Joining the Casio Cult
A few weeks ago, I started looking into getting a Casio watch to replace my Apple Watch SE (2024). On Monday, I finally bit the bullet and used a £15 Amazon gift card (I got for Christmas from a colleague at work) to buy one. I looked at a whole load of different ones but I eventually settled on the Casio F-91W. A nice, small, simple digital watch that tells the time.
Why Switch From A Smart Watch?
Well, it's quite simple and comes down to a couple of reasons.
- Smart watches aren't that smart.
Yes, that's right. Smart watches just aren't smart. No smarter than smartphones are smart. They do what you tell it to, just as with non-smart technology. It just uses a more complicated software/system to do the same things.
- . I only want and need the time.
The main thing I used my Apple Watch for was to see what the current time is (wow, a shocker that a watch is used for seeing the time). This was my main motivation to finally getting a simple digital watch. I have always loved seeing the time in the HH:MM:SS format which some smart watch faces can do but not all. I even have my desktops (when I can), setup with this time format in the bar/panel.
- Smart watches are heavy.
Smart watches are basically computers on your wrists, which makes them bulky and heavy (compared with simple digital and analogue watches). I got tired of lugging a heavy watch on my wrist and wanted something lighter.
My Casio Experience Thus Far
My watch arrived on Thursday and I got it setup in less than 10 minutes and fell in love at first site. It was really rather simple. Below is a picture I took of my watch once I had it all setup (slightly edited to remove my arm/wrist from the picture as I am quite a private person alien).
I have worn my watch for a couple of days now and I love it, sometimes forget that it's there because it's so lightweight and comfortable (see my list of reasons for switching from a smart watch numero 3 for more context on this sentiment).
I am thoroughly enjoying it and can't wait for the many years, maybe decades I will have this watch for.
And that's all that can really be said about me getting a new watch, I am keeping my Apple Watch but I won't be taking care of it's battery nor will be wearing it. Anyway, that's it from me for this one, have a good one.
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