Casio Digits

[sportmats]

Maybe it's to keep the time centred most of the time.

In 12-hour mode, 18 hours of the day the digit isn't used. If it was thicker, the time would be too far to the right most of the time, with a big gap to it's left.

Strange, because of the 12-hour mode is used very seldom. Mostly people use the 24 hour mode.

[David S]

Strange, because of the 12-hour mode is used very seldom. Mostly people use the 24 hour mode.

Most of us Europeans do sportsmat, 12hr mode is a lot more popular elsewhere. Besides, as egner said, there's not much variation in the first digit. It's blank for the first nine hours of the day, then one for the following ten. So the full with is only used for four hours a day.

[tribe125]

I think the reason I'd never noticed the thin digit is because I never use 24hr time. Outside this forum, I don't think I know anyone who does.

[sportmats]

I think the reason I'd never noticed the thin digit is because I never use 24hr time. Outside this forum, I don't think I know anyone who does.

Everyone I know is using the 24 hr style aswell as working-mates in Germany, Italy and Belgium that I´ve been in contact with. I think that those who is using the 12 hr style is in big minority.

Just look at this one... he just took his picture some hours ago...

Love my GW-M5600!

Here is another example

>>> Thank G it's FRIDAY!

or this...
>>> Thank G it's FRIDAY!

I would say that 95 percent of the Casio users is using the 24 hr mode, so the reason that the left digit is much narrower must be another reason.

And when using the stopwatch, you are really in need to see the left digit if you making stopwatch times over 19 minutes.

I think it could be an old thing from the times when the Casio stopwatch just got up to 29.59,99 and then switched over to mesaure with just seconds from 30.00. Then the hours was on the to left digits with a maximum to 24 hours. Then there were no need of having just as big digits on the left side.

[tribe125]

I think that those who is using the 12 hr style is in big minority.

I don't doubt it, but in Britain I don't think I've ever seen a digital watch showing 24hr time.

[aglet]

I live in Britain, and you clearly haven't seen my digital watch after 12:59 in the afternoon - they run in 24 hour time, just like the clocks in train stations and the one on my microwave. The skinny first digit on Casios very mildly irritates me, especially when using the stopwatch, but my G-shock is forgiven for thriving through the abuse I have subjected it to.

[blink of an eye]

I never noticed the thinner first digit. Looking at my G5600 I can't see that it is any thinner. I use the 24 hr mode just to irritate my wife. She refuses to subtract 12 from a larger number.

[Sedi]

Kind of an old thread but I'd like to add some thoughts: IMO the 1st digit is slimmer because the first digital watches didn't even have 24hr mode - so the 1st digit was either not visible at all or it was "1" - so I think Casio wanted to keep the look of the vintage digital watches and keep the digits more centered. There are some models that don't have it btw - for example my PRW-1200.

cheers, Sedi

[TedDotCom]

I would say that 95 percent of the Casio users is using the 24 hr mode

95%? I seriously doubt that.

It may be wildy popular in Europe, but not everywhere else...

[Max...]

Always use the 24 hour mode - on all clocks/watches where poss - cannot stand the 12 hr with p or pm for afternoon. Sounds crazy and the normal person should know if it's the morning or afternnoon but I just have to have the 24 hr format.

The BIG thing that bugs me is why one earth us Brits cannot have the date format as DDMMYY on a G - even the cheapest £10 digi allows this...