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Casio Vintage ABL-100WE-1AEF Bluetooth Step Tracker Watch - W17534
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The ABL-100WE-1AEF sits within Casio's long-running Vintage line, which has spent decades repackaging the company's digital heritage into something that reads less as retro novelty and more as considered restraint. At 38mm it is compact enough to slip beneath a shirt cuff, and the square form keeps it closer to the proportions of a classic calculator watch than anything oversized and sporty. The black LCD dial does what digital Casio dials have always done well: it reads instantly in any light, and the backlight handles the rest. The step-tracking and Bluetooth sync sit quietly behind that interface — accessible without advertising themselves on the wrist. On a steel bracelet with a butterfly clasp, the whole thing wears as a single resolved object rather than a gadget with a bracelet attached.
- Reference
- ABL-100WE-1AEF
- Brand
- Casio
- Collection
- Vintage
- Case size
- 38mm
- Case material
- Two-tone
- Case shape
- Rectangular
- Dial
- Black
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Bezel
- Unidirectional rotating
- Movement
- Solar
- Functions
- Chronograph, GMT, Day-date, Small seconds, Moonphase, Power reserve indicator, Tachymeter, Skeleton dial, Stopwatch, Countdown timer, Alarm, Backlight, World time, Perpetual calendar, Solar powered, Radio controlled, Bluetooth, Step counter, Heart rate, GPS, Compass, Thermometer, Altimeter, Tide graph, Dual display
- Water resistance
- 50m
- Bracelet / strap
- Mesh bracelet
- Strap colour
- Bronze
- Clasp
- Butterfly clasp
- Lume
- Luminous
- Retailer
- F.Hinds
Learn more about Casio
Tadao Kashio founded Kashio Seisakujo in Tokyo in 1946 as a machine shop. The company's first success was a finger ring that held a cigarette, and its second was the 14-A of 1957 — the world's first all-electric compact calculator, which used solenoids rather than gears.
Casio entered watchmaking in 1974 with the Casiotron, a digital watch with an automatic calendar that knew the varying lengths of months. The company approached watches as an electronics manufacturer rather than a horological one, and that difference produced the G-Shock.
The G-Shock came from a single engineer, Kikuo Ibe, who broke a watch his father had given him and set out to build one that could not break. The specification was three tens: survive a ten-metre drop, ten bars of water pressure, and ten years of battery life. It took over two hundred prototypes, and the solution was suspending the module inside the case on a cushioned internal structure rather than mounting it rigidly. The DW-5000C shipped in 1983.
It became one of the most durable product designs in any category, adopted by militaries, emergency services, and skateboarders alike, and Casio has since added solar charging, radio and GPS timekeeping, Bluetooth, and full-metal and carbon variants.
Casio also produces the Edifice, Pro Trek, and Oceanus lines, and remains an independent Japanese public company.
- 1946
- Tadao Kashio founds the company in Tokyo.
- 1974
- The Casiotron is Casio's first digital watch.
- 1983
- The G-Shock DW-5000C survives Kikuo Ibe's three-tens brief.
- 1994
- The Frogman extends G-Shock to ISO dive certification.
Also in 7 collections
This watch appears in the Casio Vintage range (55), Back in Stock (4,847), Chronograph Watches (1,234), Watches Under £100 (638), Rectangular & Square Watches (460), Skeleton Watches (310) and GMT Watches (238).
Manufacturer’s guarantee
What the specifications mean
Strengths
- 38mm suits most wrists
- Sapphire crystal, which resists scratching
- Luminous hands and markers for low light
- Second time zone for travelling
- Sits in the lower half of Casio's range as we list it
Worth knowing
- 50m suits rain and handwashing, not swimming
Casio Vintage ABL-100WE-1AEF Bluetooth Step alternatives
Watches from other brands at a similar price, style and size, so you can see what else your budget can buy.
| Specification | ABL-100WE-1AEF | RX391AX9 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | £70 | £75 |
| Case size | 38mm | 40mm |
| Water resistance | 50m | 100m |
| Movement | Solar | Solar |
| Strap | Mesh bracelet | Stainless steel bracelet |
| This watch |
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Frequently asked questions, and things you should know about this watch
Can I swim with it?
Showering yes, swimming no. 50m covers splashes and brief immersion, but a swimming stroke generates well above the pressure that figure describes.
Water resistance explainedWill the glass scratch?
Unlikely. Sapphire is second only to diamond in hardness and shrugs off everyday marking.
Sapphire, mineral and acrylic comparedDoes it need a battery?
No. It charges from light, and the cell behind that is designed to last a decade or more.
Quartz, automatic and solar comparedIs it a men's or women's watch?
Listed as unisex, and at this size it suits any wrist that takes the dimensions.
Cheapest place to buy
F.Hinds is the only UK retailer we track stocking this reference, so there is nothing to compare it against today.
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