For $50 this is a serious watch with great cred. It's a legendary Casio, but besides this credential, it's also a beautiful stainless steel chunky and stylish sporty watch for everyday use. Look, this one has a serious black dial with a cool marlin logo on it that claims water resistency to 200M. Our Marlin collection pairs stainless-steel, domed crystal and mechanical movements with the timeless sophistication of a sleek mid-century design. We've carefully recreated every single detail to bring back the watch that “takes a licking and keeps on ticking”. CASIO - W-36 - Marlin. Released in 1982 Vintage Digital Watch - Brought to you courtesy of digital-watch.com.
I’ve never really understood the love of Marlin watches (or Sailfish to be a bit more accurate) — having owned several over the years, but never worn them much and usually selling/trading them for something else.
Until I got this one, the Casio W-350 [152] and wore it solidly for a week.
It arrived with a bleeding LCD and a leather band that did it no favours, but I had a spare QW152 module with good LCD and was able to source a rubber strap which was a very close replacement for the original which, I’m guessing, went out of production a few decades ago.
And now I understand the appeal. They are the consummate everyday watch — less bulky than a G-Shock, and more durable than a boardroom watch.
You strap it on and forget about it, regardless of the activity you are doing.
Function-wise, it covers the basics — time and date, alarm, hourly chime, stopwatch and light. It’s also water resistant (which is pretty much the same as waterproof unless you’re a deep sea diver). It also looks good and feels great on the wrist, almost like you aren’t wearing a watch at all.
This model also came with a (very hard to find) metal bracelet, but the rubber strap suits it perfectly.
Marlin watches, and there are a lot of them around, still carry hefty price tags mostly because of their popularity with collectors. And now I’ve worn this one for a while, I can completely see why.
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If you are the nautical-type--a diver, a fisherman, a surfer, or someone who likes the beach--you appreciate the look of a dive watch on your wrist. From Jacques Cousteau to the local fisherman, nearly everyone associated with the sea has a dive watch or two.| Atlantic Blue Marlin |
Unfortunately, the high dollar dive watches from Rolex tend to send messages to the populace like - I have money, overcharge me, rip me off, or mug me. If you want an alternative that fits in everywhere you go, check out this quartz analog dive watch from Casio. It's technically called the MDV106-1AV. It's a catchy little moniker someone in marketing must have dreamed up. Since it has a picture of a Marlin on it, I'll just call it the Casio Marlin Dive Watch.
| Casio Marlin Dive Watch (MDV106-1AV) |
The Casio Marlin Dive Watch isn't a big clunker. It has a 44 millimeter diameter case that is 12 millimeters thick. The slim watch will fit under a shirt sleeve in the hot sun and it will be less likely to snag on a cleat, railing, or fishing pole. It has 200 meters of water resistance and a rotating bezel that only rotates in one direction. The case is stainless steel and the strap is resin. In short, it looks like a dive watch should and it functions like a dive watch should. Plus, it's priced right. You can see the Walmart price in the picture below. But, Amazon can have it shipped right to your house for the price below:
If you are looking for an affordable, durable, timepiece to accompany you on your aquatic adventures, this Casio Marlin is the one to get. Catch this low key Casio Marlin and get back to fishing.Casio White Ladies Watch
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| Striped Blue Marlin - photo by Kate Crandell (originally posted to Flickr as IMG_1958) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons |