Casio’s ‘Fun Watch Story’ Series highlights interesting wristwatches from the past

In commemoration of the Casio Watch 50th Anniversary in 2024, Casio’s blog-like site at note-pr.casio.co.jp is running the “Fun Watch Story” series about interesting wristwatches from the past. (The articles are in Japanese but are translatable with the Chrome browser.) Some of these watches, while technologically groundbreaking and historically significant, are those that don’t always get as much attention as other historical models, so it’s interesting to learn some additional background information on them which also includes later developments in some cases. There are currently nine watches featured in the series, with more expected to come.

Casio America is also featuring vintage watches including some of these and others on Instagram (instagram.com/casio_us).

Fun Watch Story Series at note-pr.casio.co.jp

Casio Fun Watch Story Volumes (linked to note-pr.casio.co.jp)

Volume 1: Casiotron X-1 (1976)

Volume 2: C-80 Calculator Watch (1980)

Volume 3: T-1500 Dictionary Watch (1982)

Volume 4: TC-500 Calculator Watch with Touch Screen (1983)

Volume 5: G-Shock DW-520 “Baby-G” (1994)

Volume 6: AT-550 “Janus Read Sensor” Analog-Digital Calculator Watch with Handwriting Recognition (1983)

Volume 7: CD-401 Calculator Watch with Databank Telememo (1984) and DBA-800 with Phone Dialer (1987)

Volume 8: JP-100W Jogging Watch with Pulse Rate Sensor (1987) and BP-100 with Blood Pressure Monitor (1992)

Volume 9: BM-100WJ with Barometer, Altimeter, and Depth Meter (1989)

Also highly recommend for more information on past Casio watches (in English) is the Casio Watch 50th Anniversary history and series timeline at casio.com/intl, which includes all of these watches and more.