Casio was founded in 1946 by the Kashio family. The name Casio is a conversion of the family name to make it more international. Casio have been contributing strongly to the development of new technologies such as LED and LCD and since the 1980’s these aspects have been an important part of Casio’s success in selling Casio watches.
Functions in Casio watches
Casio watches are known for the ir exciting, innovatie and fun functions. Apart from the common functions such as chronograph, date, and moonphase, Casio watches can also be found with more unusual functions.
Among these are:
- Alarm (with snooze)
- Thermometer
- Barometer
- Compass
- Casio Tough Solar (the watch is charged by sunlight)
- Functions showing the tide
- Altimeter
- Waveceptor (watch is automatically and very exactly synched to a radio signal)
- Fishing time (the Casio watch shows when you’re most likely to catch fish)
- Calculator
- Marathon simulator
- Database (for phone numbers, e-mail addresses and more)
Popular Casio models
Through the years Casio have manufactured many popular series of watches, a few examples are Casio Wave Ceptor , Mudman, Gulfman, Riseman, Giez, Cockpit, Casio Tough Solar, Frogman. Other popular Casio watch series are Baby G-Shock and Casio Pathfider (ProTek).
Casio prices online
Casio watches range in price from around 10-20 € up to watch models for 500 € and more. There is a wide variety of prices, you can always find current Casio watch prices on our website.
Here you can find the manufacturer’s own website:
Casio watches