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Originally Posted by dibbs
Super cheap beaters that have proven to be durable and have a sick value, pretty simple I think.
Yes, but why do they have this sick value? Is it the durability? Cost? Design? It's probably a combination of all three, but I'm especially intrigued by the design factor. It's amazing to me the sheer number of different designs/models of watches throughout the world. And if you go through a Casio catalog there must be close to a thousand different watches available.
I guess I'm just intrigued at how a (relatively) cheap, durable, multi-featured (solar, atomic timekeeping, timers, alarms, altimeter, thermometer, barometer, compass, tide/moon graphs, etc.) plastic (for the most part, I realize that Casio makes a lot of models in metal) can be so popular, and have a following of fans that buy numerous watches that are all fairly similar.
Maybe I'm answering my own question here. After all it is easier for the average person to own multiple Casios than it is to own multiple Rolex, or JLC, or PP.
I guess I'm still hung up on the utilitarian purpose of a watch. As some one said in the last thread, if watches were only about utility we'd all be wearing a $25 Timex (or maybe a $20 Casio.)