the analog watch i almost get along with

As I said just recently, I've tried to get along with an analog watch before but just couldn't. However, this is the one that was so close to agreeing with me, but didn't.

Above is the Casio AW80-5BV, which is the only one that comes on a nylon fabric strap. The other variants either come on steel or resin strap.

Said again, it's not that I can't read an analog dial watch. My brain just doesn't like doing it, so I stick to digital-only.

If my brain could get along with an analog dial, I would wear the AW80-5BV all the time. This is a featherweight watch with 3 alarms, stopwatch, countdown timer, and dual time mode. This is everything anyone needs. AW80 is also one of the easiest watches to show two times at the same time. Local time shown on the analog part and the other shown on the digital panel.

The hands actually have lume on them. It's a near-worthless lume, but there. And it's kind of pointless since the AW80 already has an amber night light.

On the 5BV dial design seen above, it's one of the more thoughtful because you get hour numbers, minute numbers on the outer track and 24-hour numbers on the inner track. If you're the type that likes to read 24-hour time, yeah, this watch has got you covered. You can set the digital to 24-hour and you've still got the 24-hour analog printed on the dial itself in little red numbers.

I don't know any other ana-digi watch that packs so much for both for analog and digital as the AW80 does, which is why I bought it in the first place.

But, unfortunately, my brain just doesn't agree with analog time reading no matter what.

This honestly makes me wonder if I'd be better off with a Movado super-sterile style dial to get an analog watch my brain can agree with.

Yeah, I know Movado is a fashion watch brand. However, many of their models are the ultimate for a dial that takes minimalism to its extreme. I'm talking about the models with just two hands (no seconds hand), one marker for noon at top and absolutely nothing else.

It could be the reason my brain doesn't get along with an analog dial is due to distraction. A Movado super-sterile dial is almost as distraction-free as it gets.

What could possibly be more distraction-free than that? A one-hand watch. All you get is an hour hand. Some of the one-handers are 12-hour dials and the other 24-hour dials. And I have to admit, the idea of a one-hand 24-hour dial is kinda neat. However, I would only take a one-hand 24-hour dial with hour markers because they would be necessary. For a 12-hour however, the dial could be completely blank and that would still work for me.

I may look into getting an analog watch with minimalist sterile dial just to see if my brain agrees with it.

Published 2025 Aug 12