Casio Baby-G Witchy BG-410

There are many different varieties of Casio G-Shock and Baby-G watches, but there is a familiar look to most of them.

Today's Baby-G is one of the most unusual variants I've seen, both for the shape of the watch and the design of the LCD display.

The watch is a BG-410 model which has been made for a line of watches called Witchy (or W!tchy if you believe the logo). I can't find any reference to this name apart from in connection with the watches, so have to assume it's just a line by Casio.

For this model, the shape was the first unusual part. It is built so that the top of the watch is thicker than the bottom so that the watch sits angled on your wrist (with the Baby-G name moulded on the long edge). The strap is very stiff and in one piece which loops behind the head (and has a part number of 506 Y2 19)

The second unusual thing is the display. Most of the LCD panel is used to show animations rather than any of the normal watch functions. The middle 60% is taken up with a 9x11 block dot matrix and has a repeating animation of a wizard or witch waving their wand followed by an explosion, and then an animal. The animals that it cycles through are jellyfish, turtle, penguin, cow/hippo/pig (not exactly sure but it has 4 legs and a thick body), goose, and crab.

The watch features are shown in small digits along the top (day and date) and bottom (time). It uses a 1951 module and also has an alarm function (marked by a duck!) and an el-backlight. The last two modes are more unusual. One is a day counter which gives the difference in days between the current time and a day you set. The other, I've not worked out yet - it cycles through options P1-P4 (player 1 to 4?) while showing a flying witch. When you select one, it tells you to push (the button) and then displays a percentage score along with a more animated version of one of the animals (or maybe a person). So far, it seems random, but the button order may affect things. They also have strange names marked on the body.

I don't know when this model was officially released, but the date setting starts at 1995, so this is a 90s Baby-G.