A rare enough early Casiotron with lemon display, but rarer still with box and papers. Model reference 53CGS-17
HOW DO WE DATE THIS WATCH?
The first Casiotron watch was launched in November 1974. From the paperwork with this one we can accurately date this watch to being sold in July 1979. There was a discount to clear the watch so it was likely made a year or two before this.
CONDITION
Casiotron watches are normally cheap to buy, but this had a recommended retail price of £75 and was reduced to £56.25. Back in 1979 you could spend less on a more advanced Seiko LCD watch, but this has two things the Seiko wouldn’t have. One is the lemon display – these yellow tinted dot matrix displays were only on early LCD watches, and the second reason is this is so thin at just 6.1mm thick. That was much thinner than the competition (the 1974 LED Omega TC-2 is 14mm). Functions include a stopwatch, date and light that all work although we do need to learn how to set the time and date up! We will install a brand new battery before sending the watch out to the new owner. The glass has a few scratches, and some plating loss on the rear, but they were not supposed to last over 40 years! The rubber strap is new, and suits the watch perfectly – a padded strap on an thin watch just didn’t look right, but the taper on this strap is perfection.
This watch will be supplied with the original plastic presentation box, sales papers and our Certificate of Authenticity.
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SIZE
Width without pushers 31.0 mm
Between lugs 22 mm
Lug to lug length 37.4 mm
Case Thickness 6.1 mm
All sizes are approximate. The watch is photographed on a wrist of 190mm/7.5 inches.
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From 1st September 2021 we will be planting a tree for every watch we sell, working with the International Tree Foundation (Est 1922) to make this business positive on carbon. By buying anything pre owned you are effectively reusing what already exists, but this takes it further and makes us feel good.
