Casio

Casio Men's PAW1100-1V Pathfinder Atomic Solar Watch

• Solar-atomic movement
• Mineral crystal
• Case diameter: 52 mm

Product Description

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Contemporary and sporty, the Casio Men's Pathfinder Atomic Solar Watch #PAW1100-1V was designed to compete with today's large display multifunction athletic watches. Packed with high-tech features, the Pathfinder comes with a built-in altimeter with a digital altitude tendency display graph (an ideal feature for mountaineering and alpine winter sports), a thermometer, and an atomic time keeping function (up to six times daily) that ensures your watch is always set to the right time. Don't forget that this watch isn't purely about functionality. Its bold digital dial, textured stainless steel bezel, and rugged resin band with traditional buckle clasp looks just as fitting at the cuff of your GORE-TEX winter parka or at the sleeve of your favorite button-down office shirt. The watch's reliable Japanese quartz movement is solar powered--which can accurately keep time up to five months without further exposure to light. Other technical features include five daily alarms, an LED light with Afterglow technology, a world clock with 29 time zones, a 1/100 second stopwatch that records split time, a calendar (pre-programmed until the year 2099), 12- and 24-hour formats, and water resistance to 330 feet (100 M).

The Casio PAW-1100 Pathfinder Story

Pathfinder PAW1100-1V Watch.

	Tough Solar Power You don't have to worry about changing your battery again with Pathfinder's solar technology. The battery is automatically charged by light, either direct from the sun or from light sources inside. Watches with this feature have a solar cell and a special rechargeable battery (secondary battery) that is charged by the electrical power produced by the solar cell.
	Altimeter Use the Pathfinder's altimeter to help gauge the time you'll need to reach the summit! The altimeter checks and displays the altitude every two minutes. The graphing function positions you with respect to your target altitude, while alarm alerts you as you approach your mark. You can record up to 40 sets of data with each record displaying the altitude, month, date and time. The measuring range is from -700 to 10,000 meters (-2,300 to 32,800 ft.).
	Barometer Predict changing weather patterns using the Pathfinder's barometer. It takes readings every two hours and stores them automatically. It graphically displays the barometric pressure for the past 30 hours. The display ranges from 260 to 1, 100 hPa/mb (7.65 to 32.45 inHg) with changeovers from hPa to inHg.
	Digital Compass During measurement, the watch displays an angle value, a direction indicator, and four direction pointers, which change dynamically when the watch is moved. After measurement is complete, these measurements are frozen in accordance with the last measurement.
	Multi-Band Atomic Timekeeping Multi-Band 5 Atomic timekeeping is designed to pick up the time calibration signal transmitted in Germany (Mainflingen), England (Anthorn), and the United States (For Collins) and the time calibration signals transmitted in Japan. It will receive the time calibration signal automatically from the applicable transmitter (in the middle of the night) and update its settings accordingly.
	Thermometer A built-in thermometer displays and checks the temperature every 5 minutes. The display can be converted from Celsius to Fahrenheit. Temperature ranges are from -10 to 60degrees C (14 to 140degrees F).
	Auto Light You'll always be able to read your Pathfinder display, even in total darkness. EL Backlights make the face of the Pathfinder exceptionally bright. The watch also includes an auto light. So when you tilt the Pathfinder toward your face, the EL Backlights automatically light up for night time viewing.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001BYBAMQ
• Item model number: PAW1100-1VCR
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,518 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

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46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, With Odd Quirks, December 6, 2009

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Nicholas T. Dedring (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
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I've been happy with this watch, and it takes getting used to a pressure-based altimeter to realize how to use it best... if you're familiar with the concept of setting a reference altitude, you'll figure it out just fine.

It's reasonably robust, though one button has seemingly shifted inward slightly, requiring a much firmer press, after a fall to a rock ledge while hiking. So be it, I can't blame Casio for me juggling my watch and dropping it, can I?

The battery life is such that I generally (almost always) leave the "auto-backlight" turned off, as it will run the battery to low at times if I sleep with the watch on, turning its backlight on when I shift in my sleep.

Two points that I can't make sense of in the slightest, which are: first off, and this truly a pure software question, for some reason the countdown timer does not go longer than an hour, which I don't appreciate; secondly, it would be fantastic if there were a single button or button combination to return to the main time screen, from which you can access barometer, altimeter, and compass functions. It is a bit irritating to have to go through six screens while looking at the watch to find your way back.

One other small note, the backlight will not stay lit when you press any button, so you need to light the backlight, press whichever button you'd like, and then re-illuminate to confirm the step taken.

The longer timer and the backlight remaining on were two points that timex got right with my cheap nearly disposable ironman digital, it's odd that casio hasn't had the sense to fix these minor points.

Don't expect the watch to update to atomic time every night... some nights it fails to hook up, and that's not really a terribly big deal...

All in all, very happy, though some aspects of the interface are a little bit user unfriendly. Also, as everyone else has said here already, the thermometer doesn't work in any meaningful way while the watch is on your wrist. If you want to spend hundreds more, get a suunto with gps, but for my money, and with the functional solar power, I'm quite happy with the watch.

One other minor point, in respect to criticism in quite a few reviews here, I've not had any issue with the excess of the band not remaining in the retaining loop, there is a ramped spot on the end of the band that seems to do a great job keeping it in place. Not sure if this is a design refinement or not, but I've not had any issue in that area.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent !, October 21, 2010

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Glenn S. Barclay "AV8R" (Kalispell) - See all my reviews
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My 12 year old Pathfinder served me very well for many years. The Casio Pathfinder 1100-1V is a quantum leap forward in quality and design with easy to read numbers for us older folks who rely on reading glasses. I found the compass to be dead on accurate as I've cross checked it with my GPS and runway alignment. The altimeter is accurate to within 20 feet and I'm looking forward to using it downhill skiing. A great feature is the barometer and cross checking it with flight service proves to be very accurate. Also, a big plus is the barometer gives a pressure trend of the past 30 hours and this is an excellent predictor of pending bad weather or good weather, great if you're into exploring the back country here in northwestern Montana. And, yes the temperature is dead on to within one degree but keep in mind it is only accurate off your wrist otherwise it will read somewhere around 86 degrees f. I really like the fact that its solar powered and it auto calibrates it's self every night from the Atomic Naval observatory in Fort Collins Colorado. For a watch as big as this pathfinder it is remarkably comfortable but bulky and could come in handy as a self defense weapon, maybe? All in all it's awesome and I highly recommend this pathfinder for anyone who loves gadgets, aviation and the wilderness. Enjoy!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love me some Pathfinder!, January 6, 2011

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Dave "SYFer" (San Francisco Bay Area) - See all my reviews
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How can you beat an outdoors/sports watch that has a solar-recharging battery and sets itself every night via the atomic clock signal? You can't, unless you get a fancier version of same. This is a pretty powerful self-contained package and I like my watches to be super-accurate (or why bother), so that auto-set is a great feature for me.

You can set it to auto-illuminate when you move your wrist to look at the face (with no real battery consequences that I've noticed) and it has all the usual alarms, timers, etc. that you could ever need. For outdoors gadgetry, it includes a compass, thermometer, barometer and altimeter. I have found that the compass, thermometer (when not on wrist) and altimeter are all quite accurate, but have not really vetted the barometer although usually, merely observing the up and down trends on a baro is all you really need and since it does display the trend, I'm fine with it. Water resistant to 100 meters means you can keep it on while you wrestle alligators in the swamp or plant limpet mines on enemy hulls.

This watch hits a real sweet spot in terms of price and features, IMO. Note however that this IS a very large watch and is pretty hard-core looking, but hey, if you're browsing Pathfinders, you're not exactly expecting a Movado alternative for wearing with your tux to the baccarat table, are you? This is a manly watch meant for wearing as you plunge your Unimog through snake-infested stream-beds at night while avoiding hostiles.