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Casio digital watch at Argos €9.49

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  • #2
    efb
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    Is this one for Al Queda?


  • #3
    webels
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 693 ✭✭✭webels


    efb wrote: »
    Is this one for Al Queda?

    Possibly according to this alright

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


  • #4
    Super-Rush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    Bought one from Argos last year for €9.99.


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,334 ✭ [Deleted User]


    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.


  • #6
    mikeyjames9
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    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


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  • #7
    Oink
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    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...


  • #8
    hfallada
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,180 ✭✭✭hfallada


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


  • #9
    mikeyjames9
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 700 ✭✭✭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


  • #10
    Chet T16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭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


  • #11
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭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


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  • #12
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,286 Mod ✭✭✭✭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 :)


  • #13
    Oink
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 2,162 Mod ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #14
    mik_da_man
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 10,063 ✭✭✭✭mik_da_man


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


  • #15
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    hfallada wrote: »
    Plus it's in again with the hipster crowd

    it's never been out of fashion


  • #16
    theintern
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 613 ✭✭✭theintern


    the groutch wrote: »
    it's never been out of fashion

    Hear hear. Great little yokes.


  • #17
    quarryman
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    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.


  • #18
    The_Conductor
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    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.....


  • #19
    AlanS181824
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    Reserved one, thanks OP.


  • #20
    cheekypup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 77 ✭✭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.


  • #21
    KCAccidental
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    got one.

    cheers OP!


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  • #22
    AlanS181824
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    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.


  • #23
    nxbyveromdwjpg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,402 ✭✭✭nxbyveromdwjpg


    PTACasio.jpg


  • #24
    TheDoc
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    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.


  • #25
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,949 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


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


  • #26
    FouxDaFaFa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,850 ✭✭✭FouxDaFaFa


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

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


  • #27
    TallGlass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,908 ✭✭✭TallGlass


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


  • #28
    KCAccidental
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭KCAccidental


    water resistant not proof! important difference!


  • #29
    TallGlass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,908 ✭✭✭TallGlass


    KCAccidental wrote: »
    water resistant not proof! important difference!

    Well just out of the shower. Still ticking away !


  • #30
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,035 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    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

    Not your ornery onager



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  • #31
    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,750 ✭✭✭✭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)


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