Subj : Re: Casio ABL100WE-1AVT watch
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Tue Sep 23 2025 08:45:45

  Re: Re: Casio ABL100WE-1AVT watch
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Tue Sep 23 2025 07:30 am

 PF> I go back and forth between wanting a smart watch and my Seiko 5 diver. I
 PF> bought it as a treat for myself in 2007 and it's been my primary watch. I
 PF> have a handful of other watches I wear occasionally, but because my Seiko
 PF> is self-winding, I feel compelled to wear it more.

Seiko is another brand I like (aside from Casio); I have a couple of Seikos, though they use quartz movements (I'm pretty sure), as they aren't ones that you wind or are self-winding.  I think one disappointing thing, though, is that their battery tends to last only a year or two..  I hadn't replaced the batteries in them in several years, as I had been wearing other watches, but recently I decided to take them to a jeweler and got their batteries replaced. I've been feeling like wearing them again.

 Ni>> I just heard about the Casio ABL100WE-1AVT watch, which is designed like

 PF> I like it, it looks a little bigger than the other retro Casios, which
 PF> always look funny on me after being used to big tool watches.

Yeah, I have a Casio retro watch (which I think this one is based on), and it looks small on my wrist now that I've been wearing other watches.

 PF> I took a look at the manual, and what the actual hell?

 PF> "The battery that comes loaded in your watch is used for function and
 PF> performance testing at the factory. The test battery may go dead quicker
 PF> than the normally rated battery life noted in the "specifications". Note
 PF> that you will be charged for a replacement of this battery, even if
 PF> replacement is required within the warranty period".

That is interesting..  Normally, with a lot of other Casio watches I've seen lately, they've been advertising a 10-year battery (which seems to be true whether it's solar or not). One of my other Casios is a solar with a 10-year battery, and indeed, it lasted 10 years.  I just recently replaced that battery too; I'll see if the new battery lasts that long. The new battery I bought for it said it would last up to 4 years.

 PF> I couldn't imagine a decent lithium CR2016 battery costing that much in
 PF> the quantities that Casio buys them in.

Some of their watches use a different kind of battery. The other Casio I have which I bought a new battery for recently, it was a round battery, but it isn't a CR2016..  It's a little smaller in diameter but a bit thicker.

Nightfox
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