Casio digital watch at Argos €9.49

webels

Cheapo retro watch, says its half price. Good stock around the country.
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/2533393/Trail/searchtext%3EDIGITAL+WATCH.htm

http://www.checkargos.com/StockCheckPage.php?productId=2533393

efb

Is this one for Al Queda?

webels

efb wrote: »

Is this one for Al Queda?

Possibly according to this alright

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13194733

Super-Rush

Bought one from Argos last year for €9.99.

They used to sell those in the Eyre Square market in Galway for £4. Was always upset I couldn't afford one at the time as I only got 20p pocket money.

mikeyjames9

casio used to make good stuff

had a scientific calculator from the mid-eighties

ran for nearly 30 years 'til recently on 1 set of batteries

Oink

mikeyjames9 wrote: »

casio used to make good stuff

had a scientific calculator from the mid-eighties

ran for nearly 30 years 'til recently on 1 set of batteries

Holy cow. Did it say "U235" on the battery?

Also I've just checked the model of my watch. I'd better start packing, I should be off to Cuba any time now...

hfallada

I have the same watch. It's extremely handy for time keeping during exams. Plus it's in again with the hipster crowd

mikeyjames9

Oink wrote: »

Holy cow. Did it say "U235" on the battery?

Also I've just checked the model of my watch. I'd better start packing, I should be off to Cuba any time now...

maybe
i threw it away recently

it was a thin calculator

feckin thing lasted nearly half a lifetime

cover was never opened

Chet T16

hfallada wrote: »

I have the same watch. It's extremely handy for time keeping during exams. Plus it's in again with the hipster crowd

It being a watch and all

fleet_admiral

hfallada wrote: »

I have the same watch. It's extremely handy for time keeping during exams. Plus it's in again with the hipster crowd

Reason enough not to buy it now

The_Conductor

Oink wrote: »

Holy cow. Did it say "U235" on the battery?

Also I've just checked the model of my watch. I'd better start packing, I should be off to Cuba any time now...

Hes had it since the mid-80s- so it must have been an Ac-227 battery

Oink

The_Conductor wrote: »

Hes had it since the mid-80s- so it must have been an Ac-227 battery

U235 is uranium:)
I was wondering was it connected to some sort of nuclear reactor. Seems to be the only logical explanation for something that keeps going for 30 years. Pretty amazing.

mik_da_man

Cheers OP
Reminds me of my first watch.. Very similar. Might pick up one at lunch

the groutch

hfallada wrote: »

Plus it's in again with the hipster crowd

it's never been out of fashion

theintern

the groutch wrote: »

it's never been out of fashion

Hear hear. Great little yokes.

quarryman

I've found the problem with these is that while the watch itself will go forever the strap breaks within a year and it's just cheaper to buy the watch again than fix the strap.

The_Conductor

Oink wrote: »

U235 is uranium:)
I was wondering was it connected to some sort of nuclear reactor. Seems to be the only logical explanation for something that keeps going for 30 years. Pretty amazing.

Yes- I know- I was joking- Ac 277 is another radioactive element- Actinium- it has a half life of 21.7 years........

Just a little physics joke.....

AlanS181824

Reserved one, thanks OP.

cheekypup

quarryman wrote: »

I've found the problem with these is that while the watch itself will go forever the strap breaks within a year and it's just cheaper to buy the watch again than fix the strap.

I've had one for 12 years and the strap never broke, but my second one, the strap broke after 11 years because I had it on too tight. I referee, so i wear 2 watches (not all the time) and I cannot recommend these watches highly enough. I thought i only paid a tenner for the watch, but then again that was 12 years ago.

KCAccidental

got one.

cheers OP!

AlanS181824

AlanS181824 wrote: »

Reserved one, thanks OP.

Picked one up today... I've huge wrists so I didn't really think this through :rolleyes:

I have it on the last whole and it still is a bit tight.

Worth the €10 though.

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TheDoc

Got one of these a good few years ago, in a similar sale in Argos. Good deal!

Might buy a new one since my current one is a bit worse for wear.

Hande hoche!

Great watches,nice price. Handy as if you break or lose it, it isn't the end of the world.

FouxDaFaFa

So buying one of these gets you added to a terrorist watchlist?

I guess I'm not doing much else today...

TallGlass

Picked one up today also. Not bad ! Water proof too !

KCAccidental

water resistant not proof! important difference!

TallGlass

KCAccidental wrote: »

water resistant not proof! important difference!

Well just out of the shower. Still ticking away !

Esel

FouxDaFaFa wrote: »

So buying one of these gets you added to a terrorist watchlist?

TallGlass wrote: »

Well just out of the shower. Still ticking away !

That's why you are on the watchlist... :eek::D

copacetic

TallGlass wrote: »

Well just out of the shower. Still ticking away !

Uh oh, was it ticking to begin with? Run!



(But take watch off first)

the_freaky_one

hfallada wrote: »

I have the same watch. It's extremely handy for time keeping during exams. Plus it's in again with the hipster crowd

Chet T16 wrote: »

It being a watch and all

Casio are really pimping this time keeping feature on the F91W

Watch features:

• White easy to read dial.
• Displays actual real time both in and out of exam situations
• Digital sundial.
• Resin case.
• GMT display function.
• Black resin strap.
• Special time display feature.

MagicMarker

People will just buy any old shíte.

Kenjataimu

MagicMarker wrote: »

People will just buy any old shíte.

Welcome to bargain alerts.

3rdDegree

mikeyjames9 wrote: »

casio used to make good stuff

had a scientific calculator from the mid-eighties

ran for nearly 30 years 'til recently on 1 set of batteries

I was delighted when the battery in my Casio lasted from about 1990 until a couple of months ago. I feel cheated, now!

Bongalongherb

That's a blast from the past, €10, will be picking one up on monday for sure. I need a watch with an alarm so this will do nicely.

Big Cheese

Still a rip off. 2.99 in Carlow market

Bongalongherb

Big Cheese wrote: »

Still a rip off. 2.99 in Carlow market

Petrol driving to carlow market from dublin will cost me more. I had a watch very similar to this one in the 80's and it never let me down for years. Still a cheap price imo.

same ol sh1te

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Petrol driving to carlow market from dublin will cost me more. I had a watch very similar to this one in the 80's and it never let me down for years. Still a cheap price imo.

Wikipedia says 90s, released in 1991

Bongalongherb

same ol sh1te wrote: »

Wikipedia says 90s, released in 1991

Must have been early 90's so, how time fly's

Just reserved the last one in swords argos.

Bongalongherb

@ webels

Thanks for the heads up regarding this watch.

Ghost Train

Big Cheese wrote: »

Still a rip off. 2.99 in Carlow market

At that price likely fake I'd think

I think holding down bottom right button for a few seconds should display Casio on the LCD if genuine

jwcurtin

Nice to have a spare watch for reffing! Thanks to OP, even the Argos employee admitted it was a good deal!

Bongalongherb

I could have got one thousand jelly babies for that price in 91, and I could probably still get one thousand jelly babies now for a tenner, so all in all, this watch is for nothing, still a great deal by all standards.

I wonder if they still sell jelly babies ?.

Esel

Digital sundial works how?

Bongalongherb

In a singular blend of artistry and utility, the digital sundial combines the ancient science of sundials and advances of modern technology with elegant simplicity. Like a digital clock, the digital sundial displays the current time using digits. In the true tradition of all sundials, the device is purely passive - it operates without electricity, and has no moving parts. Instead, the sunlight is cast through two cleverly designed masks in the shape of numbers that show the current time of day. The sundial is available in two versions, for use in either hemisphere. Placed on the inside of a south-facing window (north-facing in the southern hemisphere), the sundial can be read through the horizontal mirror. The display updates every 10 minutes, and gives a remarkably accurate record of the time during the daylight hours.

Designed and built in Germany, the digital sundial is a precision instrument. To ensure maximum quality and a highly accurate time display, each sundial is manufactured by hand to extremely precise specifications. The digital sundial is designed for indoor use and ships with both a window mount and a tabletop mount, which are preset to your geographic location. Either mount positions the sundial at the proper angle, and positions the mirror horizontally below. The window version is about 6" high and 3" wide; the tabletop version is about 3" high.

Oink

The_Conductor wrote: »

Yes- I know- I was joking- Ac 277 is another radioactive element- Actinium- it has a half life of 21.7 years........

Just a little physics joke.....

Whoosh - over my head... Morto so I am.

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@bongalongherb: I'm going to need one of those sundials.... Uber-cool.

ozmo

Ive a similar,but not same, casio model still - i keep it because its something to show people who say the Y2K Bug was non existent -

Day of week hasn't aligned with the date since the last millenium and no way fix it

Esel

ozmo wrote: »

Ive a similar,but not same, casio model still - i keep it because its something to show people who say the Y2K Bug was non existent -

Day of week hasn't aligned with the date since the last millenium and no way fix it

Nice.

My little gripe is about when the last millenium was supposed to have ended. It ended at the end of 2000, not the end of 1999. A 0.1%-ish error, but an error still.

At least not many too people died - apart from those killed in the Balkans when all those possibly non-Y2K-compliant cruise missiles were deployed before they might have become u/s.

The YY v YYYY issue was real, and was just about fixed before 00 happened. Bob Bemer thought of a very good solution for it.