Cadillac, Leica, Stetson… Casio A168
Cadillac, Leica, Stetson… Casio A168
They say age gives you perspective but what is perspective other than understanding yourself better. You see something cool as a kid and go “one day…” Now as an adult you go “well I got a few hundred extra bucks this month, let’s get this dopamine hit!” It’s not rampant consumerism to want a cool shirt or guitar or watch… Especially in a world where billionaires are filtering anything that makes you feel good into their nightly emotional bacta tanks or whatever it is that keeps them thinking you shouldn’t have these feelings without a subscription based model. They can have the yachts, the super cars they can’t even drive, the $1. 2 million dollar watches that sit in a drawer… What they can’t do is rock a timeless, perfectly crafted and engineered $40 Casio A168. You saw it in 1989 at a mall or watch display somewhere and it looked like the year 2000. Flash to the future and you are on your hoverboard with the Italian actress from Rain Man (can’t remember her name) gripping around your waist as she laughs; you do some tick-tacking on the library stairs… All the while, the Casio A168 keeps perfect time and even has an alarm set for your pizza dinner date. Guess what, it’s closer than you think! Are you an A-Lister? A titan of industry? The luckiest person in the world??? NO! You are a person with taste, substance, and a mere extra $40 in your bank account this month to acquire the Casio A168! While a hoverboard now just seems dangerous, you might still have hope of attracting Valeria Golino (that’s her name!)… that’s just because the ElectroLuminescence backlight works that well and shines as bright as you remember! Now take the $40 plunge, this is a perfect watch. A time piece that transcends time while matching the atomic clock’s perfect time for all of time. No complaints, thank you Casio!