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Casio Men's WS210HD-1AVCF Tough Solar Powered Tide and Moon Stainless Steel Watch

• Tough solar powered; LED light; World time
• Tide and moon graphs
• Countdown timer; 12/24 hour formats

Product Description

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

• Product Dimensions: 3.9 x 3.9 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B003URNNIG
• Item model number: WS210HD-1AVCF
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,509 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great watch, March 29, 2011

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Alex (Fort belvoir Va) - See all my reviews

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I've had this product for over two months now, I've had no problems! I've swam in a 7 foot deep pool, gone into the water at the beach, showered with it, used the tide chart to determin when to go fishing, used the moon chart to see the supermoon recently!! I have the 24hr time set, great for me to report to duty on time. Overall great watch, no problems to report! I defenatly recomended this watch to anyone, very easy to use and very durrable.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good watch, January 1, 2011

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artstuff - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Casio Men's WS210HD-1AVCF Tough Solar Powered Tide and Moon Stainless Steel Watch (Watch)

Wanted a watch to give me tides at my house & this 1 does at a great price. Easy to set up. only draw back,(& was mentioned by another reviewer), is a very soft face that is not resessed enough. Within 2 days of wearing I had 2 major scratches on the face. If you buy 1 slap a screen cover on the face from day 1! You have been warned.
Other than that no regrets. Does everything it says it will.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Casio Men's WS210HD-1AVCF SS Solar Powered Tide & Moon, March 1, 2011

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J. Perkins "Spotcastr" (Huntington Beach, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Casio Men's WS210HD-1AVCF Tough Solar Powered Tide and Moon Stainless Steel Watch (Watch)

This watch has all the features advertised. Per instructions: Don't set the time before adjusting for your Time Zone.

Con: This watch is factory set for a large wrist. The wrist band clasp has only one adjustment 1/8" from initial setting. My wrist is nominally 7.5 inches and I can fit two fingers past the knuckle under the band when watch is clasped. A watch smith must be seen regarding link removal for adjustment. If this doesn't bother you, it's a good buy for the features.

Update: The part of the watch casing that attaches to the wrist band pins is plastic. The first time I wore this watch out sailing, a pin broke the plastic casing. It is now a pocket watch. I'll be sending this back. I wouldn't buy this watch again.