Casio

Casio Men's W201-1AV Alarm Chronograph Watch

• Quartz movement
• Protective Mineral crystal protects watch from scratches
• Case diameter: 36 mm

Product Description

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Classic and casual, this no-nonsense digital watch from Casio provides dependable timekeeping and chronograph measurements in a stylishly simple design. The rectangular digital display shows the time with seconds, day, month and date, and the LED light with afterglow makes it easy to read no matter the hour. The calendar is pre-programmed until 2099, and the time can display in either 12- or 24-hour format. The watch also features a dual time setting, a 1/100 second stopwatch function, a daily alarm, and hourly time signals. The black band and bezel are made of durable resin, and the case is made of stainless steel. Built to last, the watch is water resistant up to 165 feet (50 meters), offers a battery life of approximately 10 years, and is backed by a 1-year limited manufacturer's warranty.

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: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00134L97K
• Item model number: W201-1AV
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,313 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Casio Men's Alarm Chronograph Watch #W201-1AV, October 6, 2008

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Darlene Collins - See all my reviews
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This watch is all that its cracked up to be! The only thing I don't like about it, is that its easy to change modes by inadvertently bumping the bottom left button - but its just as easy to put it back. It's well worth the cost, especially with a 10-year battery life and a 1-year warranty.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Everyday Watch, June 7, 2009

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Lee (Great Neck, NY) - See all my reviews

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I'm really pleased with this purchase. Accuracy is about two seconds per week and it is easy to reset. From past experience I agree with others that the band can be expected to break after about a year; however it will take a standard 20mm watchband. I like the fabric wrap-around "The Band" by Chisco which costs about seven dollars. In fact I swapped the band when I first got this watch because I prefer the wrap-around style. With a ten year battery, stop watch, calendar, easy-to-read display, back-light, and low price what's not to like?

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great low cost watch, October 15, 2009

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G. Ching "gerryc22" (Santa Barbara, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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Great, low cost watch. I like the relative small size and thiness, as I have a small wrist. And with the flat crystal, it doesn't tend to get scratched, like the models that have a slight protruding convex crystal.