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Casio Duro MDV106
MDV106-1AV
A 200 m quartz diver that costs less than a strap for most of the watches on this site, and gives away almost nothing that matters.
Street price
$60
MSRP $99
80
Selection Score
80 out of 100
Provisional
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At a Glance
- Quartz movement — ±20 seconds per month (casio specification)
- Date display
- Unidirectional rotating dive bezel
- 200 m water resistance
- Mineral crystal
- Luminous hands and markers
Specifications
- Brand
- Casio
- Collection
- Duro
- Movement
- Casio quartz, caliber 2784, battery, approximately 3 years of power reserve, rated ±20 seconds per month (casio specification)
- Case
- Stainless steel, 44 mm diameter, 12 mm thick, 48 mm lug-to-lug
- Crystal
- Mineral
- Bracelet / strap
- Resin strap, Pin buckle, 22 mm lug width
- Water resistance
- 200 m (656 ft)
- Dial colours
- Black
- Style
- Diver, Sport, Everyday
- Recommended wrist
- Medium, Large
- Country of origin
- Japan
What we like
- 200 m water resistance with a screw-down crown at under $100
- Unidirectional rotating bezel with a proper 120-click action
- 22 mm lug width, so it takes almost any strap
- Cheap enough to treat as genuinely disposable
Full specifications
- Brand
- Casio
- Model
- Duro MDV106
- Reference
- MDV106-1AV
- Collection
- Duro
- Street price
- $60
- MSRP
- $99
- Movement type
- Quartz
- Movement
- Casio quartz
- Caliber
- 2784
- Power reserve
- Battery, approximately 3 years
- Stated accuracy
- ±20 seconds per month (Casio specification)
- Balance spring
- Not published
- Case diameter
- 44 mm
- Case thickness
- 12 mm
- Lug-to-lug
- 48 mm
- Lug width
- 22 mm
- Weight
- 92 g
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Crystal
- Mineral
- Water resistance
- 200 m (656 ft)
- Dial colours
- Black
- Bracelet / strap
- Resin strap
- Bracelet material
- Resin
- Clasp
- Pin buckle
- Date
- Yes
- GMT
- No
- Chronograph
- No
- Style
- Diver · Sport · Everyday
- Recommended wrist
- Medium · Large
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Released
- 2011
- Selection Score
- 80 / 100
Score Breakdown
RatingWeightPoints
- 25%25.0
Value
- 20%13.0
Movement
- 15%11.1
Build Quality
- 15%11.4
Design
- 10%8.0
Wearability
- 10%7.0
Features
- 5%4.0
Brand & Ownership
Selection Score80
Seven pillars, each rated 0–10 and weighted as shown. The total is the sum of the weighted ratings — the headline number can never disagree with its own breakdown.
Ratings are demo data pending editorial review.
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Watch Brands: Casio
Casio approaches watches as electronics rather than jewellery, and the result is a catalogue where a $60 watch can carry a 200 m rating and a screw-down crown.
