Casio W-71

Some time ago I found that some people was trying to figure out what kind of wrist watch was using Napoleon Dynamite. He was using a Casio. That is clear. Everyone seems to agree on that fact. Nevertheless, there is no agreement on what kind of Casio appeared in this movie.

Some people implies that Napoleon used a Casio W-71:
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f17/w71-1v-owners-non-g-content-209760.html

Others think that it is about a Casio W-59:
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070410105250AAeqFuT

Even more, it has been suggested that the watch seen on this film is a Casio F-91W: 
http://dominainperu.blogspot.com/2008/08/casio-f-91w-essential-equipement-for.html

I decided to see the film again paying attention to the wrist watch. Here what I found:













Definitely: Napoleon Dynamite was using a Casio W-71. No doubts now.

Here some information about this watch:
http://www.hablemosderelojes.com/forum/showthread.php?29152-Review-del-Casio-W-71
http://zonacasio.blogspot.com/2012/01/en-zonacasio-volvemos-los-80-probamos.html
http://www.digitalwatchlibrary.com/DWL/1work/casio-w-71/
http://mygshock.com/casio-manual/1846/
http://watchshock.com/archive/Casio/Early_Casio/model/W-71/



I think this is a great Casio model. What do you think?

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