Best Casio watches for retro and affordable style

This is the design everyone sees in their mind’s eye when you mention a Casio watch. The waterproof design runs on a classic quartz movement and features modes around the face, making it easy to find what you need. Features include a timer, alarm and light - while the display shows the time, day and date, giving you all the crucial info in one glance. The tech sits on a gold-coloured bracelet that snaps on and off.

If you like your gadgets, there’s so much to love about this watch. Aside from the can’t-miss-it canary yellow, it uses Bluetooth connectivity for accurate time-keeping and solar charging to up the ante for G-Shock watches - no need to worry about replacing the battery. It’s a tough thing too, made with a carbon core guard that reinforces the shock resistance, making this an accessory for active folks.

A Casio so impressive it will have you doing a double-take at its price, this quartz Casio comes with a ton of handy features. There’s an LED backlight for seeing in the dark, a stopwatch, countdown timer and five alarms to make use of, as well as a world time function so you’ll never have to count across time zones again. In fact it’s an excellent travel option as it’s also water resistant to a depth of 100m; no worries about splashing around in the pool or the surf.

If you’re looking for a minimalistic watch to wear to work every day, this blue design is worth a butchers. It’s made from long-wearing resin and is loaded with a few extra features - like day and date display, an alarm and a stopwatch - that will prove useful in a variety of scenarios. The bright blue and grey face add a little flash of colour to your look.

Like jelly shoes for your wrist, Casio’s line of G-Shock watches are much chunkier and rugged - but that doesn’t mean they can’t come in fun colours. The face blends the best of analogue and digital time with a stopwatch, alarms, timer and LED light all ready and waiting to use. This is a water-resistant watch - up to 200m - making it perfect for holidays and swimming sessions. Got sand wedged in the strap? No worries: it’s made from easy-clean silicone.

A super simple timepiece, this may not feature the electronic tech that Casio has built its brand on, but it’s still a very good watch. Perfect for anyone who works in challenging environments like agriculture, construction or plumbing, its only job is to keep you informed of the time. It’s also a good option for backpacking and holidays; far too modest-looking for thieves. Leave the Rolex in the vault, and pack this no-frills black watch instead.

Celebrating the brand’s original designs, the Revival manages to look retro yet contemporary at once. The splash-resistant look sports a resin bezel for guaranteed durability. Extra features include an automatic calendar, alarms and an LED illuminator, all controllable on the watch’s dinky digital display. The bracelet design is comfortable to wear all day.

Smartwatches are becoming the dominant purchase for those in the watch-buying game, and it’s easy to see why. Armed to the back teeth with sensors, fitness trackers, call alerts and even GPS, they hold an impressive amount of tech on your wrist and help to streamline your life, an undoubtedly useful thing when you’re on the move.

Casio’s answer is the G-Shock Sport Solar Fitness, which comes with all of the standard features plus a few additional extras. It’s also available in black but we think the addition of fluorescent yellow adds a bit of excitement to the look.

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Part of Casio’s Edifice collection, this line of timepieces is for smart officewear. A vision of stainless steel and navy blue, the elegant piece has it all, from a stopwatch, to 100M water resistancy and a 46mm sapphire glass hood to protect the precious tech below. It also shows the date on the watch behind the analogue hands.