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In 1983, Casio was coming up with products every day (it seems ..). This was true also for watches, and we already talked about the TC-500 , a touch screen watch, the AT-551G, another touch screen calculator.
The CFX-200 was also a marvel at intregration, having all the regular watch functions, and a complete list of Scientific functions in one watch:
As you can see, the front display is really busy, with buttons everywhere. However Casio was able to combine all functions in 2 buttons, and you simply have to press the top buttons sequentially to access all the scientific functions.
Here is an extract of the user manual, describing these functions:
In 1983, the watch was on sale at the same time as the TC-500, and for the same price: $79. You could decide if you wanted to impress your friends with a touch screen watch, or with an entire scientific calculator in your watch.
Note that the Ad below shows the CFX-20, but in reading the details, you can see that the CFX-200 was $79.
These watches are still popular in the collector world, adn of course the price follows:
I recorded over 220 transactions with an average price of $177. Be ready to pay a nice amount for a working model. The lowest prices are for non-working models, or watches where some functions do not work:
The CFX-
As you can see, the front display is really busy, with buttons everywhere. However Casio was able to combine all functions in 2 buttons, and you simply have to press the top buttons sequentially to access all the scientific functions.
Here is an extract of the user manual, describing these functions:
In 1983, the watch was on sale at the same time as the TC-
Note that the Ad below shows the CFX-
These watches are still popular in the collector world, adn of course the price follows:
I recorded over 220 transactions with an average price of $177. Be ready to pay a nice amount for a working model. The lowest prices are for non-working models, or watches where some functions do not work:
Below is a short video to demonstrate how to use the watch and the special functions on the top
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