Ben's Watch Club

Recommended: Casio MRW-200H

The standard MRW-200H

If you’re after a dirt-cheap dive-style watch, with proven water resistance, this is it. For the price of a Domino’s pizza, the Casio MRW-200H was featured in my Top 20 Cheap Watches roundup, alongside it’s silver brother, the MRW-200HD.

As this is constructed of resin, it will accrue many scratches over it’s lifetime. That said, this material does provide the watch with excellent impact resistance, helping this large dive watch become one of the most rugged budget options out there. Some alternate versions of this watch come in nice colors, especially the gilded option I reviewed, which also replaces the outer number with submariner-style markers.

Casio W-86 Basic specifications:

  • 33.5mm diameter

  • 9.5mm depth

  • Quartz movement

  • Resin strap

  • Resin case

  • Water resistant 50m

  • LED backlight

  • Acrylic dial window

  • Alarms, stopwatch and more