I've always been into wristwatches since I was a kid, and I have a small collection right now.. Although I have a smartwatch which I wear most of the time when I wear a watch, sometimes I like to wear one of my classic watches. I like the way they look and the craftsmanship that goes into a wristwatch. Plus I like the convenience of looking at my wristwatch to see the time so I don't have to take my phone out of my pocket.

I just heard about the Casio ABL100WE-1AVT watch, which is designed like one of their popular classic retro watches but has some modern features such as a step tracker and Bluetooth connectivity for a smartphone to synchronize time (and for configurability from a smartphone).

This is Casio's US page for the watch:

https://www.casio.com/us/watches/casio/product.ABL-100WE-1A/ak/

To buy one, it looks like stock is low from a lot of stores, but Buckle seems to have them in stock currently:

https://tinyurl.com/37nv7usb

Full URL:

https://www.buckle.com/casio-vintage-abl100we1avt-watch/prd-37920ABL100WE1/sku- 9801250000

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Nightfox wrote to All <=-

I've always been into wristwatches since I was a kid, and I have a
small collection right now.. Although I have a smartwatch which I wear most of the time when I wear a watch, sometimes I like to wear one of
my classic watches. I like the way they look and the craftsmanship that goes into a wristwatch. Plus I like the convenience of looking at my wristwatch to see the time so I don't have to take my phone out of my pocket.

I go back and forth between wanting a smart watch and my Seiko 5 diver.
I bought it as a treat for myself in 2007 and it's been my primary
watch. I have a handful of other watches I wear occasionally, but
because my Seiko is self-winding, I feel compelled to wear it more.

I bought a cheap winder, but it isn't enough to keep it going for a week
or more.

I just heard about the Casio ABL100WE-1AVT watch, which is designed
like one of their popular classic retro watches but has some modern features such as a step tracker and Bluetooth connectivity for a smartphone to synchronize time (and for configurability from a smartphone).

I like it, it looks a little bigger than the other retro Casios, which
always look funny on me after being used to big tool watches.

I took a look at the manual, and what the actual hell?

"The battery that comes loaded in your watch is used for function and performance testing at the factory. The test battery may go dead quicker
than the normally rated battery life noted in the "specifications". Note
that you will be charged for a replacement of this battery, even if
replacement is required within the warranty period".

If they put in a cheap battery, that's a way to cut costs. I saw that
with printers that came with "starter toner" that only printed a hundred
pages or so.

I couldn't imagine a decent lithium CR2016 battery costing that much in
the quantities that Casio buys them in.

Otherwise, they must do a hell of a lot of testing!



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Re: Re: Casio ABL100WE-1AVT watch
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Tue Sep 23 2025 07:30 am

I go back and forth between wanting a smart watch and my Seiko 5 diver. I bought it as a treat for myself in 2007 and it's been my primary watch. I have a handful of other watches I wear occasionally, but because my Seiko is self-winding, I feel compelled to wear it more.

Seiko is another brand I like (aside from Casio); I have a couple of Seikos, though they use quartz movements (I'm pretty sure), as they aren't ones that you wind or are self-winding. I think one disappointing thing, though, is that their battery tends to last only a year or two.. I hadn't replaced the batteries in them in several years, as I had been wearing other watches, but recently I decided to take them to a jeweler and got their batteries replaced. I've been feeling like wearing them again.

I just heard about the Casio ABL100WE-1AVT watch, which is designed like

I like it, it looks a little bigger than the other retro Casios, which always look funny on me after being used to big tool watches.

Yeah, I have a Casio retro watch (which I think this one is based on), and it looks small on my wrist now that I've been wearing other watches.

I took a look at the manual, and what the actual hell?

"The battery that comes loaded in your watch is used for function and performance testing at the factory. The test battery may go dead quicker than the normally rated battery life noted in the "specifications". Note that you will be charged for a replacement of this battery, even if replacement is required within the warranty period".

That is interesting.. Normally, with a lot of other Casio watches I've seen lately, they've been advertising a 10-year battery (which seems to be true whether it's solar or not). One of my other Casios is a solar with a 10-year battery, and indeed, it lasted 10 years. I just recently replaced that battery too; I'll see if the new battery lasts that long. The new battery I bought for it said it would last up to 4 years.

I couldn't imagine a decent lithium CR2016 battery costing that much in the quantities that Casio buys them in.

Some of their watches use a different kind of battery. The other Casio I have which I bought a new battery for recently, it was a round battery, but it isn't a CR2016.. It's a little smaller in diameter but a bit thicker.

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Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

"The battery that comes loaded in your watch is used for function and performance testing at the factory. The test battery may go dead quicker than the normally rated battery life noted in the "specifications". Note that you will be charged for a replacement of this battery, even if replacement is required within the warranty period".

That is interesting.. Normally, with a lot of other Casio watches I've seen lately, they've been advertising a 10-year battery (which seems to
be true whether it's solar or not). One of my other Casios is a solar
with a 10-year battery, and indeed, it lasted 10 years. I just
recently replaced that battery too; I'll see if the new battery lasts
that long. The new battery I bought for it said it would last up to 4 years.

Yeah, I have GShocks close to 10 years old on the original batteries.
The screen display dims a bit when you turn on the light, but still
running great.


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Re: Re: Casio ABL100WE-1AVT watch
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Wed Sep 24 2025 06:43 am

Yeah, I have GShocks close to 10 years old on the original batteries. The screen display dims a bit when you turn on the light, but still running great.

I have a Casio solar that I bought in 2013, which had a 10-year battery; I finally decided to get the battery replaced a couple weeks ago, and I researched and bought a new battery on Amazon. I opened up the watch, and it definitely looks like something I can replace myself, but the battery is held down with a metal piece clipped on the side of the battery compartment. I had trouble unclipping it, so I decided to take it somewhere to have someone replace the battery for me.

It seemed like it should be a simple job. I took it to a local jeweler who does watch battery replacements, but for some reason he refused to do it because it's a solar watch. I called another jeweler in my area, and they said their service for that would start at $100 since it's a solar watch; also, the person there said soler watches have a "capacitor" - the watch uses a battery, so I wondered if he was thinking of maybe a different type of solar watch. I ended up finding a person in a mall with a little area in one of the mall walkways who does watch repair and engraving - I took the watch and new battery there and they replaced it for me for $25. I thought it was weird that the two local jewelers seemed to think it was a big deal that one of them didn't even want to do it..

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