CASIO W93H-1AV REVIEW

The wristwatch seems anachronistic in the age of smartphones and smartwatches. But, it is a simple comfort and helps manage the time. The G-Shock square DW5600 and DW5610's had been my daily driver for years. When Swatch released the Moonswatch in 2022 it was a watch maniac's dream come true. The Moonswatch is a copy of the $10,000 Omega speedmaster for $240. It is shocking how light the 42 mm Moonswatch is at 29 grams. [The Omega Speedmaster Professional is 138 g] All of a sudden, the DW5600/DW5610 at 52 g, felt heavy. So I set out on a new mission to find a lighter digital watch.

Here are some of the lightest digital watches by weight.

MING LW.01 Manual 8.8 g. This is a mechanical watch but at 8.8 g is was worth mentioning. So is the price. $21,625.
Casio F91W 21 g. One of the best watches ever made for $23. I bought a gold one for $7 at Wal-mart one time.
Casio F105W 21 g. Excellent backlight. $23.
Casio CA-53W 25 g. Calculator watch. $30.
Casio W94H 26 g. The W93H's close relative $30.
Casio W93H 27 g. Someone somewhere suggested this watch $30.

Casio W93h-1av Backlight — Casio W93H-1av Backlight

The W93H is impressive.

It is light. Barely noticable day to day and playing sports.
It is easy to read. The LED segments are thick and have good contrast. The domed plastic crystal magnifies the display.
The electroluminescent backlight lights up the numbers instead of the background.
It has a lot of features.

12/24 hour format.
Beep on hour.
Auto light.
Timer with alarm.
Stopwatch has a 5 second countdown sequence that beeps on the last 3 seconds with a different Olympic style starting sound and target timer alert.
Single alarm.
Dual time mode shows the travel time zone and the home time zone on the same screen.

No one has ever said wow, that is a nice watch, but I have become as attached to it as it is to me.

Casio W93H-1AV Stopwatch Olympic Style Countdown Timer

This watch is so good I worried about it selling out or [gasp] being discontinued. So I bought a spare. I gave the spare to a friend and ordered a replacement. Guess what - Amazon was sold out! Casio.com - sold out. Casio.co.jp - sold out. ebay - sold out. I somehow knew this was going to happen. Amazon.co.jp had a few left. Bought 2 for $35 each. The [translated] Japanese comments had the same enthusiasm I had for this watch.

Casio W93h-1av Dual Time Mode - Home Time Zone is on Top — Casio Dual Time Mode - Home Time Zone is on Top

I sent a query to Casio asking about the W93H. They responded immediately.

Thank you for contacting Casio America. 
The W93H-1AV watch is currently sold out. 
I do not know when or if it will return to stock. 
I recommend that you check back at the following link periodically:

https://www.casio.com/us/watches/casio/product.W-93H-1AV/

You can also try going to a major search engine 
(such as Google, Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckGo, etc.) 
and search for the model number, 
to see if you can locate any other online retailers 
that may have this model for sale.

We hope that we were able to assist you with your question, 
and again thank you for contacting Casio America.

Amazon.co.jp had 4 left for $45 each. These are the last 4 Casio W93H-1av watches available anywhere. And maybe the last W93H-1av watches ever.

Then my greatest fear. The watch band broke after 17 months. I managed to find some on casioparts.com.

I am freaking out. My favorite watch is ... gone.

dave@worldsworstwriter.org 2025-04-22