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Casio Flip-Top watch

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Casio Flip-Top watch
Casio Flip-Top watch
Photo: eBay (representative genuine Casio FTP-10)
BrandCasio
ModelFlip-Top watch
Introduced1992
ProductionDiscontinued

A Casio flip-top watch is any of the calculator and databank watches Casio built with a hinged cover over the LCD and keypad, concealing a secret-agent-style gadget under an ordinary wristwatch face. Casio dates the analog-over-digital IA-1000 to 1992, the same year documented for the FTP-30; the FTP-10 followed in 1993. (Casio; Digital Watch Library) On the prop side, Propstore's own catalog notes that the flip-top watch worn by Tom Arnold's Albert Gibson in True Lies was custom-built and branded by the production to resemble a real-world Casio flip-top, opening to reveal an LCD screen and keypad, rather than being an actual Casio unit. (Propstore)

Appearances

1 cataloged appearance
Title Year Type Actor Character
True Lies (1994) 1994 Film Tom Arnold Albert "Gib" Gibson