This is a gem of a watch. A complete life saver. Which many kids of this generation will never understand. I grew up in a boarding school. We use to have a phone just for receiving only. The dialing pad was completely missing. I used to call anybody and everybody with this watch. And the boarding school warden would get huge bills for outgoing calls and he couldn't figure out how calls were made. Whoever came up with this invention deserves a prize.
@arthuryu2513
7 жыл бұрын
zak4one Best story of today!
@dhanashekar1801
4 жыл бұрын
Same here, as recent as 2005 i was using. Thereafter its worn-out. Is it still available?.
@traviswalker8933
4 жыл бұрын
@@dhanashekar1801 no, it was discontinued long ago. You can check eBay or Yahoo auctions to find one at a good price.
@markwatts2532
4 жыл бұрын
Mine too...made a lot of pocket money!
@twisterwiper
3 жыл бұрын
Haha, that’s a great story 😄
@paddybee4685
7 жыл бұрын
I remember having one of these, it was great for making calls from restricted phones or phone boxes.
@SubinYeldh0
Жыл бұрын
I owned this particular model as a kid. Unfortunately I lost it on a school trip to Veegaland, Kochi (Now Wonderla) in 2005. Recently I found a picture of our trip, and then just thought about those good old days and here Iam, watching this video. Thanks for sharing.
@rizzy81
8 жыл бұрын
I had one of these in black. Highly desirable watch back then and even today for the enthusiast/collector. If I could get my hands on a decent original one from the 80's I would be a happy chappy 😄 I see a lot of data banks on eBay with the 'illuminator' feature which tells me it's a lot newer reproduction of a classic, which to be honest doesn't do it for me really. Old is gold! Great video btw. 👍🏻
@ChromeFreeDisco
8 жыл бұрын
+rizzy81 It's amazing what they could achieve with just 1024 bytes of memory.
@moronsaltable
7 жыл бұрын
rizzy81 I don't know if you would still be interested, but a brand new old stock dba-80 went up on ebay recently. The version with the black band. I found it while looking for new old stock Casios like the 80s Databanks. I picked up two NOS DBC-610s.
@moronsaltable
7 жыл бұрын
forgot to mention that it's 59.99 buy it now
@rizzy81
7 жыл бұрын
moronsaltable funnily enough I bought two myself last year 😂 one was the dbc 600 in absolute mint condition. Paid roughly £30 on a best offer. The other watch was very similar but in black dbc-62 paid like £15..(personally I thought that was a cracking deal). I do wear my dbc-600 everyday though, just love it.
@moronsaltable
7 жыл бұрын
rizzy81 nice! I got the old stock 80s dbc-610 brand new for about 100 and since I bought two he sold me another for 85. I'm going to wear one and keep the other new. I might sell it down the line or have if as a backup.
@64ikon
8 жыл бұрын
I had these Casio watches in both Black & Silver. Loved the technology....way ahead of it's time back then (no pun intended : P ) and still a rare & cool technological device, even today : ) Thanks for posting this video!
@carveyparker75
6 жыл бұрын
I had one of these back in the mid 80’s. I was bummed when I jumped in the pool and it burnt up. So futuristic with the phone calling feature.
@traviswalker8933
4 жыл бұрын
It has basic water resistance, you learnt it that hard way. Sorry for your loss.
@markwatts2532
4 жыл бұрын
I made free phone calls with mine..BUT same as ..i got in the bath with it and it blew..GUTTED
@tomevans6582
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Chrome free disco I've just nabbed one of these from eBay. Brilliant little watch! I've managed to get it to dial up numbers on my land line by leaving off the first digit when storing the numbers in the watch (usually a 0 in the UK). After getting a dial tone on my land line I press the omitted number (0) on the land line keypad then let the watch do its thing. I love your watch reviews... concise and informative. Thanks 👍
@telenikros
4 жыл бұрын
I had one of these in high school, was very useful to store the multiple numbers of my class mates plus my BT charge card details into the watch, so I could tell the watch to dial one number then a second. Was very useful. One downside was it wasn't waterproof due to the speaker
@j.c.5011
2 жыл бұрын
Extremely cool watch. I had it as a kid. Too bad I must've lost it at some point. Cause I've no idea where it is now.
@r013y1
8 жыл бұрын
i had one of these, would love to have another one.
@mrmohamedzaki5963
3 жыл бұрын
I have one
@jackcollazo
Жыл бұрын
I had one of these (in black) when I was a kid. I remember impressing a woman when i dialed the phone with this watch. I was so proud of myself LOL
@BONDFAN1974
9 жыл бұрын
I've got a mint condition one of these and the black resin version as well, I had one in the 90's but it got broken and I spent a lot of time tracking down a decent example on ebay
@eldabasa
6 жыл бұрын
I had one in 1993 was amazing at that time a miracle it does have a secret tele and memo with password
@anyona_herbert
6 жыл бұрын
yes how do you set the password
@eldabasa
6 жыл бұрын
i really cant remember now maybe pressing adjust for 2 sec
@traviswalker8933
4 жыл бұрын
You don't need a password on the telememo these days, just keep the record amongst some fake records.
@tomevans6582
4 жыл бұрын
@@anyona_herbert Just repaired one I picked up on Ebay. When in the phone section press the light button (top right) and then a set of 4 digit numbers scroll to let you set a password.
@cte
9 жыл бұрын
Nice. :) I received one of these (the black version) as a present in the 80's. I used the dial function constantly. It was so cool and useful. I still have my original (fairly beat up now) and a nos one. Never had the silver version. Looks pretty sweet in the vid. 8^)
@stevenallan5822
4 жыл бұрын
I mind having one of these and it wasn't a gimmick, it actually worked. Ah, the memories.
@bent540
2 жыл бұрын
i had this watch when i was a teen! i was proud AF
@ChintanPandya01
7 жыл бұрын
Hi! Have you reviewed the DB 520a1? I cannot find whether it's a modern watch or an older model. It's still available for sale but not listed on Casio's website and availability is scattered. The functions are very similar to this watch except for the dialler part.
@anyona_herbert
6 жыл бұрын
it was released in 1998 and its still produced to date im in africa and still sees, it
@vincentyzer1627
6 жыл бұрын
I have bought one of these watches today, can't wait to test it!
@ChromeFreeDisco
6 жыл бұрын
Just beware, tone dialling doesn't work on all modern phones e.g. it won't work on IP phones. You need a phone with an old fashioned dial tone.
@vincentyzer1627
6 жыл бұрын
@@ChromeFreeDisco thank you! I will remind that!
@badukwame
2 жыл бұрын
I'm still having mine from1993 and still working
@nadeemhaq8211
4 жыл бұрын
I think the watch dialed the non digital diala phone. Which was brilliant stuff considering it was a watch from late 80s
@djizzah
4 жыл бұрын
you know, that is still pretty hi tech in 2020!!
@ashrafda
2 жыл бұрын
I was have same watch , I think in 1988 , it was fantastic
@GurjSagoo
5 жыл бұрын
Can sombody please tell me which battery goes in this watch. I lost the original and i dont have a manual please. Just need the battery number.
@traviswalker8933
5 жыл бұрын
Have you opened the back cover just to see how big the battery opening is?
@traviswalker8933
4 жыл бұрын
Just found the battery for the watch. It takes a CR-1616 battery.
@rlaranjo
8 жыл бұрын
That's brilliant!!!! Brilliant!!!!
@MikeWhiteTC
7 жыл бұрын
I have a few -- love it..
@MustangsTrainsMowers
3 жыл бұрын
I have one and I think it got too much dust in the speaker and stopped working.
@DavidR-ub2dp
5 жыл бұрын
I just purchased a nice one from Ebay
@viauyeung
4 жыл бұрын
Do you know this technology used to work on most public payphone & people don't need to pay a dime to make a call?
@cibernet.
7 жыл бұрын
hello body, congrats¡¡ i have three casio watches B640w, dbf-50w and w59. Greetings my friend.
@DavidR-ub2dp
5 жыл бұрын
I bought the same one like that one in chrome finish
@michaelk487
5 жыл бұрын
Cool 😎
@noorhazli6144
2 жыл бұрын
old school smartwatch
@duprie37
3 жыл бұрын
This is the kind of watch I would have sold my soul to the devil for as a kid.
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