The must-have Macro Loupe for all watch lovers

Today, I'm going to tell you about a small Casio, certainly not the best known but which deserves your attention. It is the Casio AQ -S800WD-1EF
It is a watch with a resin case painted "steel" an acrylic glass, unfortunately, but with a steel bracelet. The dimensions 47.6 from lug to lug, 42 wide by 10.6 mm thick, with a weight of 89gr all included!
The characteristics now:

World time function
The world time function displays the time in 29 time zones and major cities around the world.

Stopwatch function - 1/100 sec - 1 h
The elapsed time, split times and total time are calculated with an accuracy of 1/100th of a second, over a maximum duration of one hour.

2 countdown timers - 5 sec - 100 minutes (with automatic repeat function)
This model has two independent countdown timers that emit a signal after the programmed time has elapsed before automatically resuming from the pre-programmed time. The watch's measuring capacity reaches up to 100 minutes and can be set in 5-second increments.

5 daily alarms
A daily alarm reminds you of your deadlines at the programmed time. This model has five independent alarms to flexibly remind you of your important appointments.

On/Off key beep
The key beep can be deactivated with the mode button. After deactivation, there is no longer a beep when switching from one function to another. However, programmed alarms or countdowns remain active after deactivating the key beep.

Automatic calendar
Once programmed, the automatic calendar always displays the correct date.

12/24 Hour Time Format
You can display the time in 12-hour or 24-hour format.

Domed Watch Glass
The surface of the watch glass is domed, which provides great strength and high pressure resistance.

Acrylic Glass
Acrylic is highly shock-resistant.

Stainless Steel Bracelet
Strong, durable and elegant: the stainless steel bracelet is an essential watch classic.

Safety Clasp
Perfectly safe: The bracelet of this watch has a special safety clasp that prevents the bracelet from opening accidentally.

Battery Level Indicator
Displays the current battery level.

Waterproof class (10 bars)
Perfect for swimming and snorkeling: the watch is waterproof up to 10 bars (ISO 22810
LED lighting
The watch face is illuminated by a light-emitting diode.
And the best for last:
Solar operation
Solar cells provide an autonomous and environmentally friendly energy supply. The surplus solar energy is stored in an accumulator.
This is one of my favorite watches that I wear very often despite more expensive models.
Any flaws? Yes, there are definitely some... 
The acrylic glass is resistant to breakage but which quickly got scratched... admittedly during a DIY session...
The very small LCD screen requiring good eyesight and finally
The LED lighting that illuminates ONLY the LCD dial... too bad
But there is one thing I will tell you to convince you to have this little tool watch is the price: 46 euros!!!!


the little lowcoast tool-watch that gives you a lot

This watch was given to me. Pierre Lannier brand, it is an automatic watch of the "Skeleton" type, so you can see the movement inside. It is always effective for selling watches to those who are discovering mechanical movements. The dimensions of 37mm * 50 and 12mm thickness mean that it does not play in the featherweight category! But who is this Pierre? In any case, he is not targeting an expert audience, but especially fashion accessory lovers! This watch, lacking finesse, gives an impression of robustness by its dimensions and its design cut a little with a billhook! In the case is hidden a Chinese SEAGULL movement. The window on the back allows you to admire the oscillating weight decorated with a few blued screws. The dial gives the impression of being positioned at the bottom of the case, the mineral glass and the non-screwed crown give a water resistance of 5 atm. On the black case 6 'gold' screws are only for decoration. The black and gold mix reminds me of JPS, an international cigarette brand of British origin that decorated some Formula One cars! But here there is no sportiness. The look is therefore quite flashy, the finishes are correct for the price. The black leather strap of the "crocodile" type is very thick and solid but on the other hand it is not very flexible. On the hands, here, no luminova but it is supposed to be a chic and dressy watch... This watch has had three services, indeed at the very beginning it had an "exceptional" precision. It changed to winter time all by itself in 2 months! 30 minutes ahead per month! I brought it back and there it was magic, 15 minutes per week! After the 3rd service and 2 months of waiting it advances 15 minutes per month, I decided to keep it like that. I don't know if I fell on a bad horse, but I lost confidence in this Pierre!

Wesh Chic ?

This Bambino is part of the v3 range, the range includes the v1, very classic, the v2 in vintage style this v3 and the v4 in a style close to the v1. You should know that in each range there are its own variations, we could almost say that the Bambino is a "brand" in its own right from the Orient! This Bambino v3 is a Bauhaus style watch, this style was created in 1919, by Mr Walter Gropius. He founded the Staatliches Bauhaus in Wismar, a school of modern art with the aim of combining art and craftsmanship. The name Bauhaus is derived from the "Bauhütten" 'medieval', associations of craftsmen ... This type of watch is intended to be minimalist, modern with sober elegance, this v3 is available in 4 types of dial: blue, white, black and this gray version that I find very nice. The dial has 4 applied indexes at 12 o'clock, 3 o'clock, 6 o'clock and 9 o'clock, the others are painted white. These indexes cross a very lightly loaded railway. The baton-style hands are invited on this sunray gray dial that likes to play with the light. The mineral glass is beautiful because it is domed as desired, the watch measures 11mm thick by 40.5 wide. Orient Watch has implemented its "In-house" movement, the Caliber F67.
This movement benefits from manual winding and stop-seconds. The movement of the watch benefits from 40 hours of power reserve.
The stop-seconds, for its part, allows a precise measurement of the gain-loss ratio of the watch by causing the total stop of the second when setting the time of the watch.
This case has on the right side, a notched crown with a polished face engraved with two lions emblem of the watchmaking house. The case back is screwed and engraved with the logo of the Japanese brand. This watch despite its 40.5mm is worn like a much larger watch because the dial is larger than some watches. With a very thin case on the sides, the 36mm dial remains larger than a 45mm wide Seiko Padi prospex with its 33mm dial! So be careful with small wrists. I took a photo on my 19.5cm wrist to give you an idea of the rendering. Orient has just released a 38mm Bambino for smaller wrists. The watch comes with matte black leather decorated with gray stitching on the sides. This slightly "rough" leather is not very supple and does not seem to be of very good quality. You can change it but it is not to the current standard, it is 21mm. This watch with its refined style gives a lot by its finish and its price and will seem more than it is worth. A little gem that will elegantly serve its owner in a formal or casual chic style!

A Bambino in Master class!

Citizen is making a strong comeback this year in the watchmaking world, this tsuyosa also means STRENGTH in Japanese! This watch is available in several colors: blue, green, black and yellow for France. Other variations are planned for the future. Today I present to you the yellow model, a model that sold very well to the point that I had to put myself on a waiting list and after 4 months I was finally able to receive it! The watch is well built with a diameter of 40mm and a thickness of 11.7mm, the crown is at 4 o'clock, the glass is sapphire, very good for this price range. The movement comes from Myota, a house owned by Citizen, it is the caliber 8210, 21 jewels with a power reserve of 40 hours, it is given for +- 20 seconds per day. The movement echoes the dial, it is gilded with its Citizen Japan engraved balance wheel, it is visible, which is a plus for me but it also has a disadvantage for the waterproofness and as the crown is not screwed the watch is given for 5 atm too bad! the yellow dial is a mixture of matte and sunray because it appears matte at first glance but in strong light it becomes a little sunray. The stick-type indexes have a luminescent layer that shines only by its name! indeed it is very very light! The glass has a cyclops for a "magnifying glass effect" of the date, some will like it or not. the integrated "president" type bracelet brushed at the ends and polished in the center adds a chic side to this watch. Now let's talk about the price, for less than 300e Citizen offers you a refreshing watch with these different colors, pretty, summery, well finished and automatic with a sapphire crystal! Any flaws? yes of course: A water resistance of 5 ATM while the Tissot prx is at 10 ATM, a crown at 4 o'clock which is just a disaster for setting the time for someone with "man's" fingers and no nails! I also noticed for setting the date a problem with the caliber 8210, in fact no stop second and forced to make a whole revolution of the hands for the date because if I try to go back, the second hand does not like it at all and starts to go back what am I saying to jump 5 seconds back! I did not insist suddenly. The "lume" is also ridiculous compared to a diver! apart from these few small inconveniences it is a watch that I recommend and which will give a lot of pleasure to its owner.

Citizen Tsuyosa, a summer watch?

Seiko has released this SSC813P1 model integrated into the Prospex Speedtimer collection. A chronograph powered by the V192 caliber. The shape of the case is inspired by the original from 1964 with a new diameter of 39 mm, the domed sapphire crystal contributes to the pleasure of looking at this watch. The sandblasted finish of the white dial, contrasts with the sub-dials play with the light between black and purple because they are solar cells! The lower sub-dial gives an indication of the battery charge F for full and E for empty. In full the watch can run for 6 months. The precision is approximately 13 s / month. The watch is water-resistant to 100m, stopwatch to 1/5th of a second and tachymeter. The carbon titanium bezel fits perfectly into the watch. The beige hands give a little retro side to the watch. The finish is very good for the asking price, I was really won over by this watch! The flaws now because there are some of course: the date at four o'clock which is too much inside the watch and therefore not very readable, probably because of the implementation of the solar cells. The bracelet which I find is a little set back from the case and which only has two micro adjustments. Finally Seiko should have designed several sizes for this case a bit like Longines with its Hydroconquest series here only a 39mm version perfect for average wrists but maybe a little small for a 19 wrist like mine! I recommend this watch because it gives a lot for its price, an advantageous aesthetic, good precision due to its v192 caliber, no battery to change, a water resistance of 10 atm, a domed sapphire crystal of the most beautiful effect, a little vintage side and its Rolex Daytona inspiration!

A mini Baby-daytona

This watch is part of the beginning of quartz watches, the time when LCD dials were not yet the norm. With a width of 38mm, pressing one of the four buttons allows the LEDs to wake up to give the hour and minutes, a second, the month and date, a third the seconds. Granny quickly sees red! The old lady is temperamental! This watch was given to me in the 2000s, it consumes a lot of battery, about 1 every 6 months despite its huge battery!, don't ask it for the precision of its Swiss cousin, its quartz taken out of a nursing home does not have the vigor of a youngster and struggles to reach +15 minutes / month! its rubber strap is very comfortable and solid! the 4 buttons have the same use, did you say weird? Untraceable today, it remains a vestige of the past that I like to revive from time to time to admire its angry red LEDs for 3 seconds, that's the time calibrated at the factory! A toy for big kids that brings back memories of a Proust madeleine! Dialicious!

Grandma sees red!

This is my first automatic watch! This PROSPEX Special Edition PADI model was designed in partnership with the Professional Association of Diving Instructors! It works with the Automatic caliber 4R36, it is a reissue of the Seiko Pepsi 6309 model from the 70s, taking the same shape of the 45 mm diameter stainless steel case. It has a light blue luminous dial displaying the PADI logo and a unidirectional rotating bezel in stainless steel with blue and red carbon titanium coating, reminiscent of the PADI colors. The lume is satisfactory and the bracelet does the job, it has a very practical extension for the diving suit. The 45 mm is quite imposing but on my 19.5 wrist it goes well. The sapphire crystal is present and the sunray dial likes to play with the daylight! The watch gives an impression of solidity reinforced by the "turtle" case and the screw-down crown. I use it quite often to go see Nemo and it is in its element, now the small defects, the caliber 4r36 is not a precision monster, I am at +30s/day ... and the bezel has just blocked, maybe because of the sea water ... I recommend this watch however but for precision aficionados my Orient kamasu is more precise than this 4r36! remains the aesthetics and the history of this diver which everyone agrees on!

Seiko Prospex pads 

An unusual watch, I have had this watch for 8 years, its chic dress style contrasts with its personality ... as soon as you hold it, its weight is felt, much more than other watches especially in this category. It is 34mm wide by 43 with a thickness of 14 mm not really slim, but what characterizes it is that it hides its game well. Equipped with an open heart at 6 o'clock, it lets you glimpse its mechanism to better seduce you but beware of this pin-up who does not show you everything! Under her evening dress hides a quartz movement! It is after 2 years of living together that you discover the deception, when the hands fall asleep and the false movement continues its whirlwind! The glass of champagne clouded my mind but I do not blame him because I still love him ... with 5 atm did not hope to take him to the swimming pool, the sabre champagne will suit him better!

Fossil Twist, a rather rock 'n' roll watch!

I bought this watch on impulse, while going shopping, I saw this magnificent lip gdg in 39mm pvd gold and I left with it! I liked the comfort of wearing it with its butterfly buckle bracelet, its domed sapphire crystal, its raised indexes, its lightning-shaped second hand, the "electronic" logo, the Besançon France and the history of Lip, in short I was won over. Plus Lip doesn't make it anymore, what a shame! I obviously recommend this watch even if I had a small problem with it, it stopped during the warranty period and I had to send it back to Lip who changed the module for me! Another small inconvenience that has nothing to do with the watch, the saleswoman had put the Lip watch in a Seiko box on the pretext that she didn't know where the box was! I had to wait a week for her to order a Lip box!

Lip gdg the general's watch!

I am the owner of the Orient Kamasu model 2010, this watch is fantastic value for money, it offers a blue-petrol dial on my model mounted with a khaki green bezel, the sunray dial plays with the light and goes to black depending on the orientation of the latter. It has 20 ATM and a screw-down crown, so it is a real "diver". The precision on my watch is +10 minutes/month. You have to see that the price is less than 250 euros, so you can't be too demanding... the metal bracelet does not have a diving extension for the suit. The crown is a little difficult to screw in because of the crown protectors, but you get used to it. Another small flaw, the bezel is difficult to turn but no alignment problem like with some Seikos. This watch was not a favorite for me because it is nothing exceptional but it does everything without getting angry with its banker. And so it is a watch that I appreciate and that I wear often. I recommend this reliable watch, water-resistant to 20 ATM with a sapphire crystal, an engraved and screwed crown and an in-house movement for less than 250 euros. What more could you ask for?

Orient the small brand of Seiko which is rising

La marque Ollech &amp; Wajs a &eacute;t&eacute; cr&eacute;&eacute;e en 1956 par Joseph Ollech et Albert Wajs &agrave; Zurich en Suisse. Albert &eacute;tait charg&eacute; de la conception, de l&rsquo;ing&eacute;nierie et de la fabrication des montres, tandis que Joseph s&rsquo;occupait du marketing et de la vente au d&eacute;tail. Avant de cr&eacute;er leur propre montres sous la marque Ollech &amp; Wajs, ils ont commenc&eacute; leur activit&eacute; en 1954 en fabriquant des bracelets en acier pour d&rsquo;autres marques.
La marque est connue pour avoir distribu&eacute; des montres &agrave; des unit&eacute;s de l&rsquo;arm&eacute;e am&eacute;ricaine pendant la guerre du Vietnam et pour avoir gagn&eacute; sa renomm&eacute;e aupr&egrave;s des plongeurs et pilotes du monde entier.
Apr&egrave;s 12 ans de n&eacute;gociation et apr&egrave;s avoir &eacute;t&eacute; son distributeur pour le march&eacute; fran&ccedil;ais, en 2017, Charles Le Menestrel, un passionn&eacute; d&rsquo;horlogerie, rach&egrave;te la marque. La gamme actuelle comprend des mod&egrave;les comme la Ollech &amp; Wajs P-101 et la <a title="Page Ollech &amp; Wajs P-104" href="https://www.dialicious.com/ollech_&amp;_wajs/p-104">Ollech &amp; Wajs P-104</a>, la <a title="Page Ollech &amp; Wajs C-1000" href="https://www.dialicious.com/ollech_&amp;_wajs/c-1000">Ollech &amp; Wajs C-1000</a>, la <a title="Page Ollech &amp; Wajs Ocean Graph" href="https://www.dialicious.com/ollech_&amp;_wajs/ocean_graph">Ollech &amp; Wajs Ocean Graph</a> et la Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron.
<h2>Combien co&ucirc;te une montre Ollech &amp; Wajs ?</h2>
Les prix des montres Ollech &amp; Wajs &eacute;voluent et diff&egrave;rent selon les mod&egrave;les. La plupart co&ucirc;tent entre CHF 1,500 et CHF 2,000 selon les mod&egrave;les et les finitions. Comptez CHF 1,456 pour une Ollech &amp; Wajs 350CI et pr&egrave;s de CHF 2,300 pour une Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron Chronographe. Le march&eacute; de l'occasion est &eacute;galement une opportunit&eacute; &agrave; regarder pour acheter une Ollech &amp; Wajs moins ch&egrave;re. Les mod&egrave;les Vintage notamment les Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron et&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/ollech_&amp;_wajs/astrochron">Ollech &amp; Wajs Astrochron</a>, sont tr&egrave;s pris&eacute;es des collectionneurs et ils convient de bien se renseigner sur le vendeur avant de franchir le pas de l'acquisition d'une vintage.
Ollech &amp; Wajs est une marque de montres ind&eacute;pendante et produit plusieurs centaines de montres par an, tous mod&egrave;les confondus. Pour choisir une Ollech &amp; Wajs qui vous correspond le mieux,&nbsp;les avis clients Dialicious sont une pr&eacute;cieuse ressource pour &eacute;valuer chacun des diff&eacute;rents mod&egrave;les &agrave; travers l'exp&eacute;rience r&eacute;elle des clients.
Consultez le <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/top/les_meilleures_marques_de_montres_suisses">Classement des meilleures marques de montres suisses</a> dont Ollech &amp; Wajs fait partie.
(Mise &agrave; jour Octobre 2024)

The brand Ollech &amp; Wajs was created in 1956 by Joseph Ollech and Albert Wajs in Zurich, Switzerland. Albert was responsible for the design, engineering and manufacturing of the watches, while Joseph handled marketing and retail sales. Before creating their own watches under the brand Ollech &amp; Wajs, they started their business in 1954 making steel bracelets for other brands.
The brand is known for distributing watches to units of the American army during the Vietnam War and for having earned its reputation among divers and pilots around the world.
After 12 years of negotiations and after having been its distributor for the French market, in 2017, Charles Le Menestrel, a watchmaking enthusiast, bought the brand. The current range includes models like the Ollech &amp; Wajs P-101 and the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/ollech_&amp;_wajs/p-104">Ollech &amp; Wajs P-104</a>, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/ollech_&amp;_wajs/c-1000">Ollech &amp; Wajs C-1000</a>, the<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/ollech_&amp;_wajs/ocean_graph"> Ollech &amp; Wajs Ocean Graph</a> and the Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron.
<h2 dir="ltr">How much does an Ollech &amp; Wajs watch cost?</h2>
The prices of Ollech &amp; Wajs watches change and differ depending on the model. Most cost between CHF 1,500 and CHF 2,000 depending on the models and finishes. Expect to pay CHF 1,456 for an Ollech &amp; Wajs 350CI and close to CHF 2,300 for an Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron Chronograph. The second-hand market is also an opportunity to look at to buy a cheaper Ollech &amp; Wajs. Vintage models including the Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/ollech_&amp;_wajs/astrochron">Ollech &amp; Wajs Astrochron</a>, are very popular with collectors and they should find out about the seller before taking the step of purchasing a vintage one.
Ollech &amp; Wajs is an independent watch brand and produces several hundred watches per year, all models combined. To choose an Ollech &amp; Wajs that best suits you, Dialicious owners' reviews are a valuable resource for evaluating each of the different models through real owner experience.
Consult the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/top/the_best_swiss_watch_brands">Ranking of the best Swiss watch brands</a> of which Ollech &amp; Wajs is part.
(Updated October 2024)

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