Casio Archives - Time+Tide Watches

The best watches for finance fanatics, from the classic Datejust to a humble Casio

07.04.24

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The best watches for finance fanatics, from the classic Datejust to a humble Casio

We all say watches aren't great investments, but does the same ring true for those whose hobby or job revolves around that?

The one watch I’d save in a disaster would be my $22 Casio world-beater

Opinion

06.04.24

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The one watch I’d save in a disaster would be my $22 Casio world-beater

Adam explains why this cheap and cheerful white resin beaut means so much.

5 of the best watches for photography nerds

Buying Guides

03.04.24

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5 of the best watches for photography nerds

Need a watch to help you calculate exposures, or simply want one to match your camera? Buffy has the list for you.

Trendy, sharp, or otherwise fashion obsessed? These watches are for you

Buying Guides

29.03.24

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Trendy, sharp, or otherwise fashion obsessed? These watches are for you

From chic Cartier's to horoligically hipster Nomos, these are some of the best watches for fashionistas to look into.

Cinephile, film buff, or otherwise movie obsessed? These watches are for you

Buying Guides

23.03.24

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Cinephile, film buff, or otherwise movie obsessed? These watches are for you

From morse code Murph's to classic Casio's, these are some of the best watches for movie nerds to look into.

Exciting news: Casio & G-Shock have arrived at the Time+Tide Shop

In The Shop

15.02.24

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Exciting news: Casio & G-Shock have arrived at the Time+Tide Shop

We're stocking a curated range that we think are must-haves for all watch collectors.

15 watches celebrating 2024’s Year of the Dragon

Buying Guides

07.02.24

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15 watches celebrating 2024’s Year of the Dragon

With the Lunar New Year just around the corner, here are the best Year of the Dragon watches.

The three watches D.C. wore most in 2023 – Omega, Casio, Serica

Lists

30.12.23

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The three watches D.C. wore most in 2023 – Omega, Casio, Serica

It’s time again to look back on The Year That Was, and take a moment to reflect upon the bastions of my personal watch rotation.…

Lists

30.12.23

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5 of the best ana-digi watches

Ana-digi watches offer the best of both worlds: here's 5 of the best.

Buying Guides

13.12.23

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Best gift watches under $1,000

For those with a little more cash to play, here are some more bastions of great value from big and micro brands alike.

Buying Guides

12.12.23

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5 of the best mountaineering watches

In honour of World Mountains Day, we look at some of the best mountaineering watches on the market.

Casio’s tough new G-SHOCK Mudman GW-9500 is a no-fuss tool watch, in the best way possible

Hands On

02.12.23

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Casio’s tough new G-SHOCK Mudman GW-9500 is a no-fuss tool watch, in the best way possible

It's tough, big and full of features - but this no-nonsense G-SHOCK is also surprisingly handsome.

Audemars Piguet team up with Travis Scott, M.A.D.1 lucky losers, and the biggest DWW yet

Friday Wind Down

01.12.23

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Audemars Piguet team up with Travis Scott, M.A.D.1 lucky losers, and the biggest DWW yet

The new Travis Scott x Audemars Piguet collaboration marks the first-ever brown ceramic Royal Oak watch.

The “Father of G-Shock” Kikuo Ibe reveals G-Shock testing secrets, including an Australian bus

Interview

28.11.23

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The “Father of G-Shock” Kikuo Ibe reveals G-Shock testing secrets, including an Australian bus

Zach learns about the toughest test G-Shock has ever faced from its very creator.

New releases from Boldr, Bremont, Grand Seiko and more

Last Week in Watches

12.11.23

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New releases from Boldr, Bremont, Grand Seiko and more

We take a look at all the things brands have to offer before Dubai Watch Week 2023.

Move over, CasiOak, G-Shock has its next hype piece

Opinion

09.11.23

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Move over, CasiOak, G-Shock has its next hype piece

Remember the ludicrous prices CasiOaks used to demand? Well, G-Shock's next contender may continue the trend

Timewarp treasures – 8 totally tubular watches from the 1980s

Lists

04.11.23

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Timewarp treasures – 8 totally tubular watches from the 1980s

The 1980s are often referred to as a decade of decadence and excess. With the rise in consumerism, along with the explosion in everything in…

Buying Guides

30.09.23

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5 of the best yellow watches

You don’t see too many people rocking a yellow watch, which is surprising as it is an easy way to reflect your own boldness and…

Buying Guides

04.09.23

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5 of the best analogue watches for kids

I haven’t thought much about kids’ watches since… Well, when I was a kid. My first watch was a blue-dialled Timex with a manual movement,…

Buying Guides

30.08.23

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5 of the best tough watches

Wristwatches generally serve one main purpose, which is of course to tell the time. Some of them display times in other parts of the world,…

Buying Guides

27.08.23

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The Time+Tide Father’s Day gift guide

What do you get the man who has everything? Finding a good Father’s Day gift can be a real challenge – and if you’re a…

The Casio G-Shock GM-B2100GD bids adieu to DIY CasiOak kits

Hands On

20.08.23

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The Casio G-Shock GM-B2100GD bids adieu to DIY CasiOak kits

Ever since the 2019 introduction of the G-Shock 2100 series, more commonly known as the “CasiOak”, fans have been itching for a full metal version,…

Buying Guides

20.08.23

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5 of the best survival watches

With the growing popularity of shows like Alone and an increasing desire to escape the normalities of life, the art of survival is more popular…

9 Dungeons & Dragons races and the watches they’d wear

Lists

17.08.23

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9 Dungeons & Dragons races and the watches they’d wear

The popularity of Dungeons & Dragons is at an all-time high, since nerd culture became pop culture and TV shows like Stranger Things boosted sales…

Buying Guides

06.08.23

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5 of the best “Stormtrooper” watches

Whether it’s a car, a fridge or sneakers, some things just look fantastic in white. The only thing that can improve them further, is adding…

A Question of Time: 10 questions with the Time+Tide team – D.C. Hannay

Interview

06.08.23

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A Question of Time: 10 questions with the Time+Tide team – D.C. Hannay

Editor’s Note: What makes the Time+Tide team tick? That’s what we want to try and uncover in this new series that will turn the spotlight…

WHAT IF… Casio made the gold G-Shock a (more) regular thing?

Opinion

05.08.23

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WHAT IF… Casio made the gold G-Shock a (more) regular thing?

The WHAT IF…? idea is a versatile one, concerned with wishful thinking, hopes of market-changing releases, and nostalgic pleas. Sometimes, however, it might as well…

Buying Guides

04.08.23

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9 of the best gold watches

A gold watch is the ultimate status symbol. Though the recent horological trend has skewed towards steel as the material of choice, the timelessness of…

Buying Guides

18.07.23

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The 5 best summer watches

If you live in the northern hemisphere, you’re smack bang in the middle of summer right now, and hopefully enjoying the joyful vibes of July.…

Buying Guides

16.07.23

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5 best watches under $50

In a recent pitch meeting, Zach our editor was slightly (OK, quite) dubious when I proposed the idea that a legit timepiece could be had…

Watch Education

10.06.23

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What is a dive watch?

Coming into the world of watch collecting can be confusing for a beginner, as watch enthusiasts have developed a small lexicon of their own. Although…

The Casio x Stranger Things A120WEST-1A is ready for whatever parallel universe you’re entering

Introducing

05.06.23

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The Casio x Stranger Things A120WEST-1A is ready for whatever parallel universe you’re entering

Casio’s collaboration with Stranger Things brings back the reference A120. The A120WEST-1A is full of Stranger Things Easter eggs such as a blinking backlight. More…

Watch Culture

02.06.23

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Is this brand new Casio the one to unseat the best-selling watch in the world?

Everyone’s got one, it seems. The ubiquitous little Casio F-91W, that is. First introduced in 1989, this most basic of black plastic digital watches can…

The Casio G-Shock G-Squad is the perfect remake of a 40-year-old legend

Hands On

25.05.23

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The Casio G-Shock G-Squad is the perfect remake of a 40-year-old legend

If you’re into cars, you’ll be familiar with the old adage that every petrolhead needs to own an Alfa Romeo at some point in their…

Buying Guides

24.05.23

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The 10 best Japanese watch brands

Japan has played numerous crucial roles in horological history, whether introducing one of the first automatic chronographs, developing a watch resistant enough to be used…

Buying Guides

15.05.23

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The 5 best stealth watches of 2023

For some people, the blingier the better when it comes to their wristwear. If you’re a fan of flash, a bit of bright work in…

Friday Wind Down

10.03.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: MoonSwatch, plus entry-level heats up with new Tissot PRX and updated Timex Marlin

With Zach out and about, I thought I’d jump in and cover this week’s Friday Wind Down with your regularly scheduled content – memes, wrist…

Kim Kardashian has quietly built a watch collection worthy of a billionaire

Pop Culture

08.03.23

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Kim Kardashian has quietly built a watch collection worthy of a billionaire

A couple of weeks ago, Town & Country ran an article with the cheekily provocative headline: Does Kim Kardashian Actually Have Good Taste in Jewellery? The…

5 of the best limited-edition character Casio G-Shock watches

Buying Guides

06.03.23

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5 of the best limited-edition character Casio G-Shock watches

Casio as a first watch is something that a lot of us can relate to. No matter how many fine mechanical timepieces are in the…

Pop Culture

01.03.23

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The Time+Tide watch brand alignment chart

If you spend any considerable time on watch-related internet sites and Instagram, you would’ve seen people obsessively trying to categorise watch brands. Whether that be…

Five of the best action-movie watches you can still buy at retail

Lists

28.02.23

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Five of the best action-movie watches you can still buy at retail

Watches in film, whether or not snobbish enthusiasts are willing to admit it to themselves, are some of the biggest motivators for people to get…

The Full-Metal G-SHOCK “CasiOak” is now in yellow gold

Introducing

27.02.23

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The Full-Metal G-SHOCK “CasiOak” is now in yellow gold

The Casio G-SHOCK “CasiOak” is now available in a Full-Metal yellow gold hued case and bracelet Casio are catching up with the modding community slowly,…

Ahead of Drive To Survive Season 5, a look at the watches of F1

Pop Culture

20.02.23

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Ahead of Drive To Survive Season 5, a look at the watches of F1

The new season of Netflix’s Drive To Survive drops on February 24 (just in time for pre-season testing in Bahrain), and we can’t wait. And…

The top 5 affordable transparent watches

Buying Guides

15.02.23

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The top 5 affordable transparent watches

Transparent watches are often split into two categories – the cheap, plastic stuff that you find in the toy section or invisible paragons of crystal…

Game time: Fly your team’s colours with these Super Bowl MVPs

Pop Culture

11.02.23

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Game time: Fly your team’s colours with these Super Bowl MVPs

Here in the United States, the National Football League’s championship game, the Super Bowl, kicks off this Sunday between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas…

Lists

28.01.23

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The 5 best Casio watches under $50

Whether it’s a beater for laborious work, a gift for the niece, or simply something humble to wear, we all love a cheap watch. A…

The Immortals

07.01.23

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THE IMMORTALS – The G-Shock “CasiOak” backed legendary toughness with a radical new design

It’s the Shock heard around the world. No other G-Shock, perhaps since the very first model, has had the impact of this new release since…

The three watches D.C. wore most in 2022 – Seiko, Omega, and G-Shock

Lists

27.12.22

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The three watches D.C. wore most in 2022 – Seiko, Omega, and G-Shock

Any watch worth keeping in the collection has a story. Or at the least, a defined purpose. Some are sentimental: an heirloom, a gift, or…

Cheap and cheerful – 5 affordable summer watches

Lists

19.10.22

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Cheap and cheerful – 5 affordable summer watches

I’m certain that I’m not only speaking for myself when I say that many are looking forward to putting the bleak days of Melbourne winter…

What do the different grades of titanium actually mean for your watch?

Watch Education

26.09.22

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What do the different grades of titanium actually mean for your watch?

Discovered in 18th century England, titanium has found uses across virtually all aspects of industry, though, naturally, the one that most interests us is attached…

The Time+Tide anti-flipper launch of the Bamford G-Shock DW-6900BWD

News

13.09.22

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The Time+Tide anti-flipper launch of the Bamford G-Shock DW-6900BWD

You might call it a slightly premature house-warming party. The Time+Tide HQ recently moved into Collins Street in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD and, while…