[HN Gopher] Casio has released a ring in the form of its iconic ...
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Casio has released a ring in the form of its iconic watch
Author : prvt
Score : 142 points
Date : 2024-11-16 14:42 UTC (8 hours ago)
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| schneems wrote:
| In Japan. The price is high but I still like it.
| 0cf8612b2e1e wrote:
| $128 is really pushing the limit for what seems like a kitsch
| novelty. Were it a third of the price, I could see myself
| picking it up for my watch aficionado friend.
| sss111 wrote:
| Blame Inflation :/
|
| That said, Casio novelties do hold their value surprisingly
| well. For example, just by wearing my Gravitymaster, I've
| already "earned" $130 as the resell value has shot up.
| Cumpiler69 wrote:
| _> Blame Inflation :/_
|
| N'ah mate, I feel Casio is also quite cheeky with their
| pricing for what is essentially mass produced budget
| commodity 80's tech made in China from cheap plastics.
|
| Here in Europe most of their basic watches (excluding the
| F91W) are over 40+ Euros and all they do is show time/date
| on a cheap LCD display with poor viewing angles in a
| plastic resin shell who's paint rubs off after a couple of
| years.
|
| Meanwhile for that price you can get an Xiaomi smart band
| with OLED display, gorilla glass, Bluetooth, vibration,
| heart-rate sensor, and it even tells time. Casio's profits
| must be crazy good on those watches.
|
| I wish they would sell more models in metal casings like in
| the 80's and with updated internals with more
| functionality.
| GeoAtreides wrote:
| > kitsch novelty
|
| you mean limited release collectable?
| awelxtr wrote:
| > The ring watch's screen even has a light, and an alarm function
| that will flash the display instead of playing an audible sound
|
| That is a bit... Underwhelming isn't it?
| kijin wrote:
| A vibration motor would have been even better, but I suppose
| there wasn't enough space inside for that. Nor for a speaker.
|
| This is Casio, though. If they really want to, the next version
| could very well contain all of that _and_ a solar battery.
| dylan604 wrote:
| > A vibration motor would have been even better,
|
| The best alarm clock I've ever had is a smartwatch that does
| this vibrating. No more stupid digital screaming. Just a nice
| gentle tapping pattern on my wrist, and then a fading bit of
| music. I'm usually awake and hitting stop before the music
| really starts.
| schwarzrules wrote:
| Same, except I wear this:
| https://www.amazon.com/Timex-T49950-Expedition-Shock-
| Vibrati...
|
| It's a "dumb" Timex watch, but also vibrates. So you get
| that same nice gentle vibrating without any "smart" alerts.
| Cumpiler69 wrote:
| I have the smaller older variant of the Timex Explorer
| and is still my most worn out of my whole collection
| despite its ugliness since it's by far the most useful
| due to the vibration alarms, great UX and features. Shame
| they don't make it anymore and has only been replaces
| with this gigantor edition.
| myself248 wrote:
| Six digit, not six segment. Each digit has seven segments.
|
| I've seen this a LOT lately, when did everyone forget what
| segments were?
| ok_dad wrote:
| Young people may not have ever seen a display like that.
| meowster wrote:
| They most likely see displays like that on microwaves.
| nefrix wrote:
| In grandma's kitchen.
| saltcured wrote:
| I understand a grandma could have had a microwave. After
| all, I remember radar ranges with mechanical timers that
| were already relics when I was a child. But, now you've
| got me wondering what kind of VR/holographic microwaves
| kids are buying.
|
| My latest bought a couple years ago still has a 7-segment
| vacuum fluorescent display. And a digital encoder knob
| and buttons rather than membrane controls. And a
| "cyclonic" inverter, which from the marketing diagrams,
| you would think can bend reality to your whims.
| dmd wrote:
| I'm 46 and my grandma had a microwave by the time I was
| cooking in her kitchen in 1984.
| meowster wrote:
| TIL I'm a grandma.
| 01HNNWZ0MV43FF wrote:
| Did air fryers already displace microwaves? I've missed
| the last couple meetings
| throwaway494932 wrote:
| Microwaves are great a two things (and little else...):
| warm up liquids and make popcorn. Neither are properly
| done by an air fryer.
|
| I have both tools and they have completely different
| uses.
|
| edit: both sport 7-segment digits though
| jimmydddd wrote:
| I think maybe the original killer app for microwaves was
| baked potatoes? An hour to cook in a conventional oven. 5
| minutes in a microwave. But maybe no one eats those
| anymore?
| shrx wrote:
| Also defrosting
| FpUser wrote:
| Those are everywhere. Many are in storefronts
| lttlrck wrote:
| But they must have heard of the obvious word choice: "digit".
|
| This is seems like "word I heard misappropriation".
| daghamm wrote:
| You don't need to read past the title for the first big error.
|
| BTW, is The Verge sharing my browsing data with 855 partners?
| Folks, belive me, I am not that interesting!
| yapyap wrote:
| > Folks, belive me, I am not that interesting!
|
| you'd be surprised
| hombre_fatal wrote:
| Haha, I love it! I wear the gold calculator watch because it's
| fun and peculiar. I'd love to get a gold casio ring.
| ThouYS wrote:
| hillarious
| ezekg wrote:
| What is this, a watch for ants?
| gherkinnn wrote:
| Not for me but I love the idea.
| p1mrx wrote:
| Looks like a mini GMW-B5000D:
| https://www.casio.com/us/watches/gshock/product.GMW-B5000D-1...
| dukeofdoom wrote:
| A wrap around display ring would be cool.
| stackedinserter wrote:
| I hope they included the iconic worst-in-the-world backlight into
| it.
| wkat4242 wrote:
| True, their EL tech was one of the best in that day and age
| though. Weird how they pivoted from so bad to so good.
| blackeyeblitzar wrote:
| This is the type of thing I would not purchase for myself, but
| I'm happy to see exist. Brilliant design.
| don-code wrote:
| The original announcement from Casio said they'd be making a ring
| version of the venerable DBC-611 calculator watch as well:
| https://www.g-central.com/casio-to-release-casio-watch-ring-...
|
| It looks like they've instead made a ring version of the CA-53W,
| which - in the staggeringly few times I see someone wearing a
| calculator watch - is usually the one they're wearing.
|
| I still wear a DBC-610 as my daily driver, and I do use the
| calculator and countdown timer features quite often.
| ajsnigrutin wrote:
| The calculator buttons would probably be too small for a ring.
| kevin_thibedeau wrote:
| Touch screen with graffiti input.
| Fluorescence wrote:
| So you're saying it retains the authentic Casio calculator
| watch experience?
|
| It's 30+ years since I owned one but I recall having to press
| the buttons with the corner of a nail and cursing if I
| thoughtlessly cut them!
| faangguyindia wrote:
| I am glad I learned abacus method to not rely on these gimmick
| watches with calculators.
| card_zero wrote:
| Possible market for a watch with an abacus? _Doodles on
| napkin_
| dylan604 wrote:
| Wouldn't you need 10 rings; one for each finger?
| Cumpiler69 wrote:
| I would wear 11 of them for the calculation
| functionality.
| ridgeguy wrote:
| Nope. One ring to rule them all.
| javajosh wrote:
| Actually, I think an abacus ring is a great idea or it
| could be multiple rings on the same finger where the main
| benefit is you could keep keep count of something. If you
| had three rows of small beads, you could theoretically
| keep track of up to a thousand things, all without a
| battery and with perfect accuracy. Additionally, you
| could keep track in a very low profile way if the beads
| were on the inside of the ring toward the palm of your
| hand and you manipulated them with your thumb. The beads
| would have to have a slight friction to them so they stay
| in place but are still easy to move. But in general I
| like the idea and it's at least as appealing as the op
| Casio watch ring.
| WorkerBee28474 wrote:
| Don't forget to include a sundial to tell time
| generalizations wrote:
| That could actually be really useful. I'd love to wear a
| dumbwatch again, and if it's that much smaller then its that much
| better. Will be keeping an eye out for one that isn't nostaliga-
| themed.
| hunter-gatherer wrote:
| I have a gshock 5600-e that was passed down from my brother who
| wore it for uses in a metal fab mill. This watch is amazing.
| Definitely get a gshock
| hermitcrab wrote:
| I love my G-shock GW/6900. It is pretty bulletproof. Apart
| from the strap - annoyingly I have to replace that once every
| ~3 years.
| franczesko wrote:
| There are g-shocks with bracelets. I have a model with a
| plastic one.
| petesergeant wrote:
| This feels like something you'd win at a carnival
| resoluteteeth wrote:
| Yeah, I actually got an extremely similar looking (but
| presumably more cheaply made) digital watch ring as a prize at
| an arcade type place that had games that spat out tickets that
| you could redeem for prizes around 30 years ago
| wkat4242 wrote:
| Cool and functional. I hope this comes to Europe too.
| bookofjoe wrote:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42156565
| fatfox wrote:
| It looks a bit silly but also a lot of fun!
| xanderlewis wrote:
| It looks utterly stupid. I'll take three, please.
| Rinzler89 wrote:
| I want one Casio watch ring for me and each of my friends and
| with our powers combined we are Captain Nerd.
| bloomingeek wrote:
| OMG, put it on a chain and wear it around my neck!
| franczesko wrote:
| Digital watches in general have their charm
| https://youtu.be/mDVmdgao3RE?si=sfpEEkri1mmOvdAV
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