Building a Beater Collection Pt 8

MrPsionic

I was going to post one of these per day until done, but we're going out of town in three days and there would have been a 2 week gap before the series was done, so I'm playing hurry-up.

Anyway, if you've seen the previous posts, you'll know that by now I was deep in the throes of watch wanting. Not really collecting, in the sense of having rare or valuable pieces or anything, just wanting a relatively small assortment of watches that speak to me.

In that vein, how could I resist the Casio Royale?

It's a funky little futuristic throwback with awesome features, an even more awesome price, and it comes with free arm hair depilation.

I keed, I keed - the bracelet doesn't pull my hairs very much. Except occasionally when it does. But what doesn't kill us, right?

Octopussy sucking aside, it is a pretty cool looking watch. The world time function is great, as seen above, and honestly it does everything my more expensive G-Shocks do. Just in a more fragile way.

For anyone considering buying one, know that the bracelet is a pain to remove links from, but you'll get the hang of it. The clasp makes up for this a bit, as it has four micro-adjust settings, much better than clasps on some more expensive watches I own.

I've seen the $100+ metal upgrade kits but I don't really see the point. I like that it's a cheap watch that will probably get a bit beat-up looking.

It isn't quite as accurate over the course of a few weeks as my other (more expensive and more modern) digital watches are, but it does better than my NH35A-equipped automatics (which don't suck either).

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And people in coffee shops etc notice this watch and ask questions about it. So bonus points for that. At least my wrist is cool.

Next time, going in a different direction.

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https://www.watchcrunch.com/MrPsionic/posts/building-a-beater-collection-pt-9-29218

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Bzilla
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Those inexpensive metal casio bracelets are such a pain to resize! That's a real fun watch