This is a channel about finding watches, primarily Casio watches, that fit my small wrist. While most watches fit an average size wrist, not a lot of attention is given to watches that favor smaller wrists. So I wanted to share my experience with the Casio watches I've bought and maybe help those who have smaller wrists and are looking for nice fitting watches.
I have 6 Casios and one on the way, with a Swiss field watch I’ve had since about 2010. I’m with you on the luxury watch, I’ll definitely want to try it on in person. I believe there’s a Casio store in New York, id like to visit. I’d have to double check. One thing that’s cool too is changing the strap for a new look/feel. Great video, and your views sit a lot with mine. For the future of my collection, I hope to keep it at a 10 max. But yanno 😅
I'm looking forward to my next trip to Japan, as I'll finally get a chance to try on the Oceanus line. The Oceanus watches look nice, but I've got to try it on for myself if I'm going to spend that much money.
It truely depends on which level and experience you are as a collector. From my own personal experience I can tell that I have enjoyed the time collecting all type of genres, different brands, band types etc. This was my personal learning experience about watches with the goal now to find out what really fits to my lifestyle and to me personally. I have discovered the elegant sportswatch catergory such as the MTP 1302 line that sits in the same collection with a Rolex OP, Longines Conquest or Seiko SARB. It looks like a candy shop. All type of colors among same type of genre is what me is all about.
It's great that you've grown as a collector over time. I hope to do that as I continue collecting and trying new styles and colors. It's what makes this a fun hobby.
You're sleeping on the EFRS108D on a rubber strap mod. It would fit you great and be a dressier alternative. I've used mine with a tux and it doesn't clash at all
Eh, howzit! You and I overlap on the MQ24 and W86. Good choices both as I’d consider them GADA watches, well, maybe not for formal occasions, but for everyday life I think they’re great watches. I’ve gotten to the point where I’ve narrowed down my likes and dislikes so getting what I like is about all that drives me anymore. Do you have <any> mechanical watches? I know it’s its own rabbit hole but sometimes practicality needs to take a back seat.
I don't have any mechanical watches. I decided like didn't want to deal with the maintenance. Some of the Seikos and Citizens look amazing, but I just didn't want to worry about servicing down the road.
Hey, I have an idea... have you watched any of the numerous watch videos on AliExpress watches? There are several watches that have the Seiko VH31 movement inside that might pique your interest. Quartz timing, with a 4 ticks/sec sweep, it's got the accuracy of quartz with the looks of a mechanical. Granted it has more moving parts than any Casio (except maybe their analog models), but you'll probably never have to service it other than a battery change, like your current Casios.
I have almost 200. I just buy what I like and they are almost all G-Shocks. Some I buy to wear and some are just for the collection. I have one MRG which was expensive but I just wanted one as it was a grail watch for me. I also have one Oceanus, one Pro-Trek and a way 'classic' Casio watches. I don't intend to stop. The nice thing about watches is that they don't take up much space :)
200? Wow. How do you store those watches? I hope to get a MRG one day. Those are really nice, but hard to justify at this point in my watch hobby. Maybe for a significant milestone.
I don’t think it needs to be that deep. I disagree with the need to ascribe a dogma to something that brings pleasure like watch collecting. Your ‘goal’ should just be to buy what you like. Aiming for an arbitrary number or categories to check off is a fool’s errand.
Right! I was recommended to buy a Casioak because it’s trending. But I liked the new GA 2300 more. So I bought it. Do what you love, not what’s trending. 😊
Having categories of watches or roles to fill helps curb just continuously buying, I've found. I look at the new models, but don't feel like I need to buy everything. Just keeps it in perspective.
I’ve ‘collected’ about 60 Casios in a year. Most of these purchases are impulsive, triggered by FOMO (only 1 left, great deal etc..), but I’ve a self imposed budget of $100 on a watch and I’ve not exceeded it ! At this time I’m in “more the merrier” mode and I don’t have any desire to buy a ‘luxury’ Casio (I don’t know how much more luxurious a $1000 Oceanus is compared to my $100 Edifices). Maybe a couple of years later, I feel that I should have bought 20 ‘top of the line’ models instead of 200 watches under $100, let’s see !!
That's a great strategy. It would be tough to limit it to $100 for me, but I'm trying to buy a new watch only for significant events. If I'm buying 2-3 watches a month, that's a bit much for my budget and storage.
@@thissmallwrist Fortunately I’ve been able to grab many good Edifices and G-Shocks when they were on sale at surprisingly low prices, so $100 limit hasn’t been a real barrier yet ! Hopefully I’ll get a Protrek too under $100 some day !!
very impressive production quality and great review overall! as for the wrong readings during the flight, it's probably because the cabin was pressurized
Hey man idk why my comments keep disappearing but basically shared what I did with the Edifice that I'm wearing in my pic. Do you have an Instagram for the channel or something? You might like my mod
@@thissmallwrist hopefully this comment doesn't go away, but basically it took me like a year of trying different things with my 108D until I got a 35mm silicone PRX strap for it, as seen on my pp. It almost fits perfectly and since the end links are curved, they'll hug your wrist really nice. I wrote a thread about it on reddit and posted pictures and all. You should give it a look, maybe you'll like it. My wrists are 6.5 in so I get what you say about the fit of the 108D but for me the silicone strap fixed all my issues with the watch, and also ended up putting a butterfly clasp for good measure
you have the JDM one.. with the milled clasp and solid links..same as mine ;) the international market version has the same hollow links and stamped clasp like the one on the EFR S108.. 👌👍🍻
When I got my GA-B2100 for $90, It was my CasiOak.. Recently I got EFR-S108 too for $90, it became my “real” CasiOak.. If & when I get EFS-S570 for under $100 (which is my self imposed limit), it’ll become my “ultra real CasiOak” !!!
@@thissmallwrist No. I don’t have 570. Will get it if and when its price (currently more than $200) gets reduced to $100 or below ! My current Edifices are EFV100 (white), EFV100(Black), EFV140,EFR526 and EFR108 (and I’ve dozens of other Casios)
Should be a bit cheaper and a 24 hours display would be nice , but still a very nice watch. I love the retro look and its a real strap monster looks great on everything.
You have a tiny wrist?!?!? I had no idea! 😂 Ryo Ishikawa was born just a few minutes away from where I live. If they did colab with a female golfer, they would make it overtly 'feminine' for sure. You and I are both very secure in our masculinity, 💪🏽so we would be able to rock it, but I don't think it would sell that well for regular guys. I hope these ladies keep winning so that your wish comes true.
I really like this one too, but it's just so expensive. Hope I can pick one up used, but I don't think they're going to be that common. Way nicer looking than that awful Tesla truck, though. :)
I surprised that you haven't tried the Casio Royale yet. Well the looks might not be for you, but I'm very happy with mine. I was going to mod it, but like the stock look and decided that I'd buy another one to mod at some point in the future. And I absolutely get the "point" of this video. 😄
I was thinking about it, but determined that I'd want the SKX mod kit to beef it up. But then I realized that if I did that, it changes the watch quite a bit and that point I wonder what the point is.
This is definitely a fashion first G-Shock. You match it to what you're wearing and where you are. Do you play tennis or squash by any chance? 😅 Maybe start hanging out at the marina?😅It's definitely not a do-it-all watch. You're right about this being a poor choice for a first one. I also have a small wrist and sub'd after watching a few of your videos. I'm a G-Shock fan, so I hope you do more about them.
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Never played (and probably never will) Golf, so I don’t connect with golf. I have a dozen G-Shocks and I live in a “cricket (game)” crazy country, so I hope there’ll be a G in collaboration with a popular Cricketer 😉
4:10 minutes in and I'm waiting for the point, and it doesn't seem like it's coming? You don't like the cheap watches' straps? I don't see the point of this video...
Seems it's the last of the Pro Trek line to have metal lugs. And also the cheapest. Hope they'll not discontinue it. Also your lights setup and overall production style is very appealing. Thanks for the review! Please do more. As for the features, the barometer/altimiter is relative and requires calibrating to work properly. If maintained, it's quite good (I have no experience with it but I've been reading on it online).
Thanks for the comment. This is a good lineup and I hope they don't discontinue the PRG series. It's light and has some good features. More importantly, the size is good.
@@thissmallwrist the new prw-35 are smaller and seem eco-friendly but they ditched the metal backplate with integrated lugs. It's always the plastic lugs that are a point of failure with Casio... Love that you love the watch!
What bugs me about the company, CASIO, is they will make a nice looking watch only to stop making it forever. Meanwhile there's countless Casio models out there that are just butt-ugly and never seem to go away.
I just picked up a negative display Gw-b5600 and I love it. The display is clearly visible from more angles than my positive 5610. But my ga110 neg is useless
What's there not to like? That's an iconic digital watch! It's about perfect in terms of style. I think I would prefer traditional side buttons, and sure the display is compromised. But that's the price you pay for going stylish, if you want practical then there are other options.
The downside of a retro release like this is that you get the flaws of the old design too. The trade-offs in that time w.r.t. cost were different. I would have preferred that they would have added 24-hour time.
IMO a lot of money for what you get...but then it's got this really cool retro futuristic look, and I love that all the push buttons are front facing. This gives it a beautiful clean look and accentuates the unique shape. Something special to add to a collection and it'll last forever.
Ehh, howzit! Thanks for the solid review, Back in the day I had an Armitron quartz digital ('sorry 'don't remember the model), and it had buttons on the face of the watch like yours, and one thing that drove me nuts, and to Casio because theirs was on the side, was you'd randomly bump the watch into things, like door jambs, tables, etc and one of the buttons would get pushed and you'd find yourself in some mode you didn't expect to be in. Does that ever happen with the A1100? Have fun with the watch!
Great looking watch. I just bought the black face (or is it dark brown?) model. I also have a tiny wrist at barely 6" around. So this watch fits well: I had to remove 4 links! And the link adjustment is super easy to do. I really like that white face since the text is much more visible! But I don't like that there's no month/day display option, other than when adjusting it manually. Also, so far it has yet to be able to sync. I'm in NYC.
@@thissmallwrist Yup. And I finally got it to snyc by hanging it on a short section of copper pipe standing on two small boxes on an east facing window sill, and in the same location that it otherwise wouldn't sync from! So I'm happy. 😊
