Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1498 in Watches
• Brand: Casio
• Model: PAW1300B-4
• Dimensions: .75 pounds
• Bezel material: Metal
• Case material: Resin
• Clasp type: Buckle
• Dial color: digital
• Dial window material: Mineral
• Movement type: Quartz
• Water-resistant to 330 feet

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 330 feet (100 M)
• Water-resistant to 330 feet (100 M)

Amazon.com Product Description
The Casio Men's Pathfinder Slim Atomic Solar Watch #PAW1300B-4 brings together a unique, rugged design and cutting edge technology. Prepared to take on the most challenging of adventures, this watch provides triple-sensory date, reliable altimeter and barometer readings, and a digital compass, all in addition to traditional timekeeping functions. A durable resin case and a unique metal bezel with textured accents and an orange-tone finish compliment the detailed digital display and keep this watch looking cool. This watch is water resistant to 330 feet and is backed by a one-year manufacturer warranty.

The Pathfinder Story

Pathfinder: Feel the Field!

With the launch of its first watch in 1974, Casio entered the wristwatch market at a time when the watch industry had just discovered digital technology. Armed with cutting-edge technology developed for pocket calculators, Casio entered the field confident it could develop timepieces that would push watch technology forward.

Amazon features the world’s largest assortment of Casio Pathfinders. All Casio Pathfinders feature Digital compasses, Altimeters, Barometers and Thermometers. All have the easy to use functions, Casio calls this the A, B, C’s: One button gets you to where you need to be. Press A for Altimeter (Thermometer), B for Barometer, and C for Compass, it is as easy as ABC!

Some Pathfinders also have such technology as Tough Solar Power for battery life of 20-30 years (great for our planet), Atomic timekeeping for the more precise time available on earth as well as unique features like moon phase and tide graphs.

Depending on the model Pathfinders are water resistant from 100M to 200M. Pathfinders come in a variety of styles including Rubber/Resin bands, and even Titanium for the business man who is a weekend warrior.

Pathfinders feature advanced measurement functions making full use of miniaturized sensor technologies that monitor the changes in natural phenomena from moment to moment with reliable accuracy. Combining the operability required for an outdoor tool with the accuracy of a fine quality timepiece, PATHDINDER is constantly exploring new fields in pursuit of evolution without end.

The Casio Story

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

Just what I was looking for!
So far so good. No problem receiving the atomic time updates and after calibrating, I get good results from the compass, atlimeter. My favorite function is the barometer which has proven very reliable in predicting rainy conditions 12-24 hours in advance. Like many reviewers have mentioned....body heat does affect the temperature, so if you want the true temperature you need to take to watch off for about 20 minutes. I have found that I can estimate the temperature within 1 or 2 degrees by monitoring the differential between the actual temperature and the temperature shown on the watch while I am wearing it. In almost all cases during normal use, the watch tempurature is exactly 20 degrees higher than the actual temperature. There are so many other functions that I have yet to become familiar with. I would recommend this watch to other hikers, and to gadget geeks for daily use.

Strap uncomfortable / poor strap design
The watch performs very well, the strap is the problem.

The strap on this model Pathfinder is a composite of leather/synthetic, and as designed the strap is stitched with a folded over flap on the INSIDE of the band. IMO this is a design flaw because the thick folded flap is beginning to rub my wrist raw. The watch is being returned because Casio advises there is no solution to this problem.

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Pathfinder Watch
This is a very neat watch. It does about everything except cooking a meal. I especially like the auto illumination feature which allows you to read your watch in complete darkness with just your wrist movement. It is the most feature rich timepiece I have ever owned. Great looking,no battery required,completely accurate atomic timekeeping. A perfect watch for the gadget freak.