CasioAE1200WH Series | Men’s Digital Watch | 100M WR | Multi Alarms | 100 SEC Stopwatch | Countdown Timer | World Map for World Time | LED Light | LC Analog Display | 10 Year Battery

Lightweight, comfortable, and easy to size the Casio AE1200WH delivers way more than you'd expect at this price. Setup was simple, just a quick skim through the manual. The timekeeping is spot on, and it’s water resistant enough for everyday splashes and rain. Looks clean for daily wear but tough enough for work. Stylish, reliable, and affordable hard to beat.

The Casio World Time Watch is a fantastic buy for the money. Even at the full $43 purchase price on Amazon, you get a lot of Watch for the money. If you travel and want a Watch that can take a beating but also offer tons of functionality, the Casio World Time Watch is what you need. I found the Watch on sale for $23.99 and didn’t hesitate to purchase it. What a FANTASTIC buy! Casio makes quality budget Watches, and I own several that sit next to my higher-end branded Watches.The World Time offers a nice aesthetic design, an alarm function, 31 time zones with a daylight savings time toggle, a stopwatch AND timer function, and you can even set up an hourly chime. The light function ensures you have illumination in the darkest places, and with a 10-year battery life, this Watch is a no-brainer for any serious Watch collector’s wrist.With all the cool things you get, the part that is a little disappointing is that the case is a resin painted to look like metal, and the glass is just glass and not a harder substance. When the Chinese make mechanical Watches with steel cases and sapphire glass for $50, you may wonder if the Casio is worth the purchase price. It is definitely worth the purchase price. I’ve found the resign cases are resilient to bumps and bruises, and I’ve never broken the glass on one of my Casios. I also know my Casio will outlive any cheap Chinese-made knock-off Watch.Who should buy the Casio World Time? Anyone who loves sleek digital Watches and needs a lot of functionality. It’s a great looking Watch on your wrist and has every function imaginable if you travel. It’s a straightforward Watch from a brand known for its quality budget Watches. If you want something super durable, you’ll need to upgrade to a G-Shock, but for most uses, the World Time Casio will be perfect for you.Pros: Great price, great value, sleek look, and tons of functionality. This Watch offers more functions than you’ll probably ever use. The 10-year battery life is stellar.Cons: The bracelet links are hard to change, and you will need a super small screwdriver and patience. I was able to remove some links but ended up taking it to a jeweler to size.

First thing to know: my example is extremely accurate. I don’t know if this is true for all examples, but after a week of wear, mine has no perceptible sub-second drift versus my NTP synced reference clock, which is astonishing even for a quartz watch, especially one this inexpensive.However, there’s a lot more positive attributes beyond functional accuracy: it looks good and wears well. Its proportions and dial aesthetics are extremely pleasing, especially in the grey bezel, faux-metal case combined with the rolled steel band. And the metal band is surprisingly good for the price point: I was able to easily remove links and adjust the band for an excellent fit, and it doesn’t pinch or pull at all (I have massively more expensive watches with bands that don’t wear this well).Last, but not least, the functionality of the watch is genuinely useful and well implemented. The two sets of time zone functions are very useful (especially if you coordinate between people across the globe). The stop watch, timer and alarm functionality is old-school Casio, which mean’s simple to use. Best of all, no charging, no winding, no software updates, no mechanical servicing and adjustments, it just works.Barring the apocalypse (where these would likely become worth a lot of guzzoline), these won’t ever be collectable, or a great piece of mechanical engineering, or seen as more than a basic watch. But that takes nothing away from the fact that Casio has made a fantastic watch. As a hobbiest watchmaker who restores antique and vintage mechanical watches (I’m talking restaffing balance wheels, positional adjustments, etc.) I feel like Casio deserves more recognition for making something this functionally excellent at such a remarkable price-point.Update: Yep, this watch (my example at least) is absurdly accurate, averaging just 1.9 seconds of drift per month. After 7 months, it’s running just under 14 seconds fast (versus NTP synced to USNO tick & tock). That’s 23 seconds per year, or under 4 minutes per decade!