EDIFICE – Coming Fall 2014

Casio has been implementing the Bluetooth Smart protocol which is a subset of Bluetooth SIG specification version 4.0 in all their smartphone compatible watches: and again, now, in their newest Edifice watches: EWB-500D-1AJF and the EWB-500DC-1AJF. What’s important about this Bluetooth implementation is Casio’s complete commitment to a specific local wireless spec that mandates by definition, compatibility with iOS, Android, Blackberry and even Windows 8. To this blogger, it is welcome news that a continuing affirmation of specific direction is re-declared and that continuity in the open standard is embraced. Instead of the former tangle of issues, both hardware and software-wise, app writers simply have to write the app! For now, an app called “CASIO WATCH+ Version 2.0.1” which was just released this week (September 3, 2014) will set up your iPhone to use all the watch’s features.

Dense Dials – Pilots, Outdoorsmen, Divers

New in the Citizen lineup introduced at the last Baselworld, the ISO certified BN2029-01E is a brute of a watch that is a competent auto start 70m depth meter that will recall the maximum depth and with a rapid ascent alarm.

Edifice X Red Bull Collaborations – 2014

 
Casio is a reputable multinational manufacturing company which was founded in the month of April 1946 by an engineer named Tadao Kashio. Today, the $4.616 billion company has its headquarters in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan and produces a wide variety of products which include mobile phones, musical instruments, cameras, calculators and, of course, watches.

Rose Gold Edifice – EQWM1100CG-1, EQS500CG-1A, and EFR516PG-1AV

In what is sort of a reverse announcement, the new Edifice “Black Label Collection” Rose Gold series watches unexpectedly appeared among the USA press releases without previously being announced in Japan. We who follow the watchmaker’s news and try to make sense of it all are again tossed into the mystery meandering vortex of Casio’s vigorous marketing, are again shaking our heads and saying, “go figure.”

New Red Bull X Edifice EQW-A1100RB & EQS-A500RB

EQW-A1100RB-1AJR

Being anticipated as a highly desired collectible, this new special edition Casio Edifice watch is already begun (pre-order) sales at about $400 over it’s $800 MSRP in Japan.