The Casio A158WA is a vintage watch, Casio is good for manufacturing low cost and functional watches. The G-Shock is their current range that is highly popular, the older models in the pre G-Shock range are what Casio built their reputation on. Casio is a pretty broad manufacturing company, their range of calculators are world famous.

The A158WA is the watch that watch snobs wear from time to time in their rotation, I never owned an A158WA so I am a little interested. I had a F91W for my work watch, I used it underground and originally wore it on my wrist until the strap broke. Then it was carried in the top zipped pocket of my overalls, I did not frequently need to view the time so that worked for me.

So why should I consider the A158WA? Well, apart from the stainless steel case and bracelet, it is pretty much a stainless steel version of the plastic F91W. This is a basic digital watch on a stainless steel bracelet. This is what concerns me, I do like to wear an anti-establishment watch around from time-to-time. For this I have my old Citizen Promaster as a dive watch on a stainless steel bracelet and Tissot Everytime on a cheap leather strap. What I don’t want is a cheap Casio bracelet that is a hair puller, so I am already considering my options.