{"id":39614,"date":"2026-06-12T16:06:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/39614\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T16:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:06:20","slug":"the-7-best-digital-watches-under-200-from-a-japanese-brand-only-collectors-know-about-to-an-og-casio-g-shock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/39614\/","title":{"rendered":"The 7 Best Digital Watches Under \u00a3200, From a Japanese Brand Only Collectors Know About to An OG Casio G-Shock"},"content":{"rendered":"

Analogue might be the horological gold standard, but there\u2019s space for digital in every guy\u2019s watch collection. Think about it: what else can wake you up on time, remind you of your mum\u2019s birthday, help you out with some quick mental maths and stay accurate for years with no need for a repair? Not your Submariner, that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n

Practical perks aside, they just look cool. There\u2019s a reason Marty McFly’s Casio has outlasted half the cars in that film. What was once a futuristic flex has become a nostalgic throwback for even the most serious watch collectors: Idris Elba, Tyler the Creator, Ryan Gosling and John Mayer are all already on the hype.<\/p>\n

What’s more, now’s the perfect time to get one yourself. Not only is menswear having a nerdy moment \u2013 cardigans, cricket jumpers, socks with loafers, chunky glasses \u2013 but there’s a retro case too: iPods, CD players and wired headphones are all on the up. If you’re asking us, 1980s-coded digital watches are next.<\/p>\n

Anyway, Casio and Timex are the brands that stand out \u2013 and have done ever since the 80s \u2013 but there are also a few microbrands making IYKYK digital watches only the true watch stans are wearing. The best part? You don’t need to spend big to get in on it \u2013 every watch on this list comes in under \u00a3200.<\/p>\n

Casio Black Retro Calculator Watch<\/p>\n

The Casio Calculator has racked up some serious screen time. Mike Wheeler in Stranger Things. Marty McFly in Back To The Future. Walter White in Breaking Bad. And, quite frankly, who wouldn\u2019t want a literal calculator (which is also an alarm, a stopwatch and a calendar) strapped to their wrist? A good choice for guys who like to split the bill.<\/p>\n

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Casio Black Retro Calculator Watch<\/p>\n

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\u00a336.00<\/p>\n

Timex T80 34mm Stainless Steel<\/p>\n

The Timex T80 might not be big on screen, but it’s already done the rounds with fashion’s biggest names: Maison Margiela’s MM6 gave it the gold treatment<\/a> last year. Anyway, we love the classic stainless steel model \u2013 a reissue from the brand\u2019s 1980s archives \u2013 just as much. And it\u2019s less than half the price.<\/p>\n

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\u00a370.00<\/p>\n

Void PXR5-GO\/BL<\/p>\n

Industrial designer Michael Young made the PXR5 (named after a Hawkwind album) in 2005 as a personal project. Twenty years on, the belt-buckle-meets-LCD silhouette still looks like nothing else on the market \u2013 it\u2019s \u2018time only\u2019 in the best way possible. The strap\u2019s attached with velcro so it\u2019s easy to change, just get a few colours so you\u2019ve always got one to match.<\/p>\n

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Void PXR5-GO\/BL<\/p>\n

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$167.00<\/p>\n

Nooka Zub Zayu Zirc Digital Watch<\/p>\n

Nooka might no longer be in production \u2013 but that\u2019s what makes it worth the hunt. The NYC label spent the noughties making digital watches like you\u2019ve never seen before: bright colours, asymmetric shapes, dot-matrix displays \u2013 you get the picture. Ebay is a great place to start your search \u2013 especially since almost all of them come in under \u00a3200.<\/p>\n

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\u00a353.00<\/p>\n

Casio G-SHOCK 5600 Series<\/p>\n

This G-Shock is a direct descendant of the OG (the 1983 DW-5000) which was famously the first watch to pass the brand’s durability test: surviving after being dropped from a third-story window. Decades on and it’s barely changed, this version just adds solar charging and atomic time-syncing. About as classic as it gets in the world of digital watches.<\/p>\n

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Casio G-SHOCK 5600 Series<\/p>\n

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\u00a390.00<\/p>\n

Timex Q 1975 SSQ Digital Reissue<\/p>\n

The SSQ was Timex’s first-ever LCD watch when it came out in 1975. It was a big deal back then because of its ‘always-on’ display \u2013 a feature that’s since become standard issue. Fifty years later, this reissue hits the same brief: two buttons, a date, a 60-second counter and, of course,the trademark ‘always-on’ finish.<\/p>\n

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Timex Q 1975 SSQ Digital Reissue<\/p>\n

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\u00a3155.00<\/p>\n

Tokyoflash Maru LCD Watch<\/p>\n

Tokyoflash is the kind of name watch nerds know and nobody else does \u2013 a Japanese microbrand making small-batch, genuinely weird designs. The Maru is a great example: a faceted aluminium case with a mirrored LCD display that reads like an analogue clock, hands and all. The brand ships from its HQ in Hong Kong \u2013 but, fret not, because it\u2019s free worldwide.<\/p>\n

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Tokyoflash Maru LCD Watch<\/p>\n

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$160.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Analogue might be the horological gold standard, but there\u2019s space for digital in every guy\u2019s watch collection. Think…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[29089,9075,29086,29092,29088,8,17,29087,29093,29091,29090,29094],"class_list":["post-39614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-japan","tag-calculator-watch","tag-casio","tag-casio-calculator","tag-casio-g-shock","tag-digital-watches","tag-japan","tag-japanese","tag-marty-mcfly","tag-mike-wheeler","tag-timex","tag-watch-collection","tag-watch-collectors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}