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Casio Men's PAG40B-2VCF Pathfinder Triple Sensor Blue Watch

• Quartz movement
• Protective mineral crystal protects watch from scratches
• Case diameter: 52 mm

Product Description

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Set a course for adventure every day you wear this Casio Pathfinder Triple Sensor men's digital watch (model PAG40B-2V), which includes a built-in digital compass, altimeter, barometer, and thermometer. The digital compass displays 16 directions and has a 5-set memory capacity that captures direction, month, date, and measurements time data. The altimeter measures up to 32,800 feet (10,000 meters) in 20-foot (5-meter) increments, and it can store 50 sets of altitude memory with date and temperature. It also provides a target altitude alarm and graphing capability for target and altitude tendency.

This large, round watch features a gray/blue leather and cloth case that's topped by a black bidirectional bezel with compass markings. It offers a 1/100-second stopwatch with a 60-minute measuring capacity and elapsed time, split time, and 1st/2nd place time modes. It also includes a daily alarm, optional hourly time signal, and 12/24-hour formats. Other features include a comfortable resin strap, scratch-resistant mineral crystal, and AfterGlow LED electro-luminescent backlight, and water resistance to 100 meters (330 feet).

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

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000FPZ46U
• Item model number: PAG40B-2VCF
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,316 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

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62 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most Durable Sport Watch, Ever, March 10, 2007

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S. St Amand (Ft. Bragg, NC) - See all my reviews
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The search for the most rugged, functional watch is over. The Casio Pathfinder tops them all. I spent the first year of the war in Iraq wearing this watch without fail. The compass function came in very handy driving all over the desert. And the large face makes it easy to see.

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 15 yrs. experience with triple sensor watches, October 8, 2008

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Banjo Gil (Petoskey, MI, USA) - See all my reviews

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My first triple sensor watch, 15 yrs. ago, was a Casio Quatro. It worked well for some 10 yrs. till it began suddenly going blank, even with a new battery. When the local jeweler (where I originally bought it) could no longer get Casio Triple Sensor watches from his distributor, and could not fix the problem, I bought a LaCrosse triple sensor watch with lower water proof rating. When 2 of these leaked in shower, hot tub and sauna situations, I finally went on line and bought this model Casio, after reading all the reviews.
I learned as much or even more by reading the lower star rating reviews, and would recommend the same to a prospective buyer.
This is by far the best triple sensor watch I've ever owned, and though I've only had it for less than a week, I would whole heartedly recommend it, or perhaps one of the similar models, to anyone looking for these features in a sport watch! The separate buttons for compass, barometer, altimeter, and light, as well as the other 2 bottons for setting the various measuring devices, makes it easy to use. The compass works well for general directions, after setting it up the bidirectional method, and is not intended for navigation purposes. The night back light lights up the numbers for easy visualization in the dark.
As far as the thick manual, if you cut off the other languages it's only 1/8" thick, and if you go on line to Casio and download the manual from their website in English, it's only 8 pages long (letter size pages) and can be easily taken on trips for reference.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Feature packed, good quality., October 2, 2007

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R. Florentino (Miami, Fl) - See all my reviews
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For the price, you will have a hard time finding a watch with as many features. As most other watches with sensors for the different functions, even some costing over 4 times as much, it comes calibrated with "international settings" (it measures altitude based on atm pressure variations), but you can calibrate as you wish depending on the situation (for example: if you want to measure a mountain climb from the point of origin/base).

The band is little stiff at first, but eases up with time. My only negative on this specific model is that it doesn't come with a countdown timer. This function can easily be overlooked by using the chronometer or the alarm function, but it's not as convenient. I've had a very good experience with Casio, and their products are usually very reliable. Overall, highly recommended.