It's got an Ollee module and an STN display (I broke the original LCD doing the inverted mod) and a silicone band because the original was too short for my wrist. I've had a couple big clunky smart watches, and I got sick of them getting caught on things while I work. This is my sweet spot for low profile and functionality.
Personally, I’m having a lot of issues with it. One of the main reasons I bought this watch was to track my heart rate throughout the day, during runs, and while at the gym, but the way it works feels really primitive. Not a huge fan of how you have to manually measure it myself, and the readings are wildly inaccurate.
I’m getting measurements as low as 28 bpm and as high as 250 bpm, which obviously can’t be right. Am I doing something wrong here? Does the strap need to be a lot tighter or something? It’s just pretty frustrating because this was one of the main features I bought it for, and it barely seems to work properly. Maybe I'm doing something wrong or did something wrong in the installation. If anyone has the same issues let me know
First of all, I love the watch, but I'm unsure how accurate the step counter is. I'm using it on the disabled "Step count accuracy mode", it says to disable it for walks and runs and I'm always going to university by foot so I turned it off. It seems to me that its counting too many steps. But I'm unsure, what are you guys saying?
thx in advance.
I currently have a Timex iron man watch that's water resistant up to 100m. I only use it for the time, but wanted something this heavy duty so I can use it for literally everything.
I have no interest in a smart watch, EXCEPT that I would really love the ability to track my steps for Pokemon GO. I don't need any other monitors except step counting and a bluetooth connection to my phone. I've seen people on here say their olleewatch is inaccurate with step counting and adds steps for just arm movements and I'd happily take those inaccuracies because my goal isn't to actually track if I'm being active, it's to hatch more eggs when I'm running around at work and can't have my phone on me.
On the surface moding a resin Casio with ollee watch hardware appears like it could satisfy my needs--except from what I've seen the tested Casio models aren't as water resistant.
I've been seeing ads for Freestyle watches and they appear to have the water resistance and hardy design elements I'm looking for, but idk if the olleewatch chip could work in any other watch faces.
Share any input as to whether an ollee watch could work for me and if you think I should try and mod a Freestyle watch.
Hi all!
I recently put Ollee watch in my F-91W Casio, and after using it for some time I have decided to give my feedback.
First of all, the idea is great, giving simple objects extra functionality is awesome. Especially with how popular retro Casios have become in past few years. I hope the Ollee watch team will do the same for other movements that casio makes (Casio Royale Ollee watch any1?)
Instalation of the pcb was easy. I opted out of the NFC tag, because i dont intend to use it. After that, connecting to the phone was also super simple and i have experienced no issues.
Only thing to do was to use it and see how it functions, and so i did.
So far here are my impressions in no particular order.
- Hourly chime with option to make it silent during night is FANTASTIC! This should be in every Casio from the factory. To make it perfect I suggest an option to change the sound of the chime just like you can for alarm (i would like to have just a short BEEP instead of current BEEP-BEEP sound). Also, if its possible, ability to adjust the volume of the chime itself would be great.
- Step counter is great, but it counts less in normal mode and counts more in high sensitivity mode. I know devs are working on fixing that. Another option would be to manually adjust sensitivity. With aome trial and error, everyone could set up a perfect step counter for themselves.
- Sunrise and sunset is something i really like on watches, however it seems to me that the Ollee displays data for day before insted of current day. I presume this is a BUG and fix is rather simple.
-Auto tilt to wake up the watch works 90% of the time which is just fine. However implementing double tap to wake screen (just like tripple tap for bluetooth) would be great.
Overall great product. I really like i have suported this and look foward to new updates!
For the end, few suggestions:
- Checking battery voltage is possibe with some combination of buttons, could it just be a watch face? Lets say some Sys Info watch face where you would show metrics like battery voltage, last phone sync time and date.
- Moon phase watchface could be cool, thou i dont know how would one represent the data on the LCD. Maybe in form of fractions?
- Calendar with alarms for events (birthday reminders for ex.) watch face
- 24h/12h button/option is on the main watch face is not really needed. Can we have an option to reprogram it for something else, like skiping to a favourite watchface or to turn off the screen?
Thats all i can think of now. Great product, I'm looking forward to next updates and iterations of the Ollee watch.
Hi,
I must say I am really torn between getting an Ollee Watch or doing modding with that Sensor Watch kit.
Some things I really would miss would be a kind of "instant" timer, like the Casio LA670 has: you just press that one button once for 1 min timer, twice for 3 minute, and so on.
Would also be nice to be able to configure the times...
Is something like that planned?
Also mulitple stopwatches would be nice. or where you can really count laps and see them. or like a chess watch.
Just some ideas, but I would order that Olle Watch isntantly if these things were possible.
I have a quick question: I own a Casio W-59—at least, I think that's the model, as that's what's written on the back. I want to install an "Ollee Watch Kit," but the back of the watch actually says "590." Will the kit still work? Thanks a lot for your help!
Hope this is ok! My review of the Ollee Watch, in a A171W. Great bit of kit, as I'm sure you'll all agree, looking forward to see the planned features in the roadmap!
https://www.instructables.com/MAKE-IT-VIBRATE-Vibrator-Module-for-Casio-F-91W/
Has anyone tried this out on an Ollee module? What's the feasiblity of this do you think? From my limited knowledge it would appear that if the Ollee Watch module still uses the original buzzer this mod should work with no changes (and if it doesn't it should be able to possible to make minor changes to make it work) but someone actually experienced please feel free to weigh in.
I was having issues with syncing with the database so I tried a couple things, including uninstalling and reinstalling the app. Now I'm getting issues even logging in.
How mutch will we be able to customise the watch after the update? I know that we will be able to add new faces but what about editing the original ones? Could we theoretically wipe the whole os and install a custom one?(I'm not saying anybody should or would do this i just want to know if it's possible)
I disassembled my watch and module in order to inspect an internal component. When I put it back together, it displayed 12:00, as I would expect.
When I synced it to my app it synced the time correctly, but all of my settings (that had been set through the app, and I have an account set up) were back to defaults.
Is this expected behavior?
Do you have to change all the settings every time you change a battery or take the module apart?
This doesn't seem like the desired behavior - I would like the app to hold all my settings and then sync them back to the watch when I put it all back together.
Relatively pain free install, found I had to shimmy a lot to accommodate the buttons.
Does anybody know if there is a possibility of getting a disco mode for the backlight? Think it would look super sick with any version of Casio
Hello all. I received my Ollee module and installed it into a stainless steel case from AliExpress. Everything was working great until after around 10 days I noticed that the watch was not working.
After I got a new battery and replaced it, my watch started working again. The old battery was completely drained. How could this happen?
Now I’ve been using the new battery for about 24 hours, and a voltage meter shows 2.991 V. Isn’t it supposed to be higher than that?
I’ve been seriously considering getting an Ollee mod for my Casio A159W because I love the idea of a minimal retro watch with modern functionality instead of a full smartwatch.
One feature that I think would fit Ollee incredibly well is Islamic prayer time support.
Not necessarily a full “Islamic smartwatch,” but something lightweight and elegant like:
• Next prayer countdown
• Optional vibration/beep reminders
• Hijri date
• Sunrise/sunset info
• Ramadan mode
• Prayer notifications synced from the phone
I actually think this matches the philosophy of Ollee really well:
quiet technology, low distraction, useful daily rhythm, long battery life.
There are millions of Muslims who love classic Casio watches, and there really isn’t a modern minimalist watch that combines retro design with subtle prayer support.
Even basic support would honestly make Ollee very unique.
Would anyone else here be interested in something like this?