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Casio LA670WA-1 Daily Alarm Digital Women's Watch
Ref. LA670WA-1DF
The LA670WA-1 belongs to a lineage of small Casio digitals that have been in continuous production long enough to loop from practical to nostalgic and back again. The compact proportions and all-silver finish place it squarely in that tradition — a watch that reads as deliberately retro without performing the fact. At 24.6mm it sits unobtrusively on a narrow wrist, and at 26 grams the bracelet is light enough that the watch disappears during wear. The digital display handles day, date, hours, minutes and seconds alongside a stopwatch and a countdown timer with built-in presets, which makes it more capable than its quiet appearance suggests. The hourly time signal is the sort of feature that sounds minor until it becomes a habit.
- Reference
- LA670WA-1DF
- Brand
- Casio
- Case size
- 23mm
- Case material
- Resin
- Dial
- Silver
- Crystal
- Acrylic
- Movement
- Quartz
- Functions
- Date, Stopwatch, Countdown timer, Alarm, Perpetual calendar
- Water resistance
- 30m
- Bracelet / strap
- Stainless steel bracelet
- Strap colour
- Silver
- Retailer
- Watch Home
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.
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What the specifications mean
Strengths
- 23mm wears small and slips under any cuff
Worth knowing
- 30m means keeping it away from water
- Acrylic crystal marks easily, though it polishes out
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| Specification |  LA670WA-1DF | 4677 | 60275B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £39 | £45 | £40 |
| Case size | 23mm | 23mm | 23mm |
| Water resistance | 30m | 30m | — |
| Movement | Quartz | Quartz | Quartz |
| Strap | Stainless steel bracelet | Stainless steel bracelet | Stainless steel bracelet |
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| Closely matched |
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Frequently asked questions, and things you should know about this watch
Can I swim with it?
No. At 30m it will survive rain and handwashing, but not submersion of any kind.
Water resistance explainedWill the glass scratch?
Yes, but it polishes out. Acrylic marks easily and a scratch can be buffed away at home, which is why vintage-style watches still use it.
Sapphire, mineral and acrylic comparedDoes it need a battery?
Yes. It is quartz, so expect a battery change every two to three years at a jeweller.
Quartz, automatic and solar comparedIs it a men's or women's watch?
Listed as women's.
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