Casio super-sized a classic digital watch to create this retro desk clock

Casio Japan is releasing a caller table timepiece that volition beryllium acquainted to those who’ve eschewed smartwatches successful favour of simpler integer timepieces. It’s a super-sized version of the Casio A158W integer ticker that could marque for a large nighttime basal alarm clock, though you whitethorn not privation to fell its retro charm successful your bedroom.

Officially called the DQD-851J-8JF, the timepiece volition beryllium exclusively disposable successful Japan starting connected October 25th for ￥4,378 (around $29). That’s adjacent cheaper than the Casio A158W ticker due to the fact that the timepiece is made from integrative alternatively of stainless steel.

The table timepiece besides lacks a stopwatch and a chime that rings astatine the apical of each hour, but adds features not recovered connected Casio’s basal integer watches similar a thermometer and a humidity sensor. Its surface illuminates with amber LEDs that are easier connected the eyes successful the dark, and it tin beryllium utilized arsenic an alarm timepiece with snooze functionality and 5 levels of sound.

A brace of AA batteries should powerfulness the timepiece for astatine slightest a year, and it has a afloat automatic calendar with a time and period show supra the time. For those really utilizing it successful Japan, the timepiece volition automatically acceptable and set its clip utilizing section vigor broadcasts, but is not compatible with akin transmissions utilized successful different countries.

If you program to import and usage it extracurricular of Japan, the timepiece volition request to beryllium manually acceptable and occasionally adjusted to support it accurate.