Casio DBC-60 Review
It was either 1987 or 1988 in Palmer, or Fairbanks AK that I awoke one day with an epiphany: Put aside my Franklin Day Planner I used to track my unpaid job of selling religion, and replace it with one of those ‘new scheduler watches’. So that afternoon, my companion and I drove to a forgotten store in our provided blue-grey 1987 Plymouth Reliant, and went shopping for watches.
After a twirl of the Casio display, I came upon what I was looking for — my DBC-60.
Not only did this watch replace my dedicated planner, but also alerted me to hard-earned appointments via alarms tied to blinking time slots on a two-week graphical calendar. Plus, I was able to keep tabs on our contacts by placing them in the watch’s phonebook. And when each week my companion and I drove to Fred Meyer to buy groceries, I could use the calculator to carefully budget my purchases. Oh the modern times in which we lived!
This is the second oldest watch in my daily rotation, and though its band has long-perished, its soulful guts continue to chug along, spitting-out digits for me to see on its scratched and weathered display. Long live the classic Casio!
Casio DBC-60 Review
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- Still accurate to about 25 seconds per month
- The keyboard still works flawlessly
- The alarms are loud and bright
- The LCD clarity remains crisp
- The band perished a long time ago
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Darin
@DariusII
Time dictates my linear path to its bitter end. My watches keep me one step ahead of time...and bring a bit of flavor to my daily duties.
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Genius!
So good! It's in great shape too!
Thanks! But really I credit it to the build quality. One of the great things about watches is the personal history one can develop over the years like my databank.
Y2K compliant?
my fav piece from my youth
it was(is) so cool
have a modern gold one .....had to have one
Very cool, didn't know they had an appointment keeper. I only knew of the calculator one.
Very cool, didn't know they had an appointment keeper. I only knew of the calculator one.
I got the new one in gold tone and was disappointed that it just has the phone book.
Y2K compliant?
Oh man, I remember those days! I bought food storage and a 50 gallon plastic drum with a hand siphon my then wife and I filled with fresh water. What a weird time.