| Sometimes things start out in the most
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| | made their mark on the watch industry.
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| surprising ways. Take the watch company
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| | Casio has been well known for the huge
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| of Casio for example. If you were asked
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| | variety and innovation of their watches
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| to guess what the first product that was
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| | almost since the beginning of production.
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| made by Casio, you may think it was the
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| | They were one of the first watch
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| calculator or some other type of
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| | companies to manufacture the now famous
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| electronic product. You would be wrong.
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| | quartz crystal watches. The quartz
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| The Casio Company was started 1946 by
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| | watches produced by Casio were available
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| Tadao Kashio. Understand that this was
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| | in both digital and analog styles. It is
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| in Japan following World War II. The
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| | possible that the most well remembered
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| financial situation was dire in Japan at
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| | watch produced by this company was the
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| the time to say the least. When Mr.
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| | calculator watch. For those of you who
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| Kashio began his company, he was a
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| | don't remember, it featured all of the
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| fabrication engineer hoping to catch a
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| | amazing time keeping capabilities of the
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| big break.
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| | regular Casio watches, with an added
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| His big break showed up in a very unique
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| | feature. It had a tiny calculator
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| way. Tadao Kashio developed a product
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| | complete with miniature keypad built into
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| called the yubiwa pipe. Its design
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| | the watch. During its hey day it was the
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| allowed it to be worn on the finger. It
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| | bane of math teachers everywhere and the
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| was used to hold a cigarette, allowing
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| | savior of every math deficient student.
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| the smoker to smoke the cigarette to the
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| | Considering the calculator watch was so
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| filter, all while still being able to use
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| | much fun, Casio continued to raise the
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| both hands. In the impoverished Japan of
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| | bar. This company was also the first to
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| the times, cigarettes were a hot
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| | design and produce a watch that could
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| commodity and the product was an
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| | provide its owner with some interesting
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| overwhelming success. The yubiwa pipe is
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| | details. One such watch could display
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| a far cry from the calculators and
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| | the time of many different time zones at
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| watches that were to follow, but it did
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| | the touch of a button. Others were
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| start the company down the road to
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| | equipped to give weather details like the
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| success.
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| | temperature and barometric pressure.
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| Since it is obvious that Mr. Kashio was
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| | Mountain climbers of ages past
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| an inventive sort of man, it only took a
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| | particularly were fond of the version
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| little while for him to decide to explore
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| | that came with a gauge to indicate the
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| different products. At the business show
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| | altitude. While other watch makers were
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| in Ginza, Japan in 1949, he discovered
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| | stuck on the same old, same old, Casio
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| electronic calculators. With the
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| | consistently offered new and exciting
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| proceeds from the sale of the yubiwa
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| | variations on the classic wristwatch.
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| pipes, Mr. Kashio and his brothers began
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| | With the true gadget geeks of the world
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| to experiment with making their own
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| | in mind, Casio came up with a watch just
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| calculators. At the time, most
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| | for them. It is the Wave Ceptors line of
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| calculators were run by the use of gears.
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| | watches. They really outdid themselves
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| With diligence and hard work, the Casio
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| | with this one. These watches are
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| Company came out with the first
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| | equipped to receive radio signals that
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| calculator to use solenoids. The new
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| | enable the watch to keep accurate time.
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| type of calculator went on sale in 1954.
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| | They also are able to tell the time in
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| This calculator also was the first to
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| | different time zones, the user can set
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| have the 10 digit keypad and had only one
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| | alarms and timers. This line of watches
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| display window as opposed to the
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| | also came with an incredibly extensive
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| competitors' that had three.
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| | user manual to provide all of the
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| As you well know, calculators weren't the
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| | necessary instructions to the owner.
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| only product manufactured by Casio.
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| | From the yubiwa pipe to the finest
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| After the release of the Model 14-A
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| | calculators and watches in the world, the
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| calculator, many more products were
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| | Casio has come a long way from its humble
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| designed and released to the general
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| | beginnings. They continue to challenge
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| public. The same year as the release of
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| | themselves and their competitors to new
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| the 14-A, the company also became the
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| | higher peaks and offer the best products
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| Casio Computer Co., Inc. This is about
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| | electronics can build.
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| the time when watches from Casio first
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