Casio Alarm Chrono A158W

After the flashy watches for Christmas, it's back to an old classic again today.

This watch is one of the retro LCD watches by Casio, and is called the A158W. It is actually a current design, reissued sometime in the 2000s, and aimed to have the charm of the classic 80s models. Looks wise, it's quite hard to tell the age, but the green LED light let's you know it's a newer model.

The A158 models are quite cheap, being in the order of $20, but still good looking and functional. It is a lithium model, and water resistant, with that title being prominently displayed on the face, but without any indication about the rating. There is a clear 2 line LCD display showing the time in 6 digits, with day and date above.

Inside, there is a 593 module, and the watch has alarm and stopwatch modes. It comes with a stainless steel Casio strap with the part number S-515DV.

Casio Futurist Vib Alarm A220

It's back to the Casios again today, with a model from their Futurist range.

The Futurist watches were where Casio put out various high tech looking watches with a futuristic design style. They are meant to be the range for fresh, young fun, and fashion watches from within the Casio line-up, and seem to be primarily aimed at women.

This model is one of the Vibrating Alarm models which has the option to make the watch vibrate on your wrist to help notify that it's time (in case you sleep through the beeping sound). It uses a 1922 module which has timer, stopwatch, alarm, and dual time modes. It is also a Casio Illuminator watch and has a large button on the front to activate the electro illuminescent backlight.

The watch has a large 2 line LCD display, with the time shown in large digits across the middle (-6 digits with smaller seconds). The top line shows the day, month, and date by default, but switches to a time display when in the other modes.