After quartz became more affordable and mass produced in the mid-1980s, Casio?s catalog of fun and funky watches exploded. Their functionality moved well beyond just the standard time, date, stopwatch and alarm features into more fun and oddly specific watches like the Fishing Time, the DW-402 Surfing Timer, the GS-20 Super Windsurfing watch that was more of a wrist-worn game than a watch, an IR blasting TV remote watch, and many more. The point I?m trying to make is that Casio didn?t just make watches, they made fun, quirky and collectible timepieces that were a snapshot of the 1980s and 90s where tech was just getting its footing into our everyday lives. Single function watches were present everywhere as almost a precursor to the smart watch of today. Fortunately, Casio still has a catalog of fun watches including several models that have been in production for the better part of the past 40 years. The best thing about them is that they?re still just as fun, and still just as cheap. While Casio?s model numbers aren?t the most fun (or easiest to follow), the watches more than make up for the convoluted naming system. Today, we?re taking a look at three modern Casios under $30 that I?ve added to my own personal collection. Let?s jump in.
Casio CA53WF-8B Calculator Watch

I?d be doing you guys wrong if I didn?t start out with the Casio Databank Calculator Watch. While you might not recognize the model number above, the watch is iconic in its own way. You can find t...