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Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by bridanp »

Feel like OP should have linked to the link inside the article (provided below) which gives more evidence. Still not very good evidence, but better than this original (1/3 of wearers were linked to bomb making):

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/25/guantanamo-fil...

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by dddbbb »

nabla9 wrote: post #12

Large fraction of world population has not learned to express themselves trough mindless consumerism. Cheapest Casio is enough "It shows the same time as expensive watch."

Buying the cheapest Casio can also be a status signal, similar to the CEO of Goldman Sachs wearing a Swatch. Buying a truly cheap watch is a signal of 'I don't care' (which may be true, or may be affected), whereas getting into expensive watches can get very complicated. There's plenty of stories from investment banking about the signals that watches send, from my understanding people are more likely to poke fun at a Tag Heuer than a Casio.

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by tosh »

bbqmaster999 wrote: post #8

These are great! For less than $10 each, I’ve bought a bunch of them and left them scattered around my apartment and various other places so I can always find a watch. If it’s starting to take me too long to find a watch then the watch density must be getting too low, so I order some more.

at first I had to laugh, but then I realized I do apply the same strategy to chocolate

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by 17a9f4a4f4e5b3f »

I had a package of these opened by a government agency in the US!

My partner at the time had and loved one of these and then lost it, so I bought 8 of them for like $7 each from a store in the UK. When it arrived it had all this official government tape on it and a note that it had been opened. I forget what the tape/note said but it was not obvious which agency did the opening. Not so long after that I had something else totally innocuous (literally a postcard sized cardboard envelope with a sticker in it) opened by Customs and Border Patrol and that was well labeled as such.

I guess for IED reasons they were interested but now I'm paranoid I'm on some list.

edit: oh and I should say I got 8 to have a variety of color options, they were a great gift and after shipping it was only like $80. Highly recommend, one of them would match any outfit. Kind of fun to watch them all drift variably over several months too.

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by st1x7 »

asddubs wrote: post #21
bbqmaster999 wrote: post #8

These are great! For less than $10 each, I’ve bought a bunch of them and left them scattered around my apartment and various other places so I can always find a watch. If it’s starting to take me too long to find a watch then the watch density must be getting too low, so I order some more.

i keep 5 watches in each pocket of my jacket, in case some of them fall out.

Why would your pockets fall out?

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by fierarul »

The "cheap" Casios run on the fumes of their old fame and retro nostalgia.

I'd say the modern day equivalent would be a $20 waterproof fitness band like a Xiaomi Mi Band.

They are basically uncompetitive today, unlike they were initially. Here they are literally more expensive than a band with a color display, bluetooth and various sensors.

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