Author's product rating: 
| Advantages: |
Just about does anything |
| Disadvantages: |
Doesn't cook the breakfast though ! ! ! |
| Recommend to potential buyers: |
yes |
When I first saw this watch, being gadget man I thought ..... wow I have to have this little feller !!, as an aviation enthusiast and a frequent flyer, the built in digital altimeter was a must, coupled to the barometer and temp gauge ( all digital). it even indicates weather trends so you can see in advance if the weather is deteriorating.
Apart from the 5 seperate alarms, hourly chimes, automatic calander until 2039, large ditigal readout, and the fact that you can go swimming or snorkelling with this watch down to 300 feet ( if you can go that deep !!) its a great looker, and conversation piece.
If you like camping and weekend outdoor sports then having your own personal navigator on your wrist,
Simply press a button and a display indicator gitially tells you the direction, displays current barometric pressure, temperature or altitude in feet or
metres, or displays a graphical form of recent changes in the sensor readings.
Theres an Auto Light feature which turns on the backlight when the wrist is tilted beyond 40° for easy hands-free reading in the dark.
It's a multi-functional environmental information tool that helps you keep informed whenever you take on the outside forces of nature.
Therefore, Its very much a serious watch for the serious outdoors enthusiast, easy, one-touch controls provide essential information from a combination digital compass,altimeter/barometer and thermometer. Digital compass displays a continuous directional.
OK the Technical Specs for you Techies, I must stress that the information following has been gathered from various websites to give the reader a comprehensive overview of the watch, it is NOT my own work and has been copied to give a more accurate technical specification, much more than I would have been able to do on my own......
Size of case 57.0mm x 53.8mm x 17.9mm
Titanium strap.
· Electro-luminescent backlight Auto light
switch, afterglow
· Low-temperature resistant (-1OC)
· Digital compass Measures and displays
direction as one of 16 points Measuring
range: 0 to 359' Measuring unit: 1'
Abnormal magnetic field detect function
Bi-directional calibration and northerly
calibration function
· Altimeter Measuring range: 700 to 1 0,000m
(-2,300 to 32,800 ft) Measuring unit: 5m
(20 ft) Auto memory measurements (up to 50
sets of data, each set including altitude,
month, date, time) Reference altitude
setting Altitude alarm 'Changeover
between meters (m) and feet (ft)
· Barometer Display range: 260 - 1,100hPa/mb
(7.65 to 32.45 inHg) Display unit: 1 hPa/mb
(0.05 inHg) Atmospheric pressure tendency
graph 'Changeover between hPa and inHg
· Thermometer Display range: -10 - 60C (14 to
140F) Display unit: 0.1C (0.2F) Changeover
between Celsius (C) and Fahrenheit (F)
· 1/100-second stopwatch
Measuring capacity: 59'59.99"
Measuring modes: Elapsed time, split time,
1st-2nd place times
· Daily alarms 5 independent daily alarms
· Hourly time signal
· Auto-calendar (to year 2039)
· 12/24-hour formats
· Regular timekeeping: Hour, minutes, sec
pm, month, date, day
· Accuracy: ±15 seconds per month
· Approx. battery life: 18 months
· Size of case 57.0mm x 53.8mm x 17.9mm
This is a gadget to end all gadgets for all you gadget freaks out there, just like me..I bought mine in July and have just about road tested it, now I wonder how I ever managed without it ..!!!
The altimeter is very much affected by the barometric pressure, so it is variable and must not be relied upon for any precise accuracy by any aviators out there, or in fact anyone who depends upon absolute altitude accuracy, it is merely an indication of altitude, this also would apply to the temperature
guage, I subtract about 15 - 20 degrees F from the actual reading to get a more accurate reading, in fact
Casio recommend that you take the watch off and allow it to stand on its own for several minutes to get that reading, the compass works on Magnetic north so if you are trying to work it around equipment that work on magnetic fields like speakers and TV's etc...then you would not have a realistic reading !!...bearing these facts in mind it is still a fascinating gadget.
I suppose you're wondering how much this little guy is..well its top retail price is about £250, but I got mine for £140, there are places on the internet who will sell it for anything between, lots of places in the USA who will ship to the UK so if you are tempted....SHOP AROUND, there are bargains to be had...the Casio Pro Tech series of watches are serious gear for you outdoor freaks or gadget folk alike...definitely worth considering
Thanks for reading......
