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Entrey into Wavecepror : Casio WVQ-140A shoot and forget watch

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In 1990 radio controlled watch was one of the show cases of science achievements. If you had it on your wrist it screamed “The future!”. Today it can be found in everyday price bracket and perception niche. Apart from Casio you have no watch to choose from. Casio however gives you some options. It is a time to meet Casio WVQ-140A , Casio's entry into world of radio controlled watches.I wanted to write about it because it is honest good watch with specialty skills. It good design, good balance between looks and function. Also it looks on the stock photos as it is in real life. One of the first radio controlled watches was this Junghans Mega 1 digital. It provided essentials and had some design twist to look bit different than your regular Casio or Timex. so people knew you wearing something different.  Later on it was followed by this one. It looks more conventional and contemporary with nothing to tell about it radio controlled nature. In a way it same 3 button...

Citizen GN-09-5 on C240 movement

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Citizen GN-09-5 on C240 movement It will sound repeated, but I find analog digital combo on a watch the best thing to wear. You get it, best of both worlds. Not many of these analog digital combo watches get to be truly quality ones. Citizen C240 dos not look like Breitling, yet has a lot of promise. Lest see it up close and personal and judge pros and cons of this watch. There is family of expensive watches by Swiss brands with a lot in common: back in the time it was cool to be digital yet they had no guts to be one. So internals were outscored to Japanese manufacturers. Citizen was inside ... of … you name it. Later on, cool and proudly Swiss calibers were developed to justify 6000$ asking price. Japanese internal trickled into Casio you can buy at mere 50$ or even 25$. But what you should buy, if you do want them both digital and hands? However, you not really want live with robust manly size which can fit elephant leg elegantly, acrylic crystal and cheap glare of ra...