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Casio Women's LW200-1AV Illuminator 10-Year Battery Digital Watch

• Quartz movement
• Protective mineral crystal protects watch from scratches
• Case diameter: 34.6 mm

Product Description

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Casio's Illuminator digital watch for women is a sleek and sporty timepiece featuring a black plastic resin band, a metallic resin case and a large digital time display with stopwatch and day and date functions. Water-resistant to 165 feet, the Illuminator also features electro-luminescent backlighting making it the perfect watch for a variety of casual and adventuresome settings.

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: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000GB0G2U
• Item model number: LW200-1AV
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,058 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars ...but what do you want for $17???, December 18, 2007

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Bundita (Arbovale, WV USA) - See all my reviews

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I abuse my watches, so there's no point in getting an expensive one. The two features I'd like to change about this watch are: 1) Add a timer feature and 2)Make the buttons smaller so they don't get accidentally pushed. I had a Timex Expedition for many years, but they don't make it any more. This one is probably slightly dressier-looking than the more rugged Expedition, but I prefer the Expedition for its timer and it's smaller buttons.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I like it, April 5, 2008

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I like this watch. With this price, the quality is much better than I originally expected. Plus, it looks prettier than the photo. They only thing is that the face of the watch could be scratched easily, I have to be very careful about my hands' movement.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Casual Watch, November 17, 2008

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I love this watch! I has an easy to read display and counts off the seconds too (making it great as a nurse at work). I love using it for running, but I haven't needed to use the other features (time clock, laps, etc.). So as a basic watch it look great, isn't too big and has proven well worth the price.