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Aegis Weather Watch = Casio BM-500W Weather Station rebranded??

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I recently Aquired an Aegis Weather Watch and was trying to find more information about it,I have done some research but this quote is the only thing I found

In the early 90s a company called Damark sold items through a catalog. They sold several watches under the Aegis brand. These Aegis watches were actually Casio watches with slight exterior changes to make them Aegis specific.

This quote and a few pictures of a box and manual from one of their watches. I was wondering if anybody knew any more on the backstory of this collaboration, or any numbers on how many were produced? I find this all very interesting, seems strange to go through all the trouble of removing the branding from the bezel insert, watchband buckle and exterior modifications for no special reason.

Here is the Casio BM-500W Weather Station
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Here is the Aegis Weather Watch
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It's all Casio Inside
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They even removed Casio stamping from the buckle
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Japan ink stamp on band
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Picture of box and manual from another Aegis watch that shows some of the other Casio models that were rebranded
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After some serious problems with getting the watch to awaken I got it all sorted out and running. I actually prefer the Aegis style over the Casio one, the chromed bezel looks much nicer to me, this one is definitely a keeper
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Cool! Very interesting. I've never hear of Aegis, but I recognise what I think is a rebranded Casio BM-100WJ (Casio's first Alti-Baro-Depth watch) in the photo used on the box and the cover of the user's manual.

I think the "brains" of your watch must be very similar to the BM-100WJ, even though the case and the display are of a different format, the information they appear to be able to show looks very similar.
 
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