Obama F91w

Boy is it an expensive hobby.

Obama f91w. Designed by ryusuke moriai as his first design for casio the case of the f 91w measures 37 5 by 33 5 by 8 5 millimetres 1 48 by 1 32 by 0 33 in and weighs 21 grams 0 74 oz. The case is primarily made of plastic with a stainless steel caseback and buttons with the manufacturer s module number 593 stamped on the caseback. I ve a bit of a love for casio watches and you can t get any more casioey than the f91 w. The casio f91 w the sign of al qaida.

The casio f 91w has even become so ubiquitous and available that a certain terrorist group started using it to the extent the tsa will now give you a second look for wearing one and no in reality this has never actually happened to me. So instead i started collecting cheaper watches with stories behind it. Due to its construction and availability the casio f91w was adopted by terrorists for use as timers in improvised explosive devices. It s famously known for being used by both president obama and osama bin laden.

This is an extremely comfortable watch to wear that simply and unobtrusively does its job well. The casio f 91w measures 37 5mm by 33 5mm by 8 5mm and weighs only 85g according to wikipedia and not every watch model out there has its own wikipedia entry further speaking to the f 91w s specialness. I got it for php995. I think it goes for under 10 in the usa.

For people growing up and living in the late 80 s and early 90 s seeing a f 91w on someone s wrist was commonplace. Comparing a genuine casio f91 w with a fake. I started collecting watches a few months ago. How the casio f 91w became the world s most versatile and dangerous watch by matthew hussey oct 20 2015 in insider in a dingy part of manila in 1995 two men were mixing chemicals in an.

President obama s watch for the past few years my tax dollars and if you re american yours too have been spent to detain dozens of men at guantanamo bay with a primary link used as evidence against them being the fact that they possessed a casio f91w watch. The watch was worn by barack obama and osama bin laden more or less simultaneously.