Updated
Updated · Esquire · Aug 18
Casio Launches £70 ABL-100WE Watches With Bluetooth and Step Tracking
Updated
Updated · Esquire · Aug 18

Casio Launches £70 ABL-100WE Watches With Bluetooth and Step Tracking

3 articles · Updated · Esquire · Aug 18

Summary

  • Two ABL-100WE models are now on sale in the UK at £70, adding smartphone-linked features to Casio’s classic stainless-steel digital watch design.
  • Bluetooth connects the watches to the Casio Watches app for automatic time correction, step and activity syncing, phone finding and access to about 300 world-time cities.
  • A built-in tracker counts daily steps, charts activity through the day and issues inactivity alerts, giving the retro line basic fitness functions without a full smartwatch format.
  • At 41.6 x 37.9mm and 8.2mm thick, the watches also keep standard Casio features including dual time, five alarms, a 60-minute timer, 200-record stopwatch memory and 30 meters of water resistance.
  • Casio said the models are available across the US, UK, France, Spain and Germany, underscoring demand for hybrid watches that mix vintage styling with light smart features.

Insights

Can Casio’s new two-year battery hybrid finally convince tech minimalists to ditch their daily-charging smartwatches for retro style?
Now that Casio’s vintage line has gone smart, which 1980s iconic watch will be the next to secretly track your daily habits?
Will adding Bluetooth and step tracking to a vintage design ruin its nostalgic charm or create the ultimate minimalist wearable?