Casio's g-shock watches are pretty strong but their other watches, particularly the cheaper ones, are very much not rugged in my experience. Perhaps they were in the past relative to other inexpensive watches, but they seem capable, but not particularly rugid in my experience.

Granted that's a given for the price, but I wouldn't associate all Casio watches with rugged necessarily.

The nostalgia, I get that, I bought an old f-91w out of nostalgia recently if only because I wore it 30 years ago ;)