the time, Casio watches offer an outstanding value for the money.
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