Quick specs Casio Edifice Sospensione Honda Racing Corporation (HRC Edition) 2024
Price: approx. $ 500 | approx. € 500 | approx. £ 400 | approx. CHF 500
Size: 51 x 47.8 mm
Reference: ECB-2000HR-1A
The Casio Edifice Sospensione Honda Racing Corporation ref. ECB-2000HR-1A is a standout addition to the Casio Edifice line. The series was launched in 2000 aiming at professionals seeking performance-oriented features with a robust construction. There are a zillion models, and now and then a model is connected to cool topics in motorsports.
Here it is a collaboration between Casio and Honda Racing Corporation (HRC), which has already brought several limited-edition models to the Edifice lineup. Not only HRC can be found as a collab, but also Mugen, with this Casio Edifice Mugen Edition. Or this Casio Edifice Honda Type R Edition, dedicated to quick Honda road cars. The HRCs mostly have a tricolor design reflecting the HRC colors.
Bluetooth and solar charging
The ECB-2000HR-1A is part of the Smartphone Link series, which combines solar charging with Bluetooth connectivity. This allows users to link their watch to a smartphone for accurate timekeeping and control over key features. This model is packed in a stainless steel case measuring a hefty 51 x 47.8 millimeters, and it has a carbon bezel for some extra sporty feeling.
The watch’s dial is dark with contrasting elements that improve readability, while subtle Honda Racing red accents nod to its automotive inspiration. The dial layout and sub dials are arranged for intuitive access to multiple time zones and a stopwatch function, but also a full calendar, alarm, and LED light.
The battery of the Casio Edifice Sospensione Honda Racing Corporation lasts 7 months without charging
Inside this 2024 HRC Edition is the Casio caliber 5698, a solar powered quartz with an accuracy of +/- 15 seconds per month. All functions can be operated by the four pushers, but especially when setting up some functions, Bluetooth offers a connection to the Casio app. In which you can adjust most settings more easily.
For those interested in the ECB-2000HR-1A’s wearability, the watch includes a high-quality, Alcantara band and a stainless steel buckle. Also, in the tricolor scheme.
| Technical data and specifications of the Casio Edifice Sospensione Honda Racing Corporation (HRC Edition) 2024 |
| Reference number: ECB-2000HR-1A |
| Movement: Casio caliber 5698 | Solar powered quartz | Analogue hours and minutes, small digital seconds, 1/100th of a split-second chronograph, regatta timer, full calendar, and date/day display, GMT / world timer, alarm, Bluetooth with auto time adjustment, phone finder functions, battery level and life indicator | Rechargeable battery: at least 7 months / 18 months without use and power save mode on |
| Case and dial: 51 x 47.8 mm | Stainless steel | Thickness: 11.3 mm | Carbon bezel with 5-minute scale in red-white-blue | Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating | Anthracite brushed dial with grey accents and red-white-blue minute scale | Hour and minute hands with luminova | White hour markers with luminova | Stainless steel case back | Water resistance: 10 ATM / 10 bar / 100 meters / 330 feet |
| Strap: Alcantara strap |
| Price Casio Edifice Sospensione Honda Racing Corporation (HRC Edition) 2024: approx. $ 500 | approx. € 500 | approx. £ 400 | approx. CHF 500 |
| Website: www.casio.com |