Do you remember?

by The Philosophical Fish

January 27, 2018 – Do you remember these watches?

State of the art, amazing things (in the 1980’s that is)!

Water resistant! A stopwatch! Even a sickly green light that shone a little bit across the face and sort of lit up part of the face enough that you could just kind of make out the time. Who didn’t want one back then.

Here’s the thing. This isn’t old. In fact, it’s brand new, right out of the box. Unless someone found a container of them somewhere, an unopened time capsule circa 1980-something. But no, Casio’s website has them listed in the “Vintage” series of watches.

My nerdy watch-loving husband wanted it the second he saw it at Simon’s, so who was I to say no, and so I bought it for him.

Glorious in its ugly retro styling, but it brings a smile to him and everyone who sees it on his wrist. So at $45 it’s probably the cheapest watch in his collection, but it’s also the most amusing.

118 Photos in 2018 – 15. Vintage

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Stefan Comes January 28, 2018 - 12:48 am

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Christine Saruyama January 28, 2018 - 12:59 am

No wayyyyyyyyy?!? That’s like a whole X Factor episode right there!!!!! Hahahaha! Love it! I do remember those when they first came out. I think it was the “consumer distributer” catalogue that would come out or maybe it was the frequent trips to Woolco! Lol! The minute they came out I got my Parents to buy me a missile command watch! I could play video games whenever I wanted! If only they worked haha, I think I went through 3 the first year.

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Christine Saruyama January 28, 2018 - 1:01 am

Where that was stored in my almost destroyed brain is beyond me! ???!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumers_Distributing

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Paige Ackerman January 28, 2018 - 1:02 am

Way! $45 in the men’s department at Simon’s at Park Royal. Almost died laughing when Kirk showed it to me. ?

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Christine Saruyama January 28, 2018 - 1:04 am

Honestly i woulda laughed too!! Hahaha! Though glad it’s $45 and not “retro” and $145!!! Lmao! Back then what? $19.99 ???

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Paige Ackerman January 28, 2018 - 1:04 am

And I’d totally forgotten about Consumers Distributing!

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Christine Saruyama January 28, 2018 - 1:05 am

So had I but it totally popped into my head just now!! Hahahaha!

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Christine Saruyama January 28, 2018 - 1:07 am

Memories between 84-04 are rather spotty! Hahaha!

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Cheryl Lynch January 28, 2018 - 4:21 am

Are you guys laughing at Nigel’s watch…. that thing wakes me up every morning, it has been around longer than I have… ?

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Christine Saruyama January 27, 2018 - 5:59 pm

No wayyyyyyyyy?!? That’s like a whole X Factor episode right there!!!!! Hahahaha! Love it! I do remember those when they first came out. I think it was the “consumer distributer” catalogue that would come out or maybe it was the frequent trips to Woolco! Lol! The minute they came out I got my Parents to buy me a missile command watch! I could play video games whenever I wanted! If only they worked haha, I think I went through 3 the first year.

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Christine Saruyama January 27, 2018 - 6:01 pm

Where that was stored in my almost destroyed brain is beyond me! ???!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumers_Distributing

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Paige Ackerman January 27, 2018 - 6:02 pm

Way! $45 in the men’s department at Simon’s at Park Royal. Almost died laughing when Kirk showed it to me. ?

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Christine Saruyama January 27, 2018 - 6:04 pm

Honestly i woulda laughed too!! Hahaha! Though glad it’s $45 and not “retro” and $145!!! Lmao! Back then what? $19.99 ???

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Paige Ackerman January 27, 2018 - 6:04 pm

And I’d totally forgotten about Consumers Distributing!

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Christine Saruyama January 27, 2018 - 6:05 pm

So had I but it totally popped into my head just now!! Hahahaha!

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Christine Saruyama January 27, 2018 - 6:07 pm

Memories between 84-04 are rather spotty! Hahaha!

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Cheryl Lynch January 27, 2018 - 9:21 pm

Are you guys laughing at Nigel’s watch…. that thing wakes me up every morning, it has been around longer than I have… ?

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Hans Pannerup Rasmussen January 28, 2018 - 1:02 am

And the “gold” rubbed off in just a couple months.

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Paige Ackerman January 28, 2018 - 1:03 am

Time will tell if they are made to the same high standards 🙂

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Christine Saruyama January 28, 2018 - 1:08 am

I always found the pinching arm hairs a pain! And I’m not that hairy, lol!

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Hans Pannerup Rasmussen January 27, 2018 - 6:02 pm

And the “gold” rubbed off in just a couple months.

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Paige Ackerman January 27, 2018 - 6:03 pm

Time will tell if they are made to the same high standards 🙂

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Christine Saruyama January 27, 2018 - 6:08 pm

I always found the pinching arm hairs a pain! And I’m not that hairy, lol!

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Paige Ackerman January 28, 2018 - 1:03 am

They also stock the one with the calculator!

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Christine Saruyama January 28, 2018 - 1:05 am

Oh I had one of those too!!! F Math was the worst!! Had to cheat somehow to get to high school!! Hahahaha!

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Paige Ackerman January 27, 2018 - 6:03 pm

They also stock the one with the calculator!

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Christine Saruyama January 27, 2018 - 6:05 pm

Oh I had one of those too!!! F Math was the worst!! Had to cheat somehow to get to high school!! Hahahaha!

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Christine Saruyama January 28, 2018 - 1:09 am

Do you use a ball point pen to change to time Kirk? Lol!

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Christine Saruyama January 27, 2018 - 6:09 pm

Do you use a ball point pen to change to time Kirk? Lol! ???

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Stefan Medlicott January 28, 2018 - 2:03 am

I remember when the first LED watches came out. They were $100.00 plus at Woodward’s in PG or the Sears Catalogue for Christmas. A year later the LCD came out. They were 100.00 and the LED dropped to under $50. With in a few years you got a free LED in a bag of sports socks…..

The march of progress….

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Stefan Medlicott January 27, 2018 - 7:03 pm

I remember when the first LED watches came out. They were $100.00 plus at Woodward’s in PG or the Sears Catalogue for Christmas. A year later the LCD came out. They were 100.00 and the LED dropped to under $50. With in a few years you got a free LED in a bag of sports socks…..

The march of progress….

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karenalbaniapineda January 28, 2018 - 5:31 am

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sure2talk January 28, 2018 - 9:18 am

Maybe they are making a comeback! A super find.
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Missy2004 January 28, 2018 - 6:14 pm

As long as Kirk is smiling.
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