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James Bond “Casio Royale” AE-1200
I have been using the Casio AE-1200-1A World Time ILLUMINATOR watch for a couple of weeks now and it is a great value for money. A budget watch nicknamed “Casio Royale”, yes, the nickname comes from James Bond. In 1983 came the Bond movie, James Bond 007 Octopussy, which was the first Bond movie I saw as a little boy, a great movie from a mini-jet coming from a trailer that looked like a horse trailer, to a watch with a television broadcast on the dial. The Casio AE-1200-1A wristwatch, which was released in 2012, got its nickname from the Seiko G757-5020 wristwatch, which was used in the Bond Octopussy movie where Bond followed a Faberge egg with a tracker he could read from the watch.
Casio launched the AE-1200 World Time ILLUMINATOR watch in 2012, and you can see clearly that it’s design inspiration comes from the James Bond Seiko G757, and even if the Casio watch is not the real official James Bond watch that was used in the Bond movie, it still gives the Bond feeling and now after using it for a couple of weeks, I have really started to like the watch. I can even say, Bond, James Bond, just with the power from the watch!
We have a wide variety of watches in todays world, from classic analog watches to smart watches that have been loaded full with options and are practically small computers that speak with our smart phones. But even with all the smart watches packed with features, the Casio AE-1200 or “Casio Royale” still easily goes into my favourite watch list.
A warm recommendation and super thumbs up for the Casio James Bond watch!
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