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Casio Men's PAG40-5 Pathfinder Triple Sensor Multi-Functional Digital Watch

• Digital Compass
• Barometer
• Altimeter

Product Description

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An adventurers dream come true, the Casio Men's Pathfinder Triple Sensor Digital Watch is made of durable resin and provides all the functions needed to get you on your way. The round black resin case and bezel feature a compass on the bezel and easy-functioning push buttons for a digital compass, barometer, altimeter, thermometer, and light. The grey digital dial displays the time in the center of the dial with the day across the top and the month and date across the bottom of the dial. A black resin strap adjusts to fit comfortably and securely fastens with a buckle clasp. This timepiece offers reliable Japanese quartz movement and is protected by a durable mineral crystal. The watch is water resistant to a depth of 330 feet (100 meters).

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: 8.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002RMCW3C
• Item model number: PAG40-5
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,575 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I am wearing this right now in Afghanistan, December 11, 2010

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Ronald L. Brooks "rlb" (Qalat City, Afghanistan) - See all my reviews
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It works. It takes abuse and the light still works. The thermometer is kind of lame because it measures your body heat.

19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great watch, July 2, 2010

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W. Phillips (McChord AFB, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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I'm getting ready to deploy and I needed a new watch. I've had the watch for a month and love it. It has a lot of options and its very thin. I would buy it again.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY, January 29, 2011

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Dimi - See all my reviews

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Awesome for the money. Works for me. Altimeter is bizzare and thermometer is accurate only if you take off the watch and let it for about 10-15 min outside. Barometer is very good. Tough constraction and im very happy with it.If someone wants a very accurate pro instrument the price it will be above $500.