ⓘ Casio

Casio's compact Baby-G digitals have now reached the US, and they cost about $26 more than they do in Japan.

The BGD10KG-2 and BGD10KG-4 are listed at $99 each on Casio's American store. Both launched in Japan in July at ¥11,550, around $73. That Japanese figure includes 10% consumption tax; the American one excludes sales tax entirely, so the actual gap is still wider.

The BGD-10's selling point is that it comes in two pieces. The center case detaches from the bezel and band without tools and drops into an included silicone holder with its own strap. Buyers can turn the watch into a charm for a bag or belt loop. Casio encourages owners to decorate the holder with stickers, but also disclaims responsibility for whatever they attach.

Compact is Casio's own word for the platform. The case measures 42.8 by 39 by 14.7 mm and weighs 33 grams, on a band fitting wrists between 125 and 180 mm.

Glitter is what the KG suffix gets you. These watches add glittering translucent resin to the BGD10K series that launched in 2024 for Baby-G's 30th anniversary, which sold in the US at $79. That makes the sparkle a $20 addition. Casio warns that the amount of glitter varies between watches and can sit unevenly within a single one — this is just a consequence of how the resin is made.

The rest is standard Baby-G. Shock-resistant construction, 100 m water resistance, mineral glass, and roughly three years from a CR1616 cell. The module carries world time across 29 zones and 30 cities, a 1/100-second stopwatch, a 24-hour countdown timer, five daily alarms, an LED Super Illuminator backlight, a calendar running to 2099 and accuracy of plus or minus 30 seconds per month.

Sea blue and pink are the two colorways.

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