Written on April 27, 2008 – 3:00 am | by Bogdan Alex |

Ready for a new watch design? Alright, here we go again. This time Casio presents a retro-futuristic watch that gets me confused a bit. It looks like a retro watch, but it’s named Futurist. Check it out!

This new LCD watch from Casio combines the simplistic styling of the earliest digital watches from the 1970s with the latest digital technologies. Admittedly, the Futurist LA-2002G looks quite flashy, but it’s functional at the same time. It offers 29 time zones around the globe, a 1/100th-second stop watch and countdown timer. To sum up the useful options, you also get up to five independent daily alarms and the usual day/date display. All I can think of now is that confusing “Back to the Future” movie title that could very well be applied to this watch if somebody cared to make a funny commercial for it.

The electronic stuff is housed in a matte gold finish stainless steel case with a textured body and articulated metal band. Funny thing, Casio lists the watch as a women’s design. Anyhow, it looks fairly unisex to me, unless that’s not really the advertised watch.

Initially, the Futurist was only available in Japan, but starting this month, you can fin it at TokyoFlash for $149 USD.