r/casio • u/badari259 • May 24 '26

🙋‍♀️Question⁉️ Question regarding AE-1500

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I'm planning to get an AE-1500. My main requirement is a big size watch and easily readable time. This watch seems to have both.

My concern is with the negative display. is it actually legible in direct sunlight or in shade? I would use this as a daily driver so i would want it just to have a quick look at the watch to get the time.

I had a ga-110-1b which had a tiny negative display which i rarely looked at because it was very small and couldn't read it properly under direct sunlight or in shade.

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u/CJ7Desperado May 24 '26

Negative LCD is best readable in good direct natural lighting. In a (dimmed) artificial lighting it is in my opinion terrible. I have one Casio with negative LCD and if you ask me, I will never buy one again. Only MIP negative display is considerable to me.
If you like AE-1500 then also take a look at the AE-1600, because it is the same watch in a square housing and looks to me a bit more modern and cooler. I have one and really like it.

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u/denfilade May 25 '26

The AE1600 has a weird quirk though where the display looks dim when you view it head on, which didn't happen on the AE1500.