Casio

Casio Men's F201WA-1A Multi-Function Alarm Sports Watch

• LED light with afterglow, dual time, hourly time signal
• 4 multi-function alarms and snooze alarm, countdown timer
• 12/24 hour formats, stopwatch
• 10 year battery

Product Description

The Casio Story

With the launch of its first watch in November 1974, Casio entered the wristwatch market at a time when the watch industry had just discovered digital technology. As a company with cutting-edge electronic technology developed for pocket calculators, Casio entered this field confident that it could develop timepieces that would lead the market.

In developing its own wristwatches Casio began with the basic question, ""What is a wristwatch?"" Rather than simply making a digital version of the conventional mechanical watch, we thought that the ideal wristwatch should be something that shows all facets of time in a consistent way. Based on this, Casio was able to create a watch that displayed the precise time including the second, minute, hour, day, and month — not to mention a.m. or p.m., and the day of the week. It was the first watch in the world with a digital automatic calendar function that eliminated the need to reset the calendar due the variation in month length. Rather than using a conventional watch face and hands, a digital liquid crystal display was adopted to better show all the information. This culminated in the 1974 launch of the CASIOTRON, the world’s first digital watch with automatic calendar. The CASIOTRON won acclaim as a groundbreaking product that represented a complete departure from the conventional wristwatch.

Casio transformed the concept of the watch — from a mere timepiece to an information device for the wrist — and undertook product planning based on this innovative idea. We developed not only time functions such as global time zone watches, but also other radical new functions using Casio’s own digital technology, including calculator and dictionary functions, as well as a phonebook feature based on memory technology, and even a thermometer function using a built-in sensor. The memory-function watches became our DATA BANK product series, while the sensor watches developed into two unique Casio product lines of today: the Pathfinder series displaying altitude, atmospheric pressure, and compass readings.

In 1983, Casio launched the shock-resistant G-SHOCK watch. This product shattered the notion that a watch is a fragile piece of jewelry that needs to be handled with care, and was the result of Casio engineers taking on the challenge of creating the world’s toughest watch. Using a triple-protection design for the parts, module, and case, the G-SHOCK offered a radical new type of watch that was unaffected by strong impacts or shaking. Its practicality was immediately recognized, and its unique look, which embodied its functionality, became wildly popular, resulting in explosive sales in the early 1990s. The G-SHOCK soon adopted various new sensors, solar-powered radio-controlled technology (described below), and new materials for even better durability. By always employing the latest technology, and continuing to transcend conventional thinking about the watch, the G-SHOCK brand has become Casio’s flagship timepiece product.

Today, Casio is focusing its efforts on solar-powered radio-controlled watches: the built-in solar battery eliminates the nuisance of replacing batteries, and the radio-controlled function means users never have to reset the time. In particular, the radio-controlled function represents a revolution in time-keeping technology similar to the impact created when mechanical watches gave way to quartz technology. Through the further development of high radio-wave sensitivity, miniaturization, and improved energy efficiency, Casio continues to produce a whole range of radio-controlled models.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002J4UBJ0
• Item model number: F201WA-1A
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,115 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Five alarms! Love it., April 7, 2010

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easygoingtodd (Indiana, USA) - See all my reviews

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This unit has a fairly large display, which is helpful for those over 40 like me. Very useful feature of having five alarms, which can even be set for a particular date.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good watch for its price !, January 19, 2011

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This review is from: Casio Men's F201WA-1A Multi-Function Alarm Sports Watch (Watch)

If you just need a good and inexpensive time peice,this watch will fit the bill. I just need the basics-the display shows it. I wish the digital read out was just a bit larger. The 1 second light is too quick to read at night time. Other functions on the watch are nice to have for its price. The band is comfortable to wear. Overall, I'm happy with it.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars No For Left-Handers!! But OK otherwise, January 9, 2010

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Vishmandu "Born To Shop" (Carolina) - See all my reviews

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Being left handed I wear this watch on my right hand. Problem. When I tilt my hand up at the wrist the buttons on that side of the watch get pressed and it goes into unpredictable settings or modes. I look down to see the time and I'm looking at an alarm mode, or the stopwatch. The buttons on the other side work the light or only work when some change mode has been entered. So on the left hand those buttons don't change the display. On the right hand it is amazingly easy to hit these buttons with a tilted wrist. Too bad, since it is otherwise a great watch. Has an amazing number of features for an inexpensive watch, keeps great time, and the buttons work really well (ask me how I know). So if you can wear it on the left hand you should be very pleased. On the right hand, not so much. Unless you keep your right hand flat all day. Get the F-28W if you are a right arm wearer. Its does not have all the features, nor the buttons, but it is just as reliable, inexpensive, and indestructible.