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Casio Women's LCF30-1B Tough Solar Ana-Digi Sport Watch

• Tough solar power, dual time, daily alarm, stopwatch
• Full auto LED light with afterglow
• 12 and 24 hr formats, power saving function

Product Description

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Durable and strong yet distinctly feminine, the Casio Women's Tough Solar Ana-Digi Sport Watch #LCF30-1B is as fashionable as it is functional. Solar powered, this Casio has no battery to change, and the watch's unique digital and analog black dial is versatile enough to pair well with business casual wear at the office or distressed denim for evenings on the town. Other fashion highlights include four buttons set along the watch's round bezel and a black resin band with traditional buckle. Water resistant to 165 feet (50 meters), this watch also includes a day and month calendar displayed in a digital format, as well as reliable Japanese quartz movement, a backlit digital display to tell time in the dark, and an alarm.

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
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002J4UBJK
• Item model number: LCF30-1B
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,327 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Solar cell doesn't last long enough, January 27, 2011

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Dame Droiture (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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It's a big watch for what is typically associated with women, but I'm an outdoorsy-type and find the size to be just right since it's still smaller than the typical men's sports watch. The second day I had this watch it informed me, by turning off at a rather inopportune moment, that it was low on power. In winter, sunlight for charging is a commodity, so now I simply take the watch off and let it charge under the bathroom lights while I'm showering in the morning. Since I've been doing this, no battery failure has occurred. The directions say that about 5 minutes of direct sunlight will charge the watch for a day, and that seems about right to me. I'm sure powering the watch will be a non-issue come summer.

UPDATE: After having the watch for a few weeks now, it has shut down 3 or 4 times due to low cell power.

Cons: There are too many unnecessary functions for time-zones, etc. I just want a single display that gives both the digital time and date in one window without fuss. This watch is either or. Unless you're accustomed to changing time zones on a daily basis, two functions will probably mean nothing to you: "DT" and "HS." Another unnecessary function is the alarm. While it's certainly thoughtful, I can't imagine a time or a place now where alarms aren't taken care of by cell phones. If you are somewhere where a cell phone won't work, an alarm is probably not your first concern. I'd rather have some sort of lap counter, for running.

UPDATE: The glass face is also prone to scratching -- it sits "high" on the watch, with no protective raised cover around it (as in most other sports watches. This watch now has more face scratches on it than other watches that I've had for years.

Pros: The stopwatch is better than my Timex Ironman in that you don't need to hold down a button to reset -- just tap. Additionally, the watch lights up when it's dark and you turn it toward you, and the hands glow bright green after a nice light-charge. Solar power. Analog and digital at once: the analog could be useful for assessing compass directions (which you can't do with a digital-only piece), and the digital is always useful if you want to be exact.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Casio Women's LCF30-1B Solar Watch, April 17, 2011

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Regala (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

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I purchased this item on March 11, 2011 and have encountered only one problem with the watch: sizing. People with large wrists will have to make sure this watch size is suitable before purchasing. The length of the watch is 9 inches. I have an 8-inch wrist and can only use the last hole on the watch wristband. There are 10 holes in the wristband, which is rubberized. Wearing the watch is comfortable. Setting up the watch was not hard. It took me 10 minutes. The watch keeps both analog and digital time simultaneously on the face, but you have to set them two different ways, which is explained in the provided manual. To keep my watch powered, I have been placing it in front of my television. Easy way to keep it charged! You can also charge it using direct sunlight, which provides a faster charge. The illumination light is neon green on the analog clock hands and amber on the digital clock. When you move your wrist upward to see the watch, the amber illuminator automatically comes on. You can program the date to show in the digital panel and there is an alarm setting. Stopwatch setting also available. The watch is listed on the back as "Water Resistant 5 BAR". This means it's suitable up to 5 bar (equivalent to 165 feet, 5 ATM or 50 meters) for everyday use and swimming BUT not for poolside diving, snorkeling or water sports. Also note most water-resistant watches are not designed for prolonged active use in water.

16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Analog Display Always Remains 3 and 4 Minutes Behind Digital Display, December 21, 2009

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Clyde H. Hedlund - See all my reviews
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Bought this watch for a middle school kid. Worked fine for a week, then the analog display started lagging off and didn't keep the same time as the digital display like it should. Also the crystal scratches up easily, where it is difficult to read the display. Overall lousy performance for a watch that sells for $40.00.