Watches

ntlbell

I'm looking to buy something from casio with an 80's feel to it.

stainless steel, stop watch, all mod cons

so besides the calculator watches what casio do you think defined the 80's?

Jay P

I remember there was one with a tv remote on it

purplegeko

Jay P wrote: »

I remember there was one with a tv remote on it

Slightly off topic but one of the lads in my class at school had a tv remote watch and thought it was hilarious to change the tv whenever we watched videos in class.

I always wanted a casio LCD watch but never got one. The rarer LED watches from the 70s came up on the antiques roadshow recently.
I thought it was great in Ashes to Ashes last week when everyones watch beeped on the hour.
Wasn't there a seiko watch that played a little song?

dylbert

Anyone remember the water powered watches from the late 80's?, you needed to put them in a glass of water to charge them up. I was telling one of my friends about the one I used to have as a kid, he thought I was winding him up.

It BeeMee

I remember some of the Casio game calculators

Gut in school used to hire out the boxing one and the " attack" for something like 10p a night.

Cost me a feckin' fortune.....

Firetrap

I remember when you could save up Texaco tokens and get a digital watch after spending the budget of a small African country on petrol. It had a radio on it but it didn't work well on moving buses

il gatto

dylbert wrote: »

Anyone remember the water powered watches from the late 80's?, you needed to put them in a glass of water to charge them up. I was telling one of my friends about the one I used to have as a kid, he thought I was winding him up.

Winding him up? Very good:D

cathy01

Swatch watch, with the bright pink strap.
loved it at the time.

tk123

Don't forget transformer watches!

Jay P

And the actiona man ones as well! Jeez, nearly forgetted!

dingding

And the Red LED watches.

I remember that everyones watch beeping on the hour, also there would be competitions at school to see who had the most accurate time. "I set mine at the nine o'clock news"

BLITZ_Molloy

Water watches were indeed fantastic. They were utterly useless at keeping the time but who cared. I mean they were watches.. that ran on water!

Wishbone Ash

purplegeko wrote: »

The rarer LED watches from the 70s came up on the antiques roadshow recently

I remember that Pope John Paul II had one when elected in 1978. We were talking about it in school at the time and decided that he was a "cool ".

Mint Sauce

had a casio data bank watch in the 80's, with all my school mates phone numbers

CrowdedHouse

ntlbell wrote: »

I'm looking to buy something from casio with an 80's feel to it.

stainless steel, stop watch, all mod cons

so besides the calculator watches what casio do you think defined the 80's?

Something like this ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CASIO-ILLUMINATOR-GENTS-DIGITAL-WATCH-RETRO-S-STEEL-168_W0QQitemZ170194160598QQihZ007QQcategoryZ31387QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

£15 ster. total,just try Casio Retro on ebay

ntlbell

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

Something like this ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CASIO-ILLUMINATOR-GENTS-DIGITAL-WATCH-RETRO-S-STEEL-168_W0QQitemZ170194160598QQihZ007QQcategoryZ31387QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

£15 ster. total,just try Casio Retro on ebay

pretty much yep, the watch with the radio would be sweet i always wanted one back then and could never afford one :mad:

Steak

irish-stew wrote: »

had a casio data bank watch in the 80's, with all my school mates phone numbers

just bought one of these from eBay about two months ago. great old watch.