Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1967 in Watches
• Brand: Casio
• Model: DBC62-1
• Band material: Resin
• Case material: Resin

Features

• Quartz movement
• Protective Mineral crystal protects watch from scratches
• Case diameter: 30 mm
• Resin case; Digital-gray dial; Date-and-month functions

Amazon.com Product Description
Featuring a 50-page databank along with a precise digital time display, this Casio watch makes it easy to keep important information within reach. The databank stores eight letters and 12 numerals per page to manage a busy schedule, while the world time capability allows you stay punctual no matter where you are in the world. This Casio timepiece also features a date-and-month display, a daily alarm, an hourly time signal, a countdown timer, an eight-digit calculator, and a micro light for convenience. Powered by quartz movement, this unique Casio design is constructed with durable black resin and comes equipped with a two-year battery.

Development of the Timepiece Business
With the launch of its first watch in November 1974, Casio entered the wristwatch market at a time when the watch industry had just discovered digital technology. As a company with cutting-edge electronic technology developed for pocket calculators, Casio entered this field confident that it could develop timepieces that would lead the market.

In developing its own wristwatches Casio began with the basic question, "What is a wristwatch?" Rather than simply making a digital version of the conventional mechanical watch, we thought that the ideal wristwatch should be something that shows all facets of time in a consistent way. Based on this, Casio was able to create a watch that displayed the precise time including the second, minute, hour, day, and month — not to mention a.m. or p.m., and the day of the week. It was the first watch in the world with a digital automatic calendar function that eliminated the need to reset the calendar due the variation in month length. Rather than using a conventional watch face and hands, a digital liquid crystal display was adopted to better show all the information. This culminated in the 1974 launch of the CASIOTRON, the world’s first digital watch with automatic calendar. The CASIOTRON won acclaim as a groundbreaking product that represented a complete departure from the conventional wristwatch.

Casio transformed the concept of the watch — from a mere timepiece to an information device for the wrist — and undertook product planning based on this innovative idea. We developed not only time functions such as global time zone watches, but also other radical new functions using Casio’s own digital technology, including calculator and dictionary functions, as well as a phonebook feature based on memory technology, and even a thermometer function using a built-in sensor. The memory-function watches became our DATA BANK product series, while the sensor watches developed into two unique Casio product lines of today: the Pathfinder series displaying altitude, atmospheric pressure, and compass readings.

In 1983, Casio launched the shock-resistant G-SHOCK watch. This product shattered the notion that a watch is a fragile piece of jewelry that needs to be handled with care, and was the result of Casio engineers taking on the challenge of creating the world’s toughest watch. Using a triple-protection design for the parts, module, and case, the G-SHOCK offered a radical new type of watch that was unaffected by strong impacts or shaking. Its practicality was immediately recognized, and its unique look, which embodied its functionality, became wildly popular, resulting in explosive sales in the early 1990s. The G-SHOCK soon adopted various new sensors, solar-powered radio-controlled technology (described below), and new materials for even better durability. By always employing the latest technology, and continuing to transcend conventional thinking about the watch, the G-SHOCK brand has become Casio’s flagship timepiece product.

Today, Casio is focusing its efforts on solar-powered radio-controlled watches: the built-in solar battery eliminates the nuisance of replacing batteries, and the radio-controlled function means users never have to reset the time. In particular, the radio-controlled function represents a revolution in time-keeping technology similar to the impact created when mechanical watches gave way to quartz technology. Through the further development of high radio-wave sensitivity, miniaturization, and improved energy efficiency, Casio continues to produce a whole range of radio-controlled models.

Customer Reviews

A good, versitile watch
I had this watch many years ago, and I'm happy to have just purchased another. When the battery in the old one ran out (4 yrs), I was given a different model as a gift, and I was less impressed. I'm glad the casing cracked, and I had a good reason to get my old watch back!

This watch is one of the slimmest profile data memo watches I've seen out there--half as thick as the one I just got rid of. The battery life is great, the display is easy to read, the adjust button isn't exposed like many others these days. And the feature I like the most is the on-screen two-week calendar with scrolling alert feature. This is strangely a rarer feature in data memo watches, and it's the one I miss the most. Small bars appear in the calendar boxes, notifying me of impending scheduled events, and when an alarm goes off, the scrolling message reminds me of what I needed to remind myself! Honestly, I can't believe that feature isn't standard on every watch that features up to 50 programmable alarms!

One draw-back. No indeglow, or whatever they call it now. The screen is *much* harder to read at night due to the small light inside. But I'm not willing to trade the size, the style, and the alarm feature for a better light. This is my favorite watch.

Excellent watch!
Excellent watch! One thing that makes it different from a lot of other Casio calculator watch models is that it has a "countdown mode" -- you can set it to go off "10 minutes from now" or "45 minutes from now" etc. (very, very useful while waiting for experiments to run or dinner to cook).

The little table with a two-week layout of your scheduled alarms is also VERY useful. The keypad buttons are much more responsive than they were on older Casio calculator watches, so it's much easier to enter numbers quickly.

The light has not been a problem for me. The date and time are clearly readable in the dark -- even though the light comes from the left side, it lights all the way to the seconds on the right side.

My Favorite Watch-not too clunky for a woman!
I've worn this style of Casio watches for many years. This style is the more compatible with the feminine wrist size. I work in a job in which I use all the watch functions. I need it so much that I bought two because I tend to scratch up the crystal. The keys are flush with the crystal and can't snag on sweaters. This makes for a smooth feel and sleeker look. I use the alarm clock every day and it is loud enough to wake me. The functions are easy to set and the light is bright. I feel naked if I go out the door without it.