SKMEI is not bad, I got one 3 years ago. And it still working, not even a battery change needed.

I got the black 1335 for the metal strap and only the strap, the other remaining parts i used them to experiment with modding (painting it and checking out colour filter combinations etc)

There's a new version of the skmei, has way more functionality and costs more. Can decide between the new skmei or the casio. I hate the light on the casio.

Thank you for the review. I just purchased the SKMAE 1335 and so far do good. It woth stood sea water and sand and mumerous dips in the bath. Seems quite robust will it last?:lets see only time will tell.

I saw this thing and I was like WHOA new CASIO? Then I was like WHOA, FAKE CASIO! I had to get it. So yeah, make sure you guys check out the end bit at 09:56 :) I think it's going to be an important thing. Thanks, guys!

That intro is so good!! ✨

Got two Casio versions and the black Skmei. It's great, just ordered a military green version of the Skmei.

Really have both, love the back Light on the skmei more

I bought this skmei for a bracelet for my black royale. Fits perfectly.

great vid curt. can i ask you a question: what is the model/brand of your UV torch please? cheers mate

I randomly bought the AE1200 silver at Walmart recently because it was on clearance with no display stand or booklet for 10 bucks. I wouldn't have bought it otherwise, not sure about the square shape and the prominent World Time features. But it's a nice watch even for the suggested retail price. I adjusted the silver band it feels good. Plus it has a full countdown timer, 5 alarms and 24-hr stopwatch besides all the time-zones. and can mute the beeps. The watch shape still feels too large for me, but it may grow on me. It's worth the price of admission for a different watch!

how to take the links out? that watch is to big for me... i cant find splints to press out...

Good review. I noticed that the wrist strap was crazy. I got mine cheaper than yours. Just need to know how to set it up.

The Casio is only $14,might as well just buy the real thing.

Would it be possible to transplant the Skmei's EL backlight into the Casio?

The font of the "5" is easier to read as well as the other numbers on the SKMEI which is kinda sad for the Casio. if it weren't for the stupid flashing look on the top left for every second that changes, the SKMEI definitely looks better.

Can u put the Casio module in the skei case and strap ? I want to do it to the gold lol

I thought EL LUMINOUS was Spanish...

One Silly Question How the hell Do you set the Time and Date 🤔 Help please

Thanks for the comparative review. There is a newer model of the above Chinese brand: Skmei 1382 which I think has more useful functions (including compass and pedometer) than "Casio Royal" and is the best value for money if you are open to upcoming global brands like Skmei. Try reviewing it if possible. Thanks. Love from Nepal

I brought 4 of these, 1 like this and 3 resin strap models. to practice the bubble mod and colour change mods i saw in your other videos before I risk screwing up my Casio AE1200.They were 7 bucks each on Aliexpress. That included shipped to my door in the UK. The 3 resin strapped ones will be for my 3 grandsons to do the bubble mod on as project for their homeschooling they are doing during this lockdown. Bargain watch, great mod ideas, subscribing was easy decision. Love it (that's what she said)

thank you for videos man, let me download ya

Do they sell the bracelet separately? I like the black Casio one but I want a bracelet for it and that one is literally the Casio one in black lol.

Try the 1382. Same design, but the round display shows the seconds, and if activated, the compass. (Yes it has got the compass). Its more loaded than casio ones, with pedometer, pace counter, world time instead the dual time. But after all I just buy it for the black bracelet for my casio royale.

SKMEI - on the bracelet black paint or metal in black?

hey can we adjust the size of this watch

Look...Skmei make a wide range of cheap and cheerful, robust watches. They are very good value for the peanuts you pay for them. I've got a range of their models...none have been faulty...all keep reasonable time and although the bands may be "rickety" they work and they are secure.

can i buy one of those just for putting a gold strap on my casio?

I don't understand the logic behind copying something that's already cheap...

I bought Skmei just wanted to take the casing,Also make an experiment before modifying my Casio watch,. Besides, it's not bad, the price is much cheaper 😂

The SKMEI costs almost as much and has as many features as a F-91W... SKMEI has some decent products but this is not one of them. The only reason to get it is to cannibalize the band and put it on your black AE1200w.

2:57 - WTF???? )))))))))

So it's a ripoff of a ripoff of the Seiko G757?

Skmei is well established brand and their watches are very durable and comes with warranty, I've used quite few of them and till now to this date they are working absolutely fine, din't even need a battery change even after 4 years. Skmei watches are cheap and very reliable even if they are ripoff of some casio watches so what, who cares as long as they giving good quality and reliability, unlike cassio who charge ridiculously high prices on their watches that don't make any sense. The manufacturing cost of Casio watches are only 10% of their retail price. I still have lot of cassio watches some of them got dead after using couple of years and then i've stopped purchasing them bcoz they don't offer any value for money.Cassio is nothing but overhyped brand.

This Channel is for fun watch review and i lovin it

Thanks but I think I'll keep saving up for my Casio AE1200 Grail watch. One day it will be mine.

I love the Casio bracelet. One of the only bracelets that really fits me.

What about scratches on the band after 2 years?

Even in an "anti-review", we get beauty shots at the end.... I like that. It shows integrity, and fairness.... ;)

Just got it for only $2.43 (Rp. 40.000) after discount, while original casio cost $25 with same metal bracelet, same silver color.

Did you say plus 8 seconds a day? That's horrid. Plus/minus 8 seconds per month is the norm for a quartz watch.

Does this watch have automatic date ? That is, it knows which months are 30 days, or 31 days, and knows which is a leap year with 29 days in February rather than 28 ?

I have this skmei in gold, I love it!

i get 1. but the time is not set,

Does anyone know the battery life? Does this have a lithium battery? Can we expect 10 years like in a Casio? Or more like... fucking... 2 years? Has anyone owned on of these for more than 2 years? The paint looks like it would scratch off the black band. And info on that?

It's a cost effective beater! If you mess it up it's no problem! Thanks.

that backlight thought..

Как укоротить браслет на этой модели? Звенья снимаются?

i'd canniblize that skmei strap and put it on the black casio casino royale. it should look good although i guess durability would be iffy on those cheapo steelies.

skmei 1299 or 1335?

I just...I...hey Curt? How many adult fizzies does it take to come up with this shit? You're either a genius, or a madman, but I fucking love it so we cool. Anyone for a livestream where it's just the damn puppets for like, two hours?

the royale modders will be super happy if the it's possible to move a real one's movement into a black housing

I dont care for the "world time" feature. I find the day display more useful. The casio looks way better in that silver finish though.

“Still certainly better than most mechanical watches out there ba buuurrp”?

lol I thought it was a seiko, assumed it was a typo

I just bought one for USD 8.40/-. Why? I wanted a cheap watch. Why I want a cheap watch? Because my watches dont last long. 2 reasons for that. My cats or should I call them terminators at home. So no matter which watch or mobile I buy they find a way to screw it up. Second reason is I don't use them carefully. Being an engineer my hands have to access insides of machines and mechanisms and so my watches really don't look cool after a few days. So basically something that will just tell me the time. That's it

Sorry to say that, but at 02:57 I burst into laughter.

this was worth it just to hear a sock argue with a t rex

In Australia skmei $23.99 the casio over $120, so skmei makes alot of sense for me.

The crazy thing is I have the Casio version, and paid less than what they want for the SKMEI knockoff, so that doesn't make sense why someone would buy the SKMEI, does it??

I'm not sure about this 1353 model. But there are also 1299, which is significantly cheaper than original Casio, and 1373, which has more functions than Casio. Believe it or not, 1373 has compass and walkmeter. I'm not sure if 200$ G-Shocks have that.

Thirty billion, eleventy thousand million......LOL. The exact number of cigarettes I smoked before I quit last year. ;)))

There is only one alarm !

Bought it for the black bracelet alone. Still a crappy bracelet... but it’s black and a direct switch so meh

Maybe its a cheap version of casio watch..they have many similar type..but the price proved quality

oh dear

Yeah i gotta hate skmei ripping of the originals, that includes another known brand name, DIGITEC, the only none knockoff chinese brand i see is called NAVIFORCE.

I ordered the SKMEI while watching this video since the Royale costs 4 times more than the fake Royale here, so yeah, seemed like the obvious thing to do 😁

I got the SKMEI 1335 only for 7$

Hope Uncle Jimmy found his shoe.

Please help uncle jimmy find his shue,l hate to think of him suffering!by the way it’s interesting to know a Chinese knock off keeps better time than a mechanical watch glad one of you reviewers had the guts to say the bloody obvious l think l’ll skip the $750,000 patek Phillips and stick with the AE-1200 that’s bound to be even better!thank,Curt...regards from sydney(that’s in australia)

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you forgot to fart too

The rip off offends me a little....Maybe I shouldn't feel so strongly about watches....I need to get a life I guess... Now where's my shoe?

Can we see more of the puppets cos I support Sheffield Wednesday FC and need cheering up thanks.

Good video and fantástic channel.

I have their Casio g shock 5600 rip off. It’s ok for $5 but it does lose time. More than it should for a digital watch. Not too surprised for $5

the casio royales like double the money

Casio stole it from seiko in the James Bond movie its a Seiko not a Casio get it right

There is no way that was licensed by Casio :)

A fake Casio get serious.

Love Casio... but not the Royale, and certainly not the shameless rip.

Comprei um skmei e paguei por ele R$ 82 reais!

50 bucks?! This one is just $5 in Indonesia

The world time version has a pedometer, a compas

Why wouldn't skmei copied the Casio when Casio Royale is a blatant copy of G757,infact Casio sold a shit tone of Royale and later in d and d introduce G shock.I'll bet you didn't know that!!

Oh man this brand you should see their G-Shock copies...they call it S-Shock 😂

Skmei ok

You lost me at the burp and hand puppet dude

Ahaha at 2:57 you got a subscriber

So you really burped?? Ahah

Like for the burp at 3 minutes xD

Casio doesn't come in gold... and I LOVE GGGOOOOOLLLLLLDDDDDDDD~~~~

I have the Casio Royale and I like the chinzy braclet. Spend the extra $10 for the metal bracelet, you'll be glad you did. All that chart funk on the screen is useless, but it has one saving grace... a 23:59hr Count down timer for ebay sniping. Most other watches can only do 1 hr which is useless. I will say this. Skip both watches, and get yourself a watch with atomic time syn and solar charging. A watch is worthless if it's nothing but spot on accurate and maintenance free - you just grab it and go and you know it's always right. Every other watch after that you'll ignore. I've had LED watches, analog quartz watches, Android smart watches, Tetris and game watches, super expensive dress analog/digital combo watches, Skeleton pocket watches, Databank watches, caculator watches, everything. They all are total junk compared to a watch with Atomic WWV time sync and slar charging. I sniped two Protrek ABC watches for $50 each and I know no matter waht, they are accurate to 1/3rd to 1 second or better any time I look at them. No battery replacement ever. Temp sensor, compass, barometer, altimeter, tide, moonphase, all those bells and whistles are superfluous compared to the atomic tie sync and solar charging. Don't even bother buying any watch that don't have those two unless your totally broke, and need a flashy watch for a job interview or to impress someone. In that case, get the metal band silver Casio Royal for $25. The Skmei is okay as a Christmas gift to give someone like a kid that will lose it or tear it up, but I wouldn't want it as a daily driver. You only use a watch if you work or go to school anyway and are always watching the clock. If you're not doing either, you don't need a watch, your smart phone will do....

I heard it was pronounced Ski Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee? You have to say it with the longe E lol.

I prefer skmei its cheaper and i dont care for world time

And the Casio was a copy of a Seiko

they are 3 versions of this watch , so this one is the cheapest SKMEI 1335 ! Then comes the SKMEI 1373 AE0 & the SKMEI 1382 BF ☺ Where the different between the 1373 & 1382 is, i dont know, looks for me both similar ! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qbNkhdpiprOXias.html

Why the burp??? WTH.... Come on dude.. clean it up