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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 32 First 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.

Some people buy watches to tell the time, some buy them as a fashion accessory, some people, like myself, buy a watch that tells a story and the Casio Calculator watches definitely allow that. As someone who owned the "standard" Casio Calculator watch, I felt the time had come to take it to next level of style, comfort and fashion all in one fantastic piece of technology. It's a watch, sure, but it lights up so you can tell the time, even when it's dark. It's a calculator, sure, but it also has the ability to store phone numbers, show the time in a different region and do all of this while being really cool in its retro style. Hipsters need not apply though, this is a true gentleman's watch and I feel hipsters would ruin the overall aesthetics and appeal of the time piece.

Santa brought my son one of these so I am not sure we'd qualify for a verified purchase but reviewed none the less. This is a trip down memory lane. My 9 year old is now wearing pretty much the same watch as I did when the same age. Then you're 9 this is AWESOME with a calculator and a pleasingly fiddly (keeps him amused) 25 number databank to put in parents, siblings, grandparents numbers. It might be because of beefy grown-up fingers but the buttons aren't as easy to use as I recall but feel like they will last longer. Watch out. THIS HAS NOT GOT A WATER RESISTANT RATING although it's survived an accidental trip into the shower. I killed my own in the 80's by taking a dip in the sea so be careful.

I have been using Casio calculator watches for my entire life: since the very first old, ugly, matchbox-like models with wobbly rubber keys sticking out like micro-pencil erasers, through the elegant, ultra-thin, Sci-Fi-like, double-body ones with the flat keyboard, up to modern Data Bank models... I always knew that calculator watches might look geeky, unfashionable and cheap (as they usually were), of course, and nowadays smartphones should have spelled doom for these little, humble devices that can barely do basic math operations and store very limited information... Nevertheless, the reason why I kept buying them, year after year is very simple: safety and ubiquity. First of all, a plastic calculator watch would never draw the attention of any mugger, unlike any other even-remotely-costly-appearing wristwatch, and this is peace of mind at your wrist, these days... Moreover, I don't know about you, but I would never be able to memorize all those essential, life-saving small bits and pieces of information we need to use in our daily lives (phone numbers, appointments, important dates, codes (e.g. unending bank codes such as the IBANs), and any similar information that you might never be able to remember at the right moment, which you can convenientely split and store in multiple phone memory pages of watches like these, just in case... You might be thinking: who cares? We have smartphones! Well, as practical as it might be to store any such vital information in a cel phone, have you ever considered how _easy and dangerous_ it can be to just _lose_ those precious and costly devices with all such data on it, while on vacation, in a restaurant, at a cinema, in a cab, at the seaside, etc., not to mention the possibility of having it stolen? And do you really have your smartphone _always_ at hand, at any given moment? What about places where it cannot be used? (Some banks do not even allow such devices through their security doors, for instance.) And what if the battery dies just when you are looking for that life-safing data, and there is no way around to charge it, or the delicate touchscreen simply _breaks_ at the wrong moment? (I-falls, anyone?) On the other hand, a wristwatch like this can be literally _on_ you at all times, even when you have no pockets or bags, and in any place (except in water), it is almost undestructable and impossible to lose, you never need to charge it, and you might probably end up buying a new one before the battery dies... ;-) This is an invaluable plus, in my opinion. So, I have been using for years the old DBC models from Casio (310, 610, etc.), which had almost _everything_ you could possibly need, including a beautiful EL backlight and a shared memory that you could use either for phone numbers/data AND for appointments... Nevertheless, in recent years Casio decided to discontinue them, maybe due to their excessive price and the low demand for this kind of product, and the new line is the only one still available around the world. Unfortunately, - probably in order to cut costs - Casio decided to pare down the functions offered by these watches, removing some very important, extremely useful features that - in my opinion - made them ideal for all sorts of situations, and offering very few new ones in exchange, which - in my opinion - make this specific series of Data Bank watches much less useful than the old ones, even considering the better price/performance ratio. So, in case you are a "vintage" Casio Data Bank fan as I am, and you are considering buying one of these, instead, here are the pros and cons I could find in this new line, so you can decide for yourself if it is still good enough for you (it is definitely NOT for me, unfortunately...) PROS: -Larger display (this is really a good idea, since the old one was way too small for all the data it could display, and might get unreadable soon for any person over 40... -Better-designed, larger, apparently more "sealed" side buttons (the weakest point in the old series, in my opinion, were the small, slightly wobbly side buttons, with too much space around them, allowing all sorts of dirt and crud to accumulate inside their receptacles, which could not be cleaned properly, until they did not work at all and forced you to buy a new watch...) -Stronger alarm (the old model's one was rather feeble, and in some situations you might not hear the alarm ringing at the date of an appointment or at a specific moment) -Multiple alarms, but with NO SCHEDULE DATA DISPLAYED! (see below) -10-year battery life, according to Casio (the old model might deplete a battery in just one year, depending on how often you used the wonderful EL backlight) -Sturdier, thicker and possibly more durable resin wristband (the old one would invariably break in less than 2 years of everyday use, costing almost 1/3rd or 1/4th of the entire watch, if you bought the genuine replacements, or forcing you to buy cheap imitations that lasted even less...) CONS: -NO EL BACKLIGHT! The wonderful, luminous, mesmerizing and perfectly readable Electro-Luminescent blue backlight is gone, unfortunately, probably in order to spare energy (since it was very energy-consuming) and reduce costs, and it has been replaced by a _very_ dim, old-style amber led in a corner; although the display is still readable, it looks terribly outdated, and it is less brilliant and much less effective than the EL (you could _find your keys on the floor with the EL_...!) -No schedule alarm! (And no calendar with upcoming 2-weeks scheduled events either.) One of the most useful functions of the old model has been removed; now you can only memorize combinations of numbers/data, and even if you have 5 alarms, you get NO indication of what they refer to! -No hourly-alarm: another useful function was the double beep that could sound at every precise hour, a very practical and unobtrusive way to always keep track of the passing time, even without looking at the watch. UPDATE 11-25-12 Following a comment by another Amazon customer, I found there _is_ actually a hourly-alarm like the one in the old series, but it is buried deep under the _fifth_ alarm setting of this watch, for unknown reasons: so, in order to activate it, you need to select the alarm page, select the fifth alarm and then activate it with a button press. In the old model, you could activate/deactivate both the alarm and/or the hourly alarm very quickly by just selecting the alarm page and pressing a single button multiple times, which made the option easier to set (and to find...), in my opinion. By the way, the old model offered the option to flash the EL backlight at each alarm sound, as a sort of "visual alarm" in the dark or for people with hearing problems, which was perfectly visible even at far distances, the new one does not. -No countdown alarm: the repeatable, programmable countdown alarm is also gone; this was another _extremely_ useful function for all those cases where you had to perform a repetitive task at the same time intervals (such as multiple temeperature or pressure readings, changing positions of something regularly, and countless others.) -Larger, thicker and slightly heavier case: the older model was smaller, more lightweight, and easier to wear, hence less obtrusive and geeky-looking than the new one, IMHO, although the latter has a nicer, more modern and less blocky overal design, in my opinion. -Much less responsive and hard calculator keys: the original hard-rubber, flat, responsive keys have been replaced by larger, _much_ harder rubber keys that barely respond even to strong pressure, especially since they are _tilted_ at such an angle that makes them more difficult and unpleasant to operate, in my opinion... -Much harder and larger wristband, that can be difficult to wear especially during hot Summers. -The dual time indication does not show anymore the names of major world capitals for the various time-zones, so you now have to know exactly what the time differences are, and set them yourself. The calculator and chronograph functions are unchanged, in case you are wondering. In my opinion, these cons definitely outweigh the few pros, but apparently, to quote a legendary pointed-ear character, also the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few; so, evidently this is what people need today from a data-bank watch; should Casio, in the future, decide to put back the exact same features of the old models in the body of the new ones, even with the worse new keys, I would buy it again immediately, but I am afraid this will be the last Casio Data Bank I will ever buy...

Lo llevo dia y noche y me despierta todas las mañanas, tengo también a su "hermano" mayor, el modelo que es igual al típico de los años 80, y está muy bien también, es mas pequeño y mas cómodo, este modelo, el DBC-32-1AES es bastante grande, pero con el tiempo te acostumbras y ni lo notas. Lo que mas me gusta de este modelo es que tengo toda la información que necesito en la pantalla inicial, no necesito presionar ningun botón para saber ni el día ni el mes ni el día de la semana (se puede configurar para que te lo muestre en español, LUN - MAR - MIE - JUE - etc) y la luz que siempre viene bien. Que tenga cronómetro también es un gran añadido aunque como muchos dicen, le hecho en falta el cronómetro de cuenta atrás que no tiene, pero se hace el apaño con el cronómetro normal. La calculadora fabulosa, que para eso nos compramos este modelo, principalmente para el uso de calculadora, lo bueno de este modelo, es que las teclas no son como las antiguas que eran microscópicas, aunque igualmente hay que presionarlas con la uña, ya que aunque sean mas grandes, el teclado es una sola pieza de goma dura (sin ranuras entre los botones) y van muy duros para presionarlos con los dedos, así que tienes 2 opciones, o presionas muy fuerte el botón con el dedo, o presionas suave con la uña, que por ahora no se han deformado ni desgastado por hacerlo con la uña. Para el que dude entre este nuevo modelo y el antiguo que parece mas del estilo de los años 80, yo personalmente le recomiendo este modelo por la luz, el cronometro, la pantalla mas grande con toda la información sin necesidad de presionar ningún botón y los números y letras al ser mas marcados se ven mejor, en cambio, el modelo antiguo es mas pequeño y cómodo de llevar pero con menos funcionalidades.

La verdad es una excelente pieza si te llama la atención, ya sea el diseño "retro futurista" o simplemente que sea nostalgia. Yo no viví en la época de este reloj(70-80's), pero crecí viendo las películas donde era lo último de la moda(Back yo The future, aunque no sea exactamente el modelo), siempre quise uno porqué simplemente era lo más vanguardista antes de los apple o Samsung, y finalmente decidí comprarlo, pero me decidí por este que tiene luz, una función que me gusta mucho. Simplemente me encantó. No es es clásico reloj que usa Walter en Braking Bad o cualquier otro personaje que se les ocurra, pero eso mismo me gustó más, es el clásico reloj calculadora y un poquito más. Por menos de 40USD es excelente. Las medidas las pongo para ayudar ya que son muy ambiguas aquí: 40mm de lado a lado superior(dónde están los botones y aproximadamente 55mm de altura, medida que suena muy grande pero ya que el reloj viene con diseño curvado, la verdad sienta bien sobre mí muñeca de 17.6cm(que algunas veces llega a 18cm). La medida para cambiar las correas es de 22mm, una medida muy buena ya que me dan muchas ganas de jugar con las correas que puede llevar el reloj, milanesa, piel, acero, nato, caucho...lo que se te ocurra. La mica es plástica, así que se va a rayar bastante pero la verdad no está tan mal y en mi caso que tengo 25 relojes(este es el 26), pues no lo usaré con demasiada frecuencia, pero aún así, puede resistir el uso diario con una buena resistencia al agua. Por último, el diaplay es de buen tamaño, la luz es aceptable, perfecta en lugares oscuros y las teclas tienen buen tamaño y respuesta. En general, muchas funciones, a veces me gusta hacer cuentas con la calculadora para pasar unos minutos y pues ..este reloj cumple eso y más cosas que nunca usaré, pero cálculos y hora, más que perfecto

Wie genial ist das denn? Eine Uhr, mit der man in den 80er Jahren der Held war. Zu einem Preis der einfach nur super ist. Gestochen scharfes Display, Tasten mit perfekter Haptik, hochwertige Verarbeitung, an der es nichts, aber auch gar nichts zu bemängeln gibt. DIe Funktionen sind umfangreich, alle habe ich noch nicht probiert. Taschenrechner ist perfekt, weiterhin lassen sich 25 Datensätze speichern. Im heutigen Zeitalter von Giga- , Terra. und Petabytes sicherlich ein Lächeln wert. Aber: Zur "Geburt" der Uhr war das Stand der Technik. Ich bin dennoch beeindruckt, was in diesem Miniteil für Technik steckt. Und: man wird darauf angesprochen. Mit der Uhr fällt man auf. Definitiv. Viele im Freundeskreis wussten gar nicht, dass man so etwas heute noch neu kaufen kann. Ursprünglich gedacht als "Arbeitstier" für all jene Tätigkeiten, bei denen mir meine Festina und Edifice Uhren zu Schade sind, geht es mir mit der Casio mittlerweile genau so. Auch wenn sich günstig war: Bei der Arbeit kommt sie ab. Ganz einfach zu schade für. Tolle Haptik, ideale Größe und: 10-Jahres-Batterie. Klare Kaufempfehlung. Ein Muss für jeden Uhrenfan. Nachtrag im Juni 2024: Ich trage die Uhr recht oft, werde auch hin und wieder darauf angesprochen. Nach wie vor eine super Uhr, super Qualität - ich trag die einfach gern - leicht und super Optik. Würde die jederzeit wieder kaufen.

What can you say? A classic is still a classic. You can wear it with any outfit. I get more compliments and started conversations with this than any other watch. It’s actually OG awesome. You can store phone numbers, calculations, and even has scientific and some graphing capabilities! 100% nerd and lovin it. Brings me back to a simpler time of life. Gen X all the way, baby!!👊🏼💥

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