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Casio F-91W
Casio F-105WCasio F-91W vs F-105W
Same module, same ±30 seconds a month, same seven-year battery, same 21 grams, same $29.95. The F-91W lights one corner of its display with a small LED; the F-105W lights the whole display with an electro-luminescent panel and is 1.1 mm thicker for it. If you ever read the time in the dark, buy the F-105W.
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Casio F-91W
Casio A158WACasio F-91W vs A158WA
Same module, same price, same seven-year battery. The F-91W weighs 21 g on a moulded resin strap; the A158WA weighs 46 g on a steel bracelet and is 1.6 mm shorter end to end. Buy the F-91W to forget you are wearing a watch, the A158WA to wear one to an office.
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Casio F-91W
Casio AE-1200WHCasio F-91W vs AE-1200WH
For ten dollars more the AE-1200WH adds 100 m of water resistance, world time across 31 zones, a ten-year battery and a full auto-calendar. What it costs you is size: 45 mm end to end and 12.5 mm tall against the F-91W's 38.2 and 8.5. If it fits your wrist, it is the better watch.
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Khaki Field Murph 42mm
The original 42 mm Murph: the Interstellar watch as Hamilton released it in 2019, on the H-10 automatic with an 80-hour reserve, sapphire and an exhibition caseback. $1,095 at Hamilton.
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Automatic vs Quartz Watches
One is a machine with three hundred moving parts that loses time every day. The other is accurate to seconds per month and costs less. Here is why anyone chooses the first one.
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Watch Size Guide: How to Find a Watch That Fits
Case diameter is the number every brand advertises and the least useful one for working out whether a watch will fit. Here is what to measure instead.
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Watch Water Resistance Explained
A watch rated to 50 metres cannot be worn swimming. The ratings are laboratory figures, not depth limits, and the difference matters.
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