I messed up my Casio Ring Watch order in the U.S. and it sold out in seconds

The most exciting Casio release of the year is sadly leaving many fans disappointed as they face tremendous difficulty in trying to obtain the CRW-001-1 ring watch around the world. On the other hand, some fans (like me) fumble the ball at the most critical time and have no one but themselves to blame.

In the U.S., the CRW001-1 went on sale at Casio.com on December 26 around a quarter past 10 a.m. EST. There was no email notification sent, but Casio America issued a press release on Thursday stating the date but not the time. Casio America recently released new G-Shock watches around 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., so people had a general idea of when to start refreshing the product page.

Once I saw the “Buy Now” link, I added two to my cart, thinking I would offer one to the Great G-Shock World blog owner in Japan who has been having difficulty buying one. Although two were showing in my cart and invoice, when I tried to pay at the checkout, it was for only one. I am traveling and was having issues logging in to Paypal before the release, so I chose Google Pay for payment. The payment failed, but it was my own fault because the primary credit card was locked and I forgot to unlock it. (I thought I would have a choice of which card to use, but I probably messed that up too. After the attempt, I got an email from the credit card company stating that my card was declined, so it was totally my fault.) Immediately after that, the CRW001-1 was out of stock and I could not order it again. Although it is currently showing the “Buy Now” link, the message “Product that you are trying to add is not available” or “This product is out of stock” appears when clicking it. I’m so upset at myself for spending so much time trying to get it (including most of last week hoping it would be released before Christmas) and then making such a dumb mistake in the end. In an effort to ease the pain, I’m telling myself that even if the order went through, it might have ended up getting canceled, but I’ll never know.

Casio America has been known to release other limited releases in batches, but I doubt that is the case for this one, as it is known to be a very limited release.

I’ll get over my failure eventually, and I hope our updates helped some of you buy it successfully.

CRW001-1 at casio.com/us

Warning: It let me add it to the cart again but then showed “sold out” on the checkout page, so try not to get too excited if that happens.

Update: A user on Reddit said that he/she was able to purchase two. Others said that it sold old before they could complete the check out.