| | |  | Christmas Ornament | Home » » Casio Sea Pathfinder Twin Sensor Mens Digital Watch SPF40-1V | | | | | | | Description: | | Resin case with a resin strap. Unidirectional bezel. Grey dial. Quartz movement. Scratch resistant mineral crystal. Case diameter: 50 mm. Case thickness: 17.9 mm. Tang clasp. Water resistant at 100 meters / 330 feet. Functions: atomic timekeeping, solar power, compass, altimeter, barometer, thermometer, alarm, chronograph, world time. Casio Sea Pathfinder Twin Sensor Mens Digital Watch SPF40-1V. | | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 5.1 inches | | Product Width:
| 4.3 inches | | Product Height:
| 3.5 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 5.2 inches | | Package Width:
| 4.1 inches | | Package Height:
| 3.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.6 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 48 reviews |
| | | Watch Information: | | | Crystal Material:
| Mineral | | Clasp:
| Buckle | | Case Diameter:
| 51 millimeters | | Case Thickness:
| 17 millimeters | | Case Material:
| Resin | | Band Material:
| Resin | | Bezel Material:
| stainless-steel | | Dial Color:
| grey | | Movement:
| Quartz | | Calendar:
| day-and-date | | Water Resistance Depth:
| 330 feet |
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64 of 64 found the following review helpful:
Superb Feature SetAug 05, 2007
By Billy Radcliffe
This is an excellent watch for outdoorsy types, especially for those who sail, kayak or surf. With a compass, barometer, thermometer, and tide/moon tracking, it provides essential (potentially life-saving) information in an easy to use package.
The compass is seems accurate and is easy to calibrate. It is ideally suited for emergency navigation and for casual use such as trail hiking and river boating. I'm not sure I'd want to use it as my only compass for serious hiking or over the horizon boating, but perhaps that's just my distrust of electronics in mission critical environments.
The barometer is a little more hit-or-miss. It's accuracy is questionable given its fluctuation with altitude or temperature. This is not a Casio problem - it happens with all barometers especially wrist-mounted. Despite these issues the barometrer does a fair job of tracking the trend over the last 24 hours. Serious moutaineers may miss the multi-day tracking and using the barometer as altimeter, but most will appreciate it for the simple data it provides. I wish there were more display options, like a large multiday graph option for instance, but the small graph is fine.
Temp fluctuates when this is worn on the wrist, but not too much - perhaps a couple of degrees hotter than true outside temperature. It may be less accurate in cold temperatures than hot, but I'll have to wait a few months to test that theory.
The tide and moon features are what make this watch unique among triple-sensor watches, so I imagine that will be a key selling point for most. Both work well enough, though they will not replace a tide chart. The tide graph shows the general point in the cycle, but not with great accuracy. It's really only possible to estimate high tide with an hour or two. It would be nice of the actual hightide time were displayed or at least the graph had greater specificity. The moon tracking is a nice touch, since it allows one to estimate the size of the tides (spring and neap). But it's only an estimate - the watch does not tie moon and tide data together, leaving it to the user to figure it out. Some other tide watches actually have charts built-in that provide much more accurate data for particlar beaches, but are limited to limited spots. Since the Casio use longitude and other data to estimate the tide, it is less accurate for specific spots but more usefull overall. The ability to forcast the moon phase days in the future, but not to do the same for tide, leaves me wondering what they were thinking.
Other features of the watch include a countdown timer, stopwatch, and five alarms, which are all just fine. The five alarms cannot be set by day, but I suppose if you want to set a time for each day and just activate it as necessary that does the job. If you use the stopwatch and coundown timers frequently you may find switching between the two annoying, since they use the same function (you just set the the countdown timer to zero to put it in stopwatch mode). Also there are no lap-timers.
Downsides to the watch basically boil down to compleixity and size. While the watch is pretty easy to use once you get the hang of it, it is not entirely intuitive an all screens, and requires some memorization. Setting the tide data requires far too much research on the internet, and casio should provide better data either in the manual or on their website about how to set the data for most large coastal cities and popular recreation areas. The size of the watch is HUGE. It is larger even than the Suunto watches with similar features. The biggest annoyance I have with the size is the height, which is made unnecisarily taller by the rotating bezel. But for some the size won't matter (some may like it) so it is really a matter of taste.
Overall the eatch offers a great set of tools for most casual uses and does it at a very reasonable price. I recommend it to casual adventurers unconcerned about the size.
15 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 really cool bigass watchOct 23, 2006
By Ben Callahan
"Callahan"
I am really happy with my new watch. I go to the beach often and always forget my tide charts, so that function as been very useful. The barometer is a great way to predict short term weather patterns and the digital compass is accurate, easy to use and very handy when directions need clarifying.
The only draw backs to it are the size of the thing, it is very large compard to any other watch I have ever owned, the barometer button gets pushed accidently if you flex your hand to far and the stop watch rounds to the nearest second, no fractions here.
I am very happy with mine however, it does everything that my three old watches did and more in one mannly looking wrist piece.
16 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 A good buyAug 15, 2006
By Brahma
"brahma"
Got this for a discounted $150, which isn't too bad for all that it offers.
Pros: I'm not a sea-farer by any means but the compass, baro and thermometers are quity handy and accurate. The display if *very* large and clear. The thermometer is fairly accurate (to the tenth of a degree) - I calibrated it against a digital Oregon Scientific wall mounted thermometer. The barometer trend graph is very handy - you really can predict bad weather judging by the falling graph! It also helps that the watch has multiple alarms.
Cons: The thermometer sensor is affected by body temperature quite a bit. You really need to take off the watch for at least 5 minutes to get a somewhat accurate read on the temperature. Also the buttons for compass and barometer juts out perhaps more than necessary. Because of this at times you end up hitting it even if you don't mean to. The compass direction sensing seems a little inconsistent between successive runs while the watch is worn. The countdown timer is not easy to operate.
19 of 23 found the following review helpful:
BEST WATCH EVER!!Oct 24, 2004
By Mattvrick
I've had this watch since last December!! It's the best watch I've ever owned. Love the solar powered aspect (will charge on cloudy days too). It's a very large watch, so if you don't like that, then don't get this. However, it looks cool and the compass and barometer features I use the most...haven't used the altimeter (I don't skydive) but the next time I fly I will check it out. BUY THIS WATCH!!
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Really big, but easy to read and useJan 10, 2007
By Wanderman in Wonderment
"Slowso"
I was looking for a replacement to an existing timepiece with compass, the Timex Helix watch. The Timex just was not accurate enough for me, and required frequent recalibration. The Casio Pathfinder, by comparison, is very consistent with its readings, though still not as accurate as a hand-held oil filled compass. Yet for navigation about strange lands, or seas, it does the job. I also like the 24-hour history barometer, which shows atmospheric pressure trends. There's a thermometer on the same screen, which is only accurate when taken off the wrist and left to equilibrate with ambient air awhile. There are five presettable alarm times, something my old Casio G-shock watch had just one of. I find I use at most two. I would have preferred the Pathfinder including a dedicated stopwatch screen in place of several of the alarms. Instead, the Pathfinder uses an either/or screen for stopwatch or countdown timer. One must bring the countdown timer preset time to zero, and then the stopwatch mode will engage. And unlike the Casio G-shock model, the Pathfinder stopwatch displays whole seconds only, not hundreths like the G-shock. For the feebleness of the stopwatch feature I gave just four stars instead of five; but hey, the Pathfinder was not targeted to runners; it's a yachtsman's watch.
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