[CASIO MQA-100]
Is it just an analog watch?
No, please look carefully

【CASIO MQA-100】[RARE!!!]

RELEASED1983PRICE
(YEN)
8,900MODULE333
FUNCTIONSECONDALARMBEEP
DAY OF WEEKSW-LIGHT-
YEAR1980-2019DT-BUTTON2+crown
FEATURESIt looks analog, but it's actually the world's smallest digital wristwatch⁉︎

This is the alarm analog MQA-100G released by Casio in 1983.
The G at the end simply represents the color (gold), so the model number is MQA-100.
Equipped with alarm and fully automatic calendar functions.

Why do we go out of our way to introduce analog watches on our site (olddigitalwatch.jp), which introduces digital watches?For those who thought so.Please look at the photos carefully.

Actually, this model is not an analog wristwatch, but a true analog-digital wristwatch with only the calendar display section being digital.

[CASIO MQA-100]
Calendar display section
only digital
[CASIO MQA-100]
Digital department
expansion

Ana-digital watches usually have a digital display section above or below the analog section, and have functions such as not only the date display but also the time display, stopwatch, and dual time, but the MQA-100's biggest feature is that the digital display section has been made even smaller to the size of a calendar window.

However, it seems that it did not sell well, probably because it could not be clearly differentiated from the regular analog-digital model and the analog model.
As a result, it is an extremely rare model that ranks among Casio's analog-digital models.

Isn't the digital section just displaying the date and day of the week?I thought so,
・Year (1980-2019)
·month
·time
Make sure to set it properly.

If you think about it, it makes sense: if you don't have "year/month" information, you can't have a fully automatic calendar, and if you don't have "hour/minute" information, you won't know when to change the date.
(Analog and digital are not linked in this model)

Therefore, this model's LCD display can be switched to "calendar display", "time display", and "seconds display".

It's quite surreal that even though there is an analog second hand, the digital part only displays "seconds" (and since they are not linked, there may be discrepancies between the analog and digital).

[CASIO MQA-100]
When setting the digital section
(while setting "year")
[CASIO MQA-100]
Can also display seconds
Does it really make sense?

Also, thanks to the digital section having information on hours and minutes, this model is also equipped with an alarm function.
Naturally, alarm settings are done in the digital section, not the analog section.
The analog clock is not linked to the digital clock, so if you do not set the digital clock correctly, the alarm will not sound even if the analog clock reaches the set alarm time.

[CASIO MQA-100]
Alarm ON/OFF
Can be checked only when setting
[CASIO MQA-100]
Back cover is normal
Made in JAPAN

After all, the analog and digital parts of this model are completely independent, and all functions except the analog 3-hand display are included in the digital part.

The digital screen of the MQA-100 is even smaller than the "ZENITH Time Command FUTUR" (Zenith's legendary model released in 1975, which used an LED screen display only for seconds and date display. It's super cool), but in a sense it can be called "the world's smallest digital wristwatch", as the small LCD screen is fully equipped with independent digital watch functions.I don't know.




[sanyowatch]Author : sanyowatch

I collect old digital watches mainly from the 1970s to 1980s as a hobby.
NOT FOR SALE!
I'll introduce them little by little.
I like vintage digital watch.
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