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| Casio Men's Sea Pathfinder Tide Watch #SPF40-1V | 
 enlarge | Brand: Casio
Category: Watch
Department: Mens
List Price: $200.00
Buy New: $125.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 240
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Band Material: Resin
Bezel Material: stainless-steel
Case Diameter: 51
Case Material: Resin
Case Thickness: 17
Clasp: Buckle
Dial Color: grey
Dial Window Material Type: Mineral
Watch Movement Type: digital-quartz
Water Resistance Depth: 330
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.1 x 4.3 x 3.5
MPN: SPF40-1V
Model: SPF40-1V
UPC: 079767726652
EAN: 0079767726652
ASIN: B000FPZ474
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Dive Memory (40 Records), and Depth Gauge | | • | Thermometer and Barometer | | • | Full Auto EL Backlight with Afterglow | | • | 5 Daily Alarms | | • | Multi-Band Atomic Timekeeping |
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Amazon.com Product Description
The innovative Casio Men's Sea Pathfinder Tide Watch #SPF40-1V features a digital gray dial face with a durable mineral dial window. Embellishing the dial are an easy-to-read time display and a handy day-and-date calendar. Other high-tech details include a tide graph and moon-data option. Adorned with directional coordinates, the stainless steel bezel features a bearing compass feature. The 51-millimeter case is made of high-quality resin. To ensure ease in your day-to-day wearability, a black resin band is secured by a sturdy buckle clasp closure. Perfect for outdoor adventurers, this stunning timepiece brings a sporty finish to your look. It is powered by digital-quartz movement and is water resistant to 330 feet.
Product Description
This Black Casio Sea Pathfinder helps map the conditions with its digital compass, thermometer and other useful tools. Features a Solar Triple Sensor and a resin band.Digital Compass.Measures and displays direction as one of 16 points. Measuring range: 0 to 359.Measuring unit: 1. Bi-directional calibration and northerly. calibration function. Barometer. Display range: 260 to 1,100 hPa/mb (7.65 to 32.45 inHg). Display unit: 1 hPa/mb (0.05 inHg). Atmospheric pressure tendency graph. *Changeover between hPa and inHg. Thermometer. Display range: -10 to 60?C (14 to 140?F). Display unit: 0.1?C (0.2?F). *Changeover between Celsius (?C) and Fahrenheit (?F). Tide Graph. Moon Data (moon age and graph). 100M Water Resistant. Low-temperature resistant(-10?C /140?F). Auto EL Backlight with Afterglow. Duplex LCD Display. 5 Daily Alarms. Countdown Yacht Timer. Input range: 1 second to 60 minutes.Measuring Unit: 1 second.Auto-repeat Function. With repeat timing, stopwatch automatically starts when countdown is complete. 1-second stopwatch operation when started from the 0 ?00 ? display.Measuring capacity: 99:59'59. Measuring modes: Elapsed time, split time, 1st-2nd place times. Hourly Time Signal. Auto Calendar (Pre-programmed until the year 2039). 12/24 Hour Formats. Approx. Battery Life: 2 years on SR927W ? 4. Module 2273.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
Superb Feature Set August 5, 2007
29 out of 29 found this review helpful
This is an excellent watch for outdoorsy types, especially for those who sail, kayak or surf. With a compass, barometer, thermometer, and tide/moon tracking, it provides essential (potentially life-saving) information in an easy to use package.
The compass is seems accurate and is easy to calibrate. It is ideally suited for emergency navigation and for casual use such as trail hiking and river boating. I'm not sure I'd want to use it as my only compass for serious hiking or over the horizon boating, but perhaps that's just my distrust of electronics in mission critical environments.
The barometer is a little more hit-or-miss. It's accuracy is questionable given its fluctuation with altitude or temperature. This is not a Casio problem - it happens with all barometers especially wrist-mounted. Despite these issues the barometrer does a fair job of tracking the trend over the last 24 hours. Serious moutaineers may miss the multi-day tracking and using the barometer as altimeter, but most will appreciate it for the simple data it provides. I wish there were more display options, like a large multiday graph option for instance, but the small graph is fine.
Temp fluctuates when this is worn on the wrist, but not too much - perhaps a couple of degrees hotter than true outside temperature. It may be less accurate in cold temperatures than hot, but I'll have to wait a few months to test that theory.
The tide and moon features are what make this watch unique among triple-sensor watches, so I imagine that will be a key selling point for most. Both work well enough, though they will not replace a tide chart. The tide graph shows the general point in the cycle, but not with great accuracy. It's really only possible to estimate high tide with an hour or two. It would be nice of the actual hightide time were displayed or at least the graph had greater specificity. The moon tracking is a nice touch, since it allows one to estimate the size of the tides (spring and neap). But it's only an estimate - the watch does not tie moon and tide data together, leaving it to the user to figure it out. Some other tide watches actually have charts built-in that provide much more accurate data for particlar beaches, but are limited to limited spots. Since the Casio use longitude and other data to estimate the tide, it is less accurate for specific spots but more usefull overall. The ability to forcast the moon phase days in the future, but not to do the same for tide, leaves me wondering what they were thinking.
Other features of the watch include a countdown timer, stopwatch, and five alarms, which are all just fine. The five alarms cannot be set by day, but I suppose if you want to set a time for each day and just activate it as necessary that does the job. If you use the stopwatch and coundown timers frequently you may find switching between the two annoying, since they use the same function (you just set the the countdown timer to zero to put it in stopwatch mode). Also there are no lap-timers.
Downsides to the watch basically boil down to compleixity and size. While the watch is pretty easy to use once you get the hang of it, it is not entirely intuitive an all screens, and requires some memorization. Setting the tide data requires far too much research on the internet, and casio should provide better data either in the manual or on their website about how to set the data for most large coastal cities and popular recreation areas. The size of the watch is HUGE. It is larger even than the Suunto watches with similar features. The biggest annoyance I have with the size is the height, which is made unnecisarily taller by the rotating bezel. But for some the size won't matter (some may like it) so it is really a matter of taste.
Overall the eatch offers a great set of tools for most casual uses and does it at a very reasonable price. I recommend it to casual adventurers unconcerned about the size.
 BEST WATCH EVER!! October 24, 2004
19 out of 22 found this review helpful
I've had this watch since last December!! It's the best watch I've ever owned. Love the solar powered aspect (will charge on cloudy days too). It's a very large watch, so if you don't like that, then don't get this. However, it looks cool and the compass and barometer features I use the most...haven't used the altimeter (I don't skydive) but the next time I fly I will check it out. BUY THIS WATCH!!
really cool bigass watch October 23, 2006
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I am really happy with my new watch. I go to the beach often and always forget my tide charts, so that function as been very useful. The barometer is a great way to predict short term weather patterns and the digital compass is accurate, easy to use and very handy when directions need clarifying.
The only draw backs to it are the size of the thing, it is very large compard to any other watch I have ever owned, the barometer button gets pushed accidently if you flex your hand to far and the stop watch rounds to the nearest second, no fractions here.
I am very happy with mine however, it does everything that my three old watches did and more in one mannly looking wrist piece.
Sailors Delight May 26, 2007
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
I needed a timepiece that was rugged, solar, and had the functions I needed when out on the water. This unit seems to fit the bill. I particularly like the 5 alarms, hourly chime, and auto-backlight feature that can be set to turn on by simply lifting your arm to view the watch. The compass, temp, tide and baro features also provide a nice backup if my on-board navigation equipment fails.
 A Nice Watch Till You Have To Replace The Batteries November 15, 2007
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
I have owned this watch for several years and have enjoyed it. I agree with the other comments. I want to add that now it is time to replace the batteries. You will need FOUR batteries at five dollars a piece. So the cost is $20 every five years.
Then you take off the back and replace the batteries. A simple job unless the entire mechanism pops out. Trying to get it back in and working is impossible and I am handy with tools. A micro spring appeared on my work area. I have no idea where it goes or where it came from. When I finally did get it back together some of the buttons did not work. After many attempts I gave up. Also, once you break the seal by opening the back of the watch it is never quite as waterproof as it originally was.
I have been a Casio fan since Casio started making digital watches. I have thrown this one out and plan to buy the solar model so I never have to deal with the problems and costs again.
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