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Casio’s new $600 calculator is a work of art
The S100X is limited to just 650 units worldwide. | Image: Casio Can a basic calculator with an old-school segmented LCD screen be beautiful? Casio's response to that question is its new S100X featuring a traditional Japanese hand-painted finish using sap from the lacquer tree, giving the calculator a glossy black finish with warm red highlights around the edges. It somehow looks even more luxurious than if Casio had simply gold-plated the S10…
Can a calculator turn the heads? Casio tries the bet with a very high-end version of its S100X, which has the peculiarity of being covered with a Japanese lacquer applied by hand. An unexpected, neat, and not given object: it is produced in very limited series.
Casio has just unveiled the S100X Urushi, a hand-painted version of its high-end calculator. Produced in 650 copies by Japanese artisans, it will be available on April 9 for 99,000 yen, or about 600 euros. So a small budget. But why is it so expensive? Because of the lacquer pardi! Come on I tell you everything. This S100X Urushi is covered with urushi lacquer, a Japanese technique centuries old. The lacquer is applied by hand by the artisans of…
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