Casio Men's Pathfinder Multi-Band Solar Atomic Ultimate Watch #PAW1500T-7V | 
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| Brand: Casio
Category: Watch
Department: mens
List Price: $400.00
Buy New: $240.00
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Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 88
Band Material: Titanium
Bezel Material: Titanium
Case Diameter: 50.5
Case Material: Titanium
Case Thickness: 14.3
Clasp: fold-over-clasp-with-safety
Dial Color: digital
Dial Window Material Type: Mineral
Watch Movement Type: Quartz
Water Resistance Depth: 660
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 4.6 x 4.4 x 3.8
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MPN: PAW1500T-7V
Model: PAW1500T-7V
UPC: 730254518456
EAN: 0079767892272
ASIN: B0019FLMVG
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| Features:
| • | Quartz movement | | • | Tough Solar Power; Shock Resistant; Auto EL Backlight with Afterglow | | • | World Time - 29 times zones (30 cities), city code display, daylight saving on/off | | • | Water resistant up to 660 feet (200 M) | | • | Water-resistant to 660 feet (200 M) |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Perfect for rugged adventurers and weekend warriors, the solar-powered Casio Pathfinder men's sport watch is loaded with a digital compass and altimeter/barometer/thermometer--perfect for both mountain trekking and cave spelunking. It also includes tide and moon graphs and moon age data, and is very precise thanks to its atomic timekeeping features. The durable round watch case (measuring 50.5mm/1.98 inches wide) and bracelet are made of titanium, which is nearly 50 percent lighter than steel, but 30 percent stronger. It's also particularly resistant to salt water corrosion, as well as hypo-allergenic--perfect for those with metal allergies. The altimeter offers 5-meter measurements from -700 to 10,000 meters, and it can store altitude, month, date and time data, provide tendency and differential graphs, track cumulative ascent/descent, and sound an alarm when you reach a specified altitude. The watch also has a digital compass with 16 points of measurement displayed on the dial face. Other environmental and timekeeping features include: - Barometer with atmospheric pressure tendency/differential graphics
- Thermometer
- World Time: 29 times zones (30 cities), city code display, daylight saving on/off
- 5 daily alarms
- 1/100 second stopwatch with 24-hour capacity and elapsed/split time modes and 1st-2nd place times
- Countdown timer with 60-minute range
- Auto Calendar (pre-programmed until the year 2099)
This watch also features a ±20-second accuracy per month, Afterglow backlighting, and water resistance to water resistance to 200 meters (660 feet)--which will stand up to the rigors of recreational scuba diving. This solar-powered watch has a battery life of up to 5 months on a full charge (without further exposure to light). This multi-band radio-controlled watch receives a time calibration signal transmitted from several locations across the globe (the U.S., UK, Germany, and Japan), and it has an auto receive function (up to 6 times per day). You can choose to automatically receive this signal four times a day, or manually update the watch to the atomic clock. 
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 Everything Casio Says It Is -- and More! December 18, 2008
Nicholas Sabalos Jr. (Springfield, VA, USA)
25 out of 26 found this review helpful
I've owned a lot of great watches over my 30 years of adulthood -- from inexpensive Timexes to my beloved Movado -- but THIS ONE is SOMETHING SPECIAL! Why "special"? Because, simply, it does everything it is advertised to do; and it does well, and with a touch of class!
Casio obviously put a lot of thought into the design of this watch and its features. The digital compass is the snappiest and most accurate I have found in a watch. The altimeter is a gem....accurate to within 5 meters (or about 20 feet). The barometer is quite sensitive and the trend graph on the watch face has proven to be very useful. The thermometer works great and, if kept a short distance from the warming effects of the skin, is very accurate and sensitive. The atomic clock update works like a charm here in Virginia.....takes about 3 minutes for an accurate "fix" each night. The motion sensor that turns on the face light in dark areas when you tilt the watch towards your face is terrific....especially in a dark car when you can't take your hands off the wheel to check the time....but the watch face lights up as you tilt your arm towards your face. Now how cool is that????!!!!
A couple of lessons learned since I brought this gem home: READ the owner's manual! Yes, it's complex and will take a couple of hours to go through carefully....but it will save you endless frustration and will tailor this watch exactly to your own needs and desires. It's a VERY complex watch.....but once you get it set up (ie, power-use modes; metric or English measurements; tides set to your beach, etc....), it becomes an incredibly useful tool that you will be consulting frequently throught each day and night.
A second lesson learned: follow the instructions and CAREFULLY calibrate your "reference altitude" and the barometer. The best instructions for doing this, in tandem, and taking into account ambient temperature, is critical and is well-laid out towards the END of the instruction manual....in the "Reference" section. Accurate calibration of the altimeter and the barometer are dependent on the ambient temperature....so read those instructions....they are well-written and take you step-by-step through the short process.
This watch may look big.....but it's not as big as some other watches I have owned. It's thinner than the G-Shocks.....and sits on my very lean wrist quite nicely. The watch is designed to be worn OUTSIDE long-sleeve clothing to allow proper charging of the solar battery....and be most useful as a reference instrument! When wearing short-sleeve shirts or T-s, I put a 1" sports wristband on my wrist first....then put the watch over it. Works like a champ.....and tends to keep the thermometer, barometer, altimeter a whole lot more accurate with the slight seperation from body temperature. (I use the Under Armour 1" Performance Wristbands under the watch.....and they disappear beneath the watch...but allow the watch to sit very confortably and securely on your wrist....yet not add any significant "bulk." You can find them here at Amazon (good price!) and in sporting goods stores.)
Bottom line: if you enjoy cutting-edge technical gadgets that work REAL WELL.....AND serve a very useful purpose.....AND enjoy top-notch quality......AND great support from the folks at Casio (check out their website!).....this is the watch for you. It's gem!
Boat Captains perfect companion September 15, 2008
T. L. Flannery (Homosassa, Fl)
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
This watch is awsome! As a boat captain, its functions are indispensable. The tides, moon and compass functions are great. Without adjustment, the tide function is accurate for my area on the gulf in Florida. I had an older model of the pathfinder that I thought was great, but this watch far exceeds my expectations. A must have watch if you fish or work on the water.
PAW1500T-7V Great Price at JC Pennys November 2, 2008
M. Frost
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Picked up my new watch yesterday at JC Pennys 25% off + 15% coupon~ $255.00 US. Watch is awsome. A watch geeks ultimate watch.
The barometer is very accurate once set and the altimiter can be a little touchy. The thermometer function is accurate if the watch is not worn 20 min and not kept in the sun. Since I live in Ohio the tide function is pretty useless, but the moon function looks cool.
Overall I am very happy with the watch, accept I wish it had a stainless steel band and not titanium which does scratch easier
Big, Beautiful and Accurate December 17, 2009
David D. Tucker (Powell, Tn)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I wasn't really in the market for another watch, but when my son, the Marine, told me he had a Casio G-Shock he loved I, naturally, went to Amazon.com and started looking into what Casio had to offer. I'm old enough to remember when Casio put out its first LCD watches back when the tuning fork Accutron was the cutting edge watch. I've owned several Casios over the years, and those were mostly of the lower end variety I used as scrub time pieces which I discarded like cheap sunglasses. Over the years I got away from the casio watches since they were mostly of the same watch face design with the familiar LCD screen which I grew bored with. BUT during those 'lost' years Casio really made great progress in their watch designs and cutting edge technologies which I discovered only recently to my joy. While looking through all that Casio offered and reading many of the reviews accompanying the different styles I came across this Pathfinder model 3134, and I was almost hooked until I saw that Amazon's price was way below what its MRSP price of $400 was - then I was sold. I really like the look of the watch; the many features it offers; the titanium band and bezel; the solar and atomic automatic calibrating of the time and battery functions; and the overall appearance. I ordered it, received it, and after adjusting the band to fit my wrist, fits on my arm like it was meant to be there. The directions are great for adjusting all the functions contained in the watch and recalibrating it to fit my area of the country - ie. the Southeast. The only thing I really had to change was all the measurements to English instead of metric as that's what I'm most familiar with. The only other adjustment/calibration I had to perform was the altimeter setting. All other calibrations weren't necessary as they all were reasonably accurate and within close proximity of what I was able to compare the measurements with. Since I'm not going to use it as stringently as some reviewers seem to want, it fits my every need excellently. Afterall, is it really necessary for the barometric pressure reading to exactely match that of what weather stations report since their reports usually have considerable time lags involved. The compass is right on the mark, the altimeter and temperature is very accurate as are the other measurements. In short, I love it!
About adjusting the titanium band: This is the only possible feature that may pose a temporary problem, but after thinking about it I had no trouble in adjusting the band. You don't really have to get a special tool or any complicated, specialized impliments to adjust this band as it's very easy once you've made the decision to do it yourself. Here's how I adjusted my band: First, look at the inside of the band's links and locate the arrows which indicate the direction the link pins need to be pushed out. Straighten one end of a small metal paperclip to use as a drift punch and grasp the paperclip with wirepliers so you can apply enough pressure on the pins to force them through the other side of the link. After the pins have been forced part way to the other side of the link, use the wirepliers to pull them the rest of the way out. There is a very small metal sleeve type of roll pin that is located on the inside of the inner area of each link. This roll pin sleeve is used as a holding mechanism that prevents the pin from working out of each link through movement and is an important element of the band's strength to stay intact. Be careful to watch for this sleeve to fall out and be prepared to put it back in the inner link when you're ready to put the metal link pin back. Remove the number of links needed for the band to fit your wrist and put the band back together. Walla! You're done!
Make James Bond Jealous November 23, 2008
Mr. Monkeywrench
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This watch has exceeded my expectations. I did a WHOLE LOT of research on watches before I decided on this one. And I do not regret it for a second. The watch has served me at work, in the ocean, and in the wilderness. The time is dead on due to the updates (checked it against an atomic clock, less that 1/16 of a second off) i live on the west coast and the tide charts and moon charts are spot on. Also the compass, altimeter, and barometer are fairly accurate.(I checked all these features against other professional equipment). If you are of reasonable intelligence this watch is fairly easy to operate. One piece of advice though, study your instruction manual!!!!!
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