It appears to me as though Japanese watch makers Citizen and Casio are in a fight. Both of them are doing appreciably better than competitor Seiko, and they are also both pushing forward with highly multi-functional analog watches.
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Seiko Astron GPS Solar Watch Hands-On
Forget that it is 2012 and pretend like it is the early 1990′s. The time when electronic wrist gadgets were super cool, and the next neat Casio was sure to excite you. This watch coming out back then would have been a no brainer super star. Today however, it must compete with mechanical watches given [...]
Seiko Solar Watches
See in the image here in their most basic form, watches with Seiko Solar movements have been around since 1977. But now I think Seiko will start focusing on having Seiko Solar watches enter more of the world market (especially in higher-end forms). For most of the world, the predominant light-powered watch is the Citizen [...]
Casio G-Shock MT-G MTG1100-1A Watch
Casio opens a new MT-G door with a hardcore techy looking watch that steps in the room punching and glistening with impressive watch-ular (new made up word) curves. The new model MTG1100-1A looks like the love child of Robocop’s cybernetic innards and an industrial crane. Just looking at the dial it is hard to appreciate [...]
Casio Wave Ceptor WVA430J-1A Watch Review: Solar, Atomic, Simple
There is a special place in my heart for simple unpretentious watches – which are typically relatively inexpensive…
