Product Description

Mens, "New", 30 page data bank, Analig and digital combination, LED light after glow, World time, countdown timer, hourly time signal,

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3459 in Watches
• Brand: Casio
• Model: AW81D-1AV
• Band material: stainless-steel
• Bezel material: stainless-steel
• Case material: stainless-steel
• Clasp type: fold-over-clasp-with-double-push-button-safety
• Dial color: black
• Dial window material: Mineral
• Movement type: Quartz

Features

• Quartz movement
• Protective Mineral crystal protects watch from scratches
• Case diameter: 39 mm
• Stainless-steel case; Black dial

Amazon.com Product Description
Constructed with a world time feature and the capability to compare two time zones at once, this Ana-Digi watch from Casio means you'll never have to guess what time it is back home if you want to make a quick call during your adventures. Perfect for every traveler, this stylish and functional timepiece even includes a 30-page databank capability to store all your important travel info, or emergency Embassy numbers. The case, band, and bezel of this classic watch are made of polished stainless steel. The round black dial features luminous hour markers and hand indicators, as well as a luminous day, month, and date display. Powered by analog and digital movement, this Casio watch is equipped with a 10-year battery.

Development of the Timepiece Business
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.

Customer Reviews

Does what it says
So far this watch works just as advertised. A lot of things to program but once you get used to it, no problems. I have not had it long enough to see if loses any time, but I have not noticed any differences from the other clocks and computers I am around. For the price (and if you are not expecting a whole lot) this is an excellent bargain.

Great Watch
I don't like most watches because they are either to flashy without any functionality or they look whack and have too many operations. This watch is a happy medium that doesn't cost much.

I've worn it everyday since I bought it. I've bumped the watch pretty good a few times and it only has a few scratches.

This watch ROCKS.

My first UNRELIABLE Casio
About 3 months after purchase, the digital display started to act strange...flashing randomly. Replaced the battery, to no effect. Took it into a watch repair shop, where the same failure was duplicated, and I was told to send it into Casio.
Sent it into the Casio America Repair Center, but it came back with the problem unresolved...appears Casio only took care to note all the scratches on the case. So, I am sending it back in again, with more detailed description of the defect. Pretty soon, the shipping costs will be more than what I paid for this lemon.
BTW, as others noted, the "crystal" is extremely easy to scratch.