Casio’s first watch went on sale in 1974. To celebrate this 50th Anniversary, it has launched a watch ring that pays tribute to that first model from half a century ago. In the era of smart rings, Casio has its own vision of what these devices should be.
The legendary Japanese brand already put some watch rings on sale some time ago, miniature versions of the most emblematic Casio watches. But they didn’t work, they were decorative.
Now it comes Casio Ring Watchand ring watch fully functional. Anyone looking for a smart ring should do so elsewhere. Although defining what is “smart” and what is not in a ring is a matter of points of view.
This is the Casio Ring Watch
Casio’s first fully functional watch ring is actually a miniaturization of its first watch, launched in 1974.
This is a one-piece stainless steel ring, created through a metal injection molding process from powdered metal.
This has the advantage that it is almost unbreakable, but there is only one thickness. If you have a smaller finger, the watch includes plastic pieces that fit inside the ring, reducing the thickness of the gap. If your finger is bigger… You’ll have to forget about it.
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And what functions does this Casio non-smart ring offer? Well, obviously, being a watch ring it shows the hour, minutes and seconds.
It has three physical buttons that activate a chronometerand allow you to display the time in different time zones.
One of the buttons also controls the light, to see the time at night, and the alarm. This alarm is not audible, but instead flashes the ring light.
It uses a conventional flat battery that lasts two years, and is easily replaceable. This ring, like all Casio devices, It is designed to last a lifetime.
The truth is that it has great merit to include all these functions in a watch ring that is just one and a half centimeters in diameter.
Casio Ring Watch It goes on sale in Japan in December. It has a price of 19,800 yen, which is about 121 euros. It’s not as cheap as their watches, but this is an advanced piece of technology, as it hasn’t been easy to fit all the functions of a watch into a small ring. Congratulations to Casio on the 50th Anniversary of their watches!
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