First post, hello everybody! Casio R11 Casiotron '76

[elceedee]

Hey everybody,
Among analog mechanical and digital watches i feel a warm enthousiasm for vintage LCD's. I guess this is the right and best forum for that!

Ive been mainly collecting Seiko's and Citizen's but recently also a few Casio's
This week i received a true Casio vintage of 1976; a Casiotron R11 with a broken pusher (liturally) in excelent condition but without the bracelet.
I had an original pusher for this particular model and i fitted the watch with the best matching bracelet i had laying around (i'd like your opinion on this bracelet). Beside that it was just taking it apart, cleaning it, greasing gaskets. I left the case as is.

Setting time seemed a little awkward.
Pushing the button (activates day/date) and the setting button sametime resulted in cycling through day, date and month (so the usual routine). Pushing the set button while in time mode only lets one reset seconds to 0. My conclusion eventually is that the only way to set time on this R11 movement is to AC it on the movement itself, this resets the watch to 01.00 am.

Thanks for watching and see you around!

[dutchsiberia]

Cool watch :) But there must be a way to set the time with the buttons?

[quietman]

You have to press the setting button when the seconds display is between 50 and 60 - so with the last little wedge lit. That puts it into time setting mode.

Pressing both buttons together puts it into date setting mode.

With this and other 1970s modules Casio fully explored the art of ridiculous setting methodologies .

[elceedee]

Ufffffff, thanks! Without the manual that was the last thing i would think of..

[dutchsiberia]

[Old Tom]

Modules below 27 were not actually designed or made by Casio- they were produced by NEC (Nippon Electric Company) and they had their own ideas about how watches should be set. Mostly they are press and hold designs, some are really odd! You find these NEC modules in other Japanese Companies watch's. After module 27 Casio started to produce their own modules (and design them) and quickly standardised on the usual "press the recessed button to enter setting mode" way of doing things.

[Kasper]

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Yeah those casiotrons are incredible. Massive feeling on your wrist.
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