Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

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

bbc.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

61–70 of 227 posts

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

#61

Post by kennywinker »

dingaling wrote: post #53
cameroncooper wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I dunno. For me this watch is nearly perfect. It's incredibly thin, lightweight, waterproof. It shows the time, day and date. The battery will last for 7-10 years. I can wear it day and night and never have to take it off or do anything for it. I have a collection of other watches including Apple watches and Swiss mechanical watches. None of them are as practical and hassle-free as this watch.

> For me this watch is nearly perfect. The UX is poor though. Once you've finished with the stopwatch, the next mode-button press leads to the time-adjustment mode rather than immediately back to the current time display. Any destructive modes such as adjustment should be protected behind a long-press, not interleaved into the routine mode cycle. It's also frustratingly easy to knock the watch out of 24 hour display…

also very easy to switch the alarm on, only for it to go off at an inappropriate time

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

#63

Post by varispeed »

ericsoderstrom wrote: post #3

"US officials view f-91w wearers with suspicion"? Better keep an eye on this guy then: https://i.redd.it/5o061ntl2m651.jpg https://i.redd.it/b4j5fzl4d6f41.jpg

He had it, but he didn't look at it. Certainly not to find out what time it is. He also didn't inhale.

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

#65

Post by varispeed »

tosh wrote: post #17

> holding the right button for over 3 seconds in the main timekeeping mode; this will lead the display to show "CASIo", as a test for authenticity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F-91W#Counterfeits

How difficult would be for a fraudster to implement such functionality?

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

#66

Post by varispeed »

dddbbb wrote: post #33
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…

It depends whether the watch is made in China or Japan, but you would have to make the owner to take it off :-)

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

#67

Post by varispeed »

fierarul wrote: post #38

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.

I am looking for a modest looking, slim watch with a dot matrix display. It shouldn't have any spying, surveillance built in. Closest to this requirement are some Seiko watches from the 80/90, but these are quite expensive.

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

#70

Post by easterncalculus »

motohagiography wrote: post #68

Used to say I couldn't afford a watch I would wear. Then I got the modified F-91W ( https://n-o-d-e.shop/ ), now I wear a watch. Having a dumb watch gives me one more reason to leave my phone behind or off.

Nice to see that N-O-D-E is still around. I could never get one of these watches so I ended up just putting the NFC tag in myself.
Post reply on HN