A couple of weeks ago, my friends and I hosted a room on Clubhouse about our favorite affordable watches. The Casio brand was brought up so many times by nearly the whole room. A lot of the answers revolved around Casio being their beater watch or being their default travel watch.
It made me think perhaps it was also time that I buy a digital Casio for myself. There's just so many choices! The most popular ones have been the F91-W, DW 5600, CasiOak, Full Metal (very expensive) and all the cool mods possible. I was also considering the calculator watch which I think seems useful for travels especially when you're shopping and you need to compute for home country currency without having to bring out your phone. However, I don't know yet when my next international travel is going to be so scratch that.
In the end, I went with this Casio F105W. I wanted something pretty entry level but with a better backlight. It was my first Casio and I didn't want to splurge. I got mine in Lazada Philippines at the Time Collection Shop for around 960 pesos ~ $20. I used a 300 peso coupon from Globe Rewards Points so I just ended up paying 660 pesos ~ $12 for it! YAY for coupons. (Also a quick reminder, always check for what coupons you can use)
So anyway, let's start with the specs.
- Case width: 34mm
- Lug to lug: 39mm
- Case Thickness: 10mm
- Lug width:18mm
- Water Resistance: 300 feet ~ 91 meters
The case is made with black resin with a stainless steel case back kept in place by screws. It only has water resistance of 300 feet, which is 91 meters. I guess that means it's nearly okay for swimming...NEARLY? Similar to the F91W, it's very light and goes well with smaller wrists.
As for the functions, you can set an alarm which I use everyday as a back up alarm (in case I forget to set the one on my phone). There is also an option for the watch to beep at the turn of every hour in case you're very conscious about that kind of thing, but I turn mine off because it's annoying.
The next function is the stop watch which is pretty basic. After this you have the time setting function. There's no dual-time function on the F105W.
The best part about it vs. the F91W is the electro luminescent backlight in teal, which is even and clear all through out. It's a huge improvement from the backlight of the F91W but I'm not sure if that added improvement is worth the nearly double price tag (at least where I am, the F105W costs nearly 2x an F91W). You'd have to check locally if you can get the F105W for at a much lower price.
Overall, I'm quite happy with the purchase. This F105W has been my grab and go lately, when I'm too lazy to choose. I've been using it as an additional alarm clock so it's always now right beside my bed. It's so convenient that it frankly makes me question why I even got into watches in the first place.... but when I look at my other watches, I suddenly remember "Oh yeah"... I'm really trying to curb down my purchases this 2021 but... it's been a struggle.
I'm looking next into a Casio with a world time function but with an electroluminescent back light. If you have any recommendations on which one I should look into, please comment below!
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