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Casio Data Bank review. Several Post contains Picture(s) incl. multiple WARNING Post contains hairy wrist shot! >>

Posted By: Ricky Lee McBroom
Date: Saturday, 16 April 2005, at 1:04 a.m.


Picked this one up recently.

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It's a Casio Databank ABX23-8BV ana-digi (or "Twincept", as Casio calls it). Got it at Wal-Mart, of all places! $37.22 incl. tax, so it easily qualifies as a Beggar's Watch. Smiley

That's the official Casio website photo, lightly Photoshopped.

The specs, according to Casio:


I'd kinda sorta been looking for an ana-digi, and the thing that caught my eye with this one is the fact that the digital info is displayed across the entire surface of the crystal, rather than in a seperate window. Apparently, the entire crystal is an LCD display. Quite unusual and striking.. and very functional!

I've been wearing my Marina Militares too much, I guess, as my first impression of this watch was "I wish it were a bit bigger." Smiley Imagine my surprise when I put the calipers on it, and discovered that it's actually the 3rd-largest watch I own! Smiley

The actual measurements are:

My second impression was "Darn these short straps!" I am not happy! Yep, it fits my 8-1/8 wrist on the last hole, and then just barely. It's an OK strap otherwise, mind you; a black resin job with a black, signed buckle. It's just too short. But hey, that gave me an excuse to use the cheapo resin Speidel with compass that I had in my spare straps box. Smiley It's just enough longer to do the trick. I once had this on a cheap digital beater (since deceased), and didn't like the compass. In this case, though, I think the compass fits well with the do-it-all multifunction nature of the watch.

I've been wearing the watch for 4 days now. It's quite comfortable, and the size now seems just right. The +/- 30 sec/month accuracy rating is probably conservative, as mine's within 2 seconds after 4 days. The analog and digital functions are still synched dead-on, too, which is a relief.

It takes a substantial booklet to explain all the digital functions, and it's clear and well written. The menus and the functions of the pushers are well-thought out, too, and after a couple of days they became second nature. This watch is capable of throwing a lot of info at you, and Casio has done a great job of making it accessible and usable.

With, perhaps, one slight exception - conventional (analog) daytime readability could be better under certain lighting conditions. The conbination of silver skeleton hands against the grey dial just doesn't offer a lot of contrast.

I find myself using the digital complications quite a lot. Love the Data Bank/Telememo complication! Being able to store 30 phone numbers on your wrist is great! I have need of a stopwatch at work on a regular basis, so this will be my "work beater", I'm thinking. I do wish there was a lap timer function, though I can live without it. There is a 'Split Timer' function.. I.E. you can capture two finishes. And you could use that as a lap timer, I suppose.. as long as you don't want to time more than two consecutive laps. The Alarm complication is handy, too, and very easy to set. I'll use it a fair bit. The World Time complication.. well, it's cool, but I don't have much need for it.

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All in all I'm really pleased with it!

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Oh, if anyone's interested, Focus camera has 'em for the same price as Wal-Mart...

Thanks for lookin'!

-Ricky

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Casio Data Bank review. Several Post contains Picture(s) incl. multiple WARNING Post contains hairy wrist shot! >> (views: 63)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Saturday, 16 April 2005, at 1:04 a.m.
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Fernando Campos -- Saturday, 16 April 2005, at 3:23 a.m.
Very nice....I've always liked the CASIO content! Twincept Ana-Digis.... especially that display Thumbs Up for this Watch Post contains no message text (views: 1)
Stef G -- Saturday, 16 April 2005, at 2:50 a.m.
Great Watch or Watch Accessories Review Ricky Smiley Thumbs Up for this Watch Thumbs Up for this Watch Post contains no message text (views: 1)
TicToc -- Saturday, 16 April 2005, at 1:39 a.m.
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