CasioCollection Unisex Watch

I'm a bit of a watch collector, that has around 15-20 watches. It entered my head to get a calculator watch after mulling over it for a few days, when I remembered owning one as a kid. It suffered water ingress with salt water, and got a garbled display and was never right, I was heart broken at them time. After all, owning a calculator watch in the 80s as a nipper essentially meant you were the king of everything.So, I ordered a Casio DBC 32First impressions? It's light, and you don't know it's on your wrist - which is great if you hate big, chunky and heavy watches. Display is nice and informative to look at, calculator functions are a bit stiff to use but it *is* a calculator shrunk down into a watch. Manual is vague about waterproofing, but I reckon it's splash proof and won't be wrote off washing the dishes or hanging it up in the shower - but don't push it. Good choice of multiple alarms, stopwatch (but no timer, alas), pretty decent alarm volume and has hourly bleep for every hour - standard issue Casio fare.Because it's at the cheaper end of the Casio range, it's built in China and picky people may complain about it being flimsy. Build quality is nothing like my 1992 Casio Pentagraph, GW1400, G Shock, or titanium Pro Trek. Sure, it will last but don't beat the hell out the poor thing as it won't put up with the punishment a G Shock would take. Fine if you were in an office job, but if you're an engineer or doing manual labour you could inadvertently kill it. 10 year battery life sounds nice, but I feel people will throw it away after that time rather than replace the battery - which makes me feel sad as it's a lovely wee thing. However, I'm sure it misses functions that older late 80s/early 90s Casio Databank watches had (I'm sure they had schedule reminders like a complex alarm with a short text message, and a 'secret data' function that could remember bank card info and things only viewable if you entered a password). Also, don't rely on it remembering your phone numbers after a battery change - there is no battery back up like older models of yore.Despite these quibbles, in the future I may purchase the posher version with the metal strap.Overall, a lot of watch for the money. Would make a nice gift for a 'nerdcore' friend or special someone too.

I bought my Databank watch a month ago, and I have to say I love it. Not only does it have "geek chic", it's also the most useful watch I have ever owned.Unlike some other "calculator" watches I have seen, the buttons on this watch are well spaced and easy to use, even for someone with fat fingers like me.I didn't think I would use it, but the Databank storage function also comes in very handy in this age of smartphones with dodgy batteries. I've put all of my main numbers in and used it several times to call my girlfriend when my phone ran out of juice.The alarm is just loud enough to wake me up. I get up every morning at 0500, and more than once the Databank watch has saved the day when my Blackberry alarm let me down.An added benefit is that I like to wear my watches quite loosely, and that means the face on most watches ends up sliding away from me around my wrist. Not the Databank, the face is long enough to sit comfortably on top at all times.All in all, I would recommend this watch to anyone.

Alright, perhaps not the best watch ever! I am however extremely happy with my purchase, especially taking price into account. The alarm is quite loud and I use it exclusively as my alarm clock without fail. The light has an option to stay lit for 3 seconds which is quite convenient. The currency convertor function has proven indispensable because I'm living abroad and still have a better sense of value when making decisions based on my home countries currency. I love the size and design; being all black the fact that it is a calculator watch is quite inconspicuous. The databank option can be quite useful, besides numbers you can input emails or any other pieces of data you'd like to keep handy without needing to use your phone.Also, another commenter complained that this watch was inferior to previous databank watches because it no longer had an hourly alarm or alarms for given dates. Well, it has both so don't let that impact your decision.Overall, if you're someone who prefers digital watches because you find the stopwatch and alarms useful, a databank just takes that concept a few features further.