Casio Baby-G Silver Shower BGR-30S

Another rugged watch again today, and this time a Baby-G.

This is one of the larger models of the Casio G-Shock Baby-G line. The line has smaller models than the main G-Shocks, and are primarily aimed at women or maybe teens.

The watch is an Ana-Digi with a 2-hand dial and 4 round LCD displays. As normal, the LCD displays have a variety of functions. As standard, the right display is the time, bottom is seconds, left is date (on a dot matrix display), and top shows a sun or moon to show day or night. When the light is activated, the left changes to an animation showing a fish, dog, dolphin, cat, or deer.

It uses a 2774 module, and has databank, world time, city information, alarm, timer, and stopwatch, (and an analogue setting mode). The timer and stopwatch have an animated animal as well, with the timer being a dog and stopwatch being a dolphin.

The city information is unusual as it gives the maximum and minimum temperature of that city at this time of year. The database allows memo input, with a capacity up to 100 (but that isn't 100 records as my test input of 5 characters used up 3).

The full model number is BGR-30S-8E and is part of a set called Silver Shower (there was also a pink variation (the -9E)).

Casio Data Bank Telememo 50 - DB-520

Over the years, Casio has produced many watches with the Data Bank function, and it seems that I have quite a few!

Today's watch is the Casio DB-520 which came out in the mid 80s (the calendar starts in 1985) and uses a 675 module. This is quite strange as I've seen other references for the DB-520 which has a 262 module and is from 1983!

The watch has the usual features packed into the module, having a 50 slot memo option, schedule input (sharing the 50 slots), world time, alarm, stopwatch, and timer.

It uses a 3 line LCD display, with the top line being a dot matrix arrangement. The bottom line shows the time (6 digits), and the middle line is the date. In time mode, the top line shows year and date, but in the other modes, it states which mode the watch is in.

The case is a silver coated plastic with a steel strap (part number B-859N) which is good at removing hair if you have hairy arms!

Timex Animated Multifunction Watch

Back to the LCD again, and a watch with a ridiculous amount of features.

It is made by Timex, and has a dot matrix LCD display. The display is 15 pixels high and 24 or 26 wide with a curved pattern. There is no model number or name on the watch, so I don't know exactly what I should name it.

The first special thing you notice is after pressing the button to see the time, once the time has shows it then has either a fortune cookie option (where it has a scrolling message with a proverb like saying - such as "Every person is the architect of their own future"), or there is a small cartoon featuring Bob 'n' Bill (a man and his dog).

Pressing the mode button reveals the normal modes, each designated by its own little animation. These modes are stopwatch, alarm, and timer. Pressing the escape key on the front takes you back from this menu to the time. There is also an option to just show seconds (as it's only normally a 4 digit display), or date (where it flashes between day of the week and the date).

Pressing the top right button takes you to the data bank menu where you can input memos, names, and numbers. If you then press the mode button, a load more options are available. These ones are Love Me Not?, Face Ball, Angel or Devil, Your Fortune, and the sound on/off option. Love Me Not? is a slot machine of hearts, 0s and Xs, which spin and see if love is the outcome. Face Ball is a Breakout or Arkanoid game where you move your bat up and down the side of the screen, bouncing a ball which knocks the block out of a face. Angel or Devil shows an angel and devils face, and then shows a picture of who today's angel and who today's devil is. Your Fortune shows a crystal ball, and then gives you a score (in %) on your love rating and financial rating.

The settings mode is activated by holding the select key, and has interesting additional options - you can add your name, birthday, and choose a face to represent you (various people, animals, or a ghost). This face then appears as the target in the Face Ball mode.

The watch has an unusual shape, and is thinner at the top, and a clear blue plastic strap. It was made in China, and takes a CR2032 battery. The date setting mode goes from 2000 to 2019, so this was released in the 2000s.