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Casio AE-1500WH-2AVEF Blue Resin Strap Watch - W17480
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The AE-1500WH sits in Casio's long tradition of no-nonsense digital tools — watches built to do a great deal without asking anything in return. The ten-year battery life is the headline that shapes everything else: this is a watch you set up once and then forget about, which is precisely what that kind of utility demands. At 54.4 × 51.2mm it wears large and makes no attempt to hide it, though 57 grams keeps the presence lighter than the footprint suggests. Five independent alarms, a stopwatch accurate to a hundredth of a second, a countdown timer that repeats automatically, world time across two zones and a calendar that runs to 2099 sit behind a black dial that the amber backlight makes readable in the dark without fuss. The resin case and strap take the knocks that a watch used this actively will inevitably collect.
- Reference
- AE-1500WH-2AVEF
- Brand
- Casio
- Case size
- 51.2mm
- Case material
- Resin
- Dial
- Black
- Crystal
- Mineral
- Movement
- Automatic
- Functions
- GMT, Stopwatch, Countdown timer, Alarm, Backlight, Perpetual calendar
- Water resistance
- 100m
- Bracelet / strap
- Rubber strap
- Strap colour
- Blue
- Clasp
- Buckle
- 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 6 collections
This watch appears in Back in Stock (4,007), Automatic Watches (1,417), Watches 44mm and Over (810), Watches Under £100 (631), Automatic Watches Under £500 (330) and GMT Watches (208).
Manufacturer’s guarantee
What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch for everyday wear.
Strengths
- 100m water resistance covers swimming and watersports
- Second time zone for travelling
- Sits in the lower half of Casio's range as we list it
Worth knowing
- 51.2mm is a large watch with real presence
Casio AE-1500WH-2AVEF Blue Resin Strap alternatives
Watches from other brands at a similar price, style and size, so you can see what else your budget can buy.
| Specification | AE-1500WH-2AVEF | 1163 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | £25 | £30 |
| Case size | 51.2mm | 51mm |
| Water resistance | 100m | 100m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Rubber strap | Rubber strap |
| This watch |
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Frequently asked questions, and things you should know about this watch
Can I swim with it?
Yes. At 100m it is rated for swimming and snorkelling, though not for diving.
Water resistance explainedWill the glass scratch?
It can, over time. Mineral glass handles daily wear but will pick up fine scratches that sapphire would not.
Sapphire, mineral and acrylic comparedDoes it need a battery?
No. It is automatic — the motion of your wrist winds it, and there is no cell to replace.
Quartz, automatic and solar comparedCheapest 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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