Casio’s New Back to the Future Calculator Watch Just Took Me Straight Back to the ‘80s

Listen, I was so proud of my calculator watch back in the day. I thought it was the height of technology. Forget the Walkman, forget the Commodore 64 - this was peak cool. A computer. On your wrist. I mean, sure, I never actually calculated anything on it (unless you count typing "5318008" and showing it upside down), but that didn't matter.

What I did do was play the three tiny built-in games it had - for hours, usually during math class, which feels poetically ironic now. There was something about mashing those microscopic rubber buttons, pretending to check the time while actually trying to beat my high score, that made me feel like James Bond with homework.

Now Casio is bringing that magic back - and doing it Back to the Future style. To celebrate the film's 40th anniversary, they've reissued one of their classic calculator watches, this time with a DeLorean-inspired makeover. It's officially called the CA-500WEBF-1A (because of course it is), and it's got all the retro goodness: an 8-digit calculator, stopwatch, alarms, and yes, the timeless nerd aesthetic that defined an era.

They even engraved a flux capacitor on the back. You know, for those of us who like our nostalgia with a touch of time travel.

The watch will come in VHS-style packaging - which, honestly, might be the detail that got me. For $120, you're not just buying a watch. You're buying a time machine to 1985, a wrist-sized reminder of a simpler era - when the future was neon, digital, and worn proudly on your arm.